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# Pixelify Your Android Smartphone with This Wallpaper App
- URL: https://itsfoss.com/news/doodle/
- Published: 2025-05-17T06:11:38.000Z
- Updated: 2025-05-17T06:11:38.000Z
- Description: Transform your Android smartphone's home screen with battery-friendly live wallpapers.
- Author: Sourav Rudra
- Tags: Open Source Android Apps 🤖, News, #Import 2025-11-08 21:15

Having a good wallpaper on your Android smartphone is an essential part of personalizing your device. 🎨

Whenever you feel that the default wallpaper collection on your phone too limited, you're likely to end up with an ad-infested wallpaper app you downloaded from the Play Store that's too intrusive, forcing you to watch ads before you can download anything.

What if I told you there's an open source wallpaper app that doesn’t do any of that — and instead offers beautifully recreated [Pixel](https://store.google.com/category/phones?ref=itsfoss.com) wallpapers?

## Doodle: A Collection of Pixel Wallpapers

![](https://itsfoss.com/content/images/2025/05/doodle-app-about-page.jpg)

![](https://itsfoss.com/content/images/2025/05/doodle-app-main-page.jpg)

![](https://itsfoss.com/content/images/2025/05/doodle-app-appearance-page.jpg)

**Doodle's About, Main, and Appearance pages.*

Developed by [Patrick Zedler](https://patrickzedler.com/?ref=itsfoss.com), a developer out of Germany, Doodle is **a Java-based wallpaper app**. It features the original Doodle wallpaper collection from the [Pixel 4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixel%5F4?ref=itsfoss.com) and the unreleased [Material You](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Material%5FDesign?ref=itsfoss.com#:~:text=Material%20Design%203%20%28Material%20You%29) static wallpaper collection of the [Pixel 6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixel%5F6?ref=itsfoss.com).

The "*Appearance*" page is where you will find all the wallpapers, with three distinct categories that have additional controls to select a wallpaper's variant, add an accent color to the smartphone's interface, set a daily random wallpaper, and toggle night mode.

If you go for one of the **three live wallpapers**, you have the option to enable the "*Swipe*" and "*Tilt*" effects, which makes the live wallpaper react according to the actions performed. If you swipe on the home screen, the live wallpaper will move; if you tilt your device, the live wallpaper will react accordingly.

As you saw above, **it's very simple to set live and static wallpapers using Doodle**.

If you prefer additional control, you can go into the "*Parallax*", "*Shape size*" and "*Other options*" menus to tweak the animation of live wallpapers, change the app color theme, set a higher level of contrast, and toggle hardware acceleration.

![](https://itsfoss.com/content/images/2025/05/doodle-app-parallax-page-1.jpg)

![](https://itsfoss.com/content/images/2025/05/doodle-app-shape-size-page.jpg)

![](https://itsfoss.com/content/images/2025/05/doodle-app-other-options-page.jpg)

**Doodle's Parallax, Shape size, and Other options pages.*

**I did face some issues** with my test setup: an Android 14-equipped Samsung smartphone that was running One UI 6.1\. I was **unable to use the *Swipe* effect and Accent Colors**. Doodle does mention that there are issues with how the default launcher, One UI Home, handles certain UI elements, so this was not a surprise for me.

When locking/unlocking my device, **the live wallpaper sometimes bugged out**, and the system's transition from light mode to dark mode required a relaunch of the app for the wallpaper to switch between its light/dark variant.

In the end, **I think Doodle could really benefit from offering more non-Pixel wallpaper options**. The current collection looks great, but having a few original or differently styled wallpapers would make the app even better.

## Install Doodle

The source code is hosted over at [GitHub](https://github.com/patzly/doodle-android?ref=itsfoss.com) under GPLv3 licensing, with [F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/xyz.zedler.patrick.doodle/?ref=itsfoss.com) and the [Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=xyz.zedler.patrick.doodle&ref=itsfoss.com) being the most straightforward way of getting the latest Doodle release.

[Doodle](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=xyz.zedler.patrick.doodle&ref=itsfoss.com)

*💬 Know of a wallpaper app that is open source and offers more choices? Let me know below!*