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Weatherling

Animated rain, snow and leaves on your desktop

Mac$1.99 once

The verdict

Weatherling draws animated rain, snow, fog, falling leaves and sunshine across your Mac desktop and windows. Turn on Sync with Your Weather and it follows Apple Weather for your city, or flip it to Invert for sunshine on a grey day. Rain pools on window edges and snow piles on window tops. It costs $1.99 once with no subscription or in-app purchases.

Get it if

You like a desktop that feels alive and want it to match the weather outside.

Skip it if

You want a calm, static screen while you work. Wallpapers cost nothing and don't move.

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What it helps you do

  • Match your desktop to the weather outside
  • Watch rain run down your windows
  • Save a scene as a template and share it
  • Collect small creatures called Lings

What changed

  1. Version 1.7

    Make it yours, then share it. Weatherling 1.7 adds templates, grass along your windows, colors of your own, more Lings, and optional Game Center. · Templates: save your whole scene under a name and an emoji, or start from Rainy Day, Snow Drift, Autumn Day, or Techno. Share any template as a link or a file. · Grass grows along the tops of your windows. Rain helps it grow and wind bends the blades. · Give rain, snow,…

  2. Added to The Useful Apps

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The details

Runs on
Mac
Requires
macOS 14.0 or later
Version
1.7
Size
71 MB
Made by
Matt Senter

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