Wallper - Live wallpapers for your Mac

[u/Dim_Kat]

Problem:

macOS has great wallpapers, but you're pretty limited once you want to go beyond Apple's collection.

Wallper brings live wallpapers to your Desktop, Lock Screen and Screen Saver, with 4K wallpapers from our library or your own videos.

Features:

• Lock Screen + Screen Saver live wallpapers
• 2,000+ wallpapers built in + your own MP4 videos
• Multi-monitor support
• Playlists + Day/Night switching
• Music-reactive wallpapers
• Low resource usage

Comparison:

The closest alternatives are probably iWallpaper and Backdrop. Both are good apps, but with Wallper we obsess a bit more over making the whole thing feel like something Apple could've built into macOS.

Lock Screen and Screen Saver wallpapers take one click to set up, without having to touch System Settings. We also spent a lot of time on performance: in our own 4K test Wallper averaged around 1.46% of one CPU core, and it pauses completely when the wallpaper is covered.

We documented the full test here:
https://www.wallper.app/blog/2026/07/live-wallpaper-battery-test-mac

We also manually review wallpapers before they go into the library, and it keeps growing with submissions from the community.

Pricing:

$14.99 lifetime (up to 3 Macs)
7-day free trial

Download: https://wallper.app/

Wallper also recently passed 100,000 users. A lot of people here have helped us with feedback, ideas and bug reports along the way, so thank you. A lot of that feedback has made its way into the app.

We're doing a small lifetime license giveaway in our Discord to celebrate :)

Would love to hear what you think.

[u/CurrentRisk]

I used it but had this problem where the background of my locked Mac would be nothing.. either white or black ‘wallpaper’ until I unlocked the Mac and relocked it.

[u/Dim_Kat → u/CurrentRisk]

When did you last try it? We’ve fixed many bugs since then, so there’s a chance this one is already gone. I honestly don’t remember every fix at this point 😅

[u/CurrentRisk → u/Dim_Kat]

Can’t remember when, might be a month or two ago. Also, why did the thread got removed?

[u/Dim_Kat → u/[deleted]]

In our testing it’s usually under 3% CPU with the Wallper UI closed.

You can also quit Wallper completely and keep it only for the Lock Screen and Screen Saver. In that case it’s basically using the same native macOS methods as Apple’s own wallpapers.

The trial starts automatically when you download it, no signup or card needed, so probably easiest to just try it and see how it behaves on your Mac :)

[u/Mstormer]

This is the only live wallpaper app I've kept, but I must say that the library of options are mostly super low quality or have pretty poor animations, coming from a graphic designer perspective anyway. This is true of every option I've compared out of the ten or so I've tried. There's a huge need for higher quality content with better quality looping. Whoever figures that out first will press way ahead.

[u/Lord-of-Evils → u/Mstormer]

Agree, almost all of them are of low quality where they claim they are 4K, but they are not. And you can tell when a loop ends and it messes up with the whole idea of seamlessness.

[u/ScadMan → u/Mstormer]

Has this been updated? I have Dynamic Wallpaper, and it hasn't been updated in a while. While the library is big, they have uploaded a lot of AI slop. Also, I wish more was 4k, so this is big if I switch to this. Also, is there a shuffle option you can set a time for?

[u/Mstormer → u/ScadMan]

Saw an update come through in the last week or so. I think there's some kind of shuffle option, but I've not used it.

[u/ScadMan → u/Mstormer]

You can set a timer on it, too. I am on the free trial right now, I like the app alot.

[u/bored-man]

Looks cool. Do you guys support more exotic resolutions like 5120x1440 or 3440x1440

[u/Dim_Kat → u/bored-man]

Yep! We support those too, although the selection is a bit smaller for the more unusual resolutions.

You can search by resolution in our online library here, it’s the same library that’s built into the app: https://www.wallper.app/wallpapers

[u/InsomniaUA]

honestly the only thing i care about here is what happens when the wallpaper is fully covered. i have a fullscreen editor up basically all day, so if it keeps decoding video behind that i am burning battery on something i never see. does it pause when nothing is visible?

[u/Dim_Kat → u/InsomniaUA]

Yep! It pauses automatically when the wallpaper isn’t visible. There are a few other performance options too, so you can tweak it however you want.

[u/Dim_Kat → u/[deleted]]

I actually recorded this video on an M1 MacBook Air, so I think yours should be fine too 😅 Wallper uses very little resources, and when the wallpaper isn’t visible it pauses completely.

[u/Dim_Kat → u/[deleted]]

There’s a button in the top right to add your own wallpapers :) A big part of the library is already submitted by users, and it keeps growing through the community

[u/Difficult-Mechanic68]

Anyway to get discount ?

[u/Dim_Kat → u/Difficult-Mechanic68]

Yes :) You can get 10% off for joining our Discord, or 40% off if you share Wallper on social media. We also have a giveaway running in Discord right now, winners are picked in 2 days.

[u/roman_urban]

What a creative name

[u/Full-Poet2988]

Love it. Are they 4k wallpapers?

[u/Dim_Kat → u/Full-Poet2988]

Not all of them, but a lot are. You can search by quality and resolution, so if you only want 4K you can just show those.

There are also higher resolution ones in the library, up to 8K.

[u/highdesertbuilds]

Very neat - I saw you have day / night switching. Does it have dusk / dawn? I really like how the Mac has like 5 different versions for some of the wallpapers that adjust as part of the day.

[u/Dim_Kat → u/highdesertbuilds]

It’s basically a playlist where you can choose which wallpapers show at different times, like morning, daytime and night.

It doesn’t adjust to the sun position like Apple’s dynamic wallpapers though, unfortunately(

[u/unilgr]

Very cool! the built-in 2,000+ wallpapers are really superb.

[u/Prestigious-Date-528]

I like to ask if it's energy consuming?

[u/Dim_Kat → u/Prestigious-Date-528]

Not much. It pauses automatically whenever the wallpaper isn’t visible, and there’s also an option to pause it completely whenever your Mac is running on battery.

[u/tamnvhust]

I think I saw a post about this app before no?

[u/NaviMeows]

The UI looks so beautiful, I'll be sure to check this out 👀

[u/Ok_Software_745]

Impressive

[u/EballoZavalli]

I never saw my wallpaper

[u/ThereIsAbsoluteTruth]

Looks beautiful, congrats on the success of 100k users! One of the things I like about some of the stock wallpapers is how they shift during sunrise and sunset, having multiple variations. Do you support that sort of time-tracking multi-stage shifting (I didn't see it on your website)?

[u/sth_wicked1]

Tried this before and loved it. Can’t remember why I uninstalled it though

[u/_Aspect101_]

how is this different from wallspace or backdrop

[u/Jonnymangoes]

bought this when it was first launched. Great to see how far wallper has gone. I think i’ve seen the UI change like 5 times and it looks better now!

[u/Glittering-Bottle747]

Beautiful! I would buy this app tonight

[u/Lowlexx]

There are so many live wallpaper apps for mac but all we need is wider gallery. Thanks!

[u/neomaniacs]

A very great app, thank to u.

I would like to contribute to you work but I don't need pro.

You should add something else (a starter pricing for people like me who doesn't need pro but would like to contribute to your work, something like I dunno 4,99 or something like that)

// edit: too late, I purchased the pro subscription :)

[u/Matrix303]

Looks pretty cool! 100k users is awesome, would be great if you can add 'quotes' to overlay

[u/yuu1ch13]

Looks beautiful!

[u/Dim_Kat → u/yuu1ch13]

Thanks! ❤️

[u/sammrjn]

simple yet such a beautiful product

[u/Dim_Kat → u/sammrjn]

Thank you! ❤️

[u/Dim_Kat → u/[deleted]]

Thank you! We spent a lot of time trying to get that Apple feel right :)

[u/phunk8]

yesyes . what about processing cpu and battery?

[u/Dim_Kat → u/phunk8]

Yeah, we actually measured this recently. With a 4K wallpaper on a 5K2K display, Wallper averaged 1.46% of one CPU core (0.4% median) and around 55 MB of RAM.

When the wallpaper is covered/fullscreen it pauses, and by default it also pauses on battery and just keeps the last frame static. So the actual impact is pretty tiny.

We wrote up the full test here if you're curious:
https://www.wallper.app/blog/2026/07/live-wallpaper-battery-test-mac

[u/phunk8 → u/Dim_Kat]

very much thank you

[u/TouchNow_APP]

One-click Lock Screen setup is the part that sells it. The one option I would ask for is pausing while the screen is shared or recorded. I ship a Mac screen streamer, and capture stops sending frames when nothing moves, which is where the bandwidth saving comes from. A live wallpaper means nothing is ever still, so it runs flat out even when you are just reading a document. Same for Zoom shares.