Turn a photo of your dog into a Lock Screen wallpaper, name and all.
This is Charlie. One photo on the couch, one minute in WallyPaper, and Charlie is on the Lock Screen with the name in big green letters behind those ears. It works the same with your cat. Every step happens on the iPhone; the photo is never uploaded.
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Start with a photo of your dog. The couch can stay.
This is the photo we started from: Charlie on a gray couch, with plants, a bookshelf, a sunny window and a rope toy all in the shot. No cropping, no editing, no tracing around ears first.
Open WallyPaper and tap Choose a Photo, or Take a Photo for a new one. You can also start from the Photos app: open the photo, tap Share, then WallyPaper, then Make Wallpaper.
Best results: your dog's whole head in the shot, eyes toward the camera, and good light. Crouch to their eye level and hold a treat just above the lens.
Before: a couch, a living room and a rope toy. -
WallyPaper lifts Charlie off the couch. Automatically.
A second later, the living room is gone. WallyPaper finds Charlie in the photo, lifts the whole puppy off the background and places Charlie's head below the clock, clear of the Lock Screen controls. It looks for a dog's or cat's head the same way it looks for a person's face.
This runs on your iPhone with Apple's Vision framework, so the photo never leaves your phone. Turn on Lock Screen preview to see the time and buttons over your design while you work.
Then pick a look. We started with the Sunset template, a coral-to-pink gradient with a soft shadow behind Charlie. A template is just a starting point; you can change any part of it on the other tabs.
The editor, right after the lift: Charlie on the Sunset template. -
Type Charlie's name and tap Behind.
Open the Name tab and type a name or nickname. Tap Behind, and the letters move behind your dog. Push the size slider up, then drag the name down until the top of the head covers the bottom of the letters, so the name looks like it's behind Charlie, not just above. Pinch to fine-tune the size.
We also pinched Charlie bigger, so the face and collar fill the bottom of the screen, and switched to the wavy Ocean background, under Drip on the Background tab, to make the green pop.
The name is in the Modern style (tall, narrow capitals), Regular weight, the Plain effect and a custom bright green.
The Name tab: Charlie in Modern and bright green, with Behind on. -
Ta-da! Set it as your Lock Screen.
Tap Share, then Set as Wallpaper. WallyPaper renders the wallpaper at your iPhone's exact screen size and saves it to Photos, then shows you the last step: in Photos, tap Share, then Use as Wallpaper, then Add. The clock lands in the space above the name.
The wallpaper is also saved in your WallyPaper library, so you can reopen it to try a new color, a nickname or a different backdrop.
Charlie on the Lock Screen, with the name behind.
Try it with your own dog.
Your dog, your cat, or the whole pack. Three things make a pet wallpaper work:
Eye level
Crouch down to your dog's height. A treat held just above the lens gets you eyes on the camera and a face that fills more of the frame.
Both ears in
Keep the whole head in the photo. WallyPaper finds the head to place it below the clock, and an ear cut off by the edge of the photo stays cut off.
A little overlap
Drag the name down until the top of the head covers the bottom of the letters. Short names like Max or Lulu get the biggest letters.
WallyPaper is free to download, needs no account, and never uploads your photos. See Addy's name-behind walkthrough, Benji's baby walkthrough, browse more walkthroughs, or get help.
Dog wallpapers, answered.
How do I put my dog's name on my Lock Screen?
Choose a photo of your dog in WallyPaper, open the Name tab and type the name. Tap Behind to tuck the letters behind your dog, like Charlie's, or leave it off to keep the name in front. Then tap Share and Set as Wallpaper.
Does it work with cats?
Yes. WallyPaper lifts cats out of photos the same way, and it looks for a cat's head, like a dog's, when it places them below the clock. The steps are the same.
Can I put my dog and me on one wallpaper?
Yes. If you're in the same photo, WallyPaper shows each subject it found and lets you keep both. From separate photos, open the Subject tab and tap Add Photo to bring in the second one, then drag and pinch each into place.
Is it free?
WallyPaper is free to download, and wallpapers made with the free version carry a small WallyPaper mark near the bottom. WallyPaper Pro removes it and unlocks the whole app: $2.99 a month, $19.99 a year with a 7-day free trial for new subscribers, or $29.99 once. More about Pro, in Support.
Does WallyPaper upload my photo?
No. Your dog is lifted from the photo on your iPhone by Apple's Vision framework, and the app makes no network connections of its own. There is no account, no analytics and no tracking. Read the privacy policy.
Which iPhones does it work on?
Any iPhone with iOS 18 or later. It works offline; only App Store purchases need a connection.