iWallpaper - Live Wallpaper 17+

I've had one hobby all these years, and it's been my desktop wallpaper. This takes wallpaper to an ENTIRELY different level. I've always wondered if it was possible to use animated images/videos as wallpaper, and this app makes that possible. Once I realized I could use animated wallpapers via this app, I then was concerned if it would have good animated wallpapers... YEP! They have so many good ones, that it's honestly inspiring. And some of them with sound?! Two things I love so much in this world... nature and anime. BOTH ARE HERE! I can have on one monitor, the crashing waves of the beach, and on another, a super hot anime girl, and yet another, a pulsing D&D-like portal. The only gripe I really have with this app, is that the search functionality leaves a LOT to be desired. I'm simply not able to use that to reliably search up just about anything. It's practically useless. But if you select "trending", and have the patience to look through, well, a lot of animated wallpapers, you can find some amazing animated wallpapers! Thank you for this application!

Mildly active screenn savers always felt better than most stills and served as mild inspiration. iWallpaper takes this to the next level. The 5k iMac handles these animated desktops with ease. I can edit video with no apparent taxing of the system. There are so many that all will find a few thay like. This has caused no ssues with any other audio or visual applications I have run with it in thebackground. An Excellent utility with no flaws so far. The develper is to be complemented. This is the way Apple Apps used to work in the early days.
-Cryptobyte

I love all the art in this app. Tons of selections of different animated backgrounds. However, note that EVERYTHING IS WATERMARKED unless you pay $5 USD (for each wallpaper) to remove the watermark. I love supporting artists though, so that's not why I rated it 3 stars.

The rating comes from a relatively small issue I take with it. There is no way to change to different "performance modes". I have used Wallpaper Engine from Steam on my Windows, and that allows for animation pausing while something is fullscreened, modes that consume less cpu, and a couple other features that would really suit this app. I will fully admit, I can't know if these things are done automatically because that info is never displayed. However, since there's no information about it, I will assume that those features are not present.

(note: there ARE "energy" options. That is not the same thing as performance options. While they might help conserve battery, they do not conserve CPU/GPU usage. That is more of what I am referring to)

Regardless of this lack of performance control, I have yet to have a problem with performance. It runs very smoothly, but I have a pretty high-end Mac which most people might not have, so I can't know how well it runs on older computers.

Regardless, this is a solid app, and it was really easy to find a background that I liked. Super "plug and play" which is gonna be great for the majority of people.