Your Mac deserves
better.
GPU-accelerated live wallpapers that look incredible
and barely touch your battery. Built natively for Mac.
7-day free trial|macOS 14+|$7 one-time purchase
Live Wallpapers
Rain, particles, god rays, snow — all running on your desktop.
Real-time effects rendered natively on your GPU. Built on Metal. One-time purchase, no subscription.
Parallax Engine
Your desktop has depth now.
Real depth maps create parallax that makes your wallpaper feel alive — not cheap tricks, real spatial rendering.
Community Gallery
A growing collection of wallpapers.
Browse community wallpapers — lo-fi aesthetics, cyberpunk cityscapes, nature scenes, abstract geometry. Preview in one click. Install in another.
Redbull F1 Display
Cat in the Rain
Snowy Ramen Night
Frieren Fallen Citadel
Dark Souls Camping
Yuji Studying Lofi
Journey Through the Cavern
Hokage's View
Light's Secret
Scene Editor
Create your own. No code required.
Layer images. Add particle effects. Stack visual filters. Publish to the community. Narwall ships with a full scene editor that turns you into a wallpaper creator.
Menu Bar
The whole app fits in your menu bar.
Switch wallpapers. Adjust creator settings. Pause and resume. No windows to open, no apps to find.
Format Support
Scenes. Videos. Shaders. Web. All of it.
Not just the scene editor. Import any MP4, write a Metal shader, or point it at an HTML canvas. Narwall handles every type of wallpaper.
Scene
Multi-layer compositions with effects and particles
Video
Loop any MP4, MOV, or WebM seamlessly
Shader
Custom Metal shaders — write your own or use bundled ones
Web
HTML/JS wallpapers with full WebKit rendering
Performance
Designed to disappear.
Pauses when you're not looking.
Fullscreen apps, covered windows, lid closed, lock screen. It knows when to stop.
Built on Metal.
Renders entirely on the GPU using Apple’s native graphics framework. Your CPU barely notices.
Adapts to your hardware.
Drops frame rate for static wallpapers, scales quality automatically. Four presets if you want control.
$7
Once. Forever.
No monthly fees. No annual renewals. No “pro tier.” You get everything — the editor, every effect, every feature. Every wallpaper in the gallery is free. Updates included.
7-day trial, no card required|macOS 14+|Apple Silicon and Intel
Comparison
Switching from Windows? You’re covered.
| Feature | Narwall (Mac) | Wallpaper Engine (Windows) |
|---|---|---|
| GPU rendering | Metal (native) | DirectX / OpenGL |
| Smart power management | Pauses when covered, fullscreen, sleep | Manual setup |
| Scene editor | Built-in | Workshop-dependent |
| Pricing | $7 one-time | $4 on Steam |
| Mac support | Native, Apple Silicon optimized | Not available |
| Video wallpapers | ✓ | ✓ |
| Shader wallpapers | Metal shaders | GLSL shaders |
| Community gallery | Built-in | Steam Workshop |
| Subscription | Never | Never |
Make your desktop
worth looking at.
macOS 14+|Apple Silicon and Intel|$7 one-time purchase after trial