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Nearfield is a native, open-source Mac app that combines the speakers in two Apple Studio Displays into one volume-controllable stereo output. Swap left and right, adjust balance, and use app and window based audio routing. Requires Apple silicon, two Studio Displays, and macOS 14+.

Awesome Mac is a systematically organized collection of high-quality macOS software across various categories. It solves the problem of discovering and evaluating reliable Mac apps by providing a vetted, community-maintained list. It's for Mac users, developers, and enthusiasts who want to find the best tools to enhance their workflow and productivity on macOS.

Ododok turns supported AirPods into a real-time chewing tracker. See your chew count, pace, chewing time, and meal duration as you eat, then review each meal afterward. No additional wearable is required—just your AirPods and iPhone.

Most reference apps stop at collecting. ArtDeck helps you study what you save: value, color, composition and motion with onion skinning, right on the board. Native on iPhone, iPad and Mac, offline and synced through your iCloud. Buy once and no subscription.

Display command output, progress, sparklines, and images in customizable widgets for macOS, iOS, and iPadOS. Universal app, one-time purchase.

EssayKraft is a native Swift Mac and iPad writing app built for students who are tired of wrestling with reference managers. Write essays, papers and dissertations with a built-in reference manager, automatic citations, rich text formatting and PDF or DOCX export, all in one place. No subscriptions, no accounts, no juggling citation tools. Just a fast, distraction-free writing experience designed specifically for academic work. Buy once, own it forever.

If you don't hide your Dock, you've probably got wasted space sitting on either side of it. Docktor fills it with widgets you actually glance at: music, calendar, weather, system stats and more coming soon. No extra menu-bar icon fighting for room. No separate window to open. Just the stuff you check constantly, parked in space your Mac was already wasting. It also adds hover previews to your Dock — mouse over an app and see its open windows without clicking.

Most AI photo taggers upload your images to the cloud or bolt on as a separate tool. Tag Your Photos doesn't: -100% on-device (Gemma 4 12B via Apple MLX) — no cloud, no upload - Works directly on your Photos library — no exporting, no duplicates - Keywords land in Spotlight system-wide — searchable right from the iPhone/iPad home screen, not just inside the app - Stays general when unsure — no falsely specific guesses

Pulse turns your MacBook's notch into a Dynamic Island: Be it music, meetings, clipboard, weather, focus timers, devices and live system stats, one glance up.

Wisprkey is a free Mac app for voice typing. Set a global shortcut, 98% accuracy, 31 languages.

Chimlo is a free, open-source macOS app that puts Codex and Claude Code in your MacBook notch. See which agents are working, waiting, finished, or failed. Answer Claude Code questions, review permission requests, and check provider usage without hunting through terminal windows. Chimlo also handles media, volume, and brightness controls, with animated pixel companions that make every state easy to spot.

Hold Fn, speak, and Megaphone types clean text into any Mac app. Apple’s SpeechAnalyzer transcribes as you talk, while on-device Foundation Models remove fillers, fix self-corrections, adapt to app context, and power inline voice commands. No account, API key, subscription, or server. Free, MIT-licensed, and native to Apple silicon Macs running macOS 26.

BaseRT is the fastest LLM runtime on Apple Silicon. Install it with one command and run local models on your own device.

Sweep things under the rug – virtually. DeskMat is your virtual mat that covers your mess of files and folders on your Desktop with the click of a button. For cleaner streams, more privacy during video conferences, screen sharing, and distraction-free work!

Jam-Pod is a distraction-free music player with a joystick-driven, monochrome interface. No feed, no algorithm, just your library. Play local Apple Music, hi-res lossless files (FLAC, WAV, ALAC), Apple Music catalog, and podcasts — all from one screen. Custom and smart playlists, retro color themes, haptic navigation. Your music back, not another feed to scroll.

SoundPipe creates virtual audio devices on your Mac so you can send audio from any app, or your microphone, to any other app.

Juicy replaces Apple's basic battery warnings with beautiful custom alerts at any percentage, complete with screen glow and sounds you can't miss. It also packs charge limiting, per-app energy insights, iPhone and iPad battery health, temperature tracking, and a themeable menu bar icon. One lightweight native Swift app instead of stacking AlDente, coconutBattery, and AirBuddy. Pay once, own forever. Featured twice by Apple as "Apps We Love".

Pennen is a calm, private, handwriting-first daily journal for iPad and Apple Pencil. One dated page per day, in real ink: past pages seal and become read-only, emoji stickers peel and press on, and the streak forgives — a one-line night still counts. Your pages live only on your iPad and in your own iCloud: no accounts, no ads, no analytics, no AI reading a word. Priced like a notebook — yearly with a 7-day free trial, or a one-time lifetime that costs less than a Moleskine.

Aruki coaches the Japanese walking method — three minutes easy, three minutes brisk, repeated — entirely from your iPhone. A soft chime and a quiet voice cue every switch, and a Live Activity shows the phase on your lock screen, so your phone stays in your pocket. No Apple Watch, no account, no backend, no subscription — just a one-time Pro unlock. The full guided walk is free.

A native, Docker Desktop-style macOS app for Apple's container CLI. Containers, images, volumes, networks and machines — free and open source.

Ledgerly is now available on the App Store.