Peristyle for Android

Peristyle is a wallpaper manager and browser app by Hamza Rizwan that focuses on letting you use your own locally stored images as wallpapers. Many wallpaper apps come loaded with features that make them feel bloated and often ignore the simplicity of managing a personal collection. Peristyle solves this by stripping away the clutter and providing a clean, straightforward tool for browsing, organizing, and setting wallpapers from folders on your device. It also includes thoughtful extras like tagging, folder support with .nomedia scanning, and a built-in client for WallHaven, all while respecting your privacy with no ads, tracking, or internet permissions.

Key features

• Browse wallpapers stored locally on your device and set them using the system wallpaper manager.
• Add multiple folders to organize your wallpaper collection all in one place.
• Assign tags to any wallpaper to categorize and find images faster.
• Scan directories containing a .nomedia file, keeping private wallpapers hidden from your main gallery app.
• Apply blur and color filter adjustments dynamically before setting a wallpaper.
• Compress or reduce image size on the fly to save storage or meet system requirements.
• Use the auto wallpaper changer with dedicated folders and tags for different screens like home and lock.
• Access a built-in WallHaven client to browse and download new wallpapers directly within the app.
• Edit and apply filters losslessly in real time, including support for the app's own live wallpaper feature.

How to install

1. Tap the download button on this page to get the APK file, which is about 4.2 MB in size.
2. When prompted by Android, allow your browser or file manager to install apps by enabling the 'Install unknown apps' setting.
3. Open the downloaded APK file from your notifications or file manager.
4. Tap 'Install' and wait for the process to finish.
5. Open Peristyle and start browsing your local wallpaper folders. The app requires Android 7.0 or newer.

This app is ideal for anyone who prefers using their own curated wallpaper collection instead of relying on online galleries. It suits users who value privacy and want a distraction-free, open-source tool without unnecessary permissions. If you like having fine control over how your wallpapers are organized, displayed, and applied—especially with multiple screens—Peristyle fits the need perfectly.

To keep your wallpaper collection private from other gallery apps, place your images in a folder that contains a .nomedia file and let Peristyle scan it directly. You can also use tags to quickly switch between styles or colors for different screens when using the auto wallpaper feature.

Peristyle is a refreshingly focused wallpaper manager that respects your privacy and keeps things simple. If you want a clean, ad-free way to browse and set your own image collection, this app delivers exactly that without any unnecessary extras.