MacWhisper

“Quickly and easily transcribe audio files into text with OpenAI's state-of-the-art transcription technology Whisper. Whether you're recording a meeting, lecture, or other important audio, MacWhisper quickly and accurately transcribes your audio files into text.” MacWhisper is probably one of, if not the best Whisper client for macOS. The free version is already useful, while the Pro version is just great. You can do anything with it that involves spoken text and needs to end up as written text. (For example, I dictated this in my native language and it directly produced this text in the text field.) goodsnooze.gumroad.com/l/macwhisper

November 18th, 2024 macOS

Collections Database

“Organize anything. Collections is a personal database to organize anything.” Collections is a truly great database application that is easy to use and does not have an underlying subscription model. It's available on iOS and macOS, and all data is quickly and seamlessly synchronized via iCloud. What more could one want? collectionsdb.com/

November 16th, 2024 iOS iPadOS macOS

Unwatched: RSS Video Player

“Watch Later Queue for YouTube” Untwatched is a great and free alternative to Play: "No autoplay, no alorithmic bottomless feed. Just the Videos queued up in the order you want to." I would suggest just downloading it and trying it out. And if you like it, sponsor the project on GitHub. apps.apple.com/us/app/unwatched-rss-video-player/id6477287463

August 25th, 2024 iOS iPadOS

ScreenFloat

“A screenshot is just a screenshot. Until you use ScreenFloat.” Not everyone wants to subscribe to a Screenshot utility like CleanShot X, but may be looking for more than Apple's built-in tool can do. Then (and not only then) ScreenFloat is  a great choice: "With ScreenFloat, you can capture and record your screen in various ways, and re-capture previous areas effortlessly."eternalstorms.at/ScreenFloat/

August 13th, 2024 macOS

BBEdit 15

“ It doesn’t suck.®” Actually, one hopefully doesn't have to write much about BBEdit. It is THE text editor for macOS that can do everything. I'm not a programmer, but I constantly use its powerful search & replace functions with regex support, all the other text manipulation features, and text factories. Everything that is plaintext is primarily edited in BBEdit by me. Sure, there might be prettier apps, etc. You can buy and use all of them, but you still have to own BBEdit 😎. www.barebones.com/products/bbedit/

July 30th, 2024 macOS

ChronoSync

“The Ultimate Backup And File Sync App For Your Mac” If you want to sync your files and not only back them up, ChronoSync is a great choice. It's a one-time purchase with a lifetime upgrade policy. Of course, you can just back up data as well, but then SuperDuper or Carbon Copy Cloner might be something to look into, too. www.econtechnologies.com/chronosync/overview.html

July 23rd, 2024 macOS

Money Money

“Alle Bankkonten im Blick mit MoneyMoney.” Money Money is the one and only banking app for all users with German bank accounts. Go buy it! 😎 (It works with some European banks as well.) moneymoney-app.com/

July 3rd, 2024 macOS

Scrivener

“For writing. And writing. And writing.” Scrivener is certainly not for everyone, but if you write long-form texts and need a place where you can outline, collect thoughts, organize, reorganize, and publish your writing in various ways, it might be the text editor you have been looking for. Its development has slowed down quite a bit, but it's a really mature product. www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener/

June 28th, 2024 macOS

Default Folder X

“Quick access to your files and folders in every app.” Default Folder X has been around for ages now and is a really great piece of software if you often have to save files to a lot of different (project) folders. It's highly customizable and even automatable to some extend. www.stclairsoft.com/DefaultFolderX/

June 27th, 2024 macOS

MindNode

“MIND MAPPING & OUTLINING What's On Your Mind?” MindNode is, for me, the best mind mapping tool by far and a great outliner as well. Highly recommended if you like to visually organize your thoughts. mindnode.com/ PS: It's on Setapp as well.

June 26th, 2024 iOS iPadOS macOS

Tot

“Your tiny text companion.  Tot is a simple app. It lets you collect & edit text on your Mac, iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch.” Tot is a beautiful app that I often come back to, even though I am a heavy Drafts and Obsidian user. It's free for macOS and right now the iOS version is on sale until 2024-07-08. If you want to save even more and are looking for an alternative, FiveNotes might also be an app to check out. tot.rocks/

June 25th, 2024 iOS macOS

HazeOver

“HazeOver - Distraction Dimmer for Mac  Turn distractions down and focus on your current task” HazeOver helps you focus on the one app you want to use. If you tend to get distracted, this app might be worth a try. hazeover.com/

June 24th, 2024 macOS

Toolbox Pro

“Powerful New Actions For Apple Shortcuts” Apple Shortcuts is great, apart from the UI, you can do so much with it. But sometimes you wish you could do even more. That's where Toolbox Pro comes into play. Add 130 more actions. And if that's still not enough, check out Actions. (And if you are an Obsidian user, be sure to check out the aforementioned AFO as well 😎.) toolboxpro.app/

June 21st, 2024 iOS macOS

QLMarkdown

“QLMarkdown is a macOS Quick Look extension to preview Markdown files.” That's it and it's very convenient, especially - but not only - if you're an Obsidian user 😎. github.com/sbarex/QLMarkdown

June 20th, 2024 macOS

Epic Ride Weather

“Epic Ride Weather provides personalized weather forecasts that take into account your speed and location, combining multiple forecasts to give you a precise projection of weather for the duration of your ride.” Epic Ride Weather is another cycling-related app I don't want to miss anymore. Want to know if it will rain during your ride, when, and where? This app is for you! Love it. In addition, you can plan your route to tackle the wind or not, depending on your mood. www.epicrideweather.com/

June 19th, 2024 iOS iPadOS