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Software directory for those who don’t want to rebuild, own the updates, the bugs, the support.
- ObjectiveFS
A shared POSIX file system for Linux and Mac servers that stores its data in S3 or other object storage, with no storage cluster to run.
Since 2015
Subscription · Developer tools · Developers
- 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
- Dial-a-Podcast
Gives you a phone number your audience can call to hear your podcast or sermons, no internet or apps needed.
Since 2020
Subscription · Podcasting · Creators and writers
- WebsiteVoice
Adds a text-to-speech player to blogs and publisher sites so visitors can listen to articles.
Since 2019
Free plan · Video and audio · Creators and writers
- 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
- Bathroom App
Find public toilets nearby with reviews, photos, door codes and details like changing tables.
Since 2024
Travel · Individuals and families
- ImgSEO
Writes alt text and file names for images in bulk to help WordPress sites with search ranking and accessibility.
Free plan · SEO · Agencies
- 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
- Button visually impaired
Adds a panel so low-vision visitors can change font size, colours and images, meeting Russian GOST accessibility rules.
Free · Website builders
- Hirosend
Send large files and secrets through encrypted links that expire, carry passwords and show when the recipient downloads them.
Since 2025
Subscription · Documents and e-signature
- 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
- Dictámelo
Hold a shortcut and speak, and your words are typed into any app on Mac or Windows, using offline models or a cloud option.
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- AtlasVoice Text To Speech
WordPress plugin that adds a listen button so visitors can hear posts read aloud in natural voices.
Free plan · Video and audio · Creators and writers
- 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
- Amical
A dictation app that turns your speech into formatted text in any app on your computer or phone.
Free plan · 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
- Superwhisper
Dictation app that turns what you say into clean text inside any program, working offline or in the cloud.
Since 2023
Free plan · Focus and productivity
- 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
- 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
- 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
- ALTCHA
CAPTCHA that blocks bot sign-ups and form spam without cookies or tracking, available as a WordPress plugin, self-hosted or managed.
Free plan · Security and passwords
- 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
- 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
- Voicely
Offline voice typing, call recording with speaker labels and audio file transcription on a Mac, ready to paste into AI coding tools.
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Kekoso
Mac app that turns speech into text on your own machine: dictation in any app, file and call transcripts, paid once.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Video and audio · Individuals and families
- Mumbli
A simple Mac dictation app: hold a key, speak, and your words appear as text using a model you choose.
Since 2026
Free · Focus and productivity · 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
- QuietSpeech
Mac menu bar app that turns your speech into clean text in any app, using on-device Apple Intelligence.
One-off payment · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- SOOZ - AI for SEO
Uses AI to write meta titles, descriptions, keyphrases and image alt text in bulk across a WordPress site.
Free plan · SEO · Online sellers
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Filikod
Scores alt text across a WordPress media library and lets you fix missing or weak alts in bulk.
Free · SEO
- 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
- 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
- Yakki
A Mac menu bar app that turns your speech into tidy text in any app and transcribes meetings, all processed on your device.
Since 2026
Subscription · Notes and knowledge
- Voxxy
A Mac menu bar app where you hold a key, speak, and the transcribed text is pasted into whatever field you are typing in.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Focus and productivity · 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
- AltText.ai
Writes alt text for website images in over 130 languages and finds images missing descriptions, for accessibility and SEO.
Free plan · SEO
- Aqua Voice
Speech to text that types what you say wherever your cursor is, on Mac, Windows, iPhone and Android.
Since 2025
Free plan · Focus and productivity
- AccessLumens
Scans websites and PDFs for WCAG accessibility problems, scores them, and can tag PDFs to fix issues.
Since 2026
Website builders
- GSpeech
Adds AI voice narration to website articles, product pages and lessons so visitors can listen instead of read.
Free plan · Video and audio · Online sellers
- Alt Text Generator
Writes descriptive alt text for uploaded images or image links, helping sites rank better and work for screen reader users.
Since 2025
Subscription · SEO · Online sellers
- TypeSeer
Suggests the rest of your sentence in most Mac and Windows apps, with the AI running on your own computer.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Muesli
Mac app that turns speech into text on your own machine and writes up meeting transcripts automatically.
Since 2026
Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families