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Bing Wallpaper vs Thaw

Side-by-side comparison for macOS

Bing Wallpaper

5.0
Utilities

Use the Bing daily image as your wallpaper

Thaw

7.0
Utilities

Menu bar manager

Metric Bing Wallpaper Thaw
Category Utilities Utilities
AI Score 5.0 7.0
30-day Installs 42 3.5K
90-day Installs 110 10.1K
365-day Installs 418 10.1K
Version 1.1.8 1.2.0
Auto-updates No Yes
Deprecated No No
GitHub Stars 3.4K 2.7K
GitHub Forks 442 54
Open Issues 4 38
License Apache-2.0 GPL-3.0
Language Java Swift
Last GitHub Commit 1mo ago 1mo ago
First Seen Jul 3, 2022 Feb 5, 2026

Reviews

Bing Wallpaper

Bing Wallpaper sets the Bing daily image as your wallpaper, offering high-quality 4K options. It's useful for users who enjoy changing their desktop background regularly and appreciate Bing's curated images.

Automatically sets the Bing daily image as your wallpaper on macOS.

Pros

  • + Provides high-quality, 4K Bing images for the desktop background.
  • + Open-source with Apache-2.0 license, offering transparency and customization options.
  • + Actively maintained with recent updates and responsive issue resolution.

Cons

  • - Accusations of malware-like behavior and privacy concerns regarding cookie handling.
  • - Requires manual updates, increasing the risk of using outdated software.

Thaw

Thaw is a menu bar manager for macOS that offers customization and control over the menu bar items. It is a fork of Ice, designed to enhance the user experience by providing a sleek and functional interface. Users who value a clean and organized menu bar will benefit from this app.

Thaw allows users to customize and manage their macOS menu bar items.

Pros

  • + Customizable menu bar items
  • + Active development and updates
  • + Forked from a well-known menu bar manager

Cons

  • - Open bugs reported by users
  • - Compatibility issues with macOS 26