| What it does | Elegant iOS-style volume control for macOS with glass design and quick actions
| 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 | Free trial
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| Pricing | Free 3-day trial; $7.99 one-time lifetime license
| 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 | - Hover-to-reveal interface that appears when cursor approaches screen edge
- Smooth drag-to-adjust functionality with haptic feedback
- Quick actions for mute, volume presets, and audio device switching
- Customizable from 5 different screen positions
- Automatic light and dark mode adaptation
- Multi-device audio output switching
- Native Swift performance with minimal CPU impact
- Only 10MB in size
| - 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 | - iOS-style glass design elegance specifically for macOS
- Hover-to-reveal keeps desktop uncluttered and invisible when not needed
- Highly customizable with five screen position options
- Apple notarized with zero analytics or data collection
| - 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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| Community votes | 0 | 1 |
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| DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs) | 4 ▼ −1 (down) since last check | 11 ▲ +1 (up) since last check |
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| Trust Flow (Majestic) | 3 | 0 |
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| Citation Flow (Majestic) | 10 | 0 |
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| Referring domains (Majestic) | 10 | 0 |
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