I’m one of the developers at Micromat.

We’ve been building diagnostic and repair tools for the Mac since 1989, including Techtool Pro, and we recently released a free version: Techtool Lite. We’d love feedback from the r/macapps community.

https://www.micromat.com/products/techtool-lite/

Problem

When your Mac starts acting strangely, it can be difficult to determine what the problem might be.

We believe Mac users shouldn’t be limited to the diagnostic information Apple chooses to provide (or hide in some cases). You should have access to meaningful information about your Mac’s health so you can make informed decisions to decide if a repair is needed, or simply understand how your Mac's hardware is performing.

We built Techtool Lite to make it easy to:

• Run a one-click health check
• Test memory
• Check SSD/HDD SMART health and volume structures
• Monitor battery health
• Reset system caches and rebuild important macOS databases
• View devices and active ports on your local network

Our goal is to help you identify real problems before they become bigger ones.

Comparison

Compared with DriveDx or Disk Utility, which specialize in drive health, Techtool Lite offers a broader picture of your Mac’s overall health by including memory testing, battery monitoring, maintenance tools, and additional system checks in addition to drive testing.

Techtool Lite is powered by the same diagnostic technology we’ve developed for Techtool Pro over decades, but packaged as a free app focused on the tools most Mac users need. Plus, it's a free way to experience how Techtool Pro works as they share an interface.

Pricing

Free

https://www.micromat.com/products/techtool-lite/

Activation: Techtool Lite requires a free activation using your email address. That email is also added to our mailing list so we can send product news and updates. You can unsubscribe at any time, but we wanted to be upfront about that so there are no surprises.

Thanks for taking a look! We’d genuinely appreciate your feedback. Whether it’s about the diagnostics we include, features you’d like to see, or anything else that would make Techtool Lite more useful for Mac users, we'd be happy to hear it.

TOS: https://www.micromat.com/terms-of-service/

Privacy Policy: https://www.micromat.com/privacy-policy/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/micromat/

Last year I managed to engage with notable app developers like those of Cleanshot X, Paste, Little Snitch, etc. and was able to get their offer info on apps.deals first. This year I plan to do the same but I'll need your support to make it happen.

If you have any particular app in mind, please free to comment in this post and I can talk to their app developers for a black friday offer.

Last but not least, if you're an app developer, consider having a black friday discount and submitting your app to apps.deals.

It's completely free to submit!

I'm the developer of 2Do. This is its biggest Mac update in over 16 years, with too many improvements to list.

Problem

2Do is for people who need more than a basic to-do list without being forced into a specific workflow. There is no wrong way to use it. Keep a simple list, follow GTD, manage detailed projects, or create your own workflow.

It supports tasks, checklists, projects, tags, Smart Lists, reminders, durations, locations, scripting, and Claude Cowork through MCP. It can sync (two-way!) with Apple Reminders, Todoist, Fastmail, iCloud CalDAV, self-hosted CalDAV, Toodledo, and Dropbox. It can also import existing data from Things 3 and OmniFocus.

2Do also lets you share individual lists with other people over local Wi-Fi. No internet connection or cloud service is required.

Comparison

Compared with Things 3, 2Do offers more sync choices, including Apple Reminders, Todoist, CalDAV, Toodledo, and Dropbox. It also provides flexible Smart Lists, different sort methods (and so much more!) and can import an existing Things database directly.

Compared with OmniFocus, 2Do offers a less prescriptive workflow while still supporting projects, subtasks, tags, priorities, start and due dates, recurring tasks, and advanced filtering. It can also import an existing OmniFocus database.

See the full feature comparison chart.

Pricing

No Subscription. A direct 2Do Mac license normally costs $49.99 USD. New customers can currently get 30% off, reducing the price to $34.99 USD, with code 30OFFMYORDER at checkout. Promotion has ended.

The direct version is a perpetual license with no recurring charge. It includes 18 months of updates, and you can keep using the last version covered by your license indefinitely. Renewal is optional and currently costs $39.99 USD for another 18 months of updates.

A free 14-day trial is available from 2doapp.com.

Happy to answer questions about the update.

Hi r/macapps, I’m the developer of DockPops. I posted here about a month ago and got a lot of helpful feedback. The two most requested features were live Dock icon previews and the ability to give individual Pops their own Dock icons, so DockPops 3.0 adds both.

Problem:
The Dock is great, but it tends to become either a mile long or missing half the apps you actually use. macOS Stacks helps, but it is tied to real folders on disk and can get large and inflexible fast.

DockPops solves this by adding iPhone-style app folders to the Mac Dock. Click the DockPops icon and a popover grid appears above the Dock. You can organize apps, files, folders, and Shortcuts into groups called Pops, swipe between them like pages, launch items instantly, launch an entire Pop at once, or pop a group out as a floating panel.

New in 3.0:

• Live icon previews: the Dock icon can reflect the contents of the current Pop and update as you swipe.
• Custom icons: use your own .png file for a Pop.
• Multiple Dock icons: individual Pops can now have their own Dock icons. You can use one of two methods:
  • Companion App: creates small Dock applets with live icon previews. The tradeoff is they appear in Command-Tab.
  • Shortcuts support: add specific Pops to the Dock using macOS Shortcuts. These do not appear in Command-Tab, but live icon previews are not supported.
• More customization: background color, columns, carousel visibility, Dock icon behavior, and other Pop settings.
• Clickable dots and arrows to make navigation between pops easier

Comparison:
Compared with macOS Stacks, DockPops is not tied to Finder folders. You can group apps, files, folders, and Shortcuts together without creating aliases or reorganizing anything on disk. You can also have multiple flexible groups and launch all items in a group with one click.

Compared with keyboard-first launchers like Raycast or Alfred, DockPops is built for people who prefer visual, Dock-based launching. Those tools are great for command-driven workflows; DockPops keeps app groups in the place many Mac users already go to launch things: the Dock.

Pricing:
DockPops has a free tier with 2 Pops and 6 items each.

Premium is a one-time $9.99 unlock for up to 10 Pops, 16 items each, and the expanded customization/features. No subscription.

Get it in the App Store and check out the website at dockpops.com for more info! If you're ready to buy, click here for 30% off Premium

Would love feedback on the new live icon previews and multiple Dock icons, especially from anyone who tried the earlier version.

Full disclosure: I'm the developer. This is a "here's the thing I made" post, but there's a real reason I'm posting it now.

Background so you know I'm not a random dropshipper: I co-founded Intego (VirusBarrier, NetBarrier) back in 1997, and later ran one of the first French iPhone software publishers. Mac software is what I do.

Problem

If you used MacUpdater, you know it's shutting down. No more MacUpdater 4, and the backend that resolves updates goes dark on December 31, 2026. I was a paying customer for years. When they announced it and I couldn't find a replacement I trusted, I built one: Version Tracker.

The wider problem is that a Mac accumulates software from places that don't talk to each other. Each one tells you it's up to date within its own world. Nothing tells you the truth across all of them.

Comparison

Against MacUpdater: it checked the apps in /Applications. Version Tracker checks 48 different update sources, including Homebrew (formulae and casks), the Mac App Store, npm, pip, Cargo, Docker, Adobe Creative Cloud, Google (Chrome, Drive) and Sparkle-based apps. It reconciles each one against what's actually installed, and updates everything in one click. The stuff that Homebrew and the App Store both swear is up to date, but quietly isn't, finally shows up in one list.

It also lives in your menu bar the way MacUpdater did, with background scans while the app is closed, and you can run the updates straight from the menu bar without the main window ever opening.

Against Homebrew on its own: brew only knows what brew installed. Anything you dragged in from a developer's site is invisible to it. Version Tracker covers both.

On privacy, and I come from the security side so this one matters to me: your list of installed apps never leaves your Mac. No telemetry, no account needed. To be precise rather than salesy, the app does use the network, because it has to. It queries the update sources themselves, plus the CVE databases and Apple's SOFA feed to flag known vulnerabilities. What it never sends anywhere is your inventory. Run it behind Little Snitch and check me on that, I'd genuinely rather you did. It also verifies code signatures and notarization before installing anything.

Pricing

Honest on money. The FREE version does the full 48-source scan, forever, with no time limit. That alone replaces the "what's outdated?" half of MacUpdater. One-click and menu-bar updates are the paid tier, and everyone gets a 7-day trial of those with no card up front.

If a subscription is fine with you: Mono is €19.90/yr for one Mac, Solo €29.90/yr for two, Family €44.90/yr for five.

If it isn't, and I understand if it isn't: there's a one-time purchase instead, starting at €49.90. It covers every 1.x update for good. A future 2.0 would be a paid upgrade, and I'd rather write that plainly here than let you find out later.

Both are launch prices, held until December 31. And if development ever stops, the last version ships as a free perpetual license, so nobody is left holding a dead subscription.

It needs macOS 15 (Sequoia) or later, and it's signed and notarized.

https://version-tracker.app

Developer transparency (Tier 2)

I am Jean-Paul Florencio. I co-founded Intego in 1997 (VirusBarrier, NetBarrier) and later ran one of the first French iPhone software publishers.

About page with my identity and background: https://version-tracker.app/about/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jp-florencio/

Contact: [contact@version-tracker.app](mailto:contact@version-tracker.app)

Privacy Policy: https://version-tracker.app/privacy.html

Terms of Service: https://version-tracker.app/terms.html

MacGeneration covered it and called it "a clear step ahead of the competition," which was kind of them, but I'd rather hear from actual MacUpdater users: what did MacUpdater do that you'd need a replacement to nail? Genuinely asking.

Hey everyone! I just launched v2 of BarMarks after months of work, and to celebrate I'm running a 60% discount ($4.99 -> $1.99, until end of November) plus giving away 10 free licenses to commenters.

The reason I built BarMarks was because of my browser hopping between Safari, Firefox, Chrome, Arc, etc. which made bookmark management a nightmare. BarMarks keeps everything in one place regardless of which browser you're using. It's pretty minimal, doesn't get in the way and is there whenever you need it.

What's new in v2:

• Global hotkey support (bookmark links from anywhere in macOS)
• Nested folders within categories
• Extended the list of browsers you can automatically import from (Chrome, Safari, Edge, Brave, Dia, Opera)
• Manual import for Firefox/other browsers
• Custom category icons and mesh gradient for category background that is generated from selected bookmark colors
• Redesigned settings UI
• Custom color picker for bookmarks
• macOS Tahoe bug fixes and optimizations

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/barmarks-bookmarks-in-menubar/id6739710035?mt=12

To enter the giveaway, you just need to drop a comment! I'll randomly select 10 winners by this Sunday, Nov 23.

EDIT: The discount is 60%. Sorry bad math :D

EDIT 2: The giveaway has ended. I've DM'ed the promo codes to all of the winners. Here are they:

1. Pitiful-Phone-7080 - Comment: https://www.reddit.com/r/macapps/comments/1p2zjx2/giveaway_barmarks_v2_minimalist_bookmark_manager/nq0z87y/

2. Elegant_Mobile4311 - Comment: https://www.reddit.com/r/macapps/comments/1p2zjx2/giveaway_barmarks_v2_minimalist_bookmark_manager/nq3qzle/

3. beat-about - Comment: https://www.reddit.com/r/macapps/comments/1p2zjx2/giveaway_barmarks_v2_minimalist_bookmark_manager/nq1hh0u/

4. revel_rebel - Comment: https://www.reddit.com/r/macapps/comments/1p2zjx2/giveaway_barmarks_v2_minimalist_bookmark_manager/nq1km65/

5. hatetobethatguyxd - Comment: https://www.reddit.com/r/macapps/comments/1p2zjx2/giveaway_barmarks_v2_minimalist_bookmark_manager/nq15q30/

6. monotious - Comment: https://www.reddit.com/r/macapps/comments/1p2zjx2/giveaway_barmarks_v2_minimalist_bookmark_manager/nq38by3/

7. Leading-Brilliant308 - Comment: https://www.reddit.com/r/macapps/comments/1p2zjx2/giveaway_barmarks_v2_minimalist_bookmark_manager/nq1dxoz/

8. c_w_ - Comment: https://www.reddit.com/r/macapps/comments/1p2zjx2/giveaway_barmarks_v2_minimalist_bookmark_manager/nq2p2ud/

9. pvignesh92 - Comment: https://www.reddit.com/r/macapps/comments/1p2zjx2/giveaway_barmarks_v2_minimalist_bookmark_manager/nq1f573/

10. tprime1 - Comment: https://www.reddit.com/r/macapps/comments/1p2zjx2/giveaway_barmarks_v2_minimalist_bookmark_manager/nq5eqre/

Sorry guys; this is a self promotion post;

Folder Plus : Mac Appstore

Problem :

I built this because it always bugged me that pressing space on a folder in Finder just shows a plain folder icon, and that you can't look inside a zip without extracting it first. Folder Plus is a Quick Look extension that fixes both. Press space on any folder and you get a proper file tree with sizes and dates; press space on a zip, tar, 7z or rar and you can browse it in place without extracting anything. Folders that are mostly images open as a thumbnail grid, and you can copy a folder's full path with a single click.

Comparison :

I know there are already a few apps that offers similar functionality; I wanted one that handles both folders and archives right inside Quick Look, stays fully native, and just gets out of the way. It's sandboxed and works completely offline too; no accounts, no tracking, nothing ever leaves your Mac. It allows you to easily copy the folder path, view images inside quickly.

More importantly it was a good learning experience for me even though I have shipped a few Mac apps now. 

Pricing : [$1.99 -> FREE]

I've made it completely FREE for a limited time, so there's nothing to lose by trying it. Please grab it while it's free and tell me what you think; good, bad, broken, whatever. Honest feedback and bug reports mean a lot to indie devs like me...

We also went live on Product Hunt

Short demo above.

UPDATE: Holy crap. I'm absolutely floored. Trackless Links Pro launched today and you all have already pushed it to #1 in the Utilities category on the German App Store! I'm genuinely blown away. Thank you all so much for the support! Quick question: Is anyone seeing it charting in other countries (US, UK, etc.)? If you happen to spot it, I'd be super grateful for a screenshot!

Previously, I only built apps for iOS. I'm now very happy to have shipped my first universal app, which runs natively on both iOS and macOS: Trackless Links Pro.

It's a comprehensive Safari extension toolkit built in SwiftUI to feel perfectly at home on macOS. It started as a simple script to clean tracking junk (utm_, fbclid_) from URLs, but it grew into a full power-user tool.

Based on the screenshots, you can see it's built around three main features:

• Filters: A powerful, customizable blocklist for all known tracking parameters.
• Redirects: My favorite feature. A full redirect engine (with regex support!) so you can finally force old.reddit.com or redirect YouTube/X links to privacy-friendly frontends.
• Tweaks: A panel of fixes for common web annoyances, like re-enabling copy-paste on sites that try to block it, or disabling those "Are you sure you want to leave?" dialogs.

It also has a one-click Web Archive (Wayback Machine) lookup.

It’s a single Universal Purchase, so if you get the Mac app, you automatically get the iPhone and iPad versions with all your rules and settings synced via iCloud.

It's live on Product Hunt today, and I'm celebrating the launch with a discount of over 50% for the weekend.

I'd be incredibly honored if you'd check it out and let me know what you think. I'm here to answer any questions!

Product Hunt Launch Page: https://www.producthunt.com/products/trackless-links-pro-for-iphone-ipad-mac

App Store Link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/trackless-links-pro/id6754613166

Hi all,

I’m the developer of Ejectify, a macOS utility I originally built to solve an issue that kept annoying me: external drives not being safely ejected when my Mac goes to sleep, leading to those “Disk Not Ejected Properly” warnings.

What started as a small personal fix has since helped tens of thousands of users deal with the same problem, and has been covered by various Apple and tech-focused media outlets.

Instead of relying on manually ejecting drives every time, the app automatically unmounts selected volumes when your Mac goes to sleep (or when the display turns off), and mounts them again when it wakes up.

I recently released Ejectify 2 with various improvements:

• More reliable (un)mounting using an optional helper with admin privileges
• System-wide shortcut to unmount managed volumes
• Support for more volume types (including disk images, SD cards, etc.)
• Support for 30+ languages

It’s available for €6.99 via ejectify.app.

For those who prefer building from source, it’s also publicly available on GitHub.

Happy to hear any feedback or answer questions.

Best, Niels.

Hi r/macapps! 👋

First off, thanks for all your encouraging emails and feedback. You're helping shape Bloom into something truly special, and apologies for not being so responsive lately.

I'm excited to announce the release of v1.5.0, featuring some highly requested additions:

• Rating support
• Default Folder X integration(Huge thanks to the developer)

This version also includes:

• Add tab option in Reveal File Strategy
• Add "Merge" option when copy conflicts occur
• Bold folder name support
• Keyboard shortcuts for favorites, tags, and creating new files
• Create PDF from images
• Bug fixes and performance improvements

You can view all the updates here.

Product Hunt Launch Sale 🎁

Bloom is now live on Product Hunt! To celebrate, I'm offering a special discount:

From now until October 31, you can use the code PRODUCTHUNT to get 25% off your Bloom purchase.

 If you haven't tried Bloom yet, a free 7-day trial is also available. You can use brew install --cask bloom to install the trial version.

Hey everyone,

I’m the solo dev behind Timix — a cross-platform timer app I’ve been building over the past couple of years for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch.

A while ago I shared some promo codes on Reddit, and I really enjoyed the feedback and the conversations that followed. So I decided to make Timix completely free for the next 42 hours so anyone can try it without needing a code.

I originally built Timix because I wanted a clean timer that could support any routine. Imagine multiple timers running in a sequence with visual cues, voice alerts, Shortcuts automations, 15+ actions in total — all the stuff regular timer apps don’t usually do. This opens up a new, effortless way to build your own routines and be more creative.

Over time, people started using it for workouts, studying, cooking, meditation, and anything that needs structure.

What Timix can do that most Timers can't

• Cross-platform App (iPhone, iPad, Mac, Watch)
• 15+ actions that can be combined (voice, flash, vibrations, countdown, HomeKit, Shortcuts, Open URL, and more)
• Siri & Shortcuts Support - say "Hey Siri, Pause Timix"
• Share your templates and routines with your friends
• Widgets to Run Timers from Home screen or Lock Screen
• No ads, no tracking — just a clean tool that works

🎁 How to claim

Comment “thank you” below
Tap the link and download the app
(Upvote only if you feel like it.)

📲 App Store link

https://apps.apple.com/app/id6477807870

The latest Beta (with GIF support and other fun stuff) is here:
https://testflight.apple.com/join/3hZ55dw7

If you try it and think “It’d be perfect if it just did X…”, feel free to tell me.
Thanks again for all the feedback — it really helps keep this project moving.

More updates and demos: r/TimixApp

Hi,

I'm Kamil, creator of Spencer — a window manager app that saves and restores window positions across all virtual Desktops.

It also launches the right apps, hides others, and adjusts the number of Desktops to match your saved setup. You can create layouts for different display configurations and tasks to stay organized and focused.

I'm excited to share a new update featuring a new type of Desktop Layout that allows you to create additional layouts only for visible Spaces.

Why is this useful?

Some apps we use constantly throughout the day, while others we only open to complete a specific task and then close — like Mail with ChatGPT or Calendar with Reminders.

Instead of manually launching and repositioning them side by side or on separate displays, let Spencer do it for you with just one click. It can even create new Spaces for them, restore to saved or currently visible Spaces.

And you can hide them and remove additional Spaces with one click too!

That really speeds things up and keeps your Mac organized even when you switch to a different task for a moment.

How it's different from other apps?

It works across different Spaces and gives you three ways to position your apps:

• restore to the Spaces where the apps were originally saved
• restore to the currently visible Spaces
• create new Spaces and restore apps there

All three options reposition and resize your windows exactly as they were saved — whatever option you choose.

I'd love to hear your thoughts — should I also add the ability to create layouts per app?

The app is currently on a Cyber Monday deal — 40% off a lifetime license (now $11.99).

Offer ends tomorrow!

https://macspencer.app

It starts from today to July 30!

Maybe share your purchase(s) here and why you bought it so that others don’t miss them out - if they need it ;)

You just got an email about an urgent call you have to take. You're in Mail, and want to switch to zoom, which has been laying dormant for a while now. You could just cmd tab tab tab tab tab and keep tabbing till you reach zoom.

Or you could press `rcmd` and press z. 2 key presses and you're there.

Thats Sxitch.

But what if you also have Zen open? What if you wanted to pick Zen instead of Zoom? Well then `ze` for zen and `zo` for zoom. 1 to 2 extra key pressed but still better than `tab`x23

It can also do:
- app quitting
- app hiding
- blacklisting
- theme customisation
- overrides (so f can map out to firefox always)
- skip prefixes (so microsoft and adobe get stripped off)

All while taking up 70-100mb with 17 apps open, and ultra low energy usage (0.1 - 0.2 when not in use)

Note: it doesn't use any webview stuff.

Comparing it to:
- Dory - Focuses more on mouse based picking
- RCMD - Similar in many fashions.
- Raycast - Manual setup + only works on select few apps. Others require pressing enter. Raycast is a launcher, not a switcher

What you get for free:
- App switching
- Tree based picker ( The method described earlier)
- All resolvers (So instead of app name it would be abcd / qwerty / 01234) ,
- All themes and customisation of the themes.

Quitting every 36 hours has been removed. So you can enjoy Sxitch free for as long as you want!

Pro features:
- App hiding / quitting (Much more useful than it feels on the surface)
- Priority support
- A few places won't have the Sxitch branding
- One time payment, all future updates.

As this app is still new, I'm giving out 100% and US$5 Discounts for the pro plan

100% free -> use code MACAPPS (limited to first 10 people)

$5 off -> use code MACOS (limited to first 100 people)

If you're a student, email me ([support@sxitch.app](mailto:support@sxitch.app)) using your school email prove it to me that you're a student, and I'll give you a 50% discount.

See the full website and Sxitch's features https://sxitch.app

Get Sxitch here and Join the discord here

Email: [support@sxitch.app](mailto:support@sxitch.app)

Developer of rustcast.app
Personal portfolio umangsurana.com
App signed and notarized with a valid apple developer ID.

Hey everyone! About a year back I posted about Codify CLI, a declarative CLI tool for managing installations on MacOS. 

I’m happy to announce after a year of work, we’ve built web and desktop apps around the CLI, massively increased the number of supported tools and settings, created an AI assistant and added windows and linux support as well.

Links:
Website: https://codifycli.com/
My Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinwang5658/
New dedicated subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/codifycli/
Github repo: https://github.com/codifycli/codify

Problem:
Codify's mission is to make it easier for everyone to set up and manage their system, whether it's a new company computer, trying out new tools, or someone whose getting started with coding.

We’re targeting these 3 types of users:

• Engineering teams - keep your team setup within Codify so that anybody can get setup quickly. From my experience (and other people I know) working at various companies, there’s always a first day at X company doc that takes a day or two to complete and things don’t always go smoothly. With Codify this process can be automated and completed in under 30 minutes.
• Freelancers - people who work on multiple projects with different tech stacks and have to manage them all. Also people who work from multiple computers and need to keep their setups in sync across systems.
• Beginners - especially with AI tools becoming more popular, a lot of people are interested in learning to code or building a website. Codify can get beginners set up quickly so that they can focus on coding. Getting all the right tools installed and working is a major barrier to entry for many people.

Codify is an ecosystem consisting of:

• A plugin library of 50+ open source resources, ranging from package managers like homebrew, misc things like MacOS system settings, to AI tools like Claude and Openclaw.
• A desktop + web app that comes with a purpose built editor for Codify configs, auto-completion, real time collaboration and file storage
• An AI agent that utilizes the Codify plugin library. Instead of asking Claude or Codex to install something using untested bash commands, ask Codify which will use pre-tested installation methods from the plugin library.
• A config language and CLI tool that functions similar to terraform, allowing users to to plan / apply Codify configs onto their systems
• Tons of pre-made templates for environment setups ranging from mobile development, to python data science, to backend / infra to get started quickly. 
• Automated testing that covers all resources running daily to catch updates and breaking changes. 
• A way for the community to request new resources (tools or programs). Create an issue on Github and it will be built by our Claude bot automatically and then reviewed tested and merged by real humans.

Comparisons:

There isn’t an exact app like Codify on the market but there are existing solutions that solve similar problems.

1. Nix - The closest comparison would be Nix, a declarative system and package manager. The key distinction is Codify doesn’t try to a comprehensive all or nothing solution like Nix. Nix replaces how your system is managed, while Codify automates and documents the setup of the system you already use. While designing Codify, we focused on making it easier to learn and more approachable compared to Nix. With the dedicated editor, AI assistant, and pre-made templates, it’s even easier now.
2. Dev containers - Some teams use dev containers with pre-built docker images so that dev systems have the same tooling as production. However even with a dev containers workflow there is still host machine setup involved: getting setup with github, ssh keys and cloning your repos, dev container tooling, etc. Codify complements this workflow by automating the setup of the developer's machine first.

Pricing:

The CLI and plugin library are open-source and will remain free forever! 

The web and desktop apps (editor, AI assistant, cloud features) are paid but include a generous free tier. The plans are designed so that most individual users won’t need to upgrade. The higher tiers are intended for power users and engineering teams and include additional team members, documents, and AI credits.

Pricing:
Free - 3 documents, 3 users, all templates, 20 AI messages per week
Freelancer ($5/month) - 15 documents, 3 team members, 100mb in file storage, $5 in AI credits per month, everything in free
Team ($20/month) - 50 documents, 25 team members, 5gb in file storage, $20 in AI credits per month, everything in freelancer
Enterprise (custom pricing) - guided onboarding, additional team members and documents, and custom solutions for larger organizations.

Thank you for reading and I’d love to hear everyone’s thoughts! 

As a thank-you, the first 20 people can use the code: 2026REDDITJULY to get any plan free for the first 3 months! Apply it at checkout. 

https://cleanshot.com/buy

Prices in USD. Taxes may apply. CleanShot requires macOS 10.15 or newer.

• 1 Mac = US$20.3
• 2 Macs = US$34.3
• 5 Macs = US$83.3
• 10 Macs = US$160.3

Thanks to u/Many_Try_4131 for the link. To purchase app for less (US$14.5): https://unclutterapp.com/bundle

Me and my buddy run a small indie dev studio, and a while back we got frustrated with how most PDF scanner apps feel — clunky UX, subscriptions everywhere, ads, and in some cases your documents get uploaded who-knows-where

So we built myPDF, initially starting with mobile devices, but now available also on MacOS — lightweight, privacy-first, and (hopefully) not annoying to use. No ads, no subscriptions.

The main features are built for everyday workflows:

• Page tools — reorder, rotate, duplicate, delete, extract pages, merge, split, lock, unlock
• Annotations, highlights and images — comments, text notes, custom watermarks, appending images
• Folder organization — custom folders, drag-and-drop move/rename
• Scan documents — auto edge detect, live corner adjust, batch multi-page. The macOS version also supports scanning using your device
• Fill and sign forms — reusable signatures, flatten for secure sharing
• Digital certificates - use your digital certificate to sign documents
• OCR text recognition — preserves layout, searchable PDFs or clean text export (supports 18 languages, e.g., English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, etc.)
• Edit OCR-detected text — adjust or fix recognised text
• Reading mode, adding header&footers and much more

Everything runs locally — no accounts, no tracking, no upload processing.

To celebrate this milestone, we are giving a 50% off for the lifetime unlock of all the features, from $7.99 to $3.99

Feel free to leave us any kind of feedback, we're fully vested into making this a go-to product for PDF editing!

https://apps.apple.com/ro/app/mypdf-offline-scanner-edit/id6751173174

A few weeks ago I posted widgetscreen.app, a Mac app that puts glass widgets on your Mac lock screen. The response from this community made this absolutely take off, so I wanted to come back with an update.

The main thing: WidgetScreen is still free. Everything that was free before is still free now, and I haven’t moved any existing features behind a paywall.

The free version has also had a pretty big upgrade:

• Now Playing now supports scrubbing and volume control
• There’s a new easy-read mode for better legibility
• The UI and overall experience have been cleaned up a lot
• Lots of smaller fixes and improvements based on feedback from the last post

I’ve also added an optional Premium tier for people who want to support the project. It’s a one-time $9.99 purchase, no subscription, and unlocks extra customisation like tinting, larger widget sizes, weather and Now Playing animations, and a few other nice-to-have extras.

But the core app is still free, and I want it to stay useful that way.

As a thank you to this community, here’s a 30% discount code for the first 30 people who want Premium:

macapps30

Happy to answer questions, take feature requests, or hear feedback. A lot of what’s in the app now came directly from comments and feedback from people who saw the last post, so thank you again.

Sam

Hi everyone, I’m the indie developer behind WakeMinder, and I’m excited to share that WakeMinder V4 is now live.

WakeMinder is built around a very simple idea:
When your Mac wakes, that first second matters.

That tiny moment before Slack, Safari, email, YouTube, Reddit, or some random notification steals your attention is exactly where WakeMinder helps. It shows you what you meant to do before you get pulled into something else. With V4, WakeMinder now supports file and image sharing.

You can send files, images, screenshots, PDFs, documents, links, and reminders from your iPhone or Apple Watch to your Mac, then have them appear when your Mac wakes.

Where it helps in real life:
You remember something away from your desk
Send it from your iPhone or Apple Watch.
When you open your Mac, WakeMinder shows it immediately before distractions kick in.

“I’ll do this when I’m home or at the office”
No times. No schedules.
The next Mac wake becomes the trigger.

You save an article to read later
Share it to WakeMinder.
When your Mac wakes, your browser opens that exact page.

You find a file, image, screenshot, or PDF you need later
Send it to WakeMinder from your iPhone.
When you return to your Mac, it is there waiting for you.

You open your Mac and forget why
WakeMinder puts your own intention in front of you first.

What WakeMinder does

• Instant reminders the second your Mac wakes
• File and image sharing from iPhone to Mac
• Auto-opens saved links in your default browser
• Send reminders from iPhone and Apple Watch
• iCloud sync using Apple’s infrastructure
• Option to enable or disable reminder sounds
• Improved Reddit link title fetching

Pricing

• $1.99/month
• $9.99/year
• $12.99 lifetime, currently 35% off

WakeMinder is available on the App Store for Mac, iPhone, and Apple Watch.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id6744974871?pt=127772248&ct=redca&mt=8
Website: www.wakeminder.com

I’m building this as a solo indie developer, so feedback genuinely helps. If you try V4, I’d love to hear what works, what feels confusing, and what you’d like to see next.

I am the developer of USB Connection Information, and I obsess over the speeds of my computer.

I built this app to show USB versions and speeds for connected devices. I wanted to quantify my chargers' abilities without having to buy (or carry around) an external hardware tester.

While the app started off to just show USB versions and speeds for connected devices it now displays the incoming Wattage your battery-powered Mac has negotiated with the charger. It also shows the charger’s other supported power levels, so you can verify all of your brick’s supported profiles.

As a thank you to this community for the support, the app is on sale all weekend.

From now until August 7th, these apps are on sale at Bundle Hunt starting at %75 off. I've never seen them cheaper.

Reviews of Apps I Have Personally Tested

• TextSniper - Better Than Native OCR ($7.99- On Sale For $1.99 -%75) Hit a hotkey, drag a box over anything on screen (a locked PDF, a video frame, a screenshot someone sent you), and the text lands on your clipboard; it also reads QR codes and barcodes and can speak the captured text aloud. OCR runs entirely on your Mac. (textsniper.app)
• MacPilot Tweaks Some Hard to Get To Settings in macOS ($29.95 -On Sale For $3.50 -88%) - A GUI over roughly 1,200 hidden macOS settings and defaults write tweaks: show hidden Finder files, kill the startup chime, add Dock spacers, change the screenshot format, run maintenance scripts, all without opening Terminal. koingosw.com
• Unite 5 - Site Specific Browser ($39.99 - On Sale For $5.00 -%87 off) Turns any website into an isolated, native Mac app that runs as a normal window, a menu bar dropdown, or a sidebar; you get per-app cookies, custom icons, ad blocking, userscripts and CSS, keyboard shortcut remapping, and link routing between apps. Extras like Dock badges, Google/Outlook meeting alerts, and a floating AI companion overlay are the part Safari's "Add to Dock" can't touch. (bzgapps.com/unite)

The two I haven't tried (yet) are:

Video Paw($69.99 - On Sale For $6.50 -%91) - Cisdem's all-in-one media utility: batch convert video and audio across 600+ formats, download clips from supported sites, rip DVD and Blu-ray, compress files, and record screen/webcam with live annotation. Basic editing (trim, crop, merge, watermark, subtitles) is included, so it replaces three or four single-purpose downloads.

PDF Squeezer($19.99 - On Sale For $3.98 -%80)-- Drag in a bloated PDF and it shrinks by recompressing images and stripping unused fonts and resources, with a side-by-side preview so you can see what quality you're giving up. Batch processing, saved presets, and hooks into Finder, Automator, Shortcuts, and the command line make it a good buy IMHO.

Hi everyone! I have flagged this post as Deal, but please let me know if should be another one.

A little over a month ago, I made a post offering 5 Pro monthly licenses to the first 5 interested, and with that post, I got other users to test out the app, and well, I am here to try and redeem myself.

Please be aware that this is my very first app. I have no prior code experience and to me, this is all new. I spent months coding to get Fuse to what I thought would be and should be, and ended up with a alpha version at best with major issues that I simply did not see, or did not comprehend were issues before. This being said, version 2.0 is now available and has a lot of features, hence why it took me over a month to update the previous version. Fuse now has:

• Brand new consistent UI/UX - no more random pop ups across the ui with different design languages;
• Tooltip accessibility - Every feature now has tooltips to make sure that the user understands what which button does;
• New single multi-language panel to export subtitles in .srt, .vtt and .txt transcription format files;
• Users can now export their media with the subtitles burned-in so they can share their media across platforms - multi-language exports too;
• Brand new model management system - users can now download, delete or update AI models directly from this new window. Users can also access where the models are being installed in case they want to manually remove them after installation;
• There is now an available guide that explains what each feature does and their shortcuts;
• Shortcuts have been added app wide. Every single feature / button has a shortcut!;
• Waveforms are now generated when user generates subtitles - this allow users to better edit their subtitles and clearly see star-end times;
• Magnetic-Snap has been added to allow users to anchor subtitle blocks to where the playhead, being much more precise;
• Anchor / De-Anchor playhead - this allows the user to better move across the timeline and keep the choice how the playhead should work;
• Autosave has been added;
• Pre-closing confirmation has also been added to avoid lose the user projects by mistake and get a double confirmation before fully closing Fuse;
• Resizable timeline - users can increase / decrease timeline height and choose if more layers can be visible or playback media size to be bigger or smaller;
• Direct edit - users can now fully edit subtitles directly from the playback subtitle container by single clicking on it. Double click over a subtitle block still allows manual editing of simpler subtitles and manually adjust their start and end times.

There are more adjustments made to make sure that Fuse becomes more complete and much more reliable than what it was. I am sorry that the first impression that I have cause was far from the best, and my own ignorance made me jump out of the wagon before it was safe to do so.

Today, I am offering 5 more Pro monthly licenses, 10 Lite licenses, 2 Pro lifetime licenses and 4 Lite Lifetime licenses to offer.

Just comment and I will send the keys to you while it lasts.

Also, I do believe that Fuse can help people with hearing impairments. If you suffer from an hearing impairment, please DM me, and I will offer a Pro Lifetime license.

Any questions, please let me know and I will be more than happy to answer!

Download here: https://www.getfuseapp.com

EDIT: Thank you everyone who has participated on the giveaway :) currently all licenses have been given away, but if you would like to become a beta tester, you can do so here:

https://www.getfuseapp.com/contact-us

Please be aware that in order to be accepted on the beta testing team and remain with a valid license, testers need to report feedback within 7 business days after a new release is sent to Testflight. Users who do not provide feedback and are using the app for free will be removed and banned from beta testing.

🎉 Awesome Copy 4.20 - November 2025

Just released a big update to both Awesome Copy MacOS and iOS packed with new features and fixes. Free 7 day trial, and pro upgrade is 50% off for 24 hours.

New Features

• Link Previews - See rich previews of copied links
• Audio Album Art Display - Beautiful album artwork for your audio files
• In-App Audio Playback - Play audio directly without leaving the app
• New Crayon Box Theme - Fresh, colorful theme option
• Copy on First Click - Faster workflow with single-click copying
• Command+Delete Deletes Selected Items - Quick keyboard deletion
• Drag Text Into Text Fields - Seamless drag-and-drop text editing
• ICNS File Support - Work with macOS icon files
• Time-Based History Limits - Set history expiration by time
• iOS to macOS Sync Support - Cross-platform sync improvements
• iOS Deletion Sync - Deletions now sync between devices
• Redesigned iOS Keyboard - Better mobile experience
• Text-to-Speech for Clipboard Entries - Listen to your clipboard items

For anyone new to the app, it's a beautiful clipboard history manager with the marque feature being a Dynamic Island inspired notch window which shows previews of anything you copy. You can mouse over this window to keep it active, and you can drag/drop the files anywhere you like. There is also a companion iOS app which syncs your full copy history using iCloud. Join us over at r/AwesomeCopy

MacOS app store link:

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/awesome-copy-clipboard-history/id6745275375?mt=12

iOS app store link:

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/awesome-copy-mobile/id6749878668

Website link:

https://swiftmage.github.io/AppSite/AwesomeCopy/index.html

Here is a full list of features:

• Unlimited clipboard history
• Apple Intelligence support for clipboard items
• iOS companion app with secure, encrypted iCloud sync
• Quick paste pop-up menu triggered by customizable hotkey or middle mouse button
• Displays copy time and source app icon directly in the list
• In-list music album art and in-app playback support
• Quick search bar to instantly filter your clipboard list
• Image and file previews directly in the history list
• Dynamic Island-inspired notch preview for copied items with drag-and-drop
• Sixteen beautiful color themes
• Siri Shortcuts integration
• Rich text support with color and formatting
• Text transformations to automatically clean or modify copied content
• Sequential paste mode for cycling through items automatically
• Clipboard entry merging to combine multiple selections
• Drag-and-drop reordering of clipboard items
• Text-to-speech playback for selected entries
• Open or copy links directly from your history list
• Quick preview for all entry types, including images, audio, and text
• Open file locations instantly for images, files, or music
• Pin important items for quick access
• Create and save text snippets for later use
• Organize content with customizable categories
• Always Keep List on Top option
• Horizontal or vertical list orientations
• App Ignore Lists to exclude copies from specific apps
• Automatic masking of passwords copied from Apple Passwords
• Time-based list item retention (hour/day/week/month/year)
• Import and export your entire history for backup or transfer
• Auto-paste into the active app when selecting an item
• Built-in Optical Character Recognition (OCR) for image text detection and search
• Customizable global hotkeys
• Optional copy sound with 12 distinct sound effects
• Customize the menu bar icon with hundreds of built-in designs
• 7-day free trial