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Chronoscape

macOS wallpaper that follows local sunrise, sunset, and weather with still scenes for clear skies, clouds, rain, snow, and fog. Each display gets a native-resolution view, with optional place rotation, offline clock support, and Apple Silicon or Intel compatibility.

Chronoscape wallpaper matching real sunrise light

Cost / License

  • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
  • Proprietary

Application type

Platforms

  • Mac
Browsing the curated collection of real-world scenes
Same scene rendered in a different weather state
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The same real location in different light and season
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Features

Properties

  1.  Lightweight
  2.  Privacy focused

Features

  1.  No registration required
  2.  Live Wallpapers
  3.  Ad-free
  4.  Wallpaper Cycling
  5.  Local-weather

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Chronoscape information

  • Developed by

    BE flagElqoo BV

  • Licensing

    Proprietary and Freemium product.

  • Pricing

    One time purchase that costs $35, and / or subscription ranging between $1 and $9 per month + free version with limited functionality.

  • Alternatives

    3 alternatives listed

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  • Supported Languages

    • English
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Official Links

AppStores & Other Links

Download from Mac App Store

What is Chronoscape?

Chronoscape is a dynamic wallpaper app for macOS and an alternative to Wallpaper Engine, 24 Hour Wallpaper, Dynamic Wallpaper Club and Solace. Where Wallpaper Engine (Windows only, animated, CPU-heavy) and 24 Hour Wallpaper (time of day only) stop, Chronoscape shows one real place and changes the image to match both the actual time of day and the current weather where you are. Unsplash Wallpapers, Irvue and Dynamic Wallpaper Club rotate unrelated photos. Solace reacts to weather and sunlight too, but mostly toggles light and dark appearance over generic wallpapers.

Each Chronoscape scene is a single location photographed across every hour and every sky: clear, cloudy, rain, snow, fog. Morning light in the morning. Rain when it rains. Dark when it gets dark. Nothing animates and nothing runs in the background. The image only changes when the sky does.

What you get:

  • Wallpaper that follows the real sunrise and sunset for your location
  • Weather matching from Open-Meteo, a free public weather service
  • A different scene on every display, each at native resolution, Retina and ultrawide included
  • An optional timer to move between places through the day
  • Works offline using your Mac's own clock
  • Native Apple Silicon and Intel, menu bar app, macOS 14 or later

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