Work · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Cadran

Turn your Mac wallpaper into a live clock face

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

1
Clocks for iOS▲192
Transform your phone into a beautiful clock display
2025 · clocks.app · its alternatives →
2
Orbl▲36
Turn your Mac wallpaper into a live dashboard
Jun 2026 · orbl.app · its alternatives →
3
Wallcat▲364
A beautiful wallpaper for your Mac, every day
2015 · its alternatives →
4
Vitrine▲90
Turn any photo into a beautiful wallpaper
Jun 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
5
Wallpaper Wizard 2▲304
Wow-worthy backgrounds for Mac
2017 · macpaw.com · its alternatives →
6
Padbury Clock Screensaver▲400
Minimal screensaver for Mac
2015 · its alternatives →
7
Keep▲89
Full-screen 3D clock scenes for your iPhone or Mac
Jun 2026 · trykeep.app · its alternatives →
8
Desktopr▲144
Make any website your Mac wallpaper
2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
9
Hourglass▲211
Dynamic Mac desktop
2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
10
DailyWall 2.0 (Mac + iOS)▲104
Start every day with a new wallpaper
2020 · valor-bet.uk.com · its alternatives →
11
Satellite Eyes▲131
Changes your Mac wallpaper to a satellite map of your local
2014 · satelliteeyes.tomtaylor.co.uk · its alternatives →
12
DailyWall for Mac▲136
Daily curated wallpapers from Unsplash, Pexels & Pixabay 🌄
2018 · lottool.shop · its alternatives →
13
Bauhaus Clock▲207
Elegant timepiece screensaver for macOS
2025 · bauhausclock.com · its alternatives →
14
Backdrop▲170
Hi HN, I'm Oskar, a solo indie Mac developer from Sweden. For those in the Mac community, you might know me from my other apps like Sensei and Trim Enabler. For years, I've been frustrated by the lack of customisation of macOS. In particular the Lock Screen which supports animated wallpapers, but only ones provided by Apple. There's never been a way to add your own personal videos. I decided to figure out how to solve this, and the result is Backdrop 2.0. Backdrop is my Live Wallpaper app for Mac, it can play video wallpapers on your desktop. And now it can play on your Lock Screen too. The…
2025 · cindori.com · its alternatives →
15
Artigo for iOS▲124
Wall art made simple
2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
16
Artpaper▲133
Change wallpapers on your Mac to gorgeous paintings
2016 · gikken.co · its alternatives →
17
Wallpaper by Behance▲154
Discover the world's creative work through your Mac
2014 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
18
iWall▲95
A simple, beautiful live wallpaper for Mac
2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
19
Clock.saver▲145
A simple clock screensaver based on Braun watches ⌚
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
20
VoxelWall▲81
Music-reactive live wallpapers for Mac
Sep 2026 · voxelwall.app · its alternatives →
21
Solace▲171
macOS gives you three appearance options: Light, Dark, or Auto. Auto follows sunset, which is a surprisingly blunt heuristic. It doesn't account for season (dark mode at 3:50pm in December, light mode at 9pm in June), and it has zero awareness of actual conditions outside. Overcast and dark at 2pm? Your Mac doesn't care. The deeper problem is that macOS treats appearance, wallpaper, and colour temperature as unrelated settings. You end up stitching together separate tools that don't know about each other, or you just live with the defaults and accept the friction. Solace tries to solve this…
Feb 2026 · theodorehq.com · its alternatives →
22
DeskFrame▲92
3D photo frame clock widget for Apple Vision Pro
2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
23
Facet▲3
Turn any photo into a wallpaper, with live Metal effects
Jul 2026 · facet.aircoded.app · its alternatives →
24
Calendarly▲134
Turn your calendar into a live Lock Screen wallpaper
Feb 2026 · getcalendarly.com · its alternatives →

Also compare

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →