Weatherling is Top 5 in the U.S. App Store
Weatherling reached #5 among paid apps across ALL categories in the U.S. App Store.
Rainy-day notes
Notes from building Weatherling, a Mac menu bar app that makes rain fall among your open windows: how the rain works without Screen Recording, why rain on your desktop feels calming, and what each release adds.
How to Make It Snow on Your Mac Desktop
Make snow fall among your Mac windows with Weatherling. Set it up in a minute, then mix it with rain, add wind, or let it follow the snow outside.
Weatherling 1.6: Sync or invert local weather, now with fog
Weatherling 1.6 syncs your desktop with the weather outside, adds fog and VoiceOver support, and redesigns the menu bar panel.
Weatherling 1.5: sunlight, leaf gusts, and new Lings
Weatherling 1.5 brings warm sunlight, playful leaf gusts, new Lings, and more control over your desktop weather.
How to Make It Rain on Your Mac Desktop
Add rain around your Mac windows with Weatherling. Follow the setup steps, then try my all-Random mix of rain, snow, leaves, wind, and depth.
Weatherling's Story So Far: From a Rain Experiment to the Mac App Store Top 10
In two weeks, a little rain experiment reached #8 in Mac App Store Utilities without ads and grew into snow, autumn leaves, and Lings™.
Weatherling 1.4 is here: autumn leaves and new Lings
Weatherling 1.4 brings autumn leaves, separate rain, snow, and leaves controls, new Lings™, weather ambience, lighter rendering, Japanese, and fixes.
Weatherling 1.3 is here: snow and a little more company
Weatherling 1.3 brings snow, rain and snow mixes, interactive Lings™, collecting, score sharing, accessibility options, and desktop fixes. No spoilers.
Weatherling 1.2 is out! Meet Dan the Ling
Weatherling 1.2 is now on the Mac App Store. Meet Dan, the first Ling, choose how often he visits, and enjoy a fix for rain over full-screen apps.
Weatherling Reached #13, Then #8, in Mac App Store Utilities
Days after launch, Weatherling reached #13 in the Mac App Store's paid Utilities chart. On September 29, 2026, it climbed to #8.
Rain Behind Your Windows, No Screen Recording Needed
How Weatherling puts rain behind your Mac windows without Screen Recording: window geometry, not contents, a minimal App Sandbox, and how to check it.
Why Rain on Your Desktop Can Feel Calming
Why can rain feel calming? What the research on natural sounds and soft fascination actually shows, what it does not, and the appeal of a rainy desktop.
