46 apps · pay once · own forever
A curated directory of software you pay for once — for Mac, iPhone, Windows, and the web. Each widget below is one app: open it to see what it does, its one-time price, and where to get it.
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6 apps
Rename and organize your Mac files based on their content, automatically.
NameQuick is a Mac app that reads PDFs, invoices, scans, and screenshots, then renames and files them by their content. It applies naming templates you define and can watch folders to rename new files as they arrive. You can let it run the AI for you or bring your own OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, or local model key.
macOS
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Find where your Mac keyboard shortcuts clash
HotkeyClash is a free, open source macOS menu bar app that scans keyboard shortcuts across your apps, Karabiner-Elements, skhd, and macOS system shortcuts and shows where they collide. It has no accounts, no telemetry, and no dependencies.
macOS
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6 apps
Generate an engaging podcast to understand a GitHub repo
GitPodcast converts any GitHub repository into an audio podcast so you can understand a codebase by listening instead of reading. You paste a repo URL, or swap hub for podcast in a GitHub link, and it generates a spoken walkthrough. It is open source and can be self-hosted.
Web
Media streaming from your NAS to your Apple devices — no subscriptions, no cloud, no compromises.
You loved Air Video, but it is done. You just want to browse shared folders and play your media. You loathe the complexity of Plex, Jellyfin, et al. That's why we developed ShowShark. ShowShark is a self-hosted media server and streaming platform optimized for the Apple ecosystem. It streams your personal media library from a Mac to iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple Vision Pro using finely crafted, fully native apps. ShowShark is the Plex, Jellyfin, and Emby alternative for users who value privacy, simplicity, and an experience that feels at home on Apple hardware.
macOS · iOS · iPadOS · visionOS · Web · tvOS · watchOS
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6 apps
A mixing board for your Mac
SoundPipe creates virtual audio devices on your Mac so you can route sound from any app, microphone, or input to any other app. Every route is drawn as a wire from source to destination on one screen, with live meters and a volume slider on each channel. It installs its audio driver with one click, works at any sample rate, and runs under 15 ms of latency.
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The clipboard manager for people who copy-paste for a living
Ortu is a local-first clipboard manager built with Tauri and Rust that captures text, images, and files as you copy them. It auto-groups clips, offers full-text search and a paste stack for pasting several items in sequence, and masks detected secrets with encryption at rest. Everything stays in a local SQLite database with no account, telemetry, or cloud sync.
macOS · Windows · Linux
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6 apps
Open source and free uptime monitoring and alerting
Uppi is an uptime and monitoring platform that combines minute-by-minute uptime checks, synthetic browser tests, and exception tracking on one dashboard. It routes alerts through app, email, SMS, and Slack, and publishes customizable public status pages. It ships a perpetually free hosted tier and a free open-source version you can self-host for unlimited monitors.
Web
A startup tycoon game
San Fran Sim is an isometric startup-tycoon game you play free in your browser. You ship features, squash bugs, hire a team, and survive the burn rate while learning real SaaS metrics like MRR, churn, LTV, and CAC. A dry announcer narrates your decisions as you grow a garage startup toward an IPO.
Web
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6 apps
Everything you need in one native macOS command bar
Snap Deck HQ is a command palette for macOS, opened with a keyboard shortcut to launch apps, find files, and run automations without the mouse. It bundles clipboard history search, AI text tools, batch file and image utilities, and built-in OCR. Processing runs on-device.
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An arcade in your menu bar, playable over anything
DeskArcade is a free macOS menu bar app that drops a transparent arcade of small games over your desktop. Press a hotkey to play for a bit, then press it again and the games disappear without touching your real apps. It is notarized by Apple.
macOS
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6 apps
Fast, native FTP, FTPS, and SFTP client for macOS.
Upstream is a native macOS FTP, FTPS, and SFTP client built in Swift on SwiftNIO. It has a dual-pane layout, a concurrent transfer queue, folder synchronization, Quick Look, and SSH keys, with credentials kept in the system Keychain.
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AI Dynamic Island for your Mac
BooBar is a Mac menu bar app that acts as a Dynamic Island for your desktop. It collects file organization, download progress, one-time email codes, browser context, GitHub panels, and Codex and Claude tasks into one local-first workspace. Everything runs on your machine.
macOS
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6 apps
Your coding agents, in the Mac notch.
AgentPeek puts your running coding agents into the Mac notch and menu bar. It shows live sessions from tools like Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and OpenCode, lets you answer permission prompts, and tracks token usage without switching windows. It runs locally on Apple silicon Macs and is a one-time $15 purchase after a free trial.
macOS
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A notes app that lives in your MacBook's notch.
Notchkin is a macOS notes app that lives in the MacBook notch. Hover over the notch and a panel drops down so you can jot something and get back to work. It handles rich text and hashtag tags, runs on macOS 14 and later, and is a one-time purchase on the Mac App Store.
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4 apps
Show, don't tell. Straight from the notch.
QuackScreen is a native macOS notch app for recording your screen and taking screenshots. Clips and captures collect in a panel that hangs from the notch, and you drag them straight into Slack, Mail, Finder, or any other app with no upload and no share link. It needs macOS 26 or later on Apple silicon.
macOS
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Mute your mic in any app
Mic Drop is a macOS menu bar app that mutes and unmutes your microphone. You trigger it with a customisable hotkey, the menu bar icon, or a squeeze of your AirPods. It works across apps like Zoom, Meet, and Slack, and shows a clear on-screen indicator of whether your mic is live.
Platforms
macOS
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Audio
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