Guideline 4.3(b) — where is the line between a Lock Screen utility and a wallpaper app?

I'm building an iPhone app that is primarily an editor: it renders a pixel-accurate Lock Screen preview for the user's specific device model (clock, date, widget row, Dynamic Island), isolates the photo's subject on-device with Vision so it overlaps the clock for the depth effect, measures contrast behind the clock, and generates backgrounds procedurally with Metal. It also ships a small library of original images I create myself.

Since June 2026, 4.3(b) names wallpaper apps explicitly. Has anyone shipped something in this space recently? Specifically:

Did the presence of any image library push the review toward the wallpaper category, regardless of the tooling? What did your screenshots and subtitle emphasise? Which primary category did you use?

Any experience appreciated.

Guideline 4.3(b) — where is the line between a Lock Screen utility and a wallpaper app?
 
 
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