ScreenPlay AlternativesWallpapers Hubs and other similar apps like ScreenPlay
ScreenPlay is described as '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)' and is a Wallpapers Hub in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 25 alternatives to ScreenPlay for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and F-Droid apps. The best ScreenPlay alternative is Wallpaper Engine. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Lively Wallpaper or Paperize. Other great apps like ScreenPlay are Sucrose Wallpaper Engine, Variety Wallpaper Changer, WinDynamicDesktop and Dynamic Theme.
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ScreenPlay alternatives are mainly Wallpapers Hubs, but if you're looking for Desktop Customization Tools or Shell Extensions you can filter on that. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to ScreenPlay.- Wallpapers Hub
- Free • Open Source
- 42 Wallpaper Engine alternatives
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.
License model
- Paid • Proprietary
Application types
Country of Origin
Germany
EU
Platforms
- Windows
- Android
- Steam
Comments about Wallpaper Engine as an Alternative to ScreenPlay
- 21 Lively Wallpaper alternatives
Free and open-source application for setting GIFs, videos and webpages as your desktop wallpaper and screensaver.
Lively Wallpaper Features
Paperize is a dynamic wallpaper changer application built for Android using Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, and Material 3.
Paperize Features
- 42 Sucrose Wallpaper Engine alternatives
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.
Sucrose Wallpaper Engine Features
- 43 Variety Wallpaper Changer alternatives
Variety is a wallpaper changer for Ubuntu which is featureful, yet slim and very easy to use. It can automatically download wallpapers from various online sources, allows rotating them on a regular interval or on demand, and provides easy to use ways to separate the great images...
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
Country of Origin
United States
Platforms
- Linux
Variety Wallpaper Changer Features
Comments about Variety Wallpaper Changer as an Alternative to ScreenPlay
Well it is free but from personal experience, I do not believe it is as good as screenplay
- 26 WinDynamicDesktop alternatives
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.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Country of Origin
United States
Platforms
- Windows
Dynamic background and/or lock screen picture with daily Bing or Windows Spotlight pictures, one Bing or Windows Spotlight picture or personal pictures.
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Application type
Country of Origin
France
EU
Platforms
- Windows
Dynamic Theme Features
Layered WallPaper allows You to create multi-layered parallax wallpapers. Each layer moves with Your mouse cursor, creating beautiful parallax effect.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
- 22 Stardock DeskScapes alternatives
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.
License model
- Paid • Proprietary
Application types
Country of Origin
United States
Platforms
- Windows
Stardock DeskScapes Features
Choose from thousands of stunning photos taken by amazing photographers from around the world and set them as your desktop background in a single click.
License model
- Paid • Proprietary
Application type
Country of Origin
United Kingdom
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
Splashify Features
- 18 Wallpaper Manager alternatives
Wallpaper Manager is a wallpaper cycling and management tool especially designed for multiscreen systems.
DiscontinuedThe last version is from 2010.
Wallpaper Manager Features
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.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Country of Origin
United States
Platforms
- Mac
Aerial Features
ScreenPlay is very close concept-wise to Wallpaper Engine though it has several other features beyond just wallpaper. It lacks the complex wallpaper maker Wallpaper Engine has but the script based focus is very easy for coders and it has the benefit of automatically being cross-platform for Mac, Windows and Linux.