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24 alternatives to Snowy!

Bring the magic of winter to your Mac

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

1. 1
   Snowshaker▲150

   Decorate your Mac for Christmas and New Year

   2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Snow Pro by Eager▲141

   Add a snow storm to your website for the holidays.

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Weather Screen▲113

   Bring Real-time Weather Effects to your Mac Screen

   2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Your Christmas Tree▲10

   Your Christmas Tree app for your Mac's menu bar

   2024 · nikolaangelkovik.gumroad.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Joy▲125

   A Mac menu bar app that throws confetti for your wins

   Aug 2026 · joy.jawahar.sh · its alternatives →

6. 6
   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 →

7. 7AS
   Add Snow to Your Website▲23

   2015 · eager.io · its alternatives →

8. 8
   NightOwl▲320

   Easily toggle your Macs Dark Mode with this menubar app.

   2019 · nightowlapp.co · its alternatives →

9. 9
   InstaCal▲256

   The missing menu bar calendar for MacOS

   2017 · instacalapp.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Lacona▲645

    Fast, simple, powerful keyboard-driven commands for Mac

    2016 · lacona.io · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Holiday Lights▲2

    Festive string lights & falling snow for your Mac

    Jul 2026 · slehyder.gumroad.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    ❄️ Embed snow effect▲96

    Add some Christmas magic to your websites

    2022 · embed.im · its alternatives →

13. 13
    MenubarX▲474

    A powerful menu bar browser. Pin websites like Native Apps.

    2022 · menubarx.app · its alternatives →

14. 14
    WP Snow Effect▲126

    Add animation effect of falling snow to your WP site

    2020 · wpmaniax.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Degrees▲218

    See the current temperature & weather in your Mac's menu bar

    2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Hourglass▲211

    Dynamic Mac desktop

    2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    iCultus▲81

    Open-source Mac menubar calendar app

    2015 · djyde.github.io · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Forecast Bar for Mac▲68

    Live weather and forecasts right in your menu bar or dock.

    2019 · forecastbar.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Let It Snow: Desktop (MacOS)▲2

    Cozy snowfall for your Mac

    Dec 2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Let it snow▲85

    Making the internet look a lot like Christmas

    2022 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Day-O▲131

    Simple menu bar clock replacement w/ calendar for your Mac

    2014 · shauninman.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Dear Sun▲88

    Weather at a peek for Mac

    2021 · dearsun.app · its alternatives →

23. 23
    DynamicLake▲350

    Dynamic Island experience for Mac with apps & notifications

    Mar 2026 · dynamiclake.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Ice▲106

    Powerful menu bar manager for macOS

    2025 · icemenubar.app · its alternatives →

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 →