| What it does | Add app icons and notifications to your Mac menu bar
| Live wallpaper for Mac, drawn as it plays in any of 48 palettes, with widgets, folder icons and sound to match.
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| Pricing model | Freemium
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| Pricing | Free: Add up to 3 apps, one quick-access group, default icons, badge notifications, personal use only. Pro: €7 per year (approximately €0.58/month) for unlimited menu bar apps, unlimited quick-access groups, custom icon uploads, advanced automation, priority support on 3 macOS devices. Lifetime: €15
| Free: 7 scenes and 11 palettes, 6 built-in vibes, clock/date/day widgets, 2 schedule rules, 8 folder icon patterns, 30 frames per second. MacScapes Pro: $9.99 launch price (24 of 25 left), then $19.99 once for up to 3 Macs. Includes all 42 scenes, 9 Living Stills, all 48 palettes, video backgrounds,
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| Key features | - Display app icons and notification badges in the menu bar
- Support for Messages, Mail, Slack, Teams, and third-party macOS apps
- Customizable badge styles: text, dot, or circle with custom highlight colors
- Three icon style options: original, recommended, or custom upload
- Advanced app grouping with custom names and colors
- Smart transparency: auto-hide icons when apps have no notifications
- Quick app launching directly from the menu bar
- Seamless macOS integration with light and dark mode support
- Works with Bartender, Ice, and Hidden Bar menu bar tools
- Privacy-focused: only needs macOS Accessibility API permission
| - 42 GPU-rendered animated scenes in 6 categories plus 9 Living Stills
- 48 color palettes with palette creator and palette-from-photo
- 14 desktop widgets (clock, calendar, weather, moon, timer, focus timer, countdown, year, battery, world clock, season, note, system, day)
- Vibes bundle a scene, palette, widgets and ambient sound saved together
- Schedule changes by time of day, sunrise/sunset, or battery status
- 10 ambient sounds (rain, ocean, fire, night, forest, café, wind, stream, brown noise, pink noise)
- 70 folder icon patterns plus patterns cut from any scene
- Lock screen synchronization with current scene
- Photo and video backgrounds with motion options
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| What makes it different | - Monitor multiple app notifications at a glance without switching apps or unhiding the Dock
- Perfect companion for Dock-hiding users with clean, efficient workspace management
- Extensive customization options: badge styles, icon uploads, and app grouping
- Privacy-first design with no data collection or sharing
- Works with any macOS app that shows notifications in the Dock
| - Drawn live on GPU rather than playing video loops, so scenes recolor instantly and the whole app is only 26 MB with all scenes included
- Everything on your desktop—wallpaper, widgets, folder icons and sound—matched and saved together as vibes
- Optimized for battery life with automatic frame rate and resolution reduction when unplugged
- No account, no tracking, no ads, with anonymous usage counts you can turn off
- Runs in Apple's App Sandbox with minimal system permissions
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