Scheduled scenes.
Design your day's rhythm. Focus in the morning, a stream at lunch, fire at dusk — scenes that arrive exactly when you planned them.
A better rhythm for your workday.
Settle into focus. Step away when it's time to rest.
Living scenery and ambient sound help you sink into your work.
Living scenery and ambient sound help you sink into your work.
Features
Made for focus. Built for breaks.
Scenes that change. Sounds that match. Schedules that follow your day — and a pause when you need one.
Overlay mode.
Take a full-screen break. Step away for a moment, then begin again.
Ambient sound.
Birds, rain, fire, wind — every scene comes with its own sound. The small thing that turns a wallpaper into a place.
YouTube as wallpaper.
Lofi streams, ASMR rooms, walking tours, rain sounds — the YouTube videos you keep coming back to, now on your desktop.
Playlists.
Add scenes from Tayu's library or any saved YouTube video. Build a playlist for any time of day.
Powered by AI
Flow.
Scenes that change with your day. Tayu quietly considers the time, season, and weather, and picks what fits. No need to keep choosing.
Library
Beautiful in the background.
Curated 4K nature scenes — water, forest, fire, sky.
Overgrown Log
Where the Mist Begins
Wildflowers Above the Lake
Torii at Twilight
Green Split Falls
White Rush, Wild Stone
Blue Beneath
Wet Glass
Turquoise Shallows
Ancient Ember
Glasswater
Where the Forest Drinks
Grey Valley
Cold Bloom
Veiled Falls
Hoarfrost
Driftwood Shore
Mossy Rapids
Aurora Night Sky
With ambient sound
Pricing
Pay once. Keep it forever.
No subscription. Start free.
Free
$0 forever
All the essentials are free. Pro is included for your first week.
The full 4K scene library, with sound
YouTube videos as your wallpaper
New scenes added to the library, free
Download free
No credit card required
Early access price
Pro
$9.99 one-time
Your favorite scenes, at just the right time. Bring rhythm to your day.
All Free features, plus:
Playlists — Shuffle your favorites
Schedules — A scene for every hour
Flow — Matches your time and weather
Every new Pro feature, included
14-day money-back guarantee
Questions before you start?
Is Tayu free?
Yes. Pick any scene from the library — or a YouTube video you add — and keep it on your desktop for as long as you like. No purchase, no time limit. Playing one thing at a time is free; playlists, Flow and Schedules are Pro, a $9.99 one-time purchase. Your first week includes Pro, with no credit card — and when it ends nothing is taken away: playback drops back to a single scene, and your library, playlists and schedules stay exactly where they are.
What do I get with Pro?
Pro adds the parts that run by themselves: playlists with shuffle, schedules that change the scene through your day, and Flow, which picks a scene to match your time and weather. Pro also keeps growing — new Pro features are included in the same one-time purchase, with a Pomodoro timer, coworking and sharing planned. It is a $9.99 purchase covering up to 3 devices, and it never renews.
Is Tayu a subscription?
No. Tayu is a $9.99 one-time purchase — it never renews and there is nothing to cancel. Your licence covers the Tayu app for the lifetime of the product, and new scenes we add to the library are included.
Can I use Tayu on both Mac and Windows?
Yes — Tayu runs on macOS (Apple Silicon, macOS 13+) and on Windows through the Microsoft Store. Up to 3 devices are covered by one purchase, in any mix of Macs and Windows PCs, with no seat to manage and nothing to renew.
Will it drain my battery?
Minimal. Tayu pauses video or switches to a still image the moment you unplug — and even when running, playback is tuned to stay light on your machine.
Why not just play a YouTube video?
YouTube is something you play. Tayu is an environment that runs on its own. The videos you add sit in the same library as the curated scenes, and playlists, schedules and Flow change what's playing without you managing a tab or picking the next thing. It stays behind your windows, too — quiet scenes for work and breaks, not animations competing for your attention.
Can I get a refund?
Yes. Pro comes with a 14-day money-back guarantee — email support@tayutau.app within 14 days of your purchase and we refund it in full, no reason needed. You can also try every Pro feature free for 7 days before you buy.