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Paper Birds · A peaceful flight for your Mac

Let your Mac take flight.

A quiet moment, a different view. Paper birds glide through low-poly landscapes in a full-screen world, right from your menu bar.

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Free download · Optional one-time Expanded Flight purchase
For macOS 13 or later · Apple Silicon & Intel

Paper Birds is an independent menu bar app. It does not install a macOS screen saver plug-in or replace your Mac’s security lock screen.

Moonlight on the lake · Actual Paper Birds rendering · 3 secondsAvailable with Expanded Flight
A little space to slow down

Settle into the scenery.

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Full-screen flights

Give your displays a change of scenery, with paper birds and gently unfolding low-poly worlds.

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On your own time

Start a flight yourself, or let it begin after a period of inactivity that you choose.

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Across your displays

Full-screen flights cover every connected display, with independently generated scenery.

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A home in the menu bar

Your flight is always close by. Open settings or start a flight from the Paper Birds menu.

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An easy return

Move your mouse or press Escape to leave a flight and get back to your Mac.

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Your kind of flight

Begin with Classic plains. Expanded Flight adds worlds, seasons, flock choices, and more.

Find your favorite view

A world beyond your desktop.

Open plains, forest canopies, city lights, and lantern villages. A different atmosphere for each flight.

3-second flights, captured with the actual app renderer.

Classic plains

Two monochrome birds · Summer · Cinematic
Included free

Forest · Moonlit lake

Chase view · Moon reflected in the water
Expanded Flight

City 2 · Chase

Follow the birds toward a moonlit skyline
Expanded Flight

City 2 · Overhead

A bird’s-eye view of the city grid
Expanded Flight

City · Building canyons

Flight between illuminated towers
Expanded Flight

Village 2 · Lantern village

A quiet flight over the village
Expanded Flight

Forest · Winter

Snow-covered trees and ribbon trails
Expanded Flight

Actual renderer captures, not generated artwork. Classic plains is included free. All other previews show Expanded Flight content. Videos play silently while in view; use the controls to pause or replay. With reduced motion enabled, previews wait for you to press play.

More ways to wander

Expanded Flight

An optional one-time In-App Purchase.
US$4.99 on the US App Store. No subscription.

Keep the simple beauty of Classic, or unlock more ways to make each flight your own.

Download on the App Store

Classic is included free. Expanded Flight is an optional US$4.99 one-time purchase on the US App Store.

Made for your Mac.

macOS 13 or later
Apple Silicon and Intel Macs

Questions? Visit support