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iScreensaver™ vs. the Competition:
Looking for Comparisons between License Levels: See our License Comparison page here.Considering a tool to make screensavers?
iScreensaver Designer™ does it all for one low price. It is the only tool that is truly Cross-Platform: it will build a Macintosh screensaver on your Windows machine, and build a Windows screensaver on your Mac! To get the same features from our competitors, you'd need to buy several separate tools, each of which has a different look & feel. None of these tools are cross-platform (which means you must use both a Macintosh and Windows machine for editing, and you need to re-create your project files), and finally they don't offer nearly the number or quality of features that our software does. Please don't take our word for it. Look at the comparisons below, then download our software and try it out. We are confident you will agree that iScreensaver Designer™ is the best deal around, and the best choice if you are serious about making quality screen savers and want a professional-grade tool.
Updated November 2007
| Software by Xochi Media Inc. | Software from ScreenTime Media | ||
| iScreensaver Designer™ Version 3.5 |
ScreenTime™ for Flash for Macintosh Version 3.5.4 |
ScreenTime for Flash for Windows Version 3.5.3 |
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| Try before you buy: | |||
| Unlimited Trial Period (Test the software for as long as you like before buying) |
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No: Demo only works for 30 days | |
| Supported Systems: | |||
True cross-platform support: |
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No: you must build the saver once on each platform | |
Author Once: |
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No: Mac Installer looks and performs differently than Windows installer | |
| Builds Screensavers for: | MacOS 9/X and Windows ME/2000/XP/2003/Vista* | MacOS 8/9/X Only |
Windows 95/98/ME/NT/NT2000/XP Only |
| Builds Installer which works on both Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X: | |
No: must build two different files, one for each. | No: does not build for Mac at all |
| Editor tool runs on Windows Vista: | |
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| Editor tool runs on Windows ME/2000/XP: | |
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| Editor tool runs on Macintosh OS 9, OS X: | |
(Mac OS X only) | |
| Plugins Support: | |||
QuickTime: |
All Versions supported. (Installer will help the user install the free download if missing or out-of-date) |
No: QuickTime is not supported. | |
Flash: |
[Up through QuickTime 7.3] Flash files through version 8 supported. ActionScripting thru Version 5 supported. (Flash Support is handled via QuickTime plugin) |
Flash ActionScript Version 6. Installer will install Flash plugin if missing or out-of-date Note: Flash Version 8 not supported on Mac OS 9 |
Flash ActionScript Version 6. Installer will install Flash plugin if missing or out-of-date |
| Features: | |||
| Build Flash Screensavers | [Coming back soon] | |
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| Build QuickTime Movie Screensavers | |
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| Build AVI (Windows-format) video Screensavers | |
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| Build Slide Show Screensavers | |
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| Content Locking (Include an alternate Movie or Slide Show which can be unlocked by the end-users) |
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| Expiration (Build a screensaver that expires after a time period) |
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Wizard: |
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| Slide Show Features: | |||
| Number of Video Effects | 23 | ||
| Turbo Effects Uses RAM and CPU for blazing fast full-screen effects |
(full screen Dissolve, Gamma Fade, Overlap, Reveal and more) |
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| Uses Professional Quality QuickTime image scaling | |
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| Automatically recompresses JPEG images to reduce file size | |
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| Automatically resize images to reduce file size | |
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| Flip Images | |
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| Rotate Images from 1-360 degrees | |
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| Proportional and Full Screen stretch | |
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| Supports over 200 image formats Including TIFF, GIF, PNG, etc... |
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| Professional Slide Show Editor With list and thumbnail view, live image effect and JPEG compression preview |
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| Screensaver Installer Features: | |||
| Builds Installer: (A program to automatically install the screensaver) |
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| Builds Consolidated Mac Installer: (Combines Mac OS 9/ Mac OS X installers into one) |
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No: must build one for each. | No: does not build Mac installers at all |
Author Once: |
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No: Mac Installer looks and performs differently than Windows installer | |
| Installer follows courtesy/security guidelines: (Asks permission to install before starting) |
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No! Install happens without asking permission. | |
| Fully Customize Installer: (Add picture / text to the installer dialog box) |
(Over 10 user-editable controls!) |
(Only 1 user-editable control / text area) | (2 user-editable controls) |
| Custom icons for installer and screen saver | |
No. | No (custom icon for Installer only) |
| Built-in Wallpaper support (Install a custom desktop image) |
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No (requires custom Flash actionscripting and ScreenTime V3 Extensions installed) | |
| Installer calculates space available / needed | |
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| Preview Screen Saver full screen from within Installer without Installing | |
No | No (tiny preview only) |
| Clean Install: (Does not permanently install extensions or DLLs or system patches which can crash your computer) |
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| Immediate Use: (Doesn't require you to restart your computer) |
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No: (Mac OS X only) | |
| Uninstaller : (Un-install the screen saver from within the control panel) |
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| Screensaver Control Panel Features | |||
| Full Customization (art, text, URLs, etc.) |
(over 15) |
2 | 3 |
Author Once: |
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No: Mac Control Panel looks and performs differently than Windows Control Panel | |
| Include alternate Preview Movie or Slide Show | |
(SWF only, no slide shows) |
(SWF or image only, no slide shows) |
| Number of User Controls (change playback settings or open websites) |
10 | 2 | 3 |
| Customize URLs (provide links back to your website) |
3 | 1 | 2 |
| Unlocking (provide additional content which the user can unlock) |
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| Volume Control (precise volume control slider) |
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No (mute only) | |
| Uninstall from within Control Panel | |
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| Both Proportional and Fit-Screen Stretch Modes (controls video playback scaling) |
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| Summary & Pricing | |||
| Base Price (Price to build both Mac & Windows screensavers for personal use) |
$29 Web Store |
$399 ($249 if you only want Mac OR Windows) |
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| Non-Commercial Price (Price to build both Mac & Windows screensavers for non-profit or non-commercial use, up to 10,000 units) |
$99 Web Store |
$399 ($249 if you only want Mac OR Windows) |
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| Commercial Price (Price to build both Mac & Windows screensavers for commercial use, up to 10,000 units) |
SALE! $199 Web Store |
$399 ($249 if you only want Mac OR Windows) |
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| Professional Price (includes prices for Unlimited Distribution on Mac & Windows, with support for QuickTime, Flash, and Slide Show Features) |
$499 Web Store |
$399 | |
| NOTE: even after spending $399, with ScreenTime you still don't get QuickTime support, Slide Show features, true cross-platform support or a consistent cross-platform look & feel. | |||
| * All price and feature information current as of November 2007. Please email comments / corrections to support @ iscreensaver.com | |||
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