kaleido

october 2026 · an app for macOS

Reimagine your photos. Turn them into a digital kaleidoscope wallpaper.

Kaleido playing a rose photo as a kaleidoscope on a Mac desktop

bring life to your photos

A pink dahlia
Kaleido playing the dahlia photo
A red and yellow grevillea flower
Kaleido playing the grevillea photo
Orange autumn trees against a blue sky
Kaleido playing the autumn trees photo

a new toy to play with

Flip through scenes, click and drag, flick and watch it glide.

Dragging and flicking a kaleidoscope in Kaleido's window

liven your desktop

Press Play and the kaleidoscope fills your desktop, slowly turning behind your icons and windows. Press Stop and your usual wallpaper is back.

A Mac desktop with a flower kaleidoscope as its wallpaper, behind the menu bar and Dock

design your pattern

Have fun playing with the pattern editor. Many knobs and dials to tune. Or keep things random :)

Kaleido's pattern editor beside a kaleidoscope with red guide lines showing the mirrors

pick what plays

Browse and choose your photos, built-in sets and smart albums to play.

The Photos browser listing built-in sets, smart albums and albums with selection badges

keep the ones you love

Bookmark a scene to save the photo with its pattern. Star your favorites, then play your scenes as a playlist.

The Scenes list with thumbnails, stars and Play my scenes