Software Alternatives & Reviews

A collection of useful Mac Apps

Unclack for macOS Ulysses.app Typeface 2 Trello Todoist Timing The Archive Browser Kitty terminal Plash App Shottr
  1. Automatically mute your keyboard while typing
    Unclack - Price: Free App for macOS that mutes your keyboard's built-in speaker to reduce noise.

    #Task Management #Project Management #Mac Tools 1 social mentions

  2. A powerful writing tool for Mac, iPad, and iPhone
    Ulysses - Price: $5.99/month or $49.99/year (subscription) Writing app for Mac, iPad, and iPhone that offers a distraction-free writing environment and advanced features for writers.

    #Writing Tools #Writing #Markdown Editor 21 social mentions

  3. Typeface is a wonderful font manager for macOS that helps you pick the perfect type for your...
    Typeface - Price: Free (one-time purchase of $60) Pretty powerful font manager for macOS.

    #Fonts #Web Fonts #Font Manager 10 social mentions

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    Infinitely flexible. Incredibly easy to use. Great mobile apps. It's free. Trello keeps track of everything, from the big picture to the minute details.
    Pricing:
    • Freemium
    • Free Trial
    • $12.5 / Monthly (Per user - Business Class)
    Trello - Price: Free (with optional Business Class and Enterprise plans available) Collaborative project management tool that organizes your projects into boards.

    #Project Management #Task Management #Productivity 231 social mentions

  5. Todoist is a to-do list that helps you get organized, at work and in life.
    Todoist - Price: Free (with optional premium subscription available) To-do list and task manager app that helps you get things done.

    #Todos #Task Management #Project Management 131 social mentions

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    Timing is the best way to keep track of the time you spend with your Mac.
    Timing - Price: $42/year or $7/month Automatic time tracking app for Mac that helps you track and analyze your time spent on different tasks and projects.

    #Time Tracking #Invoicing #Time Management 23 social mentions

  7. The Archive Browser is a program that lets you browse the contents of archives, as well as extract...
    The Unarchiver - Price: Free Free decompression utility that supports many file formats, including RAR, ZIP, 7-Zip, and more.

    #Archiver #Archive Manager #HR 36 social mentions

  8. Super fast, GPU and OpenGL based terminal emulator with tiling support
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    Kitty - Price: Free Fast, feature-rich, GPU-based terminal emulator for macOS.

    #SSH #Terminal Tools #Server Management 88 social mentions

  9. Make any website your Mac desktop wallpaper.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    Plash - Price: Free Menu bar app for macOS that allows you to create and manage web apps as if they were native apps.

    #Mouse Tools #Productivity #Remote PC Access 5 social mentions

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    Shottr is a free macOS screenshot app with scrolling screenshots, OCR, annotation and measurement instruments.
    Shottr - Price: Free, with an $8 paid option (one-time purchase) Screenshot and annotation tool for Mac that allows you to capture and edit screenshots with ease.

    #Design Tools #Screenshot Annotation #Screenshots 68 social mentions

  11. Window management app based on Spectacle, written in Swift.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    Rectangle - Price: Free Window manager for macOS that allows you to easily resize and arrange windows on your Mac.

    #Mac Tools #Window Manager #Developer Tools 446 social mentions

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    Fastest way to control Jira, GitHub and other web apps
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    Raycast - Price: Free Spotlight-like app for macOS that allows you to quickly access and execute commands, access apps, hotkeys, text expansion, clipboard manager and more.

    #Productivity #App Launcher #Mac 35 social mentions

  13. Proxyman is a high-performance macOS app, which enables developers to view HTTP/HTTPS requests from apps and domains.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    • $49.0 / Annually
    Proxyman - Price: Free (optional paid plans available) Modern and intuitive HTTP/HTTPS debugging proxy app for macOS.

    #Developer Tools #Debugging #Proxy 24 social mentions

  14. Transmit is an FTP client for Mac OS X and Mac OS Classic (which is unsupported).
    Transmit - Price: $45 (one-time purchase) FTP client for Mac that allows you to upload and download files to and from your server.

    #FTP Client #File Transfer #SFTP Client 21 social mentions

  15. Free and open source software for video recording and live streaming for Mac, Windows and Linux.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    • Free
    OBS - Price: Free Free and open-source software for video recording and live streaming, also can record desktop audio without the need for AudioHijack.

    #Video Recording #Screen Recording #Live Streaming 1061 social mentions

  16. A second brain, for you, forever. Obsidian is a powerful knowledge base that works on top of a local folder of plain text Markdown files.
    Obsidian - Price: Free (with optional paid features available) Note-taking app that allows you to link your notes to each other to build a knowledge base.

    #Knowledge Management #Knowledge Base #Markdown Editor 1454 social mentions

  17. Nova Code Editor is software that is used for writing and editing codes.
    Nova - Price: $99 (one-time purchase) Code editor for macOS that features a sleek UI, powerful features, and great performance.

    #Development #Text Editors #IDE 39 social mentions

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    Block ads, trackers and malicious websites on all your devices.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    NextDNS - Price: Free (with an optional pro version available) DNS resolver for macOS that blocks ads, trackers, and malware.

    #Security & Privacy #Threat Detection And Prevention #Ad Blockers 499 social mentions

  19. Delightful Mind Mapping for your Mac, iPad and iPhone. MacCapture Your Thoughts. Any idea starts with a loose collection of .
    MindNode - Price: $39.99 (one-time purchase) Mind mapping app for Mac that helps you visualize your ideas and thoughts.

    #Digital Whiteboard #Brainstorming And Ideation #Idea Management 3 social mentions

  20. Magnet Developers
    Magnet - Price: Free Window manager for macOS that allows you to easily resize and arrange windows on your Mac.

    #Window Manager #OSX Tools #OSX Window Manager 68 social mentions

  21. Control monitor brightness, adapt using the ambient light sensor, adjust volume, switch inputs and turn off displays without fiddling with clunky buttons.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    • Freemium
    • Free Trial
    • $23.0 / One-off (Pro)
    Lunar - Price: Free (optional premium one-time purchase) Menu bar app for macOS that allows you to adjust your display's brightness and color temperature. (Pro version also available.).

    #Mac #Utilities #Productivity 77 social mentions

  22. LinearMouse is a free and open-source utility for macOS which aims to improve the experience and functionality of third-party mice.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    LinearMouse - Price: Free Mouse acceleration manager for macOS that allows you to customize your mouse acceleration curve.

    #Note Taking #Automation #Game Reviews 52 social mentions

  23. Karabiner, previously called KeyRemap4MacBook, is a very powerful keyboard remapper for Mac OS X.
    Karabiner-Elements - Price: Free Powerful and stable keyboard customizer for macOS.

    #Mac Tools #Window Manager #Automation 269 social mentions

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    f. lux is a piece of software for Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, and Android that provides a blue light filter over your screen. Research suggests limiting our exposure to blue light in the hours before bedtime can help us fall asleep faster.
    Flux - Price: Free App that adjusts your Mac's display color temperature to reduce eye strain and improve sleep.

    #Work Management #Color Temperature Adjuster #Time Tracking 345 social mentions

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    A terminal emulator for macOS that does amazing things.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    iTerm2 - Price: Free Terminal emulator for macOS features multiple panes, search, and more.

    #Terminal #Developer Tools #SSH 98 social mentions

  26. Inkscape is a free, open source professional vector graphics editor for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    Inkscape - Price: Free Free and open-source vector graphics editor that allows you to create and edit vector graphics.

    #Graphic Design Software #Digital Drawing And Painting #Art Tools 482 social mentions

  27. Faster web pages and apps.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    ImageOptim - Price: Free Image optimizer for Mac that allows you to reduce the file size of your images without losing quality, and strip the metadata.

    #Image Optimisation #Image Editing #Image Effects 52 social mentions

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    New Tab page that gives you a moment of calm and inspires you to be more productive.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    Focus - Price: $19.99/year App for Mac that blocks distracting websites and apps to help you stay focused.

    #Time Tracking #Tool #Time Management 24 social mentions

  29. A one-click camera check, right from the menu bar
    Hand Mirror - Price: Free Virtual mirror app for Mac that allows you to see yourself on your screen.

    #Productivity #Health And Fitness #AI 7 social mentions

  30. HandBrake allows users to easily convert video files into a wide variety of different formats.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    Handbrake - Price: Free Open-source video transcoder that converts video from nearly any format to a selection of modern, widely supported codecs.

    #Video #Video Converter #File Converter 568 social mentions

  31. FocusWriter is a fullscreen, distraction-free word processor designed to immerse you as much as...
    FocusWriter - Price: Free Distraction-free writing app for Mac that allows you to focus on your writing.

    #Markdown Editor #Text Editors #Writing Tools 25 social mentions

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    Fast and Friendly Git Client for Mac
    Fork - Price: $49 (one-time purchase) Git client for Mac that features a user-friendly interface and powerful features.

    #Git #Git Tools #Git Client 84 social mentions

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    Kap

    Kap is an open-source screen recorder built with web technology.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    Kap - Price: Free Screen recording app for Mac that allows you to record your screen and webcam with ease.

    #Screenshot Annotation #Screen Recording #Video Maker 37 social mentions

  34. AppCleaner is a small application which allows you to thoroughly uninstall unwanted apps. Installing an application distributes many files throughout your System using space of your Hard Drive unnecessarily.
    AppCleaner - Price: Free Small application allows you to thoroughly uninstall unwanted apps. (Raycast can do this too).

    #Monitoring Tools #CRM #Utilities 303 social mentions

  35. A remote control for you Mac, using your iPhone or iPad
    BetterTouchTool - Price: $15+ with a free trial Customizable gestures and shortcuts (also a BTT Remote, $5).

    #Window Manager #Mac Tools #OSX Tools 185 social mentions

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    An Open Source, Cross-platform Text Expander on steroids
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    Espanso - Price: Free Text expander for macOS that allows you to create custom abbreviations for your frequently used text.

    #Writing Tools #Personal Productivity #Automation 96 social mentions

  37. Mac app for easier drag & drop
    Dropover - Price: Free (with optional premium subscription available) Drag and drop utility for macOS that allows you to easily move files between folders and apps.

    #Mac #Productivity #Clipboard Manager 14 social mentions

  38. GitHub Desktop is a seamless way to contribute to projects on GitHub and GitHub Enterprise.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    GitHub Desktop - Price: Free Git client for Mac that allows you to manage your GitHub repositories.

    #Git #Git Tools #Code Collaboration 129 social mentions

  39. DaisyDisk is a disk analyzer tool for OS X that visualizes hard disk usage and allows to free up hard disk space.
    Pricing:
    • Paid
    • Free Trial
    • $9.99 / One-off
    DaisyDisk - Price: $9.99 (one-time purchase) Disk space analyzer for macOS that allows you to visualize your disk usage and free up space.

    #Disk Analyzer #Hard Disk Usage #Hard Drive Tools 113 social mentions

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    Things is an easy to use task manager.
    Things 3 - Price: $49.99 (one-time purchase) To-do list for MacOS.

    #Project Management #Task Management #Todos 54 social mentions

  41. Open Source Plain-Text Editor for OS X
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    CotEditor - Price: Free Text editor for macOS that features syntax highlighting and a user-friendly interface.

    #Text Editors #IDE #Software Development 25 social mentions

  42. Build and debug modern web and cloud applications, by Microsoft
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    Visual Studio Code - Price: Free Lightweight but powerful source code editor that runs on your desktop and is available for Windows, macOS, and Linux.

    #Text Editors #IDE #Software Development 1008 social mentions

  43. Capture your Mac’s screen like a PRO ⚡️
    CleanShot X - Price: $29.99 (one-time purchase) Screenshot and screen recording tool for Mac that offers advanced editing features, screen recording, text OCR and more.

    #Screenshot Annotation #Screenshots #Image Annotation 74 social mentions

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    Fast and secure, ad and tracker blocking browser.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    Brave - Price: Free (VPN is a paid option) Privacy-focused web browser with built-in ad-blocking and enhanced security features.

    #Web Browsers #Web Development Tools #Web Tools 577 social mentions

  45. Powerful desktop app for creating responsive websites using the Bootstrap framework
    Bootstrap Studio - Price: $29-59 ("one-time" purchase, only for $59 option, the other has 1 year free updates after that you're out) A powerful desktop app for creating responsive websites using the Bootstrap framework.

    #Website Design #Website Builder #CMS 25 social mentions

  46. "An advanced Mac system monitor for your menubar."
    iStat Menus - Price: $14.99 (one-time purchase) Advanced system monitor for macOS that displays real-time CPU, GPU, and network usage.

    #Monitoring Tools #Device Management #Log Management 53 social mentions

  47. Bitwarden is a free and open source password management solution for individuals, teams, and business organizations.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    • Freemium
    • $10.0 / Annually (Premium)
    Bitwarden - Free and open-source password manager for Mac that allows you to store and manage your passwords securely.

    #Password Managers #Password Management #Security & Privacy 604 social mentions

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    Bear.app is a note-taking and content writing app that helps you boost productivity with its intuitive tools.
    Bear - Price: Free (with optional Bear Pro subscription available) Private Markdown editor for Mac, iPad, and iPhone that allows you to write notes, to-dos, and essays with advanced markup options and beautiful themes.

    #Office & Productivity #Word #Lifestyle 49 social mentions

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    Arc

    This new web browser is going to kill Chrome
    Arc - Price: Free "rebuilt the internet", an awesome browser give it a try.

    #Web Browsers #Customisable Web Browser #Web Development Tools 59 social mentions

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    Windows alt-tab on macOS
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Mac #Note Taking #Window Manager 9 social mentions

  51. Affinity is the imaging and design suite for creative professionals exclusively for Mac.
    Affinity Photo 2 - Price: $49.99 (one-time purchase) Professional photo editing software for Mac that features advanced editing tools and a user-friendly interface.

    #Graphic Design Software #Digital Drawing And Painting #Photos & Graphics 32 social mentions

  52. TickTickis a cross-platform to-do list app & task manager helps you to get all things done and make life well organized.
    Https://ticktick.com/ for ToDo, project management, habits tracking...

    #Task Management #Project Management #Todos 51 social mentions

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