Backgrounds: HD Wallpapers

Backgrounds is a fast, free wallpaper app with thousands of hand-reviewed HD images — and a genuinely good way to find the one you want.

FIND SOMETHING YOU LOVE • Thousands of high-resolution wallpapers, every one reviewed before it appears • Browse 50+ categories: nature, space, minimalist, dark, city, abstract, cars, animals, quotes, gradients and many more • Browse by color — tap a swatch and see only wallpapers whose dominant color matches, from deep blues to soft pastels • Sort anything by Latest or Popular • Search a huge stock photo library right inside the app • Seasonal categories appear as the date approaches, so Christmas and Halloween wallpapers show up when you actually want them — not in July

SAVE IT IN ONE TAP Tap Save and the full-resolution image goes straight to your Photos library. Apple doesn't allow any app to change your wallpaper directly, so Backgrounds takes you the rest of the way: clear step-by-step instructions, plus a button that jumps you straight to the right place in Settings.

MAKE IT YOURS • Tap the heart to keep wallpapers in your Favorites • Add the Home Screen widget to see your most recent favorite at a glance — just the image, nothing else • Follows your system light and dark appearance automatically • Looks right on every iPhone size, and loads the resolution your screen needs

CREATE YOUR OWN WITH AI Describe the wallpaper you want, pick a style — anime, cyberpunk, watercolor, minimal, vaporwave and more — and get an original image generated for you. Save it to Photos, or submit it for everyone else to enjoy.

FRESH CONTENT • New wallpapers added regularly, including a brand-new quote wallpaper every single day • Every image is moderated before it goes live, and anything can be reported from inside the app

SHARE YOUR OWN Got a photo worth using as a wallpaper? Contribute it from inside the app. Add your Instagram handle and you'll be credited when other people see it.

NO ACCOUNT, NO NONSENSE • Completely free • No sign-up, no login, no email required • No ads interrupting your browsing