Lately, I had a lingering urge to change my desktop wallpaper. Tired of looking at a static image, I wanted to use something more dynamic. Then I remembered that with the help of a simple application called WallSaver, Macs can easily use a screensaver as the desktop wallpaper.
Here are 6 elegant clock-theme awesome screensavers that would complement your desktop perfectly. For both Windows and Macs, of course.
Word Clock
Word Clock is a typographic screensaver for Mac OS X and Windows. It displays a fixed list of all numbers and words to tell the date and time as a sentence. Word Clock displays the time by highlighting appropriate words as each second passes. If you like Word Clock, you’ll be happy to know that it’s also available for the iPhone and iPad — Word Clock [iTunes link]
Download Word Clock for Mac and Windows.
PolarClock
PolarClock is an animated flash screensaver that reflects the month, date, day, hour, minuts and seconds as colurful, concentric, circular arcs. Really pretty.
Download PolarClock for Mac and Windows.
Fliqlo
Probably one of the most popular clock screensavers that you can find online, Fliqlo is a flip-clock styled screensaver that display the time in 12- and 24-hour formats. It’s design is really simple, just like its inspiration.
Download Fliqlo for Mac and Windows.
Chromo
Chromo is something that’s really unique. It’s basically a clock that helps your body tell the time by using colour as an indicator. The left box changes colour based on the lunar calendar. The right box changes colour based on the time of day. Apparently, it helps with Seasonal Affective Disorder and jet-lag. Well, you’ll never know until you’ve tried it.
Download Chromo for Mac and Windows.
ClockBlock
ClockBlock is an awesome screensaver. The clock revolves around the idea of someone placing blocks to correspond with the time of day. It’s animated and so it’s quite mesmerising.
Download ClockBlock for Mac and Windows. At the time of writing, the link for the Mac version was broken.
DROPCLOCK
The only premium clock screensaver in the bunch, DROPCLOCK features blocks of Helvetica numbers to dropping in super slow motion to indicate the time. Although this screensaver is more graphically-demanding than the rest featured here, it’s also the most beautiful and complex. Your friends would certainly be impressed.
Download DROPCLOCK for Mac and Windows. Free to try. $15.00 for a license.
Any more clock screensavers to add to this list? Voice out in the comments!
