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Day & Night

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#6 of 34
Score
7.1
Day & Night's website

The facts below are what the maker publishes about Day & Night, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.

Plans and prices

From Day & Night's own pricing page, checked 15 Oct 2026.

All about pricing
PlanPriceWhat it gives you
FreeFreetime-based wallpaper changes · custom refresh intervals · single-monitor use
Premium$0.99, paid onceruns scripts on cycle changes · multi-monitor support · dynamic wallpapers with more than two images · one-time in-app purchase

The facts

Each one read from Day & Night's own pages, with the date it was checked.

What it does

Accessibility disclosure
Apple says the developer has not identified supported accessibility features.checked 15 Oct 2026
Category
Apple classifies the app in Utilities.checked 15 Oct 2026
Copyright
The listing carries a 2018 copyright notice for Brandon Roehl.checked 15 Oct 2026
Developer and seller
Apple identifies Brandon Roehl as both developer and seller.checked 15 Oct 2026
Download size
The Mac download is listed as 4.7 MB.checked 15 Oct 2026
Dynamic wallpaper creation
Users can arrange multiple images in sequence to create dynamic wallpapers.checked 15 Oct 2026
Extended image cycles
Premium permits custom dynamic wallpapers containing more than two images.checked 15 Oct 2026
Independent context: desktop visibility
An OS X Daily commenter questioned the practical value of changing wallpapers because application windows usually cover the desktop.checked 15 Oct 2026
Independent context: dynamic desktops
OS X Daily explains that macOS can simulate dynamic desktops by rotating a folder of images at user-selected intervals.checked 15 Oct 2026
Independent context: image requirements
OS X Daily recommends using roughly 10 to 25 images of the same scene with different lighting for a convincing dynamic-desktop effect.checked 15 Oct 2026
Independent context: sequencing issue
OS X Daily commenters reported that macOS image rotation can misorder files when names such as 1 and 10 are used without leading-zero or workaround naming.checked 15 Oct 2026
Latest listed version
The latest listed version is 3.3, dated February 10, 2019.checked 15 Oct 2026
Limit: launch failure
A reviewer reported that the app did not launch, prompting a developer troubleshooting response.checked 15 Oct 2026
Limit: startup behavior
A reviewer reported that automatic launch and a day script require paying the $0.99 Premium purchase.checked 15 Oct 2026
Localization
The listed supported languages are English and German.checked 15 Oct 2026
Location handling
The app uses location information for solar timing and falls back to custom times when a location cannot be determined.checked 15 Oct 2026
Menu-bar operation
Version 2.3 moved alerts into the menu bar rather than popup windows.checked 15 Oct 2026
Multi-monitor feature
Premium adds support for multiple monitors.checked 15 Oct 2026
Offline operation
The version history says internet access is no longer required for generating solar times.checked 15 Oct 2026
Praise: lightweight utility
One reviewer described it as lightweight, useful and fairly priced.checked 15 Oct 2026
Praise: simplicity
One reviewer called the app simple and elegant.checked 15 Oct 2026
Privacy disclosure
Apple says the developer has not supplied privacy-practice or data-handling details for the app.checked 15 Oct 2026

Money

Independent context: resource cost
OS X Daily warns that screen-saver-based animated desktop techniques consume system resources.checked 15 Oct 2026

Where it runs

Rating on Apple App Store
No aggregate rating out of 5 is displayed because Apple says the app has too few ratings or reviews; four written reviews are visible.checked 15 Oct 2026

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