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iCharm is a macOS app that lets you place animated 3D charms on your desktop. drag them anywhere, let them float, watch them react to whatever music you’re playing.

it’s purely decorative. no widgets. no productivity features. just little objects that live on your screen.

macOS 14.2 Sonoma or later. works on Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3/M4) and Intel Macs. a few MB of disk, minimal battery impact when idle.

charms render at your display’s native refresh rate via SceneKit, and idle charms use well under 1% CPU on modern machines.

yes, probably. send the idea to /support and if it resonates we’ll add it to the queue.

new charms drop every few weeks — /drops has the log.

open iCharm from the menu bar icon and click any charm in the Charm Shelf. it’ll appear on your desktop where you can drag it anywhere you want.

right-click a charm for resize, always-on-top, swap, or remove.

iCharm reads either system audio output (everything playing on your Mac) or the microphone — your pick in the Advanced Panel. when sound is active, charms pulse, glow, and shake subtly in time with the beat.

whichever source you pick is processed locally. nothing is recorded, nothing leaves your machine.

Free gets you 4 starter charms, one charm on the desktop at a time, music-reactive gems, and all the basic drag/resize/always-on-top settings.

Season 1 Pass ($9.99 one-time) unlocks every charm in the Season 1 collection — all 25 including Legendaries — without having to spin for them.

one-time payment. no subscription. no in-app ads. family sharing for up to 6.

none. iCharm does not collect, store, or transmit any data about you. no analytics, no telemetry, no crash reporting services.

the app only reads what it needs to animate charms — system audio output or your microphone for music reactivity (with your permission). it stays local. see our privacy policy for the full story.

drag iCharm.app to the Trash. that’s it — the app doesn’t install anything outside itself.

your charm selections and position preferences are in ~/Library/Preferences/app.iCharm.plist and are removed automatically when you delete the app and empty the Trash.

right-click the charm → Advanced Settings → enable Low Spec Mode. this reduces shadow quality, bloom, and ambient occlusion while keeping the charm’s character intact.

you can also drop the FPS cap (30/60/120) separately. 30 FPS is barely noticeable for most charms and cuts GPU usage in half.

if things are still laggy, let us know on /support — we’d rather fix the performance than ask you to turn things down.