From the maker of Transparency Tiles comes the premier tool to get your start screen just right: Start Perfect.

We think that you shouldn't need 10 different apps to customize your start screen, so we've built everything you need into start perfect:

Transparency Tiles (the number one tool to get replace those ugly colored tiles like Music and Facebook) is built in, and includes support for even more apps, including OneNote, New Word Document, New Excel Worksheet, Songza, Battery, Moliplayer, Yelp, eBay, and more! Plus the built in version of Transparency Tiles lets you to change the name on the tile to anything you want, even other languages.

Start perfect also lets you create transparent tiles for system settings, and websites, now with custom images!

Need to get the layout right? You can make invisible blank tiles (which you can't see at all) or transparent blank tiles (which show off your background or theme color). You can make your blank tiles flip to add a little animation. And if you want to get organized, you can create label tiles, invisible or transparent.

But what good are all those transparent tiles with nothing to show behind them? Start Perfect has the tools you need to create custom backgrounds using any solid color, a gradient, or a custom polyfill. And if for a more personal touch, Start Perfect lets you choose one of your photos and tint it any color.

All tiles, layouts, and backgrounds in the screenshots below are made entirely in Start Perfect. But they're just the tip of the iceberg. The possibilities are endless.

Start Perfect will be updated regularly with new features. Planned features include custom images for pinned sites, tinted tiles (e.g. the Facebook tile would have a slight blue tint but still show your background), and more.

NOTE Office, OneDrive, & Skype are not supported, and transparency tiles do not show updates. WP8.1 is required for start screen backgrounds.