5 alternativesWeatherling: $1.99 once
The best Weatherling alternatives
For most people the best alternative to Weatherling is Pixel Soup, and the best free one is Boring Notch.
Pixel SoupPick it if you change your wallpaper often and want something nobody else has, including moving pixel art.$9.99 onceCompare at a glance
Weatherling is highlighted, so you can see what you give up and what you gain.
| App | Price | How you pay | Mac | App Store | Developer | Rating |
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 Weatherling | $1.99 once | Pay once | Too few ratings | |||
| Pixel Soup | $9.99 once | Pay once | Too few ratings | |||
 Wallper | $15 once | Pay once | Too few ratings | |||
 Boring Notch | Free, open source | Free | Too few ratings | |||
 Notchy | $24.99 once | Pay once | Too few ratings | |||
 Halo | $9.99 once | Pay once | Too few ratings |
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The alternatives, in order
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Pick it if you change your wallpaper often and want something nobody else has, including moving pixel art.
Generative dithered wallpapers, still or slowly moving, plus a way to turn your own photos into pixel art.
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Pick it if you want your Mac desktop to move and are happy to pay once for it.
Set a 4K video as your Mac wallpaper, $14.99 once.
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Pick it if you have a MacBook with a notch and want that space to show your music, calendar and files.
A free, open-source app that turns the MacBook notch into music controls, a file shelf and a calendar.
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Pick it if you use a MacBook and want music, timers and clipboard history within reach at the top of the screen.
A notch app for music, timers, clipboard history and a file shelf, $24.99 once.
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Pick it if you have a notched MacBook and want alerts, music and your next meeting in one spot at the top of the screen.
A $9.99 Dynamic Island for the Mac that shows notifications, music, meetings and dictation in the notch.
When Weatherling is still the right pick
You like a desktop that feels alive and want it to match the weather outside.
Weatherling prices and verdict$1.99 once