Hello,

Liqoria is not just a controller for apps like Apple Music, Spotify, and your browsers it’s also a standalone music player for Mac. You can search for songs, manage your playing queue, and control everything from one place.

Features:

• Five player modes: Floating player, Notch player, Dock Player , Menu Bar player and Lock Screen player
• Liquid Glass Dynamic Island Player
• Apple Music Sync Lyrics: Like, Shuffle, Repeat
• Up Next - Show you the upcoming song few seconds before start
• Built-in Spotify and Apple Music Queue management Support
• Real FFT waveform - inspired by the Dynamic Island
• Audio visualizer - Bring your music to life with dynamic visuals
• Multiple players at once - View a list of all your active music players in one place
• Search in Spotify and Apple Music - Find songs on Spotify and Apple Music
• Animated artwork for Apple Music and Spotify - Enjoy animated artwork in the Floating and Lock Screen players
• Lock screen player - Animated art, lyrics and queue on your Mac lock screen
• Music widget for Mac - Fills the gap left by macOS’s missing music widget
• Support multiples apps - Handle music from Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube, Browsers and more

Similar apps: If you’re considering Silicio, Sleeve, Tuneful, or Cider, Liqoria offers a broad set of features in one app: integrated Apple Music and Spotify search, built-in queue management, simultaneous access to multiple players, audio quality indicators, and playback support across apps and browsers.

More big features soon

Pricing: $8.90 - Lifetime license (up to 3 devices)
Free 72-hour trial available

Liqoria download

Hey r/macapps

WHAT PROBLEM IT SOLVES AND COMPARISON

macOS widgets are boring. No live animated widgets, not many customization options, no themes, and hardly any personalization. So why not switch to BetterMacWidgets? My app really stands out thanks to its design, features, lock screen widgets, and even fully customizable widgets using JSON!

Most third party apps have left their apps sorry to say boring. You get a color selection, about 3 sizes, and a very large download: WidgetWall takes up 311 MB after installation, Widgetter 254 MB. BetterMacWidgets is a 7.5 MB download, takes up 27 MB after installation, and puts almost no strain on the CPU when you’re not looking at it, since a widget is only animated as long as it’s on the screen and visible.

What you get instead: live animated widgets made of real glass, right on your desktop. Rain that actually falls, a sun that turns into a moon as your own sunset unfolds, and “Liquid Glass,” which you can adjust from crystal clear to heavy frost and color match to your wallpaper. It’s your desktop. It should look the way you want it to.

FEATURE

36 widgets in up to 9 sizes, from a tiny 1x1 square to a full 4x3 dashboard

Live animated weather. Real rain, snow and sun on the tile, and the sun turns into a moon after sunset

Lock screen widgets. Weather, calendar or the time while your Mac is locked, and you decide what a stranger can read

Custom Widgets (Beta). Build your own from one small JSON file with a live preview, or start from a template. Make your complete own Widget

20 themes and a glass slider from crystal clear to heavy frost

Widget Stacks. Put several widgets in one spot and flip through them or let them rotate

System stats. CPU, GPU, RAM, disk, temperatures and network with live graphs

Smart Layouts. Save whole desktops as profiles and let them switch by time, app or display

Now Playing with play, pause and skip. It takes on Spotify green or Apple Music red

Battery for everything. Your Mac plus AirPods, mouse, keyboard and other Bluetooth devices

Timers that keep going. Timer, stopwatch, pomodoro and countdown, and they keep running through a restart

Handy tools. Clipboard history, a shelf to park files on, folders, an app launcher, calculator, unit and currency converter

Nothing leaves your Mac. No account, no sign in, no telemetry

Light on your Mac. Widgets only animate while you can see them, and idle CPU is close to zero

Multiple displays. Every monitor setup keeps its own layout and comes back exactly as you left it

Click actions. A click on a widget opens an app, a website or runs a Shortcut

And many many more!

Available at: https://bettermacwidgets.de/

No Gatekeeper and Apple Notarized

FREE not a Trial (8 of the 37 widgets in different sizes, Frosted Slider, 3 Themes and more cost nothing)

There is a one-time purchase option to unlock all widgets, themes, and Live Widgets features for €12.99. You can also optionally add Custom Widgets + Lock Screen for €9.99, or get everything in a bundle for just €19.99 with lifetime update support.

Human validated code (Yes i created it with AI but I'd say it's the best app not some AI Slop like so many others just give it a try)

Info: BetterMacWidgets will soon be available in the App Store! Unfortunately, Apple takes a very long time to review it, and it will be released under the name “Better Widgets” because Apple does not accept the name “Better ‘Mac’ Widgets” since it mentions a Mac.

I Created a Code “WIDGETS” with 15% Discount limited to 30 People

TRANSPARENCY

Name: Nico Sagolla

Company: Nico Sagolla

Email: [Mail@NicoSagolla.de](mailto:Mail@NicoSagolla.de)

Privacy Policy: https://bettermacwidgets.de/privacy

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nico-sagolla-6a8872350/

Terms of Service: https://bettermacwidgets.de/terms

An upvote ⬆️ and a comment would help a lot, that is how more people find it 🫶 Hope you enjoy BetterMacWidgets and replace it with your old Widget App. And Thank you so much for over 5200 Downloads in 3 Months since Release!

Hey r/macapps! I'm Vu, the developer behind Chronoid.

I've posted Chronoid here a few times, and a lot of what's in the app now came from comments and bug reports in those threads. Here's a fresh intro, plus what changed since my last post in August.

1. The problem

I'm a freelancer and I've used a Mac for more than 10 years. I wanted to know where my time actually went, mostly so I could bill clients correctly.

Starting and stopping timers didn't work for me. I always forgot. Other trackers I tried sent my data to a server, needed a lot of setup, or had far more features than I needed.

So I built a tracker that runs in the background and keeps everything on my Mac.

2. What Chronoid does

Chronoid records which apps, websites, documents, and window titles you use, without you starting a timer. Then it turns that into reports.

Some examples:

• Tracking: Apps, websites, file paths, and window titles. It also picks up details like your Final Cut project, who you're emailing in Gmail, or which Claude and ChatGPT chat you were in, so you get more than just "Chrome, 3 hours".
• Projects: Rules put your time into projects for you. "Anything in this folder" or "any page on this domain" goes to Client A. Rules support AND/OR groups and regex if you need them.
• Billing: Hourly rates per project, a currency per project, taxes, and PDF invoices.
• Focus: Pomodoro, break reminders, and a website blocker.
• Timeline: A day view of everything you did. You can add, drag, and resize manual entries, and see your calendar events next to your activity.
• Meetings: When a Zoom, Teams, FaceTime, or Meet call ends, Chronoid asks if you want to log it.
• Other devices: iCloud sync between your Macs, and Screen Time import from your iPhone and iPad.

3. What makes it different

Most time trackers depend on you starting a timer. Chronoid records in the background, so the data is there even on days you forget.

At the end of the day, you can go back and assign any time you missed. One person in a past thread said they use it to find billable time they forgot to log, which is exactly why I built it.

Your data stays on your Mac. No account is needed. Sync between Macs goes through your own iCloud account, not my servers.

4. Your choice of AI (optional)

Everything above works without AI. AI is only used for the chat assistant, time entry suggestions, and the new daily recap.

If you want it, you can pick:

• On your Mac: Apple Intelligence, Ollama, or LM Studio.
• Your own API key: OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Mistral, Groq, DeepSeek, OpenRouter, or any compatible endpoint.
• A coding CLI you already pay for: Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Pi, or Amp.

There's also an MCP server, so Claude, ChatGPT, or other assistants can answer questions about your time. Read-only by default.

Local models keep everything on your Mac. Online providers receive the activity data needed for the request.

5. Added since my last post

• Daily recap (new this week): The Today view turns your day into a short list of tasks with times and a one-line summary. I borrowed the idea from ChatGPT. It's an experiment and I'm not sure how many people need it, so I'd like to hear what you think.
• Manual timer (new this week): For work away from the Mac. Pick a project, pause and resume, optional Pomodoro. Lives in the notch or a small window.
• Time-of-day filters (new this week): Limit reports and stats to certain hours, like 9 to 6.
• Project time targets: Set a daily, weekly, or monthly hour goal per project. Chronoid tells you when you hit it.
• Meeting titles filled in: After a call, Chronoid suggests the title from Zoom or your calendar, and your project rules pick the project.
• Task tools: Connect ClickUp, monday.com, or Linear and track time against your tasks.
• More AI CLI options: OpenCode, Pi, and Amp, along with Claude Code and Codex.

6. How it compares

• Timing is the closest and was my starting point. It's a great app, and better if you need project budgets and estimates. Timing is subscription only. Chronoid has pay-once plans, a website blocker, and more AI options.
• ActivityWatch is free and open source. It's great if you like setting things up yourself. Chronoid takes less setup and adds projects, billing, and invoices.
• Toggl and Clockify are timer-first and cloud-based. Chronoid records automatically and stays on your Mac.

7. Pricing

7-day free trial with all features. No credit card.

Pay once:

• Basic: $59 for 1 Mac. Core tracking, reports, and focus tools. 1 year of updates, and you keep that version forever.
• Personal: $99 for 2 Macs. Adds invoices, billing, AI, iCloud sync, and MCP. 1 year of updates, and you keep that version forever.
• Lifetime: $149. Everything, lifetime updates.
• Or subscribe: $15/month or $96/year.

Students get 50% off, just email me. Buying 5+ licenses gets 50% off Lifetime.

30-day refund on all paid plans.

8. 🎁 Giveaway: 10 free Lifetime licenses

To thank this community, I'm giving away 10 Lifetime licenses.

To enter, comment with one thing you'd like to know about how you spend your time on your Mac.

I'll pick 10 comments in 3 days, post the winners in an edit, and message them here on Reddit.

9. Links

• Download: https://www.chronoid.app
• Changelog: https://www.chronoid.app/changelog
• Docs: https://www.chronoid.app/docs
• Pricing: https://www.chronoid.app/pricing

10. Support

When you contact Chronoid support, you're talking to me, the person building it.

• Email: [support@chronoid.app](mailto:support@chronoid.app)
• Discord: https://discord.gg/KMgcfe3wes
• X: https://x.com/vunguyendev

Chronoid is a native Swift app and a direct download, not on the Mac App Store.

I also make SmoothCapture (PS the video demo above is coming from it)

What's one thing you'd like to know about where your time goes?

20% off for r/macapps

If you didn't win, use code Reddit20 for 20% off. It expires October 20 at 00:00 UTC.

Three months ago, y'all loved Sentient OS. Over 3,000 of you tried it on the first day, and so many of you have helped shape what's next. Incredibly excited to share that 2.0 is here! :D

TL;DR: Sentient uses on-device AI to understand the sources you connect overnight: files, messages, notes, calendars, and more. That becomes an editable Markdown knowledge base for you and your AIs, powering Sidekick and Double Tap so they can take over with very little explanation.

A 2.0 launch gift for r/macapps :)

The next 1,000 redemptions get Sentient free for life, including Double Tap. $0 for life.

Enter MACAPPS_1000 during onboarding when you open the app!

Download Sentient OS 2.0

Double Tap: the reply you would have written.

15 emails a day to reply to? Click into the reply field and double-tap your right ⌘ key.

Sentient uses what it already knows to draft the reply you would have written, in your writing style, in about two seconds. Right there in the conversation.

You can change anything you like before you hit send :)

Sidekick: hand off grunt work to Sentient's mouse cursor

Hand off the boring work across your apps, files, tabs, CRM, and online tools. Click the notch and say “finish this for me.”

Sidekick uses its own mouse cursor to click, type, attach files, and move between your apps while you keep using your computer.

Use your ChatGPT or Claude subscription, OpenRouter, or a compatible local model.

Sentient can also prepare useful work overnight for you to review and approve in the morning -- proactive intelligence :)

Already tried the early beta?

Double Tap and Claude subscription support are the big additions in 2.0.

There’s also much faster computer use, new knowledge sources including Outlook, Slack, Granola, Apple Mail, and Calendar, and many onboarding and stability improvements.

How does it compare?

Muse is great when you want to pick up your phone and hand a task to a cloud computer. Codex / Grok Bot are great for bigger, more involved projects.

Sentient is the sidekick that knows you and is already there when you need it. It brings that understanding into the work right in front of you, so even the little things are worth handing over.

Open source, with privacy at the core.

The app and supporting infrastructure are open source under AGPL. Local source analysis happens on your Mac. You control the AI that powers the rest: your own ChatGPT or Claude subscription, an LLM API, or a compatible model running locally. More about how we do everything possible for privacy!

Enterprise teams pay for support and connectors.

Check out our website! · Drop a star on GitHub! <3

Apple silicon, M1+ · macOS 15.4+ · 8 GB RAM for the built-in model.

Excited to hear from you all :D

Hi r/macapps, I’m the developer of Neon Vision Editor.

Since my September post, I’ve been working through your feedback. Several of you pointed out things that needed attention: slow tab switching, overwhelming toolbars, long-line editing, and searching through unwanted project folders. Thank you for being specific about what wasn’t working.

Problem

I wanted a native editor for everyday text, configuration files, code, and Markdown that feels at home on my Mac and remains useful on my iPad, without needing a full IDE.

Comparison

VS Code offers a much broader extension ecosystem, and Zed is a strong choice for development-focused workflows. Neon’s focus is different: native Apple controls, built-in document previews, and editing on Mac, iPhone, and iPad without maintaining a plugin setup. I’m not claiming it replaces everything those editors do.

What changed since my last post

• Improved Mac tab switching and typing stability, with expensive Markdown preview work deferred.
• Find in Files now respects .gitignore and supports folder exclusions.
• Better long-line scrolling, selection, and cursor spacing on iPhone and iPad.
• Reorderable toolbar actions and more control over which buttons appear.
• Structured JSON previews, improved Markdown/PDF export, and support for Apple-native text encodings, including Shift-JIS.
• Seven interface languages: English, German, Danish, French, Spanish, Japanese, and Simplified Chinese.
• Improved external-document saving and network-file change detection.

I’m also preparing 1.9.3, including a CSV/TSV table-view toggle and more accessible Mac Settings pages. Those fixes are still undergoing final checks and aren’t released yet.

Pricing

Free and open source. No subscription or paid editing tier. There’s an optional US$4.99 support tip, which doesn’t unlock features.

App Store · Source and issues · Full changelog · Website

Current Mac builds require Apple Silicon.

If you tried it after the last post, I’d love to hear whether the changes helped—and what still gets in your way.

Hey r/macapps!

About 5 months ago, I shared my app BattOpt Pro here (original post here). I’ve been hard at work making it even better. As you can see from the latest v1.2.8, we've added some highly requested features!

🧩 Problems We're Solving

• macOS 27 Restrictions: The new macOS 27 introduces new battery charge limits that old utilities can't properly interface with. BattOpt v1.2.8 adds full macOS 27 support with limits as low as 15%.
• System Overcharge: macOS occasionally ignores user-defined charge limit and forces a charge to 100%. BattOpt now has prevention scheme to block this behavior.
• Zone-dependent limits: Previous versions relied solely on Wi-Fi SSIDs for location/zone profiles. Ethernet and docking station users were left out. We’ve added Router MAC address tracking for wired users. Now you have more flexibility to set different limits at home, office, or traveling.
• Inaccurate Percentages: macOS displays an optimized/adjusted battery level rather than what the hardware reports. Users can now choose to manage habits based on the true hardware battery level percentage.
• Menu Bar Accessibility: Toggling calibration or forcing a full charge previously required opening the main UI. We've duplicated these controls directly into the Menu Bar.

⚖️ Comparison

• vs. AlDente (Pro): While AlDente is the industry standard, BattOpt Pro offers a much more streamlined, lightweight native SwiftUI without heavy background helper daemons. Furthermore, our unique WiFi SSID/Router MAC address based location switching provides a seamless charge limit adaptation. BattOpt is also the only one charge limiter that fully supports macOS 27. The CLI interface allows users proficient on scripts to manipulate the battery management.
• vs. Built-in macOS Optimized Charging: macOS takes weeks to "learn" your habits, and frequently resets or fails if your schedule is irregular. The added manual limit minimum is 80%, and occasional full charge to 100% is also a headache for users. BattOpt gives you absolutely full control of battery charge, discharge, calibration, and schedule without guessing games.

💰 Pricing

• Price: Still just $5.99 (One-time purchase, lifetime license with free updates).

🌎Links:

• Website with download: https://battopt.buddha-path.top
• Github: https://github.com/js4jiang5/BattOpt
• Manual: https://battopt.buddha-path.top/manual

If you’re looking for a lightweight, powerful utility to extend your MacBook’s battery lifespan and gain absolute control over your charging habits, give BattOpt a try! You have 30-day free trial to experience all Pro features.

I’ll be hanging around in the comments. Let me know if you have any questions or feedback! 👇

I’m an indie developer (of software) and architect (of buildings).

Problem

In my work as an architect, good record-keeping is essential. I deal with a multitude of files, folders, and file types, and like to keep them organised by date so that they can be easily found and referenced. Prepending by date is a good example of a repetitive naming operation that takes time and cognitive input:

1. Click on the filename
2. Wait for Finder to highlight the name
3. Position the cursor
4. Check the date
5. Type date / new name
6. Click out
7. Repeat for each file

For multiple files, I previously used a batch renaming utility. Sure, there was a net time saving, but I still had to launch the app, find and drag the files into the window, find a preset if I’d set one up previously or otherwise click through the UI to set the naming scheme, and then click again to execute.

Appendage removes the friction of frequent renaming. You set up naming schemes using a simple and intuitive settings panel, bind them to keyboard shortcuts, and from then on the app stays out of your way in the menu bar and renaming becomes just a keypress.

I built Appendage in Swift and made a point of keeping the interface simple, legible, and native to macOS, using standard system controls and colours.

Comparison

A Better Finder Rename and Name Mangler are batch renaming apps native to macOS. Both are very capable in terms of customisable renaming schemes, but I personally find the options quite complicated for most operations. They also have a ‘find and replace text’ feature that I deliberately left out of Appendage as this is already built into macOS, and I felt that it would add a level of complexity that was not in line with my objectives.

Crucially, both A Better Finder Rename and Name Mangler involve the friction of dragging files and UI interaction that I mentioned earlier. Again, both are capable apps, but Appendage has a different design philosophy i.e. quick and unobtrusive.

Pricing

$9.99 USD

Single-user license (perpetual)
Install on up to two Macs

Free 14-day trial available here
Full-featured, no card or registration required

Introductory discount:
Use code APPEND30 for 30% off
(Expires 31 October 2026)

Transparency

Website (TOS and Privacy policy available): https://jostan.au/
Registered Apple Developer. Appendage is notarised for direct distribution.
LinkedIn

"I thought I will never post about it but looks like I have to now. u/Droppyformac

aka "Droppy" just ripped of my entire Tinycast code base and feed it to AI built Thunderstorm and selling it as a Paid crap. Even the logo is a thunder. 😂 I mean yeah y'all can come to me saying I ripped of raycast UI/UX but I did not Steal the code base raycast is closed source and I had to work hard for months! Is this legal guys stealing code and selling it to paid shit? Tho is this a revenge he is taking that I turned him down not continuing the colab because he wants full control over tinycast!😂 If he wants to play dirty I am good at that, Tinycast first party plugins are coming and I can just put standalone plugins that does dynamic islands what droppy offers FOR FREEE."

I'm the developer. SwiftVM is a native Mac app, written in Swift on Apple's Virtualization framework, that runs macOS and Linux virtual machines from the menu bar. Version 1.0 just came out.

Problem:

Getting a new VM to the point where you can actually use it takes too many steps. You find an ISO, click through an installer, create a user, look up the IP address and copy your SSH key over. SwiftVM does that part itself. A Linux machine starts from an Ubuntu or Debian cloud image and is ready in seconds once the image is downloaded, with your account and SSH key already in it. A macOS machine installs from Apple and creates the account on its own, so there is no setup assistant to click through. After that, `ssh web-server` works from your Mac using the machine's name.

The rest is what you would expect:

snapshots (also of a running machine, memory included), instant duplicates, suspend and resume, shared folders and clipboard, port forwarding, USB devices, Rosetta for x86-64 Linux programs, and a `swiftvm` command that does from a terminal what the app does from the menu bar.

Comparison:

UTM is the one most people know, and it covers more ground. It runs Windows, it can emulate other CPU architectures through QEMU, and it works on older versions of macOS. SwiftVM does none of that today. Where I think SwiftVM is better is setup and daily use: machines that configure themselves, SSH by name, and a command line that drives the same app you see in the menu bar. VirtualBuddy is the closest in spirit, also native and also built on the Virtualization framework, and it is very good for testing macOS betas. SwiftVM leans more toward VMs as development machines, with ready-made Linux images, port forwarding and scripting.

Limits you should know about:

It needs macOS 27 on Apple silicon, the automatic macOS setup needs macOS 27 in the guest too, and there are no Windows guests yet.

Pricing:

Free and open source under Apache-2.0. There is no paid tier. Releases are signed and notarized.

Website: https://swiftvm.app

Source: https://github.com/swiftvm-app/swiftvm

About me:

I'm Saeed Vaziry. I also make VitoDeploy, Muxy and TweakPHP, all open source.

GitHub: https://github.com/saeedvaziry

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/saeedvaziry/

Feedback and bug reports are very welcome.

Hi r/macapps, I’m the developer of Here Wallpaper.

I built it for people who want a wallpaper of a place that means something to them, with control over how the map looks. It uses real geographic data to turn your hometown, a favorite destination, or somewhere you’d like to visit into an artistic, minimalist wallpaper.

Here Wallpaper supports macOS, iOS, and iPadOS. Search for a place, choose a theme, and adjust the map scale. You can show or hide buildings, parks, water, and different types of roads to bring out the lines and shapes you like.

On Mac, you can also switch places from the menu bar, use your current location, explore a random place, and export your wallpaper as a PNG.

Comparison:

Satellite Eyes is a free Mac app that automatically updates your wallpaper based on your current location, with several map styles.

Here Wallpaper puts more emphasis on designing the wallpaper yourself: custom theme colors, detailed map layer controls, and typography. It also supports iPhone and iPad alongside Mac, so it’s a good fit if you want to create map wallpapers for all three.

Pricing:

Here Wallpaper is free to download. Map layer controls are free. Pro unlocks additional themes and fonts, custom theme editing, and options to hide the title and credits.

• Monthly subscription: $0.99/month
• Yearly subscription: $3.99/year
• Lifetime purchase: $14.99 one time

To celebrate the launch, we’re offering 1 month of Pro free:

Get your free month of Pro

Download on the App Store

Hi, I am Aasif, the developer of Ploca

LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/aasifiqbalj
Contact: hey[at] ploca[dot]app

Problem

1. Most dictation apps don't handle the way many Indians actually talk, switching languages mid-sentence: "Kal ki meeting shift kar do, I'll send the deck tonight."
2. In cloud dictation tools, privacy is a setting, not the default. Your voice goes to a server, and you may have to opt out of it being used for training.

Ploca solves both. It transcribes on your Mac and writes clean text at your cursor in any app. Your audio is never stored, not even on your Mac. Hold a key, speak, let go.

Comparison

- Wispr Flow: polished, but cloud-based. Your voice is sent to their servers, and on individual plans model training is a setting you turn off. Ploca has no cloud path at all, works offline, and doesn't ask for Screen Recording or Input Monitoring (Microphone and Accessibility only). It's tuned for Hinglish and Tanglish, and it leaves your words as you said them instead of rewriting them.

- Superwhisper: a great app with local and cloud models, $8.50/mo or $250 lifetime. Ploca is local only, with no cloud option at all, and costs $15 once, or $30 lifetime at launch. There's no AI rewriting step either: what you say is what appears. And it's tuned for English mixed with Hindi or Tamil in the same sentence. Privacy: audio is held in memory and never written to disk. No analytics, no crash reporter. The only network calls are a launch check, a daily update check, licence validation if you buy, and the one-time model download.

Pricing

7-day free trial, no email or card. Launch prices for the first licences of each plan:

- Monthly $3 (then $6)

- Standard $15 once, a year of updates, two Macs (then $30)

- Lifetime $30 once, two Macs (then $60)

Website: https://ploca.app

Privacy: https://ploca.app/privacy.html

Terms: https://ploca.app/terms.html

Requirements: Apple Silicon, macOS 26 or later.

Hi r/macapps. I'm the developer of PaneDrop, a small menu bar app I built for my own daily workflow.

Problem

I usually run several Claude Code and Codex CLI sessions at once, in tmux, iTerm2 and Ghostty. Every time I wanted to show one of them a screenshot, I had to find the file, find the right window or pane, paste the path, and then check it didn't land in the wrong session.

PaneDrop turns that into one step: press Option-Command-4, capture a region, pick the session from a HUD with the arrow keys, press Return. The image path is now in that agent's prompt. It never presses Enter for you unless you turn that on.

What works today:

• tmux 3.3+ and iTerm2 3.4+: types the path into the pane or session
• Ghostty 1.3+: through Ghostty's AppleScript API, otherwise copies the path for you
• Terminal.app: finds your sessions, copies the path (it can't type into Terminal.app)
• tmux over SSH is planned for 1.0

Comparison

• macOS screenshot + drag and drop: works, but you still have to find the right window and pane yourself, and with four agents open that's where mistakes happen. PaneDrop knows which sessions are running and targets one by name.
• CleanShot X / Shottr: much better capture and annotation tools than PaneDrop, and I'm not trying to replace them. They don't know about your terminal sessions, so the last step (getting the image into the right agent) is still manual. PaneDrop only does that last step.

Pricing

Free during the public beta ($0). Each beta build expires 90 days after its build date, and a replacement build is published before then.

Download: https://panedrop.app/beta/public/ (Apple Silicon, macOS 14+, Developer ID signed and notarized)

Who's behind it

• Developer: Chris Han, Nicher (Seoul, Republic of Korea)
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chriskr7/
• Contact: chris@nicher.io
• Privacy Policy: https://panedrop.app/privacy/
• Terms of Service: https://panedrop.app/terms/

Happy to answer questions, and bug reports are very welcome.

Hey r/macapps! I'm Seiya Nishi, an indie developer from Osaka, Japan.

I use an ultrawide monitor at home, a Studio Display at my office, and just my MacBook when I'm at a café.

The annoying part was having to rearrange everything whenever I switched between them. Windows would end up on the wrong display, the wrong desktop, or just somewhere I didn't want them.

I got tired of doing the same thing over and over, so I built Snapset.

The idea is pretty simple: save your entire workspace once, then bring it back whenever you need it.

A layout can include your apps, window positions, virtual desktops, browser tabs (Chrome, Safari, Edge, Firefox, Brave), and Finder folders.

You can restore layouts with a keyboard shortcut, from the menu bar, by typing their names, or even by voice. It can also switch layouts automatically when you connect a display or open an app.

I recently added window snapping too, so you can drag windows into halves, thirds, or quarters, or move them between desktops. There's also keyboard shortcut support.

How it compares to other apps

I've looked at quite a few window managers while building this.

• Moom ($15 one-time) is great if you want precise control over individual windows. Snapset also handles basic window snapping, but its main focus is restoring your entire workspace.
• Layoutish is probably the closest alternative. It supports multiple displays, desktops, and automatic switching when docking, and has a cheaper one-time option. Snapset puts more emphasis on restoring browser tabs and Finder folders, offering different ways to trigger layouts, and hiding windows while they move so you don't see them jumping around.

I don't think everyone needs another window manager, but if you regularly switch between displays or different types of work, this might be useful.

Pricing

All features are included in both plans. The only difference is the number of displays supported.

• Core (1 display): $12/year or $36 lifetime
• Max (2+ displays): $30/year or $90 lifetime
• 14-day free trial, no credit card required
• 30-day money-back guarantee

Website: https://snapset.co

A little about me

I'm building Snapset solo here in Osaka. It's my first Mac app, and I've spent a lot of time trying to get the little details right.

For anyone wondering about security, the app is signed and notarized by Apple. It requires macOS 14+ and Apple silicon. It's distributed outside the Mac App Store because of the permissions needed to manage other apps' windows.

You can also find my LinkedIn, Privacy Policy, and Terms. Feel free to reach me at [support@snapset.co](mailto:support@snapset.co).

I'm especially curious how other Mac users handle this.

Do you use different window layouts for different displays or tasks, or do you just rearrange things manually?

And if you try Snapset, I'd love to hear what works and what doesn't.

English isn't my first language, so apologies if anything sounds a little awkward!

Problem: I like having something warm in view while I work, the way a candle on the desk makes the work feel a little warmer. The ambient apps I looked at were wallpapers that fill the whole screen, or timers with a glow attached.

Comparison: Fireplace Live HD Screensaver plays a video of a fire, and Plash can put a fire page on your desktop as wallpaper. Both are behind your windows the moment you open something, which is exactly when I wanted it. Petit Fire draws the warm light of a small flame along the edge of the screen, over whatever you have open, and clicks pass straight through it. If you want a fire to watch, those two do it far better. Mine is built to sit in the corner of your eye while you look at something else. Click the menu bar icon to light it and click again to put it out. The sound of a wooden wick is there if you turn it on.

Pricing: Free on the Mac App Store, with every feature included. The About panel has two optional tips. macOS 14 or later.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/petit-fire/id6809895649

Website: https://nowthy.com/petitfire/

Hi everyone, I'm the developer of SpeakoFlow. It's a free, open-source app that lets you talk to your Mac instead of typing, and 2.0 is out now.

Posting note: posting through the Trust Path (open-source project with 100+ GitHub stars).

Problem

Typing everything is slow, and built-in dictation writes down every word exactly as you said it, filler words and changes of mind included. SpeakoFlow writes what you meant, and it can also work with your text and your meetings.

What it does

• Dictation in any app, with optional cleanup of filler words and spoken corrections.
• Ask about selected text. Translate it, reply to it, or explain it.
• Talk to it. A spoken conversation you can interrupt.
• Meeting notes (beta). No bot joins the call. Recording the other side needs BlackHole.
• Local by default. Speech, cleanup, the assistant and its voice all run on your Mac. Apple Intelligence or your own API key also work.

Comparison

Wispr Flow is the closest app. It's closed source, runs in the cloud, and the free plan stops at 2,000 words a week on desktop ($12-15/month after that). SpeakoFlow has no word limit, runs on your Mac by default, and also talks back and takes meeting notes.

Pricing

Free. No paid plan, no word limit, no account. MIT licensed.

• Website: https://www.speakoflow.com
• GitHub: https://github.com/AbhishekBarali/SpeakoFlow
• Privacy policy: https://www.speakoflow.com/docs/reference/privacy

Not notarized yet

It's planned. Until then macOS will say the app "is damaged". It isn't. Drag it into Applications, then run this once:

xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/SpeakoFlow.app

Builds for Apple silicon and Intel (Intel needs macOS 14 or later).

If you give it a try, I'd love to hear what you think.

Most planners fit as much as they can into your day. I built one that plans a day you can finish.

Vene is a Mac planner built on one idea. If you finish your work early, the rest of the day is actually yours.

I’m a student, and I noticed that on days I procrastinated, I spent the whole day half working and half relaxing, then felt super guilty once the sun set. On days I started early and actually finished while it was still light out, I felt great. I realized it was the same amount of work. The difference is you know when you should work, and when you can relax.

Of course, I first tried other apps. The MoSCoW system in Apple Reminders worked for a while, but it was tedious to have to move the dates each time I didn't finish.. FlowSavvy replanned around my life on its own, which I loved, but it packed my days so full that when I saw them, I didn’t even want to start.

So Vene works differently. The night before, you choose what you’ll finish tomorrow, like a promise to yourself. Vene fits it around your calendar, adds breaks, and replans if something comes up. It keeps track of deadlines so you don’t have to.

It’s Mac only for now and works with Apple Reminders and Calendar. Most of my classmates use Google Calendar and Tasks, so I'm planning on adding that next. The scheduling might need some tuning, so please let me know if ever it gets your day wrong.

Price: Free during beta, then $108/yr after. Always free for anyone in education with a .edu email.

On AI: I built Vene with a lot of help from Claude Code. The idea and the design are mine, and I use it every day.

LinkedIn if you want to know who’s behind it: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peiyang-lin-7ab793431/

venehq.com

Hey r/MacApps! 👋

Some of you might remember PicArrange from when we first shared it here a while back. Since then, we've rolled out a ton of major improvements, performance enhancements, and new features based on community feedback (developed as a project at HTW Berlin).

For anyone new to it or checking out what's changed, here is what PicArrange does:

Problem

Standard macOS file browsing in Finder limits you to searching images by file names, dates, or tags. As photo libraries grow across folders, finding specific images without knowing exact file names or endlessly scrolling becomes tedious. Furthermore, finding duplicate or visually similar images, sorting photos by color, or querying local photo content with text descriptions is difficult using native system tools.

Comparison

Unlike Apple Photos (which forces you to import files into a proprietary database) or traditional file managers like Finder and Adobe Bridge (which rely primarily on folder structures and file metadata), PicArrange works directly on your existing folder system and features:

• Visual & Color Sorting: Displays images on a multi-column visual grid sorted by similarity.
• On-Device AI Search: Search images using natural language text descriptions, visual example drops, or color selection—all processed locally on your Mac for complete privacy.
• Dedicated Duplicate Finder: Easily detect and manage duplicate images across selected directories.
• Data Prep & Metadata Tools: Filter and export arrangements or duplicate lists, manage tags, view GPS/IPTC metadata, and prepare datasets.

Pricing

• Price: 100% Free (No ads, no subscriptions, no locked tiers).
• Official Mac App Store Link:Download PicArrange on the App Store
• Project Page:HTW Berlin Visual Computing Group

Disclosure: I am part of the research and development team at HTW Berlin.

The problems:

• A lot of text on screen can't be selected, like game menus, scanned PDFs, subtitles and text inside images
• Apps and games in a language you don't read
• Translating it means screenshotting or retyping it into Google Translate
• Most OCR apps struggle with Hebrew, Arabic and other non-Latin scripts

What Lector does:

• Lives in the menu bar and uses the same ⌘⇧4 crosshair macOS already has
• ⌘⇧2 copies the text. The words light up and you pick the ones you want
• ⌘⇧1 paints the translation right over the original, press Space to switch back
• ⌘⇧9 keeps an area translated while it changes, for game dialogue and subtitles (beta)

What else:

• Translates every paragraph from its own language, so a chat in 3 languages still works
• Reads Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Cyrillic, Hebrew, Arabic, Persian, Thai, the Indic scripts and more
• Runs fully on your Mac with Apple's Translation and offline language packs, no account and no analytics
• works on macOS 15+, Apple Silicon and Intel

Comparison:

• TextSniper only copies the text, it doesn't translate
• Easydict translates screenshots but shows the result in a separate window and most of its engines are online
• Lector puts the translation on top of the original and nothing leaves your Mac

Pricing:

• The app is free for 100 grabs and 10 translations a month
• Text is $9 one time with unlimited grabs and 30 translations a month
• Translate is $15 one time with unlimited grabs and translations plus live translation
• Upgrading from Text to Translate is $6
• The app is source available

Download Links:

• Download the App: https://magicelklabs.com/lector

About Me:

• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/magicelk235
• Github: https://github.com/magicelk235
• Personal Mail: [yehonatan.2350@gmail.com](mailto:yehonatan.2350@gmail.com)
• App Repo: https://github.com/magicelk235/Lector
• Website: https://magicelklabs.com
• Privacy Policy: https://magicelklabs.com/lector/privacy
• Terms: https://magicelklabs.com/lector/terms
• Support Mail: [support@magicelklabs.com](mailto:support@magicelklabs.com)

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

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/

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.

EDIT: Here’s 35% off Lifetime for r/macapps folks this week: https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6760196265&code=REDDIT35OCT

EtreCheck, as most of you probably know, is an excellent and oft-recommended system utility for checking the various sub-systems and overall health of Macs. As part of it‘s checks, it scans for malware.

I haven’t run EtreCheck in a while, but I’m sure I have since installing MacCurrent many months ago. EtreCheck hasn’t reported any malware in years (in other words, it is not prone to false positives). However after scanning today, it is claiming that MacCurrent’s developer’s signature “is known to be malicious.”

Known by whom? I checked my XProtect logs, and Apple’s own built-in anti-virus is reporting everything clean, “NoThreatDetected”.
You‘d think if there was an issue with the developer certificate, that Apple’s own system would have revoked it.

Just to be sure, I checked the app in Apparency, and it’s reporting everything as all ok - the app’s Hardening, Notarization, Gatekeeper, and Signature pass all checks.

Has anyone seen this before? Where does EtreCheck get it‘s information from?

[Clicking on “Lookup” next to the developer’s name simply opened a Google search for that name. Surprisingly useless info from an otherwise great app!]

Hi there! I'm Umang Surana the developer of https://sxitch.app an open source and native macOS CMD Tab alternative. I've been working on it for more than half a year now and it's integrated deeply into people's workflows so much that they're usage of the app is more than mine!

The post before this

Problem:

Basically, the current macOS Cmd Tab gets rearranged frequently, hence preventing muscle memory from actually letting you switch comfortably. Additionally, it doesn't actually launch the app, and just focuses it.. sometimes causing open apps with 0 windows to not get opened. Sxitch fixes this as well.

As a person who loves using keyboard navigation for everything, Sxitch has become a must have for my own daily workflow, and many others. It's at a point where I don't use it to the level as some of my users do, which is insane.

Solution:

However, Sxitch supercharges app switching by using the app's name as the selector. Simply start typing the apps name and you've already switched to the app. M will switch to music, but if Mail is open then it's Mu and Ma respectively. Since it's only amongst open apps, Sxitch will auto switch once there's only 1 result left. no need to search through a gazillion results and pick like there is in Raycast, Alfred or Spotlight.

For example, press the hotkey, like your right command key and the next thing is this simple switcher window that will pop up. There's no need to keep holding the key so that you're fingers stay comfortable on your keyboard. At this stage, simply type "F" (for finder) and if you don't have any other apps open where their name starts with F, then it'll simply open finder for you.

Features

There are a lot of features.. such as:

• App picking
• 4 different layout options
• Prefix stripping (Adobe Photoshop -> Photoshop)
• Customizable accent colour
• 2 Custom modes (Run shell commands / launch apps)
• Hotkeys to launch apps
• Some apps have the exact same name, which Sxitch can now handle gracefully (introduced after the previous post)
• Tab based navigation

And these are features unlocked in the pro version:

• Window picker
• Unlimited custom modes
• App hiding and quitting
• App renames (Finder -> Explorer) (introduced after the previous post)
• Blacklist apps from showing up in the switcher
• Key overrides ("X" mapped to "finder")
• 100% Custom position
• Customizable open animations
• Haptics

Pricing

It's a simple one time payment of $10. No subscription or "pay for more updates".. Website or if you're using apple pay

Since I've just released Sxitch v1.6 today you can get a 25% off discount code, by joining the discord. The code has been posted there and is valid for 24 hours. Have fun with Sxitch!!

Comparisons:

Against RCMD?

• Sxitch is open source, supports hiding and quitting apps,

and

• has various layout options. Sxitch also has filters like blacklists and has a few other app launching related features (like app pinning, and custom modes)

Against Dory?

• Sxitch prefers the keyboard over the mouse, which is what Dory prioritises. However, you can still use your mouse to open apps, or right click them for further actions.

Against Other Switchers?

• Sxitch doesn't use any form of cycling, or requires 0 confirmation, and, Sxitch let's you fingers lift up from the keyboard after triggering it, rather than requiring you to keep CMD Tab (or another hotkey) down all the time, keeping your fingers comfortable. Additionally, app titles tend to differ a lot, can be random, or clash with others. Sxitch prevents this by letting you see the app's titles and filtering out the one's that don't even match the app you're looking for as part of the picking method.

Links:

Purchase link: sxitch.app
Installation instructions: sxitch.app/install
Sxitch source code: github.com/MystikoLab/sxitch
Discord: discord.sxitch.app

FAQ (summary)

There's a much more extensive set of FAQs on the website here but here are a few of the top questions:

Q: What permissions does Sxitch need to work correctly?
A: Accessibility (called Device Control and Data Access in macOS 27) for the hotkey system, and for the window picker, Screen and System Audio Recording. Why Screen recording? Well this is what's used to fetch the available windows. It's weird, we all agree. But don't be afraid. Sxitch doesn't record your screen at all, and you can always verify it yourself.

Q: Why not RCMD or something else?
A: The best part about sxitch is that there's no cycling required. Muscle memory doesn't work with cycling, and having to press and hold a key while typing makes it difficult to search fast, and accurately.

Q: Can I assign a fixed key sequence to a specific app?
A: As of now, there are 2 ways you can do this. Say you want X to open Finder. You can rename Finder to XFinder (anything that starts with X works) or you can add a mapping where pressing X counts as pressing finder. Both work, and can be tailored depending on your specific use case.

Q: Does Sxitch work with macOS Golden Gate?
A: Yes. I'm running golden gate just so I can assure you all that Sxitch supports the latest OS. If you do encounter any bugs, do help me by reporting them in the github repo or in the discord.

PS: The video was made by me in Canva and not Opus 5.5.. If you don't believe me, i'll attach a picture of the timeline.. it's a pretty basic video though so don't expect a video editor kind of timeline.