Spotlight Desktop AlternativesWallpapers Hubs and other similar apps like Spotlight Desktop

Spotlight Desktop is described as 'This is a simple app that will take the current Spotlight Lock Screen image and set it to your desktop wallpaper' and is a Wallpapers Hub in the photos & graphics category. There are five alternatives to Spotlight Desktop for Windows, Mac and Web-based. The best Spotlight Desktop alternative is John's Background Switcher, which is free. Other great apps like Spotlight Desktop are Plash, Bing Desktop, Background Generator and Random BackGround.

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  1. John's Background Switcher icon

    John's Background Switcher

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    John’s Background Switcher (or JBS for short) periodically changes the wallpaper on your computer (like every hour or every day) to something interesting. JBS sits in your system tray (down by the clock) and changes your background at the time interval of your choosing.

    44 John's Background Switcher alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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    • John's Background Switcher is the most popular Windows & Mac alternative to Spotlight Desktop.

    • John's Background Switcher is the most popular free alternative to Spotlight Desktop.

    • John's Background Switcher is Freemium and ProprietarySpotlight Desktop is Free and Open Source
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    Plash

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    This enables you to have a highly dynamic desktop wallpaper. You could display your favorite news site, Facebook feed, or a random beautiful scenery photo. The use-cases are limitless. You could even set an animated GIF as wallpaper.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    • Plash is the most popular Open Source alternative to Spotlight Desktop.

    • Plash is Free and Open SourceSpotlight Desktop is also Free and Open Source
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    Bing Desktop

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    Bing Desktop delivers the beauty of the Bing homepage to your Windows desktop each day. Plus, get easy access to the Bing search box right from your desktop. Turn your searching into doing with Bing.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Made by the same buggers who make the buggy software that changes the lockscreen to a new image (when it feels like), so chances are it plays well with the complex windows environment. Seems like if Windows Spotlight doesn't work consistently, Bing desktop might have a setting to make the lockscreen work right. Am I reaching? Is microsoft just broken? (Probably)

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Bing Desktop is Free and ProprietarySpotlight Desktop is Free and Open Source
  5. Background Generator icon

    Background Generator

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    Background Generator is a free background maker web tool Creates large material and random background images in high resolution and high definition PNG/JPG Formats by 7 background generator programs.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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    • Background Generator is the most popular Web-based alternative to Spotlight Desktop.

    • Background Generator is Free and ProprietarySpotlight Desktop is Free and Open Source
  6. Random BackGround icon

    Random BackGround

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    Random BackGround desktop wallpaper slideshow with advanced features for Windows

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    Random BackGround for Windows 95+ and above.
     
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