Apple Tools
229 best Apple tools and apps, curated and ranked by community upvotes on ProductCool. Updated daily as new Apple products launch.
Apple removed Launchpad in macOS 26. CubbyPad brings back the full-screen app grid: pages, folders you arrange, F4, hot corners and the trackpad pinch. Then it goes further: a search bar that does maths, opens System Settings pages and runs your Shortcuts; Apple Intelligence that sorts your apps into folders on your Mac; and a row of the apps you use at this time of day. One-time purchase for 2 Macs, in 20 languages.
Make your iPhone Duo screen a creative studio with adjustable screen lighting, a live makeup mirror, color animations, and personal photo displays. LumaFold lets you use two screen areas differently. Light your face while checking your makeup, pair two colors for a creative shot, or combine a favorite photo with a handwritten message. LIGHT FOR YOUR BEAUTY ROUTINE Use the live camera mirror on one side and adjustable light on the other.
Nocto turns your MacBook's notch into a small control center. Hover to see what's playing and skip songs. Ten minutes before a call it starts a countdown, and when the meeting begins the notch opens with a Join button (Zoom, Meet, Teams, Webex, FaceTime). Park files on the shelf, find anything you copied in clipboard history, and check your Mac and AirPods battery at a glance. Native, light, macOS 14+. One-time purchase, 7-day free trial. Music stays free forever.
Download Recall for macOS. Real-time call live transcription without bots, smart clipboard manager, live music & video activities with lyrics, temp shelf, live atmospheric weather, and floating desktop widgets for Mac. Apple Silicon and Intel.
The all new iPad mini. Featuring the 8.5-inch Super Retina XDR display with OLED, A20 Pro chip, Apple Intelligence and Siri AI. Supports Apple Pencil.
Knock is a shortcut app that lets you control your Mac by simply knocking on it. Tap the sides of your laptop and it runs any shortcut you want — screenshot, open apps, mute sound, and more. It uses your Mac's built-in accelerometer to actually feel the vibration of your knock and react in real time, no extra hardware needed - just knock and go.
A Mac app that shows chip temperature and which AI agent (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor) is heating your Apple Silicon Mac. One click moves busy work to the efficiency cores, so everything keeps running, cooler. $5 one time.
Currently #3 in Top Paid Photo & Video on the US App Store 🎉 Flipcorder turns your iPhone into a 1991 camcorder. We have lost touch crafting perfect videos for social media, and Flipcorder encourages you to take shorter "flips" of 20 seconds each throughout your day to enjoy as a home video at the end of the day. No editing, just shoot and enjoy in VHS or DV style. Made for iPhone Duo, works on any iPhone. $4.99 once. No ads, no subscription, no watermark, no account.
Penta turns your iPhone, iPad or iPhone Duo into a ’90s 5-disc CD changer for your Apple Music library. Every click, whir and tray motor is recorded from a real CD changer. On iPhone Duo the phone is the jewel case: close it and you’re holding the album, open it and the case opens with it, then drop the disc into the carousel. Hold it upright for a CD wallet over the tray that animates open and closed. Free, with an optional one-time Pro unlock for the real printed CD art.
Byter shows how much internet data you use, and where. It tracks usage separately for every Wi‑Fi network, phone hotspot and wired connection, so you know exactly what your hotspot bundle went on. You also get live speed, a one-click speed test, daily-to-yearly charts, and gentle alerts when usage spikes. Everything stays on your device. No account, no ads. Available now for Mac, Windows coming soon, in 11 languages.
Meet Dots, a customizable workspace built into your Mac's notch. Most notch apps focus on music and notifications. Dots goes further by helping you access your favorite apps, websites, and shortcuts without constantly switching windows. Watch videos while working, take scrolling screenshots, use voice commands, and more. Whether you're studying, coding, or creating, Dots adapts to your workflow. Free to get started. No subscriptions.
As an Apple Messaging Service Provider, we enable verified, branded conversations inside Apple's Messages app, with quick replies, interactive forms, appointment scheduling, Apple Pay, and rich media. Connect your CRM, support team, or AI agents through one unified API, with RCS, SMS, and WhatsApp supported too. This is business messaging beyond blue bubbles. Same API you've been using for the past 2 years is now compatible with the official business channel!
Instantly run Windows 11 or any Linux on your Mac with one click and absolutely for free. Save Your money.
3 free macOS screensavers made from real U.S. congressional stock-trading disclosures. Each one is a scene from Capitol Alpha, a generative data piece in the stark black-and-white style of Ryoji Ikeda — pure black, monochrome white, monospace HUD, flat geometry, no glow. - The Ledger — disclosed trades scroll as a live register - Returns Spectrum — a spectrogram of trade timing and returns - Policy Proximity — committee jurisdiction mapped against the sectors members trade in
Apple HomeView is a smart display with Siri AI, Liquid Retina display, high-fidelity audio, FaceTime, smart home controls, built-in privacy, and more.
HomePod mini 2 is Apple's next-generation compact smart speaker, built for a more personal Siri AI experience coming in a future update. It brings rich 360-degree sound, new colors, and Sound Glow lighting that responds to your music. Enjoy improved Mac audio, multiroom playback, and surround sound with Apple TV 4K, plus hands-free smart home control. Starting at $149, with preorders open now and availability from October 30.
Slide one finger along your Mac’s trackpad edge to adjust the volume. Choose the left edge, right edge, or both, and tune the sensitivity to your preference. EdgeVolume is a free, open-source macOS utility that runs in your menu bar. Currently in early access.
Udon brings self-hosted apps, containers, storage, and monitoring together on your Mac mini or any Apple Silicon Mac. Manage it all from your browser, mobile companion or tell the built-in AI assistant what you need.
iphone-use gives an AI agent a real iPhone: the screen as text, tap, type and scroll over WebDriverAgent, with an honest answer for every action (applied, not sent, or unknown). Payment apps that block screenshots come back as a wireframe. A task done once becomes a flow that replays with no model. HTTP API, a 21-tool MCP server for Claude Code, and remote control from a browser or iOS app. Open source, MIT.
Calnio syncs Notion tasks and Apple Calendar both ways, real iCloud events with alerts, not a read-only webcal feed. Edit in either app, the other updates. Free, built by an indie dev and hosted on a Raspberry Pi at home.
One Mac app for your Apple Calendar, Apple Reminders and Apple Notes, with all three a hover away in your MacBook notch and as a standalone Mac app. Try it free for 7 days, then $20 once.