Vintage Designs app review: create vintage and retro-style wallpapers

Introduction

If you're looking to customize the appearance of your iPhone or iPad's wallpapers, then you'll definitely want to check out Vintage Designs - Custom Wallpaper Creator and HD Backgrounds Maker DIY to Customize Your Lock Screen & Home Screen.

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What we have here is an app that features plenty of vintage and retro designs to give your iDevice a makeover, because we all know what a huge difference a good wallpaper can make!

This app can be purchased for 99 cents from the Lifestyle section of the App Store.

Let's take a look at its features.

Backgrounds, Badges, and Decorations

Vintage Designs - Custom Wallpaper Creator and HD Backgrounds Maker DIY to Customize Your Lock Screen & Home Screen is a universal app, which takes up 71.2 MB of space on your iPHone or iPad. You'll be pleased to know that this app is optimized for all devices, including the iPhone 6 Plus, and is also fully compatible with iOS 8 so you can get the most out of this app after purchasing it just once.

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There are plenty of ways to creating a cool retro or vintage-style wallpaper for your iPhone or iPad using this app, ranging from choosing one of the royalty-free backgrounds to grabbing your own image from the camera roll.

Further to the backgrounds, you also have badges that will add the retro touch, while other decorations can add the finishing touches to the look you're after. All three elements: the background, badge, and decorations are taken from your camera roll or from your Dropbox account. I really loved the elements provided within the app; one can tell they were created by professional graphic designers!

Editing Tools and Text

Once you've got all the elements of your wallpaper in place, you can use the advanced layer-editing tools to fine-tune the image. Working in layers will really let you explore a variety of looks as you lock or unlock layers, flip them, and duplicate them.

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You may also add text to your wallpaper using the font templates provided to go with the vintage look and feel. Furthermore, you can even adjust the spacing and "arc" of the font to make it fit into the space you're using for the text.

What I love about this app is that it not only allows you to save the completed work as your wallpaper, but it also allows you to share your work via Facebook, Twitter, and Intagram. This means users will be able to not only make custom wallpapers for themselves, but also make them for friends and family.

Pros & Cons

Pros

• Backgrounds, badges, and decorations designed by professional graphic designers
• Universal app, optimized for iOS 8 and iPhone 6 Plus
• Import photos to use as any element of your wallpaper
• Work in layers to achieve the perfect look with advanced editing tools
• Save your wallpaper as background or share via Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and more

Cons

• There is nothing negative to say about this app

Final Words

Vintage Designs - Custom Wallpaper Creator and HD Backgrounds Maker DIY to Customize Your Lock Screen & Home Screen is a high-quality wallpaper creator, which is sure to be loved by all retro and vintage fans. We all look at our iPhones and iPads several times a day, so we might as well be looking at something that is appealing to the eyes!