An archive of every iOS wallpaper officially released by Apple
This repository aims to preserve every iOS wallpaper released by Apple, all the way from iPhone OS 1.0 up to (currently) iOS/iPadOS 17. Wallpapers are sorted by device class, followed by the screen size they are made for and the iOS/iPadOS version they have first been introduced in.
If there are multiple screen sizes (such as 3.5" or 6.1"), the screen scale is added to the end. Wallpapers are also split into "Stills" and "Live" (previously "Motion").
All wallpapers are extracted directly from /Library/Wallpaper within the respective IPSW files and have not been touched in any way. Thumbnails and default/poster files have been removed to save space.
A note regarding iOS 16 (or newer) wallpapers: Starting with iOS 16, wallpapers are composed of multiple layers (eg. the default "WWDC 2022" wallpaper has a "background", "floating" and "foreground" layer) that create the new parallax effects.
These wallpapers are rendered in realtime, which results in no "untouched" image files included in the device firmware files.
Instead, these wallpapers are now composed manually for this collection, with otherwise untouched assets.
| Screen Size | Devices | Initial OS | Current OS1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5" 1x |
|
iPhone OS 1 | iOS 6 |
| 3.5" 2x |
|
iOS 4 | iOS 9.1 |
| 4.0" |
|
iOS 6 | iOS 15 (19A5261w) |
| 4.7" |
|
iOS 8 | iOS 17 |
| 5.4" |
|
iOS 14.1 | iOS 15.42 |
| 5.5" |
|
iOS 8 | iOS 16 |
| 5.8" |
|
iOS 11.1 | iOS 17 |
| 6.1" 2x |
|
iOS 12 | iOS 17 |
| 6.1" 3x |
|
iOS 14.1 | iOS 17 |
| 6.5" |
|
iOS 12 | iOS 17 |
| 6.7" |
|
iOS 14.1 | iOS 17 |
1 Current OS shows the latest version of iOS/iPadOS that introduced new wallpapers for this screen size. Beta releases are marked with their respective build numbers.
2 Wallpapers for 5.4" screen sizes include device specific wallpapers only. Otherwise, wallpapers for 5.8" screens are used.
Note:
| Screen Size | Devices | Initial OS | Current OS1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.3" |
|
iPadOS 15 | iPadOS 17 |
| 9.7" 1x2 |
|
iPhone OS 3.2 | iOS 9.1 |
| 9.7" 2x3 |
|
iOS 5.1 | iPadOS 17 |
| 10.2" |
|
iPadOS 13.1 | iPadOS 17 |
| 10.5" |
|
iOS 10.3.2 | iPadOS 17 |
| 10.9" |
|
iPadOS 14.1 | iPadOS 17 |
| 11.0" |
|
iOS 12.1 | iPadOS 17 |
| 12.9" |
|
iOS 9.1 | iPadOS 17 |
1 Current OS shows the latest version of iOS/iPadOS that introduced new wallpapers for this screen size. Beta releases are marked with their respective build numbers.
2 iPad mini (1st generation) uses the same resolution as 9.7" iPads (768x1024).
3 iPad mini 2 and later (except for iPad mini 6) use the same resolution as 9.7" iPads @ 2x (1536x2048).
Note: iPod touch uses the same wallpapers as iPhones running the same version of iOS. This table only shows iPod touch-exclusive wallpapers.
| Screen Size | Devices | Initial OS | Current OS1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5" 1x |
|
iPhone OS 1.1 | iPhone OS 1.1 |
| 3.5" 2x |
|
iOS 4 | iOS 4 |
| 4.0" |
|
iOS 7 | iOS 12.3.1 |
1 Current OS shows the latest version of iOS/iPadOS that introduced new wallpapers for this screen size. Beta releases are marked with their respective build numbers.
CarPlay wallpapers are located in /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CarPlayUIServices.framework.
| Screen Size | Devices | Initial OS | Current OS1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Universal | N/A | iOS 14 | iOS 17 |
1 Current OS shows the latest version of iOS/iPadOS that introduced new wallpapers for this screen size. Beta releases are marked with their respective build numbers.
All of the wallpapers included are © 2007 - 2023 Apple Inc. and their respective creators/owners. This repository is created merely for archival purposes.
- Apple, Inc: For creating iOS/iPadOS and these wallpapers
- Евгений Богун (Evgeny Bogun): For creating the iOS and macOS wallpaper albums on Google Photos. Seriously, check it out! These albums contain a lot of inofficial promo wallpapers which you'll never see here.
- AR7: For creating (and collecting) awesome wallpapers!
- Trevor Kay: For creating screensizes.app, which has helped me keep track of all those screen resolutions.