Let It Snow App Reviews

I like the app….the concept is great. I’d like to see an option to make it a standard screensaver vs. a separate application but I understand the limitations of the screensaver apps and it probably isn’t possible. It doesn’t seem to impact the performance on my 2013 MacBook Air in any way. I put it in my library/startup items so that it launches automatically at boot. I use this during the winter holidays and it adds a nice touch to your OSX desktop! The latest update puts an icon on your menu bar for easy access to preferences and controls.

I literally have never written an interview and have owned a MacBook/iPhone/iPad for 3+ years. This app deserves all the praise. Does exactly what it’s supposed to do. Couldn’t be happier. Probably the best $.99 I ever spent to get into the holiday/winter spirit.

Good job guys! I really digg the app it’s very relaxing and I like the features in the latest update. I’m hoping in the future you will consider other holiday ideas to add in this app.

Thankfully it was only $1, because I can’t bring myself to use this if the snow doesn’t automatically hide behind the active window. It’s supposed to gather on top, but snow already falling will obscure the active window until it falls away. In Safari on Mavericks, sometimes the snow gathering on top of the window will start to all fall down in front of the browser view, which is very distracting. If the developer adds an option for “snow never overlays the active window” then I’ll use it. Until then, I just wasted $1.

annoying only having snow on one desktop good app though!

Love how the snow piles on open windows and the bottom. I wish you could control the amount of snow that settles. I like a good snow bank now and then. Best wintery app.

I really enjoy the snowfall on my desktop, but it really hogs the CPU. Let It Snow takes about 10%, but it causes WindowServer to run at least 40-50% of my cpu. My Retina MBP is fine, but my MBA’s fans go crazy until I kill the app. Not sure if anyone else is having these issues, but hopefully it will be addressed in an update. If you are ok with the resources being sacrificed, its a festive app with nice effects.

I wish I had read another’s review that there was no dual monitor support before I purchased. Lame. I specifically bought to run on my second monitor, not my primary. Seems like a really ridiculous oversight.

I wanted something seasonal on my desktop without the kitsch of lights ringing my screen - Let It Snow fits the bill nicely. The controls are straightforward, and all of them are shown in the screenshots, so there aren’t any surprises. I haven’t found the snow crossing my active window to be an issue, as most of the time my windows are white or gray and I don’t have the snowflakes set to “multicolored”; nonetheless I can understand why someone might want the option to prevent this behavior. Multiple monitor support would be nice, as suggested by another reviewer, but isn’t a deal-breaker for me. And in case anyone is wondering about the backgrounds in the screen shots, they come with OS X 10.9 Mavericks.

Nice effects. Works in 1920x1080HiDPI, the App does not display graphics in native 3840x2160P resolution. Fix the bug and it’s a 5 star review.

I usually have a photograph that I have taken myself around the city. It is nice to have the snow effect to add to it during the season, this seems to fit the bill. Wouldn’t mind a little more pile up at the bottom before it disappears. I think it was worth the $.99 and don’t regret purchasing it. Will probably keep it off now that Christmas is over, but maybe during the summer it might be nice to have to cool things down a little.

EXCELLANT APP BRINGS YOUR CHRISTMAS OR WINTER HD WALLPAPER TO LIFE.THANKS FOR GREAT APP

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow! It works really well and is a great holiday overlay! Thanks authors!

Nice one like it. Its good to have snow inside :)

Just downloaded this and it’s good. Coupled with a winter/Christmas background image it works great to enhance the holiday mood (especially if you don’t get snow where you live). There are a few things to improve on for future versions though. CPU usage is quite high, for what this does. Also, I’d really like to be able to control the direction of the wind and be able to set real snowflake images as textures. The current snow is ok from afar, but close up it looks more like cotton balls than snow. Once you have that ability, you can use different snowflake models with transparent background to make realistic looking snow. The flakes could also spin, rotate and flip, just like real flakes do. Oh, and also an option to not have it snow on top of your windows would be great. The current snow is a bit distracting if you’re trying to work also and not just using your computer as a picture frame. If the makers of this great app did that, I wouldn’t have to get into software development. :)

The best winter app I have - absolutely love it. Agreeing with some other posts, it takes about 10% CPU on my 3 year old MBP and WindowServer takes much more. The fan does run constantly, but considering the aesthetics it adds to the computer and winter in general, it’s a very worthwhile trade-off. Two requests for future - allow more snow pile-up and allow user to select which screens to be operative - my emails could use some snow. You can’t beat this app for inexpensive winter enjoyment!

This is a very great app. I love the snow falling on my desktop, but on my mac mini running OS X Snow Leopard (10.6) this app is not available because it requires OS X Lion (10.7) or above. I have ran this app on OS X Snow Leopard by changing the SystemVersion.plist and it ran just fine on OS X Snow Leopard but it used a lot of the processor (Core Duo 32-bit) and heated up the mac mini. I believe if the developers of this app make adjustments they could have it running just fine on OS X Snow Leopard.

I forgot i even had this app and just rediscovered it in launchpad. Had fun with it until i went to quit it. Wish you could do it from the dock by just hitting quit. Took me a minute to find it under the recents option which I thought was odd. Guess i am just too used to quitting from the dock on my apps there. But cute and soothing app. Am in Florida and I miss the beautiful snow.