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Software directory for those who don’t want to rebuild, own the updates, the bugs, the support.
- Crow Backup
Free desktop app that backs up your encrypted files onto friends' computers while you store theirs in return.
Since 2021
Free · Security and passwords · Individuals and families
- Reader Mode
A Chrome extension that strips clutter from web pages and adds reading rulers, text to speech and PDF tools for easier reading.
Since 2019
Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Voice Aloud Reader
A phone app that reads ebooks, documents, websites and printed pages aloud in 40 languages, useful for busy or visually impaired readers.
Video and audio · Individuals and families
- Fix Contrast
A browser extension that checks text on any site you visit and boosts contrast so it is easier to read.
Free · Something else · Individuals and families
- Bathroom App
Find public toilets nearby with reviews, photos, door codes and details like changing tables.
Since 2024
Travel · Individuals and families
- Capitally
Tracks stocks, crypto, property and private investments across brokers, with returns analysis and data encrypted on your device.
Since 2024
Free plan · Money and budgeting · Individuals and families
- Jotty
Self-hosted notes and checklists app that keeps everything as Markdown files on your server, with kanban boards.
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- FlashFilter
Desktop app that softens strobing and sudden bright flashes on screen for people with photosensitive epilepsy.
Since 2026
Health and habits · Individuals and families
- Homer Audio Player
An Android app that turns a tablet into a simple, locked-down audiobook and podcast player for older or blind users.
Since 2026
Family and parenting · Individuals and families
- Handy
A free desktop app where you hold a shortcut, speak, and your words are typed into whatever text field you are in.
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Bionic Reading
Apps, fonts and a keyboard that bold the start of words so people can read text faster and with more focus.
One-off payment · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- FastStream
A browser extension that swaps site video players for one that preloads faster and adds captions and accessibility controls.
Since 2023
Free · Video and audio · Individuals and families
- Arq
Backs up files on Windows PCs and Macs as encrypted, versioned copies to a cloud account or disk that you own.
Free trial · Security and passwords · Individuals and families
- Cipherwill
Stores encrypted passwords, crypto keys and instructions and releases them to your chosen people if you stop checking in.
Since 2024
Free plan · Security and passwords · Individuals and families
- Roads
A phone app where friends and family swap voice memos and reply to specific moments, without booking a call.
Free · Something else · Individuals and families
- Tactile
Makes your Mac trackpad tap when the pointer moves over buttons and links, with visual aids for accessibility.
Free · Something else · 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
- SaneClip
A Mac clipboard history app with a Touch ID lock, encrypted history, text grabbing from images and reusable snippets.
One-off payment · Security and passwords · Individuals and families
- QuickClip
Copy text, links or files on one device and paste them on another, with end to end encryption.
Since 2025
Free plan · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- ROLLIN
An app that rates how wheelchair accessible restaurants, bars and cafes are so people can check before going out.
Since 2026
Free plan · Travel · Individuals and families
- 1time
Sends passwords, keys or files through encrypted links that delete themselves after being opened or after a set time.
Free · Security and passwords
- Trackm
Encrypted budgeting app for individuals that sorts money into pockets and warns which day a balance will go negative.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Money and budgeting · Individuals and families
- Live Transcribe
iPhone app that turns nearby speech into on-screen text for deaf and hard of hearing people, even in loud rooms.
Something else · Individuals and families
- URnetwork
Encrypts your internet traffic and routes it through community-run devices, a peer-to-peer alternative to a normal VPN.
Security and passwords · Individuals and families
- RcloneView
A desktop app on top of rclone to browse, sync, mount, encrypt and back up files across 70 plus cloud storage services.
Since 2025
Free plan · Something else
- Codebook Password Manager
Password manager that keeps encrypted credentials on your own devices, with you holding the keys, across phone and desktop.
Security and passwords · Individuals and families
- Webklip
Shared online clipboard that syncs text and files between your devices through a private link that expires, no account required.
Since 2026
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Blip
Send files and folders of any size straight to your own devices or to other people, with transfers that resume after drops.
Free · Something else · Individuals and families
- Stash
An iPhone, iPad and Mac app that sends files of any size as end-to-end encrypted links that recipients open in a browser.
Since 2026
Something else · Individuals and families
- Horizon
File host for uploading and sharing images, video, documents, links and clipboard text, with optional encryption and custom embeds.
Since 2024
Free plan · Something else · Individuals and families
- Pocket Wise
Personal money tracker using double-entry bookkeeping, with plain-language transaction entry and end-to-end encryption.
Since 2026
Subscription · Money and budgeting · Individuals and families
- BeMyEars
Mac app that turns any sound your computer plays into live subtitles and translations, processed on the device.
Video and audio · Individuals and families
- NaturalReader
Text to speech that reads documents and web pages aloud and makes voiceovers, with plans for personal, business and school use.
Free plan · Video and audio · Individuals and families
- Relay
Live captions on iPhone for people who are deaf or hard of hearing, turning nearby speech into text, with an offline mode on the device.
Free plan · Something else · Individuals and families
- BeeLine Reader
Adds colour gradients to lines of text so people read with more focus, for readers and for publishing platforms.
Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- KeyboardStack
A Mac app that lays a grid over the screen so you can point and click anywhere using only the keyboard.
Since 2025
Free plan · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Jot
Encrypted notes app that stores everything on your device and includes a local AI helper, with no account needed.
Since 2026
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Timber
iPhone and iPad app that reads web pages, PDFs, books and photographed pages aloud, highlighting each word as it goes.
Since 2026
Free plan · Something else · Individuals and families
- PopaDex
One private place to see what you own and owe, from bank accounts and pensions to homes and loans, in any currency.
Since 2024
Free plan · Money and budgeting · Individuals and families