Aerial Alternatives

Aerial is described as 'Mac screen saver based on the new Apple TV screen saver that displays the aerial movies Apple shot over New York, San Francisco, Hawaii, China, etc' and is an app in the online services category. There are nine alternatives to Aerial for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Steam, Apple Music and Spotify apps. The best Aerial alternative is Lively Wallpaper, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Aerial are Wallpaper Engine, ScreenPlay, Sucrose Wallpaper Engine and DockMate.

Aerial alternatives are mainly Wallpapers Hubs but may also be Audio Players or Spotify Clients. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Aerial.

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Lively Wallpaper
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Free • Open Source
Wallpapers Hub
Windows
19 Lively Wallpaper alternatives
Free and open-source application for setting GIFs, Videos and Webpages as your desktop wallpaper and screensaver!
- - Lively Wallpaper is the most popular Windows alternative to Aerial.
- - Lively Wallpaper is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Aerial.
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Lively Wallpaper Features
1. Live WallpapersLively Wallpaper offers a selection of dynamic, interactive, and animated wallpapers.
2. Ad-freeLively Wallpaper doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
3. Support for scriptingLively Wallpaper supports scripts and macros to automate or customize tasks.
Widgets
Support for HD videos
Wallpaper Engine
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Paid • Proprietary
Wallpapers Hub
Shell Extension
Windows
Android
Steam
41 Wallpaper Engine alternatives
Use stunning live wallpapers on your Windows desktop. Animate your own images to create new wallpapers or import videos and websites and share them with others!.
- - Wallpaper Engine is the most popular Android alternative to Aerial.
- - Wallpaper Engine is the most popular commercial alternative to Aerial.
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Wallpaper Engine Features
1. Live WallpapersWallpaper Engine offers a selection of dynamic, interactive, and animated wallpapers.
2. Video WallpaperWallpaper Engine supports setting video files as wallpapers.
Configurable
Visualize Music
User contributed content
Steam Workshop
Built-in editor
ScreenPlay
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Free • Open Source
Shell Extension
Mac
Windows
Steam
36 ScreenPlay alternatives
ScreenPlay is an Open Source cross-platform app for displaying Video Wallpaper & Widgets. It is written in modern C++20/Qt6/QML. It currently supports Windows and macOS (x64 and arm).
- - ScreenPlay is the most popular Mac alternative to Aerial.
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ScreenPlay Features
Live Wallpapers
Video wallpaper
Widgets
Steam Workshop
Visualize Music
Sucrose Wallpaper Engine
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Free • Open Source
Wallpapers Hub
Windows
41 Sucrose Wallpaper Engine alternatives
Sucrose is a versatile wallpaper engine that brings life to your desktop with a wide range of interactive themes.
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Sucrose Wallpaper Engine Features
1. Live WallpapersSucrose Wallpaper Engine offers a selection of dynamic, interactive, and animated wallpapers.
2. Wallpaper CyclingSucrose Wallpaper Engine allows users to automatically switch between different wallpapers at specified time intervals or randomly.
DockMate
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Paid • Proprietary
Mac
17 DockMate alternatives
Window previews and controls for your Dock.
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DockMate Features
1. Live PreviewInstantly see what your files and documents look like as you create them.
Dock
Lofi
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Free • Open Source
Audio Player
Spotify Client
Mac
Windows
Linux
20 Lofi alternatives
Lofi is a mini Spotify player with visualizations. It is not a replacement for the Spotify Desktop app, nor does it play music independently of the Spotify app; instead, Lofi works alongside it to provide a more intuitive and pleasant access to common features, including...
- - Lofi is the most popular Linux alternative to Aerial.
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Video Paper
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Free • Proprietary
Shell Extension
Desktop Customization Tool
Windows
26 Video Paper alternatives
Set a video as your wallpaper.
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Video Paper Features
1. PortableVideo Paper can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
AwesomeWallpaper
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Free • Open Source
Windows
17 AwesomeWallpaper alternatives
AwesomeWallpaper plays videos, shows images and system information on your desktop wallpaper. It supports next modes:
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AwesomeWallpaper Features
Video wallpaper
MusicSmart
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Paid • Proprietary
Mac
iPhone
iPad
Apple TV
Apple Music
Spotify
5 MusicSmart alternatives
MusicSmart shows credits and additional details for albums and songs available in your Apple Music, Spotify, or local music library.
- - MusicSmart is the most popular iPhone & iPad alternative to Aerial.
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MusicSmart Features
Apple Music integration
Spotify integration