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Seaside Town
A summer afternoon above the harbor. Glinting sea, laundry in the breeze.
Free for MacYour desktop,
Your desktop,
gently alive.
Illustrated scenes with soft, live motion (falling rain, drifting petals, lantern glow) for your wallpaper and screen saver.
macOS 13 or later · Apple Silicon and Intel ·
Now playingSeaside Town
The collection
Pick a place to spend the day
Hover a scene to watch it move, drawn live in your browser by the same effects as the app. Every scene here is free with an account.
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Rainy Oden Stall
Lanterns glowing through the drizzle, steam rising from the pot.
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Cherry Blossom Bakery
Petals drifting past a little bakery on a spring morning.
New
Make a scene that's only yours
Describe a place (“a ramen shop on a snowy mountain road at night”) and we'll illustrate it with AI, add motion that fits the picture, and send it to your Mac. 5 creations every month, free.
Create a sceneIllustrated, then brought to life
Every scene starts as an AI-generated illustration, upscaled to 4K. The app adds gentle motion on top (rain, ripples, steam, drifting petals, flickering lanterns) and draws it live on your Mac.
Wallpaper and screen saver
Play a scene behind your desktop icons, or use it as your screen saver with a clock. Your lock screen shows a matching still.
Small and easy on your Mac
Scenes are a 2–3 MB download. The wallpaper pauses while your desktop is covered, and can pause automatically on battery.
Pricing
Free to start. Yours to keep.
Free
with an account- ✦ The Cozy Scenes app for Mac
- ✦ Every scene in the collection
- ✦ 5 creations of your own every month
- ✦ Your scenes on every Mac you sign in to
Extra credits
Coming soonWant to create more than 5 scenes a month? Credit packs will let you make as many as you like. Bought credits never expire, and everything you create is yours to keep.
Windows
Coming to Windows
Get one email when it's ready. Nothing else.
Questions
Which Macs does it run on?+
macOS 13 Ventura or later, on Apple Silicon and Intel Macs. It works with multiple displays.
Are the scenes made with AI?+
Yes. Each illustration is created with AI image tools, then upscaled to 4K. The motion is added by the Cozy Scenes engine, with every effect placed to fit that picture: rain only where it falls, ripples only on wet ground.
Is there a Windows version?+
Not yet. Cozy Scenes is Mac-only for now, and a Windows version is planned. Join the waitlist (above, or at the bottom of this page) and we'll email you when it's ready. Your account and scenes will carry over.
Is the lock screen animated?+
No. macOS doesn't allow apps to animate the lock screen, so it shows a still of your scene. The animated version runs as your wallpaper and screen saver.
Can I use it on my work laptop?+
It installs for your user only and doesn't need an admin password. Some companies block apps from outside the App Store, so check with your IT team if it won't open.
macOS says it can't verify the app. Why?+
During early access the app isn't notarized by Apple yet. Open System Settings → Privacy & Security and choose Open Anyway. This goes away at launch.
How do I remove it?+
Quit Cozy Scenes from the menu bar and move it to the Trash. If you set it as your screen saver, pick another one in System Settings.