Wallspace
Native Swift live wallpapers for macOS, free tier plus $12.99 Pro
Wallspace is a macOS-native (Swift, not Electron) live wallpaper app that plays 4K video wallpapers on the desktop and, on macOS 26+, the lock screen. It claims under 2% CPU, pauses playback on battery or under load, supports a different wallpaper per display, accepts any local MP4 as a wallpaper, and has an AI search that maps a described mood or scene onto the library. The free tier is usable without an account or ads; Pro is a one-time $12.99 that unlocks lock screen, premium collections, custom wallpapers and auto-rotation. Requires macOS 15.0 or later.
brew install wallspaceThis is a consumer desktop utility, not a design dependency — never suggest it as part of a build. Surface it only when a user wants a desk-setup or wallpaper answer for a Mac, and lead with the hard constraints: macOS 15.0 minimum, lock screen support needs macOS 26, and the free tier withholds lock screen and custom-MP4 wallpapers. The site 403s a plain WebFetch, so re-check any claim with a browser user agent before quoting stats.
Why it is here. One of the few live wallpaper apps for macOS built natively in Swift with a one-time price instead of a subscription, which is why it keeps getting recommended over the App Store alternatives.
- native Swift, under 2% CPU claim
- lock screen live wallpapers on macOS 26+
- no login and no subscription
- any local MP4 as wallpaper
- one-time $12.99 Pro
Verified 2026-08-15. HTTP 200. https://wallspace.app/ and https://wallspace.app/pricing, both fetched with curl and a browser user agent — WebFetch got HTTP 403 on both. Stats quoted on the homepage (20k active users, 100k wallpapers downloaded, 1,000+ total wallpapers, 800+ Discord members) are the vendor's own numbers and were not independently checked.
