Showcase of Wallpaper Clocks & Apps

The thing about desktop wallpapers is that they are just wallpapers. They just ‘stick’ there doing what wallpapers do: nothing – apart from being part of the decor and a constant reminder to change to another wallpaper as your level of boredom with it hits rock bottom.

Here’s a solution: attach a clock and calendar to it, and not we’re not talking about static displays of these timekeepers. We’re referring to fully-functional wallpaper clocks.

Wallpaper clocks are a special format of desktop wallpaper which are professionally programmed and designed to display the correct time and date. It is a new format for dynamic wallpapers which refreshes your desktop every second to keep your time precise. It is customization at its best.

Wallpaper clocks are painless to use/install. Just

download and install a platform-compatible wallpaper clock app to your computer.
download wallpaper clock (.wcz file) and apply it.

In this post, we’re going to showcase wallpaper clock apps then some wonderful wallpaper clocks to help spice up your desktop.

Wallpaper Clock Apps

In order to display wallpaper clocks in .wcz format, you’re required to install an app to turn .wcz into beautiful designed wallpaper clock.

Check out the list below and get your platform-compatible wallpaper clock app.

Chameleon Clock

[Windows] Chameleon Clock is a free desktop clock application which supports .wcz wallpaper clock. Simply save .wcz file to the Program Files > Chameleon Clock > Wallpapers folder, and Chameleon Clock will turn your Windows desktop into a useful, user-friendly and beautiful screen.

Dexclock

[Windows] Dexclock is a free Windows wallpaper clock app which enables you to manage wallpaper clocks in .wcz format. It provides desktop backgrounds for your computer with a real-time working clock blended into the artwork. It is free, lightweight and available for virtually all monitor resolutions.

dexclock

PerfectClock

[Windows] PerfectClock is a highly customizable program displaying an unlimited number of World-Time clocks on your desktop. With PerfectClock, wallpaper clocks can be displayed right on your desktop or can be run as your Screensaver. It offers a 14-day free trial or you can purchase it at USD19.95.

PerfectClock

Wallpaper Clock

[Mac] Wallpaper Clock is a small program that gives your Mac a clock on your desktop wallpaper. Some wallpapers may even change slightly depending on the hour of the day, which is interesting even though a bit distracting for some users.

Screenlet

[Linux] Screenlet is a free and nice application for Ubuntu Linux users to display various wallpapers with a real-time working clock blended into the wallpaper. Follow this tutorial to learn how to install screenlet wallpaper clocks in Ubuntu Linux.

Screenlet

Wallpaper Clock Plugin for Plasma

[Linux] Here’s a plasma widget which allows you to display beautiful wallpaper clocks for Linux KDE workspace users.

Wallpaper Clock Plugin for Plasma

Our Favourite Wallpaper Clocks

Time to vamp your desk space with some awesome wallpaper clocks. Again, for this to work you need the wallpaper clock (.wcz file). We’ve hand-picked 10 wallpaper clocks from the gallery. Like regular wallpapers, these clocks are available in a variety of sizes.

Enjoy!

Radar

A time and calendar all in one clock.

Radar

Mac OS X Lion

Like lions? What about cute ones? What about cute ones that can also tell you the time and keep your deskspace interesting? No? Your loss. Sure? But it’s so cute!

Mac OS X Lion