A quote wallpaper maker for iPhone: from a saved line to your Lock Screen
How to turn any saved quote into a crisp full-screen wallpaper in Kandou, the free Minimal look, the Pro Photo and Bold styles, and tips for a wallpaper you can read under the clock.
The short answer. Kandou turns any quote in your collection into an iPhone wallpaper: choose the Wallpaper size, pick a serif, sans, or rounded font and a text size, choose the light or dark Minimal look, and save it to Photos. That is free. Kandou Pro ($4.99 USD once) adds the Photo style, with your own picture behind the quote, and the Bold style with your own colors. The wallpaper is rendered at your iPhone’s exact aspect ratio at four times resolution, so it is crisp under the Lock Screen clock.
Why make wallpapers from your own quotes
Search for quote wallpapers and you get galleries of other people’s lines in other people’s fonts. They are fine as decoration. The wallpaper that changes something is the line you chose, in a look you chose, on the screen you unlock a hundred times a day. A quote wallpaper maker is only as good as the collection behind it, which is why Kandou’s is built into a quotes app rather than a poster generator.
Making a wallpaper
In Kandou
- Pick the quote. On the Home tab, tap Share under the current quote; or in Browse, press and hold any quote and choose Share as Image.
- Choose Wallpaper as the size. The other two, Pin and Story, are for Pinterest and Instagram; Wallpaper matches your iPhone screen exactly.
- Choose the style. Minimal (free) uses Kandou’s beige and charcoal palette with a Light or Dark variant. Photo (Pro) puts the quote over a picture from your library; pinch to zoom and drag to frame it, and place the text at the top, middle, or bottom. Bold (Pro) fills the background with a color and lets you set the text color, from the category palette or your own combination.
- Set the typography. Serif, sans, or rounded, and small, medium, or large. These are free in every style.
- Save to Photos. The wallpaper size shows a Save to Photos button (add-only access to your library, so Kandou never sees your other photos).
- Set it as your wallpaper from Photos: open the image, tap Share, then Use as Wallpaper. iOS does not let apps set the wallpaper directly, so this step is always yours.
The exported image carries a small Kandou mark, the same way the app’s share cards do. Kandou never adds a watermark you have to pay to remove.
A wallpaper you can read under the clock
- Choose a short quote. Two lines read at a glance; a paragraph fights the clock and the notifications.
- Put the text low or in the middle with the Photo style, since the clock and widgets take the top third of the Lock Screen.
- Contrast first. Minimal Light and Minimal Dark are both high contrast. With a photo, pick a calm area for the text; the framing gesture lets you slide the busy part of the picture out of the way.
- Serif for literature, sans for advice. Not a rule, but the serif face suits a line from a novel and the sans face suits something you are telling yourself.
- Make the Home Screen plain when you pair wallpapers, so the icons do not compete with the quote.
Rotating wallpapers
A wallpaper maker is the free half of “rotating Lock Screen quotes.” Save several wallpapers, then use the iOS Photo Shuffle option when customizing the Lock Screen and choose them manually; iOS will change them daily, hourly, on lock, or on tap. The Lock Screen guide has the steps.
Frequently asked questions
Can I make an iPhone wallpaper from my own quote?
Yes. Save the quote in Kandou, tap Share, choose the Wallpaper size, pick a font, size, and style, and save it to Photos. Then set it as your wallpaper from Photos. The Minimal style is free.
Does Kandou add a watermark to wallpapers?
The export carries a small Kandou mark, like a signature on a print. There is no large watermark and nothing to pay to remove it.
Can I put a quote over my own photo?
With Kandou Pro ($4.99 USD once), yes. The Photo style lets you choose a picture, pinch and drag to frame it, and place the text at the top, middle, or bottom.
What resolution are Kandou wallpapers?
The Wallpaper size matches your iPhone’s aspect ratio and is rendered at four times resolution, so it stays sharp on the Lock Screen and Home Screen.
Can I make a wallpaper from a library quote?
Yes. Any quote in your collection works, including the free Starter quotes and the Pro collections (Stoic Wisdom, Motivation, and Love).