I haven't seen any new app store analytics data since May 1. I updated screenshots and added new features. However, the data hasn't been updated for 3/4 days now.

Is anyone else facing similar issues?

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/dictawiz-voice-to-text/id6759256382

Update: thanks to everyone who's tried Widgetscape, reported bugs and shared ideas. With your help we've already found a few issues, and some have been addressed. The crash reported when enabling Reminders has been fixed, and the update is already available. The automatic updater should pick it up, or you can use Check for Updates to install it now.

I didn't expect this much interest: most of the limited TRYFREE pool has already been claimed. There are still free licences left while that pool lasts. I've also added WELCOME50 for roughly 50% off Widgetscape Pro, valid through 30 November 2026, while available. Enter the code under "Have a discount code?" at checkout.

Hi r/macapps, I'm Viorel Porumbescu, the person behind VPO Labs, and Widgetscape is our app. It's out now. The site still says beta while we collect feedback, which is honestly part of why I'm posting.

Problem: I wanted useful information on my desktop without keeping extra windows open. Widgetscape puts live widgets right on the desktop, behind your windows. They snap to a grid and come in up to eight sizes from Small to Huge, with a different layout at each size. You pick Glass, Solid, Outline or Transparent, one of 23 palettes or your own, and Light, Dark or follow the system. Right-click > Customize handles size, style and colour.

There are 31 widgets. The two I'd try first:

Day Timeline puts your calendar on any screen edge as a radio-tuner dial. The needle is now, events are the stations, and hovering one opens a card with a Join button for calls. Scroll along it to look ahead.

Token Pulse reads the local session logs of Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cline and similar tools. It shows today's tokens per tool, input / output / cache and the burn rate. Nothing from those logs leaves the Mac. Both Day Timeline and Token Pulse are Pro, included in the trial.

The rest includes clocks, weather, agenda, reminders, focus timer, Now Playing with controls for Music, Spotify, Safari and Chrome, system and network stats, batteries, Repo Pulse for git repos, App Time, a clipboard shelf and mic/camera privacy lights.

Comparison: Übersicht is free and closer to Rainmeter's DIY spirit if you want to write widgets in JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Widgetscape is for ready-made native widgets you configure with clicks, with shared sizes and styles. Apple's desktop widgets are free and fine for basics; these add live system stats, Now Playing controls, Token Pulse and the edge dial. If you want custom skins today, Übersicht is the better fit. Rainmeter was a big inspiration, but we're not affiliated and Widgetscape doesn't run Rainmeter skins.

Pricing: 8 widgets are free forever: Time, Analog Clock, Calendar, Focus Timer, System Pulse, Batteries, Weather and Moon Phase. Everything gets a 14-day trial with no account or card. Pro is €9.99 + VAT one-time for up to 2 Macs, with a 14-day refund. macOS 14+, Apple silicon only. It's a signed and notarized download rather than an App Store app, because a few widgets need system access the store doesn't allow.

Launch code: TRYFREE gives Pro free to a limited number of people, no card needed. Hit Buy Widgetscape Pro and enter it under "Have a discount code?" at checkout.

On AI: yes, we used Claude Code and Codex for part of the work, especially the website, and as help along the way on the app. The widget ideas, design and decisions on what ships are ours, and every build gets tested on our own Macs. If you'd rather skip apps made with AI help, that's a fair choice.

The images are renders from the app's own widget views with sample data, so the meetings, repos and token numbers are made up. They show the Transparent style because Glass can't be captured offscreen.

What I'd really like to hear: which widget you'd remove first, what's missing on your desktop, and anything that breaks with multiple displays, Stage Manager or Spaces.

App and pricing: https://widgetscape.vpolabs.com

For transparency, I'm the person behind VPO Labs. My portfolio: https://viorelporumbescu.tech/ and LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/viorel-porumbescu/

Contact: support@vpolabs.com Privacy policy: https://widgetscape.vpolabs.com/privacy/ Terms: https://widgetscape.vpolabs.com/terms/

If you plug a Windows NTFS drive or a Linux (ext4/Btrfs) external SSD into your Mac, macOS won't let you write to it or doesn't recognize it at all.

⚖️ The Comparison

Existing commercial solutions like Paragon and Tuxera cost $30–$70 (often charging separately for NTFS and Linux), come with 150MB+ installers, and worst of all: they force you into Recovery Mode on Apple Silicon to lower system security (Reduced Security) just to load legacy kernel extensions (.kext) and root daemons. When macOS updates, kernel panics often follow.

I built PolyDrive Disk to provide a modern, genuinely safe alternative:

• 100% Sandboxed & Safe: Built on Apple's modern File System Extension (FSKit) framework. Zero kernel extensions, zero root daemons, zero disabling SIP.
• Lightweight (~10 MB installer vs. 150 MB+): No background services running when you don't use it. Cleanly uninstalls by dragging to Trash.
• Completely Offline: No network permissions, no accounts, zero telemetry.
• All-in-One Format Support:
  • Windows NTFS (native read & write with automatic journal replay)
  • Linux ext4, ext3, ext2, Btrfs (with subvolumes), XFS, and F2FS
  • BitLocker and LUKS1/LUKS2 passphrase decryption (saves to Keychain)
  • Linux LVM volumes and single NAS RAID member drives

💰 Pricing & Free Trial

• Free 3-Day Full Read/Write Trial: Download free from the Mac App Store and test all read & write features for 3 days on your own drives, so you can make sure it is your solution.
• Pricing: After the trial, it is a one-time in-app purchase of $9.99 to unlock unlimited use forever — no subscriptions.

🔗 Links:

• Mac App Store: Download PolyDrive Disk

(Requires Apple Silicon Mac with macOS 26 or later)

I'd really appreciate your feedback, questions, or edge cases you test with it!

I'm the designer/developer.

Problem: Most to-do apps let you spend an hour building a system of projects, tags and filters instead of ten minutes doing the work.

Comparison: Better than Things and Todoist for people who want less app, not more. Both scale up into projects, areas, labels and saved filters. Hustla gives you three lists, Today, Next and Someday, and no way to add a fourth. Things is also sold separately per platform, while Hustla Pro is a single Universal Purchase across iPhone, iPad and Mac.

New in the Mac release:

• Apple Intelligence: Hustla’s actions are available to Siri, Shortcuts and Spotlight, so you can add, complete, move and query to-dos without opening the app.
• Smart Quick-Add: type “dentist Friday 3pm” and it names the to-do, sets the reminder and files it on the right list.
• Capture Anywhere: press ⌃⌥Space in any app, pick a card, type, done.
• Menu bar drop-down to manage Today to-dos, or add a new one without leaving your current app.
• Single-card view for one list, or multi-card for all three at once.
• Keyboard shortcuts throughout.
• Per-device setup: appearance and workflow can differ on Mac and phone, or sync so they match.
• Reminders, per-task notes, widgets.

Pricing: Free to download and use. Pro unlocks everything: 7-day trial on Yearly, then Monthly $2.99 / Yearly $14.99 / Lifetime $39.99. Lifetime includes Family Sharing.

https://hustla.app

Happy to hear feedback and to answer anything.

A few months ago I shared Wisp here, a tiny scratchpad that lives in your menu bar. Many of you tried it and I've been improving it a lot since then.

Problem

A thought arrives while you're in the middle of something. Getting it down shouldn't mean opening an app, picking a folder and naming a note.

Wisp is a scratchpad that lives in your menu bar. Press ⌥Space from anywhere, type, press Esc, and you're back where you were. It's always the same page, it saves as you type, and everything lives in one plain markdown file on your Mac.

- One plain markdown file on your Mac that you can open with any app

- Save as you type, with version history so nothing is lost

- Built-in arithmetic operations, including units, percentages and money

- Remind me lines become notifications

- Markdown, checklists and find

- An Inbox to file a page away and start fresh

- Version history, so nothing is lost

- Sync through iCloud Drive, Dropbox or any folder

- Fonts, light and dark themes, and adjustable transparency

- Rebind shortcut keys etc

Comparison

- Apple Notes Quick Note is built in and syncs everywhere, but your words live inside the Notes app as rich text. Wisp is one plain .md file you can open with anything. Put it in iCloud Drive, Dropbox or Syncthing and it follows you to every Mac.

- Raycast Notes is the closest in spirit. Wisp is a standalone app that doesn't need a launcher, keeps your words in a file rather than in an app, and does sums and reminders right in the line you're typing.

Pricing

Free, with no paid tier, no account and no tracking. The only thing it asks the internet is whether there's an update. It's MIT-licensed open source.

- Website: https://sulemaanhamza.github.io/wisp-landing/

- GitHub: https://github.com/sulemaanhamza/wisp

- Homebrew: brew install --cask sulemaanhamza/wisp/wisp

Verification / Author: LinkedIn

Hi r/macapps, I'm Aqib, the developer of DisplayShift.

Problem

I dock my MacBook to a monitor every day. Every time I plugged in, all my windows stayed piled on the small laptop screen, and I'd drag them over one by one. Full screen apps were worse: leave full screen, drag, go full screen again. Then I'd unplug, or the Mac would sleep, and macOS would shuffle everything back onto the MacBook. I wanted the Mac to just ask me what should go where, and remember it.

What it does

When a display connects, a panel drops out of the MacBook notch with every open window listed, full screen apps and windows on other desktops included. Tick what should move and it glides across. Unplug, and everything comes back to the MacBook. You can also have it move everything by itself, or do nothing and just say hello.

Comparison

• Moom is great for saving and snapping layouts, but you trigger them yourself.
• Display Maid restores layouts when screens change, but there's no picker to choose windows.
• Stay did this years ago but hasn't been updated in a long time.
• Rectangle and Magnet snap windows into place; they don't move them when a monitor connects.

DisplayShift is for people who dock a MacBook and want the move to happen at the moment of plugging in, with full screen apps handled properly.

Core features

• Picker in the notch when a display connects: tick windows, choose the destination (monitor or MacBook), Move selected or Move all.
• Full screen apps leave full screen, move and go full screen again on the other display, behind a calm curtain instead of macOS's flashing animations.
• Remembers your layout for each screen setup and offers to put everything back. Named layouts switch in a tap.
• Puts windows back after sleep, or after a dock hiccup, with an Undo on every move.
• Tiles up to four apps side by side. Drag the bar between them and the neighbours resize together.
• Rules per app: keep it on the MacBook, send it to the big screen, or never move it.
• Finds windows stuck off screen, and can reopen closed apps when restoring a layout.

Privacy

• No account and no analytics.
• Saved layouts store a hash of each window title, never the title itself.
• It only goes online to check your license and look for updates.

Pricing

Free for 7 days, then $2.99 once, on up to 2 Macs. No subscription.

Requirements

macOS 14 Sonoma or later, Apple silicon and Intel. Notarized by Apple. On Macs without a notch it shows as a small pill under the menu bar.

Download

https://aqibjaved.dev/apps/displayshift

I'd really appreciate feedback, bug reports, or what would make you switch from your current setup. Happy to answer anything in the comments.

Please DM if someone can't afford the license and wants it for free. More than happy to give it away if that can help the community :D

I'm a solo developer with interest in building some cool low-poly graphics for Mac apps (maybe even a game later on). That's how GhostDeck came about! It is out on the Mac App Store.

Problem
I keep my music as files (FLAC and MP3), and every Mac player I tried was either a big library manager or a plain list with a play button. I wanted the kind of player I grew up with: the late-90s deck layout with a 10-band EQ and a playlist as separate windows that snap together. Behind the album there's a 3D pane where the cover turns into a jewel case over a low-poly world that reacts to the music. There are five worlds, for now (synthwave, moonlit forest, dunes with a chrome skull, rainy neon city, deep sea), and each one reskins the deck.

Comparison
Swinsian is the better pick if you want a full library manager with smart playlists and tag editing. GhostDeck doesn't manage a library: you point it at folders and press play. Cog is free and very light, but it's a plain list. GhostDeck is similarly light (about 12 MB, native Swift and Metal, 30 fps when idle), but it has the deck and the worlds. No account, no analytics, no network access, and it only sees the folders you open.

Formats: MP3, AAC/M4A, FLAC, ALAC, WAV, AIFF, CAF, AC3. M3U in and out. macOS 14 or later, Apple silicon and Intel.

Known gap: FLAC tags and embedded covers don't show yet (a cover.jpg in the folder works). That fix is in the next update, coming next week.

Pricing
$3.99 / €4.99 one-time (depends on the store), all worlds included, no subscription, no in-app purchases.

https://apps.apple.com/app/id6810734377

Site with video and privacy policy: https://ghost-deck.app

I have 5 promo codes for anyone curious. Comment with the world you'd want next and I'll DM you one.

Happy to answer questions. If you try it, tell me which world you'd want next!

• Problem: Repetitive mouse and keyboard actions waste time, and other automation/macro tools are expensive and complicated. Input Recorder solves this problem by allowing you to record your actions and play them with a SUPER SIMPLE user interface.
• Comparison:
  • ($36) Keyboard Maestro: Expensive, complicated, and not on the Mac App Store. Input Recorder offers a free version, is only $4.99 for the full version, and is extremely easy to use.
  • ($30) Tap Bot: Auto Click & Refresh: Also very expensive, and is not primarily a macro recorder. It has a pretty UI, but I had trouble figuring out how to get a macro working.
• Pricing:
  • Free Version:
    • Repeat recordings up to 10 times
    • Save up to 3 recordings
    • Adjust playback speed up to 3x
  • Full Version ($4.99 - Lifetime):
    • Repeat recordings up to unlimited times
    • Save unlimited recordings (up to your hard drive limits)
    • Adjust playback speed up to 10x

Mac App Store Link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/input-recorder/id1594054077?mt=12

Hi r/macapps, I'm the developer of Glimpse.

Problem: When someone sends you a README, project brief or notes, sometimes you just want to read it. Glimpse opens your existing Markdown files with rendered tables, highlighted code, math and Mermaid diagrams. Reading and Finder Quick Look previews are free, with no Glimpse account needed. Your files stay ordinary Markdown.

The 38-second demo follows one slightly overplanned coffee break: read the plan, get a summary beside it, double the biscuit budget, and export a PDF. Summary, editing and export are Pro features.

Comparison: Typora combines reading and writing with live preview. Glimpse offers free reading and Finder previews alongside whichever editor you already use. You can add editing and export when you need them.

Pricing: Reading, Quick Look, folders, tabs, search and the outline are free. Pro adds creation/editing, PDF and HTML export, presentations, extra reading styles and on-device summaries.

US prices: $19.99 lifetime, $12.99/year, or $1.99/month. Subscriptions renew automatically; regional prices vary. Reading stays free after paid access ends.

Glimpse on the Mac App Store · macOS 15+. On-device summaries require macOS 26+ on a compatible Mac, with the required system feature enabled.

If you try it with a README or your own notes, what would make the reading experience more useful?

Hey r/macapps, I'm TheHighJack, the developer of FeelMyMac.

I wanted to change how my Mac feels, not just how it looks.

FeelMyMac adds haptic textures to cursor movement and scrolling on a compatible trackpad. Instead of only feeling feedback when you click, you can feel a simulated surface as you move.

There are six materials: Felt, Bouclé, Pebbled, Fine grit, Soft grid and Line grid. Movement, scrolling and tap feedback can be enabled separately, and the accompanying sound is optional.

The goal isn't to add another workflow or promise to make you more productive. It's simply to make using your Mac feel more satisfying.

I've attached a short video to show the idea. Obviously, you can't feel haptics through a video, so there's a free demo to try on your own trackpad.

Comparison

HapticPad focuses on haptic cues when hovering over links, buttons and inputs in a browser.

FeelMyMac focuses on the movement itself: giving cursor movement and scrolling a material-like texture, rather than signalling that you've reached something clickable.

Pricing

The free demo includes Felt, Bouclé and one sound profile, with no time limit. No account, email or payment card required.

The full license is $3.99 USD, paid once. It unlocks all six materials, additional sound controls and keyboard sounds. Future updates are included, with no subscription.

Free demo:

https://feelmymac.thehighjack.it/demo/

Full license:

https://feelmymac.thehighjack.it/license/

Compatibility and privacy

Requires macOS 15.1 or later. Haptic and Material feedback are currently verified on Apple-silicon Macs with a compatible trackpad. External trackpad support includes the current USB-C Magic Trackpad; compatibility is checked locally by the app.

Enabled interaction feedback requires Accessibility permission. Input events are processed locally, and the app doesn't record typed text or send interaction data to us.

About the developer

I'm Leonardo Curtone, also known as TheHighJack.

Portfolio: https://www.thehighjack.it/en/

Contact: https://x.com/leonardocurtone

Thanks for reading!

https://github.com/ad-repo/nullplayer/releases/tag/0.27.0

# one-time configuration 
brew tap ad-repo/nullplayer 

brew install --cask ad-repo/nullplayer/nullplayer 

or if already installed manually
brew install --cask --force ad-repo/nullplayer/nullplayer 

To upgrade to a new release: 
brew update 
brew upgrade --cask ad-repo/nullplayer/nullplayer

New Features

• Compact Window adds a free-floating mini player — the Windows menu and main-window context menu now include Compact Window, which uses the same compact Library Browser mini-player as Compact Mode but keeps NullPlayer as a regular Dock/menu-bar app. It hides only the main window, leaves Playlist/EQ/Spectrum/Library/visualization windows where they are, uses normal window level unless Always on Top is enabled, can be dragged from both the player bar and browser area, remembers its frame, and restores across launches.
• Balance control added to Playback menu — the Playback options now include a Balance submenu with a slider and common left/center/right presets, giving modern UI and menu-only workflows access to stereo balance without adding more controls to the player face.

Improvements

• Modern and Metal UI now use a modern system font — the retro low-fi bitmap font (Departure Mono) has been replaced throughout the Modern and Metal windows — Library tabs and headers, the main window, playlist, EQ, and spectrum — with the crisp macOS system font. Time and track digits stay monospaced so they don't jitter. Skins that ship their own custom font still render it as before.
• License and branding terms clarified — the project license notice and README now state GPL-3.0-only distribution terms and clarify that modified distributions must not reuse the NullPlayer name, icon, logo, bundle identity, or other branding without permission.
• Compact Mode player bar reads like the main window — in Modern and Metal, the Compact Mode display now splits into two distinct LCD "windows" with a padded gap: a single elapsed/remaining time counter on the left and the scrolling track title on the right (previously the title sat left with a cramped "elapsed / total" reading pinned to the right). The counter matches the title's size and weight, and the transport buttons are slightly larger.
• Larger Library tab and control fonts — the Library Browser's tab labels and control text render at a slightly larger size in non-compact mode for better legibility. Compact Mode is unchanged.

Changes

• Window shade mode removed — double-clicking a window's title bar no longer collapses it to a title-bar-only strip ("windowshade"). This legacy Winamp feature was the source of recurring layout glitches when combined with Large UI, Compact Mode, and live UI-mode switching; removing it makes window sizing and position memory behave consistently across every window in Classic, Modern, and Metal.
• Library source menu lists only sources — the Library Browser's source picker no longer injects local-library settings ("Manage Folders…" and the "Clear Local Library" submenu) when the local source is active. Those are settings, not sources, and already live in the Library menu-bar item, so the source menu now lists sources only.

Bug Fixes

• Metal skin transport icons are now fully filled — the previous/next (and eject) icons in the Metal finishes no longer show a stray light vertical line: the icon bars now draw in the same transport-button color as the rest of the glyph instead of the skin's light primary color.
• Plex Artists no longer show duplicate same-name rows — the Library Browser now groups Plex artist records with the same display name into one visible artist row in both classic and modern UI. Expanding, playing, or queueing that row still fans out across every underlying Plex ratingKey, so albums and tracks attached to duplicate server-side artist records remain accessible instead of being hidden.
• Compact Mode art ratings fit the small UI — the modern Library Browser's art-view rating stars now shrink in Compact Mode, preventing them from crowding or overlapping the source/library picker row.
• Compact Window no longer reopens the main window after Space switches — returning from another desktop or fullscreen app now focuses the floating compact mini-player instead of treating the hidden main window as something to restore, so Compact Window stays a one-window main-player replacement until you exit it.
• Library window remembers where you put it — after unlocking the connected windows and moving the Library/browser window, it now reopens at the exact position and size you left it — across closing and reopening it (via the menu or the red close button) and across full app restarts, even when it was closed at quit. First-ever opens still dock to the right of the window stack, and the position survives Compact Mode. Playlist, EQ, and Spectrum still intentionally snap back into the column below the main window.
• Classic Large UI toggles instantly — no restart — turning Large UI on or off in the classic skin now resizes the windows in place, matching the modern UI, instead of asking you to relaunch. The player, EQ, playlist, and other windows redraw crisply at the new size (no leftover "ghost" of the old size), and switching between Classic, Modern, and Metal while Large UI is on no longer distorts the new look.
• ProjectM visualizer recovers from a preset that crashes mid-playback — a rare bug inside the MilkDrop preset engine could crash the app while a preset was on screen — including minutes into a track, not just when the preset first appeared. The crash-guard now watches a preset for its entire time on screen (previously only its first frame), so the offending preset is automatically skipped on the next launch and the crash never recurs. Normal quits never flag a good preset.
• Metal playlist and Library highlights are now clearly visible — in Metal skins, the playlist's now-playing track and the Library Browser's selected/expanded row were indicated by text color alone, which several metal finishes render nearly identical to normal rows, so the active row was easy to miss. Both now draw a translucent green backlit-LCD highlight bar (matching the hi-fi display panels) as the cue. The metal playlist's row text is also unified at the Library window's brightness — previously it was dimmer — and the current track no longer recolors to the accent tone that clashed with the new highlight.

Keeping track of job applications can get overwhelming fast - spreadsheets, scattered notes, and missed follow-ups. JobSnail helps you stay organized by tracking applications and interviews in one place, without the clutter.

💡 Want Lifetime Premium?

Drop a comment, upvote, and DM me for a promo code. The first 100 people will get the code.

JobSnail is available as a MacOS and iOS versions on the App Store. And there's also a web version at jobsnail.app. It's also worth mentioning that all the apps are fully synced through iCloud, and an Apple account is required to use the app on Web.

Hello everyone! I'm Allen, developer of SCM (Screen Memory). SCM is an open-source AI visual library search engine for macOS — 100% local.

Problem I'm solving:
my photo library is a graveyard — thousands of IMG_1234s, screenshots mixed with real photos, and videos where I know the moment exists but can't find it. Built-in search only matches filenames/dates, and anything smarter means uploading my life to someone's cloud. I wanted to type what I actually remember — a vibe, a scene, a spoken line, text on a sign — and land on the exact shot, with nothing ever leaving my Mac.

What's SCM

It indexes your photos and videos with local models (CLIP / SigLIP2) and lets you search in plain language — "retro-style devices" or "a few men at a party" jumps straight to the image or exact video scene.

Five search modes: Files / Scenes / OCR / Dialogue (exact Whisper spoken-line search) + LLMs (opt-in local chat over your library with citations). Save any query as a tab.

Search in a selected view: tabs aren't just browsing — they're search scopes. Select Screenshots, Email, Videos, or any saved tab and every query stays inside it. Scope first, then search. In LLMs chat it's explicit: start with /screenshots, /videos, or /email to narrow the corpus before the model runs.

- Github repo link: https://github.com/allenv0/SCM
- Download link: https://github.com/allenv0/scm-dmg/releases (Apple Silicon only) — heads-up, it's unsigned.

Pricing

completely free and open source. Free. No signup, no in-app purchases, no subscription, no account.

Transparency

I'm Allen Lee :) feel free to reach out anytime.

- Personal website: https://www.allenlee.site/

- X: x.com/allenleexyz

- Email: allenleexyz@gmail.com

Hey r/macapps , 

I just released Launchie 1.6.3 yet. It is the biggest release ever since the first version of Launchie back in September 2025.

The most important feature: It finally allows importing your existing grid from the original Launchpad, or from other Launchpad Replacements like LaunchOS or LaunchNext. If you need other import routes please let me know. 

Video Walkthrough: https://youtu.be/xEF4nDC7kEc (no sound)

Problem

Launchpad used to be a simple, visual way to open and organize apps on macOS. Since Apple removed it, there is no real built-in replacement for people who liked having an app grid, folders, and quick access to their installed apps.

Launchie brings that workflow back, but with more control:

• Launchpad-style app grid
• Folders and Spaces for organizing apps
• Drag and drop rearranging
• Keyboard shortcut, hot corner, app icon, or menu bar activation
• Customizable layout, window size, columns, Quick Access, hidden apps, and more

I built Launchie because I personally missed that workflow, and a lot of users seemed to feel the same.

Also the direct version brings some additional feature:

• Use F4 / Spotlight to open and close Launchie
• Use the 4 finger pinch to open/close Launchie
• Use a 3 finger swipe to open/close Launchie

Comparison

There are already other good apps in this space, including LaunchNext and LaunchOS.

Launchie’s focus is slightly different: I’m trying to keep the original Launchpad feeling, while adding deeper customization and a more native macOS-style experience. For example, Launchie supports folders, Spaces, drag-and-drop organization, Quick Access, hot corners, keyboard shortcuts, and a lot of layout options.

I’m also actively developing it based on user feedback. Many of the recent changes came directly from emails, DMs, and comments from users. I reply to feedback, and when an idea makes sense for the app, I try to implement it.

Pricing

US pricing:

• Lifetime: $14.99 
• Yearly: $7.99

Family Sharing is supported. On the non App Store version the price is the same. One license can be used for up to 5 Macs.

Mac App Store: Launchie on the Mac App Store

Launchie is also available via Homebrew (see https://launchie.app for more details)

Recent Updates:

• Apps and folders now shrink and fade as they scroll in and out of view, instead of being cut off at the edge. Turn it off in Settings > Appearance > Animate Icons at Edges.
• Opening and closing a folder is now a quick, clean fade instead of blending both grids on top of each other.
• Closing a folder now returns you to where you had scrolled, instead of jumping back to the top.
• Added importing your layout from macOS Launchpad, LaunchNext or LaunchOS. Your folders and app order carry over, and Launchpad's even survive the upgrade to macOS 26 or later. LaunchNext backups work too. Find it in the Getting Started guide or in Settings > Backup.
• Redesigned the Getting Started guide
• New installs now open Launchie with ⌥Space instead of ⌘K. Existing hotkeys stay as they are.
• Fixed switching to Maximized or Fullscreen needing two clicks. The window no longer flickers back to its windowed size after the first click.
• New installs start with a 80% × 80% window, and 30% background transparency and tint.
• New Pro option to hide app names, for a grid of icons only. Folder names stay, and hovering an app shows its name. Find it in Settings > Appearance > Hide App Names.
• Hidden apps can now show up in search if you want them to, marked with a crossed-out eye. Turn it on right under the search field whenever hidden apps match, or in Settings > Hidden Apps > Show Hidden Apps in Search.
• Switching Spaces with a two-finger swipe or a drag now follows your fingers like Launchpad: the next Space slides in alongside, and letting go early springs back.
• Direct download & Homebrew The trackpad pinch and three-finger swipe now open and close Launchie in step with your fingers, like Launchpad. Stop halfway and it waits; move back and it undoes.
• Direct download & Homebrew New Pro option: open Launchie with the Spotlight key (F4) instead of Spotlight, like the Launchpad key used to. The Launchpad key on older keyboards works too, and Spotlight stays on ⌘Space. Find it in Settings > General > Spotlight Key.
• After an update, Launchie now shows what's new once, with the highlights that apply to your version. "Changelog" opens the full list of changes for it.
• Fixed holding Option and scrolling a mouse wheel switching Spaces only once. It now keeps moving through Spaces as long as you keep scrolling, and no longer scrolls the grid in between.
• Fixed right-clicking an app in the List layout offering only "Add to Favorites". Apps now get the full menu (Rename, Hide, Spaces, Open in Finder, Create Folder, Send to Folder), and folders in the list get a right-click menu too.
• Fixed Quick Access flickering while you change a setting, such as dragging a slider. Apps with the same launch count kept swapping places; Most Used and Recent now keep a steady order.

Hi r/macapps, I'm the developer of Cirrus.

Problem

I used Raycast Notes for years because a note one hotkey away is the best way to jot something down. But it stops at 5 notes unless you pay $8 a month for Raycast Pro, and it has no links between notes, images, tables or math, so I built my own.

What it does

- Press ⌃⌘N in any app and a note floats over it. Esc (or clicking away) hides it.

- Or keep it in a small pill on the screen edge, or in the notch on a MacBook. Hover to peek and type straight in.

- Markdown with the symbols hidden: checklists, highlights, tables, images, code.

- [[Links]] between notes, #tags, fold headings, ⌘K command palette, ⌘P to find any note.

- Math as you write: end a line with = for the answer, with units, dates, time zones and currencies.

- Paste Mode collects everything you copy into one note.

- Syncs through your own iCloud. No account, no analytics. Markdown export and daily backups.

Comparison

- Raycast Notes: the closest thing, and what I used before. If you already pay for Raycast Pro and only need plain notes, stick with it. Otherwise its free tier stops at 5 notes and unlimited is $8/month. Cirrus is $4.99 once and adds [[links]], images, tables, math, and the edge pill and notch.

- Antinote: better if you want throwaway scratch notes and nothing else. Cirrus keeps your notes, with links, tags and search.

Pricing

Free for 3 notes with every feature. Pro is $4.99 once for unlimited notes, no subscription. Same price direct or on the Mac App Store.

For r/macapps: the first 20 people get Pro free with code `MACAPPS` at checkout on trycirrus.app. Drop a comment once you've used it so others know it's going.

macOS 14+

Direct: https://trycirrus.app

Mac App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6815418493

Happy to answer anything, and I read every bug report.

Edit: all 20 free codes are gone, thank you! If you missed it, MACAPPS50 takes 50% off ($2.49) at trycirrus.app until Sunday.
Also the discount is on the Mac App Store: https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6815418493&code=MACAPPS50

I built a friendly focus app to help you doomscroll less!

Hey r/MacApps!

I'm a solo developer, and I built this app because I wanted a friendlier way to spend less time doomscrolling and stay focused.

https://nudgefocus.app/

Problem

It's very easy to open a distracting app or website almost automatically and suddenly realize you've spent far more time scrolling than you intended.

I wanted to build something that helps interrupt that habit without making the whole experience feel overly restrictive or punishing.

Comparison

There are already powerful blockers like Cold Turkey and Freedom, but I wanted Nudge to be a smaller, Mac-first alternative that's simple enough to just leave running every day.

Freedom is great if you need blocking synced across Mac, Windows, iOS and Android, but that also makes it a much bigger system. Its lifetime plan is currently $99.50. Nudge is $9.99 lifetime.

Cold Turkey is powerful and highly configurable, but it feels like an older generation of productivity software to me: more configuration, browser extensions, and a pretty dated experience. Nudge takes the opposite approach: lightweight, native-feeling and built specifically around the Mac.

Nudge lives in your menu bar, with reusable app and website presets, automatic schedules, background sounds, focus time, sessions, streaks and focus patterns.

Basically: I don't want you to spend 20 minutes configuring an app that's supposed to stop you from wasting time.

Pricing

The app is $9.99 for lifetime access.

https://nudgefocus.app/#pricing

I'm also giving away 20 access codes

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I'm the solo developer behind the app, so feedback is very welcome especially on what works, what doesn't, and what you'd like to see improved!

I'm Drew, one of the two indie developers of Agenda, a native notes app for Mac, iPhone and iPad. It won an Apple Design Award (2018), and it's on the Mac App Store.

Problem

Most notes apps organize by folder or tag. That works for reference material, but project notes are about time: what came out of a meeting, what's planned for next week, what you decided back in March. In Agenda every note can have a date, so the notes for a project become a timeline.

Here's how I use it. A meeting invite comes in, I accept it, and in Agenda I attach a note straight to that calendar event. I use the note to prepare. On the day, it shows up in my Today overview, or I click the link in the event in the Calendar app and the note opens. During the meeting I write in that same note: checklists, tags, people, dates and reminders, all without leaving the editor. Afterwards it stays in the project's timeline, so months later I can scroll back and see what we decided.

What's new lately

• Siri AI can now create a note, add to one, open one, or move it to another project (macOS 27).
• Send to Agenda: you get a personal email address, and anything you send to it arrives as a note in your Inbox, with images and attachments in place.
• Full MCP support, so AI tools like Claude, Cursor and Codex can search your notes, create and edit notes, and manage projects.
• Updated for the new macOS 27 look.

Comparison

Bear: the same care for design and a real native Mac feel. Bear is great for writing and tagging. Agenda adds dates and full integration with Calendar, Reminders and Contacts, so your notes tie into your events, to-dos and the people you work with. And Bear Pro is subscription only, while Agenda also has a pay-once Lifetime option.

Notion: Agenda is local first, and you control your data. Your notes live on your devices, not on an Agenda server. Sync goes through your own iCloud, so if you turn on Apple's Advanced Data Protection, your notes are end-to-end encrypted and not even Apple can read them. And it's a real Mac app, not a web page in a window.

Pricing

Agenda is free to use. Premium is a yearly subscription, or you pay once with Lifetime. Either way, any feature you unlock is yours to keep forever, even if you stop paying. We don't believe in renting software.

Lifetime is normally $179 (US). With the code AGENDALIFETIME50 it's $89 until 31 October. That's 50% off in every country, in your local price. Redeem the code in the Mac App Store, and Lifetime then unlocks Premium on all your devices.

Redeem link: https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=1287445660&code=AGENDALIFETIME50

(Seems Apple are slow in pushing the code out to Mac App Store. If it fails, try again a bit later.)

Website: https://agenda.com

Mac App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id1287445660

Happy to answer questions.