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Software directory for those who don’t want to rebuild, own the updates, the bugs, the support.
- 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
- 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
- Bathroom App
Find public toilets nearby with reviews, photos, door codes and details like changing tables.
Since 2024
Travel · 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
- 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
- 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
- Bridge
Shows live captions of office VoIP phone calls on a phone or tablet so staff with hearing loss can follow every word.
Something else
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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