Stardock DeskScapes AlternativesWallpapers Hubs & Shell Extensions like Stardock DeskScapes

Stardock DeskScapes is described as 'Bring your wallpaper to life with DeskScapes! DeskScapes is a program that allows users to have animated wallpaper on their Windows desktop. It supports playing video as animated wallpaper, dynamically generated content as animated wallpaper, and more' and is a Wallpapers Hub in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Stardock DeskScapes for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Steam, Android and F-Droid apps. The best Stardock DeskScapes alternative is Wallpaper Engine. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Sucrose Wallpaper Engine or Paperize. Other great apps like Stardock DeskScapes are WinDynamicDesktop, ScreenPlay, RainWallpaper and Wave Lines Live Wallpaper.

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  1. Wallpaper Engine icon

    Wallpaper Engine

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    Enhance your Windows desktop with animated wallpapers like 3D, 2D, videos and more. Customize with a built-in editor, share via Steam Workshop, and stay ad-free with companion app support for Android.

    53 Wallpaper Engine alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • Steam
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    Deskscapes is a subscription based tool, so you'll be paying annually for it, and if you stop paying, your existing install of the software will stop working. Wallpaper Engine is cheaper, and more importantly, you only pay once for it. As a bonus, you can export the live wallpapers to your phone with Wallpaper Engine, a feature that did not exist in DeskScapes the last time I checked

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    • Most users think Wallpaper Engine is a great Stardock DeskScapes alternative.

    • Wallpaper Engine is the most popular Windows & Android alternative to Stardock DeskScapes.

    • Wallpaper Engine is the most popular commercial alternative to Stardock DeskScapes.

    • Wallpaper Engine is Paid and ProprietaryStardock DeskScapes is also Paid and Proprietary
  2. Sucrose Wallpaper Engine icon

    Sucrose Wallpaper Engine

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    Sucrose is a versatile wallpaper engine that brings a wide range of interactive wallpapers to life on your desktop. With light and dark theme options, you can choose the appearance that suits your personal preferences.

    53 Sucrose Wallpaper Engine alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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    • Sucrose Wallpaper Engine is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Stardock DeskScapes.

    • Sucrose Wallpaper Engine is Free and Open SourceStardock DeskScapes is Paid and Proprietary
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    Paperize

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    Paperize is a dynamic wallpaper changer application built for Android using Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, and Material 3.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
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    WinDynamicDesktop

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    This app ports the Dynamic Desktop feature from macOS Mojave to Windows 10. It uses your location to get the times of sunrise and sunset each day, and rotates through the 16 Mojave wallpaper images throughout the day and night.

    27 WinDynamicDesktop alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
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    ScreenPlay

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    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).

    48 ScreenPlay alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Steam
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    • ScreenPlay is the most popular Mac alternative to Stardock DeskScapes.

    • ScreenPlay is Free and Open SourceStardock DeskScapes is Paid and Proprietary
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    RainWallpaper

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    RainWallpaper is a powerful live wallpaper engine that allows you to use various types of customizable animated wallpapers on your Windows desktop.

    29 RainWallpaper alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Wave Lines Live Wallpaper

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    A simple, unobstrusive live wallpaper showing slowly moving wave lines. You can choose a color theme, build your own, change if the lines should grow and shrink or if they should have a uniform width. The lines may swing in harmony or each line independently.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
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    Desktop Live Wallpapers

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    Desktop Live Wallpapers brings animated wallpapers to your desktop! Load all your personal video files into this app and set it as your wallpaper or download from collections of hundreds of beautiful animated wallpapers.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Unscene

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    A macOS menu bar app for automatic wallpaper updates with curated channels, global shortcuts, and community contributions of wallpapers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    xlivebg

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    xlivebg is a live wallpaper framework, and collection of live wallpapers, for the X window system. xlivebg is independent of window managers and desktop environments, and should work with any of them, or even with no window manager at all.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     

    • xlivebg is the most popular Linux alternative to Stardock DeskScapes.

    • xlivebg is Free and Open SourceStardock DeskScapes is Paid and Proprietary
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    Video Wallpaper Creator

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    Create video wallpaper for your desktop - Impress your customers and friends with a video wallpaper - Make desktop exciting with video wallpaper.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

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    • Windows
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    VDesktop

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    VDesktop is a program that allows users to have animated wallpaper on their Windows desktop. VDesktop supports Windows 7, 8, 10.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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