Discover a new era of desktop aesthetics. Wallper delivers high-quality live wallpapers with seamless integration.
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Wallper is the most popular Mac alternative to Lively Wallpaper.
- Wallper is Freemium and Proprietary
Lively Wallpaper Alternatives for Mac
Lively Wallpaper is not available for Mac but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on macOS with similar functionality. The best Mac alternative is Wallper, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Lively Wallpaper and 12 are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to Lively Wallpaper are ScreenPlay, Aerial, Live Desktop and Unscene.
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Lively Wallpaper alternatives are mainly Wallpapers Hubs, but if you're looking for Desktop Customization Tools or Shell Extensions you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Mac, Linux, Mac, Windows, Live Wallpapers, Mac + Live Wallpapers and Mac + Wallpapers. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Lively Wallpaper.
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- 28 Wallper alternatives
48 ScreenPlay alternativesScreenPlay 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).
Comments about ScreenPlay as an Alternative to Lively Wallpaper
Most users think ScreenPlay is a great Lively Wallpaper alternative.
- ScreenPlay is Free and Open Source
Aerial is a 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.
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- Free
- Open Source
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- Mac
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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
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- Mac
24 Hour Wallpaper offers beautiful desktop wallpapers that match the time of day. Choose from 80+ professionally captured wallpapers and watch your desktop transition in-time with natural light. Compatible with macOS Dynamic Desktop.
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Beautiful and dynamic live wallpapers across Android, macOS, and Windows. Sign in using a free Wallpaper Reactor account to sync your favorite wallpapers, settings, and wallpapers across multiple devices.
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- Freemium (Subscription)
- Proprietary
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- Mac
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- Android
OS Engine turns your wallpaper into a living canvas: dynamic videos, custom HTML overlays, web apps, and real-time widgets — optimized for performance and battery.
28 LiveWallpaper alternativesA lightweight utility to set videos as your desktop wallpaper on macOS (Ventura or later).
Provides animated 4K video and real-time Rive live wallpapers for Mac with smooth high-performance playback, community-created options, multi-monitor support, user customization, energy-efficient operation, native Retina compatibility, and seamless browsing.
macpaper is a feature-packed lightweight wallpaper manager for macOS, with support for GIFs, videos, and online wallpaper browsing, among other many things!
Set stunning 4K videos as your dynamic desktop wallpaper — supports MP4 and MOV formats. Simply drag and drop a video into the app and apply it with a single click.
Cost / License
- Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
- Proprietary
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- Mac
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I like screenplay because it has live wallpaper.