Let It Snow

Name: Let It Snow
Price: 1.99 USD
Author: Gavin Matthews

Entertainment

Only for Mac

$1.99 · In‑App Purchases

Age Rating

4+
Years
Category

Entertainment
Developer

Gavin Matthews
Language

EN
English
Size

2.5
MB

Mac

New: wind that sweeps your snow, a gentle breeze, realistic depth, and Pro snowflake styles and Festive colours. Lighter on your Mac than ever! Bring a winter wonderland to your desktop with Let It Snow's realistic snowfall and get into that festive holiday feeling. FEATURES: * Realistic snowfall with a real sense of depth - nearer snowflakes are larger, brighter and fall faster * A gentle breeze that drifts the snow softly back and forth * Wind that sweeps across the falling snow, from the occasional breeze to blustery weather * Random snow flurries and gusts of snow * Pause and resume the snow from the menu bar, handy for presentations and screen sharing * Light on your Mac: a highly efficient snow engine, and snow automatically pauses while your Mac is asleep or locked PRO FEATURES (unlocked via in-app purchase): * Snowflake styles - Classic, Crystal, Star or Plate, or a natural Mixed snowfall of them all * Use your own image as the snowflake * Multicoloured snow - Pastel or Festive Christmas colours * Lots more snow! * Display a permanent snow drift at the bottom of the screen * Snow only on the desktop image * Display snow on up to four displays * Change the opacity of the snowflakes * Festive lights on active window * Festive hat on active window A number of settings let you control how the snow falls: * Amount - Decide how much snow you want * Size - Pick smaller or bigger snowflakes * Speed - Select slower or faster snow * Flurries - Choose more or fewer flurries of snow * Wind - From calm, perfectly still snow to blustery gusts * Snow behind active window The app lives in the menu bar, as a star icon at the top-right of your screen. Clicking the star gives you access to the settings. Let It Snow brings a little bit of winter magic to your Mac! Note: Wallpaper not included with app.

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Fun, fun, snow!
01/07/2017
R Paige Murphy
If you enjoy snow, this is a fun little app! I’ve sure gotten my $0.99 out of it!. Version 1.3(4) I have no CPU problems with it. I have a 3.4 GHz iMac ... so I don’t know how much differnce that makes. CPU use runs at 2% with most CPU friendly settings, 4% with a lot of snow, fast falling, but no accumulation, and about 9% with everything maxed out! The snow is quite realistic in falling in a number of ways. Each flake follows its own path, so they meander across one another. Flakes fall at different speeds, so flakes pass by one another. Also, when moving slider to larger flakes, smaller ones are still included which gives a sense of depth. Prefs includes sliders for: Amount, Size, Speed, more or less Flurries, and Thaw factor. Choices include: multicolored (confetti looking), Settle on Active Window (not all windows, but on the active one ... and if you close it ... the accumulated snow comes tumbling down!), Escape bottom (accumulation at bottom of screen or not); Escape sides (I dont’ get this one). All in all, I’ve enjoyed it, had no problems with it, and look forward to further developments. Put on a snow scene desktop pic, and enjoy! 4 stars ... very good as it is for the price; but with potential to be even better. I'd buy it again. Here’s to keeping the Mac fun...
Fun, fun, snow!
01/07/2017
R Paige Murphy

If you enjoy snow, this is a fun little app! I’ve sure gotten my $0.99 out of it!. Version 1.3(4) I have no CPU problems with it. I have a 3.4 GHz iMac ... so I don’t know how much differnce that makes. CPU use runs at 2% with most CPU friendly settings, 4% with a lot of snow, fast falling, but no accumulation, and about 9% with everything maxed out! The snow is quite realistic in falling in a number of ways. Each flake follows its own path, so they meander across one another. Flakes fall at different speeds, so flakes pass by one another. Also, when moving slider to larger flakes, smaller ones are still included which gives a sense of depth. Prefs includes sliders for: Amount, Size, Speed, more or less Flurries, and Thaw factor. Choices include: multicolored (confetti looking), Settle on Active Window (not all windows, but on the active one ... and if you close it ... the accumulated snow comes tumbling down!), Escape bottom (accumulation at bottom of screen or not); Escape sides (I dont’ get this one). All in all, I’ve enjoyed it, had no problems with it, and look forward to further developments. Put on a snow scene desktop pic, and enjoy! 4 stars ... very good as it is for the price; but with potential to be even better. I'd buy it again. Here’s to keeping the Mac fun...
Probably the best in it’s category
12/07/2014
blueturtl
Just downloaded this and it’s good. Coupled with a winter/Christmas background image it works great to enhance the holiday mood (especially if you don’t get snow where you live). There are a few things to improve on for future versions though. CPU usage is quite high, for what this does. Also, I’d really like to be able to control the direction of the wind and be able to set real snowflake images as textures. The current snow is ok from afar, but close up it looks more like cotton balls than snow. Once you have that ability, you can use different snowflake models with transparent background to make realistic looking snow. The flakes could also spin, rotate and flip, just like real flakes do. Oh, and also an option to not have it snow on top of your windows would be great. The current snow is a bit distracting if you’re trying to work also and not just using your computer as a picture frame. If the makers of this great app did that, I wouldn’t have to get into software development. :)
Probably the best in it’s category
12/07/2014
blueturtl

Just downloaded this and it’s good. Coupled with a winter/Christmas background image it works great to enhance the holiday mood (especially if you don’t get snow where you live). There are a few things to improve on for future versions though. CPU usage is quite high, for what this does. Also, I’d really like to be able to control the direction of the wind and be able to set real snowflake images as textures. The current snow is ok from afar, but close up it looks more like cotton balls than snow. Once you have that ability, you can use different snowflake models with transparent background to make realistic looking snow. The flakes could also spin, rotate and flip, just like real flakes do. Oh, and also an option to not have it snow on top of your windows would be great. The current snow is a bit distracting if you’re trying to work also and not just using your computer as a picture frame. If the makers of this great app did that, I wouldn’t have to get into software development. :)
A few odd issues
11/09/2023
geoffreyalanholliday
I'm guessing it's only with Sonoma, but the snow is inconsistent. Sometimes there's so much snow I have to quit and restart the app. Sometimes the snow won't "get out of the way" of, for example, Adobe Photoshop. I'm sure I'm not the only one with these small issues. I do use several desktops because I like to separate out my various projects. LIS is set to be on every desktop. The last thing I did was to delete the app, using AppCleaner, which removes all residual preferences etc. I then re-downloaded a fresh install and left it on default settings. Still problematic. Obviously this is not a "critical" issue, but snow should be elegant and atmospheric. Keep up the good work!
A few odd issues
11/09/2023
geoffreyalanholliday

I'm guessing it's only with Sonoma, but the snow is inconsistent. Sometimes there's so much snow I have to quit and restart the app. Sometimes the snow won't "get out of the way" of, for example, Adobe Photoshop. I'm sure I'm not the only one with these small issues. I do use several desktops because I like to separate out my various projects. LIS is set to be on every desktop. The last thing I did was to delete the app, using AppCleaner, which removes all residual preferences etc. I then re-downloaded a fresh install and left it on default settings. Still problematic. Obviously this is not a "critical" issue, but snow should be elegant and atmospheric. Keep up the good work!
missing just one convenient thing
03/25/2016
AlexanderNRivera
I forgot i even had this app and just rediscovered it in launchpad. Had fun with it until i went to quit it. Wish you could do it from the dock by just hitting quit. Took me a minute to find it under the recents option which I thought was odd. Guess i am just too used to quitting from the dock on my apps there. But cute and soothing app. Am in Florida and I miss the beautiful snow.
missing just one convenient thing
03/25/2016
AlexanderNRivera

I forgot i even had this app and just rediscovered it in launchpad. Had fun with it until i went to quit it. Wish you could do it from the dock by just hitting quit. Took me a minute to find it under the recents option which I thought was odd. Guess i am just too used to quitting from the dock on my apps there. But cute and soothing app. Am in Florida and I miss the beautiful snow.

A big winter update! NEW * Gentle breeze: the snow now drifts softly back and forth * Wind: the new Wind slider brings gusts that sweep across all the falling snow - set it to Calm for perfectly still snow * Realistic depth: nearer snowflakes are larger, brighter and fall faster * Snowflakes now drift and tumble as they fall * Pause Snow from the menu bar * Pro: choose Classic, Crystal, Star or Plate snowflakes, or a Mixed snowfall * Pro: Pastel or Festive multicoloured snow IMPROVED * A brand new, far more efficient snow engine - much lighter on your Mac * Snow pauses automatically while your Mac sleeps or is locked, for better battery life * Smoother Wind and Flurries sliders * A tidier Settings window * More reliable in-app purchase and Restore FIXED * Settings and About windows sometimes opening behind other windows * Festive lights and hat appearing on menus and the menu bar

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Seller: Gavin Matthews
Size: 2.5 MB
Category: Entertainment
Compatibility: Requires macOS 14.6 or later.

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Languages: English
Age Rating: 4+

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Fun, fun, snow!

Probably the best in it’s category

A few odd issues

missing just one convenient thing

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