Wallmate
Preparing your desktop
macOS 14+ · Apple Silicon & Intel

Your desktop, alive.

Cinematic video wallpapers for macOS — featherlight, silent, one click.

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Free download · macOS 14+ · Apple Silicon & Intel · No sign-up
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Wallmate
Live wallpapers for Mac
Cinematic 4K wallpapers — sipping power, never stealing focus.
Hardware-decoded, low CPU
Auto-pauses on Low Power
Lives in the menu bar
$9.90 one-time
No subscription
No sign-up
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Built for macOS,
down to the metal.

Native & efficient

Built on macOS AVFoundation with hardware video decoders. Negligible CPU, marginal extra power over a static wallpaper.

Battery aware

Detects Low Power Mode and automatically pauses to a still frame. No fan spin-up, no surprises.

Menu bar–first

No Dock icon, no window clutter. Browse, pause, and switch wallpapers from a single menu bar dropdown.

Curated library

Hand-picked wallpapers across Nature, Space, Anime, Pixel, Lofi, and Animals. New categories added regularly.

All in one app

Everything you need,
in one app.

Lock Screen
Lock Screen ready

Live video on your Lock Screen, per monitor. Wallmate hands playback to Apple's native pipeline — no daemons, no overlays.

Requires macOS 26+
Multi-display
Every screen,
its own scene.

Give each connected display its own wallpaper. Assign one and the rest stay exactly as you left them.

Menu bar
Control from the top.

Pause, switch, or turn it off from the menu bar — no need to open the app.

Your media · Pro
Bring your own video.

Add your own clips and set them live. Share to the community library whenever you like.

Power
Knows when to rest.

Auto-pauses in Low Power Mode and behind fullscreen apps — per display, so only what's covered stops.

Performance

Smooth on
every Mac.

Native AVFoundation and hardware video decoders keep CPU near idle and memory light. Wallmate manages itself — you don't have to.

✓ Idle CPU ✓ Low memory ✓ From Intel to Apple Silicon
One click

Pick. Click.
Live.

Browse the gallery, click once — your desktop comes alive. No restart, no setup, no fuss.

✓ Instant apply ✓ Hardware decoded ✓ Multi-display
Made by community

Wallpapers that
truly live.

Creators add their own clips and share them with everyone — each one reviewed, then dropped into a library that keeps growing. Real moments, in motion, on your desktop.

Nature · 4K
Space · 2K
Anime · 4K
Pixel · 4K
Lofi · 4K
Animals · 4K
Anime · 4K
Lofi · 4K
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How it works

Three steps.
Sixty seconds.

01
Download

DMG installs in seconds — no account, no sign-up.

02
Pick

Browse the curated gallery and pick a wallpaper that fits your mood.

03
Set

One click sets your live wallpaper. Swap anytime from the menu bar.

Specs

Made for your Mac.

Requires
macOS 14+
Compatible
Apple Silicon & Intel
Privacy
No account, no ads
Pricing

One price.
Yours forever.

wallmate

Launch price · 23% OFF
$12.90 $9.90 one-time · no subscription
  • License unlocks one Mac
  • Full library of cinematic wallpapers
  • All future updates included
  • No subscription, ever

Price rises with every new feature shipped. Lock in today's rate — yours forever.

One license = one Mac. Each license key activates a single device and can't be moved or shared.

7-day refund policy · Secure checkout by Polar.

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FAQ

Frequently asked.

Wallmate uses macOS's native AVFoundation pipeline and hardware video decoders, so video playback uses only marginally more power than a static wallpaper. When you switch to Low Power Mode, Wallmate automatically pauses to a still frame.
macOS 14 (Sonoma) or newer, on both Apple Silicon and Intel Macs.
Yes. With Pro you can add your own clips (MP4, up to 100 MB and 60 seconds) and set them as live wallpapers. You can keep them private to your Mac, or submit them to the community library — submissions go through a quick review before they appear for everyone.
Yes — each connected display can run its own wallpaper independently.
Wallmate is a one-time $9.90 purchase. No subscription, no account, no ads — yours forever after a single payment.
No — one license activates one Mac. Each license key is tied to a single device, so to cover more Macs buy a multi-pack (2, 3, or 5 licenses) and use one key per Mac. License keys can't be shared or published.
You may request a refund within 7 days of purchase by contacting support@wallmate.app or Polar support. Polar processes approved refunds to the original payment method.