Work · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Vidwall
Set video as dynamic wallpaper
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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Make and share dynamic wallpapers for macOS
2019 · dynamicwallpaper.club · its alternatives →
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Dynamic wallpapers for the apple ecosystem
2022 · sauravwagh.gumroad.com · its alternatives →
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2021 · tanck.nl · its alternatives →
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Backdrop▲170Hi 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 →
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Bring your home screen to life with seamless video loops.
Feb 2026 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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Ever since Apple introduced their video wallpapers I wanted to be able to put custom videos there. I decided to reverse engineer and see what I can do. I built Phosphene to sell it, but the existing competitors were polished enough that the time it would have taken to catch up wasn't going to pay off. So I'm open-sourcing it. WallpaperExtensionKit.framework is what powers macOS wallpapers. It controls what’s shows in the Settings app. It took a lot of trial and error to replicate the behavior, but the result is that your custom wallpapers appear alongside everything else. I wanted to have an…
May 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Dynamic Apple ecosystem wallpapers
2022 · sidharthnegi.gumroad.com · its alternatives →
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Turn your videos into live wallpapers for macos
2025 · wallmotion.eu · its alternatives →
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Wallper▲26Hi everyone! I’ve recently launched Wallper, a small project I built because I couldn’t find a lightweight, native-feeling app to apply real 4K video wallpapers on macOS. You can upload your own videos (private or public), apply them to multiple monitors, and the app pauses playback in full-screen mode to save battery. I’d love to hear your thoughts, ideas, or feedback - still very early, but already live and free to try!
Nov 2025 · wallper.app · its alternatives →
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Vidwall Hub▲13Use videos as wallpapers and lock screen animations.
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Dynamics▲82Transform your Apple devices with dynamic elegance
2023 · sauravwagh.gumroad.com · its alternatives →
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2017 · blog.unixcat.org · its alternatives →
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One4Wall▲108New and improved v4 update brings a whole new experience!
2023 · one4studio.com · its alternatives →
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Splashify v2▲118Stunning desktop wallpapers for Mac & Windows
2018 · splashify.app · its alternatives →
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Use your custom or downloaded videos as your live wallpaper
2021 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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Turn your desktop into a real-time window to the world
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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