No moat. Still in business.
Software directory for those who don’t want to rebuild, own the updates, the bugs, the support.
- LegacyApp
Phone app for storing accounts, policies and document photos that hands them to someone you pick if something happens to you.
Since 2024
Free plan · Security and passwords · Individuals and families
- inlaut
A free Mac and Windows dictation app: hold a key, speak, and the text is typed where your cursor sits, all offline.
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- OpenNotas
Lightweight note app for phone and desktop that syncs through your own storage backend and encrypts notes end to end.
Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Compresto
A Mac app that shrinks videos, images, GIFs and PDFs in batches offline, for creators short on disk space.
Since 2024
Design and images · Individuals and families
- micasa
Terminal app for homeowners to log maintenance schedules, projects, quotes and contractors in one local file.
Free · Home and car · Individuals and families
- Kanri
A free desktop Kanban board that keeps your tasks offline on your own computer, for people organising personal work.
Since 2023
Free · Projects and tasks · Individuals and families
- TimeRetain
Time tracker that runs in the browser and keeps entries on your device, with optional encrypted sync, for freelancers and staff.
Since 2023
Free · Time tracking · Individuals and families
- LocalSend
An app that sends files between nearby phones and computers over your WiFi, with no account or internet needed.
Free · Something else · Individuals and families
- DuckResume
Free phone app for job seekers to make resumes and cover letters, with every template unlocked, offline use and clean PDFs.
Free · Documents and e-signature · Individuals and families
- Currency Converter Plus
iPhone currency converter covering world currencies, metals and crypto, with custom rates and offline use.
Money and budgeting · Individuals and families
- CastLoom Pro
Desktop app that plays and batch downloads podcasts, then transcribes and translates them offline into your notes.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Podcasting · Individuals and families
- Speaklone
Mac and iPhone app that clones voices from short samples and reads text aloud offline, including whole audiobooks.
Since 2026
Free plan · Video and audio · Individuals and families
- DiffusionBee
Free Mac app that runs Stable Diffusion offline to create and edit AI images on your own computer.
Free · Design and images · Individuals and families
- MarkViewer
Free offline Mac app to open, read and edit Markdown files, with a table of contents and AI review notes.
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- KeePassXC
A desktop password manager that keeps your logins in an encrypted offline file and fills them into apps for you.
Free · Security and passwords · Individuals and families
- Spokenly
A dictation app for Mac, Windows, Linux and iPhone that types your speech into any app, offline or with cloud models.
Free plan · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Cloudless Voice
Voice dictation that runs on your own device on Mac, Windows and iPhone and tidies filler words and formatting.
Since 2026
Free plan · Focus and productivity
- Memory Notch
Records meetings and lectures from the Mac notch and transcribes them on your device, saving plain files you keep.
Since 2026
Free trial · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- 24 Block
iPhone planner that lays out your day as coloured time blocks, works offline and needs no account.
Free plan · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Dictivo
Desktop app that turns your speech into text in any app, processing audio locally on Mac or Windows, paid for once.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Focus and productivity
- Darkwrite
Free offline notebook app that keeps notes on your device with themes, PDF export and one-click backups, no account required.
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- BreadCrumb
iPhone app that keeps one next step pinned on each of your projects so you can pick up work where you stopped.
Projects and tasks · Individuals and families
- JEXXA
Hold one key and speak to type into any Mac app, with speech turned into text offline on your own machine.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- SPQRK Today
An offline Android app where you jot items through the day, then give them a date and duration so your day stays realistic.
Since 2026
Free plan · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Typed
Mac app that turns your speech into text wherever the cursor is, processed on the device with no account.
Since 2026
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Photo Organizer
A Mac and Windows app that sorts photos and videos into folders by date and camera and finds duplicates offline.
Since 2025
One-off payment · Design and images · Individuals and families
- Scissor
Free browser editor for vector and pixel artwork, with no account; files stay on your device.
Since 2026
Free · Design and images · Individuals and families
- HushBook
Phone app that transcribes your audiobooks on the device so you can read the text word by word as you listen.
Since 2026
Something else · Individuals and families
- DictatorFlow
Speech to text dictation for Windows, Mac and Linux that runs offline for free, with paid cloud accuracy and an API.
Since 2026
Free · Focus and productivity
- Retrodex
Phone app for retro game collectors to catalogue cartridges, scan barcodes and check what each game sells for.
Something else · Individuals and families
- PrivaPDF
Converts PDFs to Word, Excel, PowerPoint or text inside your browser, without uploading the file anywhere.
Since 2026
Free · Documents and e-signature
- Moony
Free desktop app that keeps your bank accounts, investments, property and loans in one overview, stored only on your computer.
Free · Money and budgeting · Individuals and families
- BreezePDF
Edit, sign, merge and split PDFs in the browser, with files processed on your own device.
Since 2025
Free plan · Documents and e-signature
- AnnexEdit
A native Mac Markdown editor with themes, templates and PDF or DOCX export, bought once with no subscription.
One-off payment · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Ratschn
Dictation app for Mac and Windows that turns speech into text on your computer and types it into the app you are using.
Since 2026
Free trial · Focus and productivity
- RevPDF
A PDF editor that runs on your own device, so you can edit, sign, redact, compare and convert files without uploading them.
Since 2026
Free · Documents and e-signature
- OffPDF
A set of PDF tools that edit, merge, compress and convert files on your own device without uploading them.
Free · Documents and e-signature
- Instant
A Mac app that finds your files, photos and scans when you describe what is in them, working fully offline.
Since 2026
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Mudo
iPhone app for quick mood and anxiety check-ins that shows patterns you can take to therapy.
Since 2026
Free plan · Health and habits · Individuals and families
- Sayso
Press a hotkey and talk, and your words are typed into whatever app you are in, transcribed on your own computer.
Since 2026
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- SayIt
A Mac menu bar app that reads any selected text aloud with offline speech models, including local voice cloning.
Since 2026
Free · Video and audio · Individuals and families
- Vocula
Offline Mac dictation that only listens for the languages you choose and sends nothing off the device, paid once.
One-off payment · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- AudioDrop
Splits songs into vocal, drum and bass stems, changes speed or key and converts formats, all inside your browser.
Since 2026
Free · Video and audio · Individuals and families
- DoNotNotify
An Android app that blocks, groups or limits phone notifications using rules on app, text or time of day, all on the device.
Since 2026
Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- BetterWispr
Hold a shortcut and talk, and a Mac app types tidy text into any program using speech models that run locally.
Since 2026
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Dictly
Turns your speech into formatted text on Mac, iPhone and iPad, processing everything offline on the device.
Since 2025
Free plan · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Ambi
An iPhone app for mixing ambient sounds with a sleep timer, working offline with no ads or data collection.
Since 2025
Free · Health and habits · Individuals and families
- KeeWebX
Open and edit KeePass password files in any browser or from a local HTML file, with passkey unlock and no server.
Since 2026
Free · Security and passwords · Individuals and families