What Free, Follower, Advocate and Ambassador get. Prices are on the order page.
Good to know: these tier limits start with the next version of BioniX. Today every license unlocks every feature except two: the AlphaCoders browser and full-speed BXAnimate, which already need Ambassador.
Free = BioniX after the 15-day trial (during the trial you get every feature). ✓* = works, with an “Expired trial” text on the wallpaper; automatic wallpaper changes stop after 3000 changes in total. Slow = 1 frame every 5 seconds.
| Feature | Freeafter trial | FollowerFol. | AdvocateAdv. | AmbassadorAmb. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wallpaper modes | Free | FollowerFol. | AdvocateAdv. | AmbassadorAmb. |
| Basic slideshow (fade, slide, venetian blinds) Cycle through your images with smooth transitions, at intervals from seconds to hours. | ✓* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Ken Burns pan-and-zoom Gentle pan-and-zoom over still photos, like a documentary camera. | – | – | ✓ | ✓ |
| Live video wallpapers Play video files (AVI, MP4, MKV, MOV, WMV, MPEG and more) as your wallpaper. | – | – | – | ✓ |
| Animated GIF & WebP wallpapers Lower tiers play them at 1 frame every 5 seconds. Ambassador plays them at full speed. | Slow | Slow | Slow | ✓ |
| Photo collage / PhotoPile Scatter your photos across the desktop in a natural, overlapping pile. | ✓* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Matrix digital rain | ✓* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Snow, rain & leaves effects Animated particles falling over your wallpaper. | – | – | ✓ | ✓ |
| Playlist | Free | FollowerFol. | AdvocateAdv. | AmbassadorAmb. |
| Unlimited playlists | ✓* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Drag & drop import Drop images and whole folders into the playlist; sub-folders are scanned too. | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Search Jump to an image by part of its name or path. | ✓* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Flexible sorting By name, path, file size, width, height, or your own order. | ✓* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Lock-on-folder monitoring BioniX watches a folder: new images join the rotation, deleted ones leave it. | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Batch import from the web Download all images from a web page. | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Shuffle & random play Random order. Turn on “Play each image once” and no image repeats until all were shown. | ✓* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Playlist metadata Name and resolution under each thumbnail; file size in the wallpaper properties. | ✓* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Thumbnail view | ✓* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Detail view One wallpaper per row, with name and resolution. | ✓* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Add images by URL Add images by their web address, extract the links from an HTML page, check the URLs. | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Unique features | Free | FollowerFol. | AdvocateAdv. | AmbassadorAmb. |
| Day & Night wallpapers Switch between day and night wallpapers at the sunrise and sunset times you set. | ✓* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Per-monitor plugin assignment A slideshow on one monitor, a photo collage on another, Matrix rain on a third. | ✓* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Desktop overlay: text Your own text on top of the wallpaper. | – | – | ✓ | ✓ |
| Desktop overlay: calendar A transparent calendar on top of your wallpaper. | – | – | ✓ | ✓ |
| Desktop overlay: hardware info CPU model and speed, installed RAM, free space on C:, Windows uptime and version. | – | – | ✓ | ✓ |
| Smart color matching Fills empty desktop areas with the wallpaper's dominant color. No black bars. | ✓* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| EXIF auto-rotation Camera photos always show the right way up. | ✓* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| CPU & battery-aware pausing Wallpaper changes are skipped while the CPU is busy or the laptop runs on battery. | ✓* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Panic button One hotkey swaps your wallpaper for a safe, neutral image. | ✓* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Webcam wallpaper An online webcam image as your wallpaper, downloaded again each time it is shown. | – | – | – | ✓ |
| Time-specific wallpapers Different wallpapers for specific hours of the day. | – | – | ✓ | ✓ |
| Digital clock wallpaper The time on a black background, as your wallpaper (12 h or 24 h). | – | – | – | ✓ |
| Multi-monitor | Free | FollowerFol. | AdvocateAdv. | AmbassadorAmb. |
| Independent plugin per monitor Each screen runs its own wallpaper mode. | ✓* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Different wallpaper per screen, each with its own interval | ✓* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| One panoramic wallpaper across all monitors | ✓* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Per-monitor settings Wallpaper mode and overlays set separately for each monitor. | ✓* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Clone mode The same wallpaper on every monitor. | ✓* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Expand mode One wallpaper stretched across an ultra-wide setup. | ✓* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Individual mode A separate wallpaper for each monitor. | ✓* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Image processing | Free | FollowerFol. | AdvocateAdv. | AmbassadorAmb. |
| Auto-resize & smart crop Fits any image to your screen without distortion. | ✓* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Border fade Fades the edges of a smaller image into the background color. | ✓* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Image enhancement Saturation, brightness and contrast, adjusted on the fly. | ✓* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Flip & mirror | ✓* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| JPEG 2000 support | – | – | – | ✓ |
| Standard image formats JPG, PNG, BMP, WebP, GIF. | ✓* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| AI generation | Free | FollowerFol. | AdvocateAdv. | AmbassadorAmb. |
| AI Border Fill When an image does not fit your monitor, AI extends its edges with new, matching content. No black bars. | – | – | – | ✓ |
| Local AI providers ComfyUI or SD WebUI / Forge on your own PC. | – | – | – | ✓ |
| Cloud AI provider Stability AI. You pay the provider directly. | – | – | – | ✓ |
| Smart caching of AI results Each wallpaper is processed only once; switching back to it is instant. | – | – | – | ✓ |
| On-demand processing Generate on the fly, as each wallpaper appears. | – | – | – | ✓ |
| Batch processing Pre-process your whole playlist in the background. | – | – | – | ✓ |
| Wallpaper sources | Free | FollowerFol. | AdvocateAdv. | AmbassadorAmb. |
| Local image files | ✓* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Online images, downloaded and cached | ✓* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Predefined online collections Ready-made lists of online wallpapers. | ✓* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| AlphaCoders online browser Browse and add wallpapers from AlphaCoders inside BioniX. | – | – | – | ✓ |
| System integration | Free | FollowerFol. | AdvocateAdv. | AmbassadorAmb. |
| Global keyboard shortcuts From any program: next wallpaper, hide desktop icons, hide the taskbar, panic, restore BioniX. | – | – | ✓ | ✓ |
| System tray with countdown Shows when the next wallpaper change happens. | ✓* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Animated or text tray icon | ✓* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Desktop icon hiding Hide all desktop icons with one click, bring them back with another. | ✓* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Screensaver mode Your photo collection as a screensaver. | – | – | ✓ | ✓ |
| Image editor integration Open the current wallpaper in your graphics editor with one click. | ✓* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Wallpaper name display Shows the current image's file name on the desktop. | ✓* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Automatic updates Checks for a new version every 12 hours. | ✓* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Start with Windows | ✓* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Start minimized | ✓* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multi-language interface | ✓* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| High-DPI support | ✓* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Remote control / minimalist mode A minimal remote-control window instead of the full program. | ✓* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Skins | Free | FollowerFol. | AdvocateAdv. | AmbassadorAmb. |
| Default skin (Auric) | ✓* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| All 8 skins & themes Dark and light skins for the BioniX window. | ✓* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Skin selector Pick a skin; it applies at the next start. | ✓* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Plugins | Free | FollowerFol. | AdvocateAdv. | AmbassadorAmb. |
| BXAnimate folder animations Plays a folder of images as a looping movie. Lower tiers: 1 frame every 5 seconds. Ambassador: full speed. | Slow | Slow | Slow | ✓ |
| Platform | Free | FollowerFol. | AdvocateAdv. | AmbassadorAmb. |
| No dependencies No .NET, no Java. Every library it needs ships in its own folder. | ✓* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| USB-portable Run it from a USB stick, with no installation. | ✓* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Wide compatibility Windows 7 to Windows 11 (24H2/25H2). | ✓* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Fast startup | ✓* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Both get every Ambassador feature. What they add is the right to use BioniX at work.
| Business | Enterprise | |
|---|---|---|
| Scope | Single workstation | All computers at one site |
| Computers | 1 | Unlimited, at one location |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Allowed |
| Features | Every Ambassador feature | Every Ambassador feature |
| Typical uses | Lobby and shop-window screens, museum and trade-show displays, company-wide wallpapers. | |