RainWallpaper AlternativesWallpapers Hubs and other similar apps like RainWallpaper

RainWallpaper is described as 'Powerful live wallpaper engine that allows you to use various types of customizable animated wallpapers on your Windows desktop' and is a Wallpapers Hub in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 25 alternatives to RainWallpaper for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Steam, Linux and Android apps. The best RainWallpaper alternative is Rainmeter, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like RainWallpaper are Wallpaper Engine, Paperize, Sucrose Wallpaper Engine and Uwidgets.

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  1. Rainmeter icon

    Rainmeter

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    Transform your Windows desktop with customizable skins for displaying system resources, weather updates, RSS feeds, and more. Community-driven, Rainmeter offers real-time data monitoring, enhanced aesthetics, and privacy-focused features. Its portable design requires no installation and includes a dark mode.

    38 Rainmeter alternatives

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    • Most users think Rainmeter is a great RainWallpaper alternative.

    • Rainmeter is the most popular Windows alternative to RainWallpaper.

    • Rainmeter is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to RainWallpaper.

    • Rainmeter is Free and Open SourceRainWallpaper is Paid and Proprietary
    • Rainmeter is Customizable, Lightweight and Privacy focusedRainWallpaper is not according to our users
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    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

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    • Windows
    • Android
    • Steam
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    • Wallpaper Engine is the most popular Android alternative to RainWallpaper.

    • Wallpaper Engine is the most popular commercial alternative to RainWallpaper.

    • Wallpaper Engine is Paid and ProprietaryRainWallpaper is also 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.

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    • Android
    • F-Droid
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    Stardock DeskScapes

    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 animat...

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    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.

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    • Windows
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    Uwidgets

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    Offers MacOS 15-style customizable, interactive widgets for Windows, including weather, calendar, notes, reminders, and a comprehensive system monitor. Features real-time blur, resizable widgets, grid snapping, multiple themes, accent colors, and offline local operation.

    39 Uwidgets alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
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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.

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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

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

    • ScreenPlay is Free and Open SourceRainWallpaper is Paid and Proprietary
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    Dynamic Theme

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    Dynamic background and/or lock screen picture with daily Bing or Windows Spotlight pictures, one Bing or Windows Spotlight picture or personal pictures.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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    HydraPaper

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    HydraPaper is a wallpaper manager, specifically designed to work around the lack of functionality of many desktop environments to set a different wallpaper for each monitor in a multi monitor setup. It accomplishes this by scaling and merging different wallpapers into a single...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
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    • HydraPaper is the most popular Linux alternative to RainWallpaper.

    • HydraPaper is Free and Open SourceRainWallpaper is Paid and Proprietary
    • HydraPaper is CustomizableRainWallpaper is not according to our users
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    Stardock DeskScapes

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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  15. Layered WallPaper

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    Layered WallPaper allows You to create multi-layered parallax wallpapers. Each layer moves with Your mouse cursor, creating beautiful parallax effect.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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