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A Windows and Mac app that creates full original music tracks on your own computer for videos, podcasts and ads.

Since 2019

Subscription · Video and audio · Creators and writers

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Desktop data analysis app where you ask about your data in plain English and get Python code, charts and notebooks run on your computer.

Since 2017

Data and spreadsheets

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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

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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

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A lightweight Mac code editor that runs and debugs code in dozens of languages, for programmers who want quick scripts.

One-off payment · Developer tools · Developers

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Keeps chosen iPhone apps locked until you reach a daily step, push-up or workout goal.

Since 2024

Free plan · Health and habits · Individuals and families

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Blocks distracting apps and sites on iPhone, iPad and Mac with schedules, daily limits and synced rules.

Since 2024

Focus and productivity · Individuals and families

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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

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Records which apps and websites you use on your computer or phone so you can see where your time goes, stored locally.

Free · Time tracking · Individuals and families

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Terminal app for homeowners to log maintenance schedules, projects, quotes and contractors in one local file.

Free · Home and car · Individuals and families

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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

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Phone app for site supervisors that turns a short spoken recap of the day into a signed daily report PDF, offline.

Free · Documents and e-signature · Construction

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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

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Puts a short pause in front of social media apps and sites so people open them less and cut their screen time.

Focus and productivity · Individuals and families

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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

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Locks your phone, apps or accounts until a set time, then sends the unlock code so you cannot give in early.

Since 2024

Free plan · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families

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A Mac app that blocks social and video sites during the work hours you set, across every browser.

Since 2024

One-off payment · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families

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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

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Blocks chosen apps on a schedule or timer and scores daily phone habits to help people cut screen time.

Subscription · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families

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Native Mac code editor for web and app developers, with Git, debugging, terminal and remote file publishing.

Free trial · Developer tools · Freelancers

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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

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Adds pauses, daily limits and schedules to distracting apps and websites so people scroll less, paid for by donations.

Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families

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Stops you opening distracting apps, sites and keywords on phone and browser, with profiles set by time, place or Wi-Fi.

Free plan · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families

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Spreadsheet that links to databases and files and lets AI write the formulas, Python and charts for you.

Since 2023

Data and spreadsheets

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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

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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

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A mobile app for recording site defects with photos offline and producing PDF or Excel snag and punch list reports for clients.

One-off payment · Projects and tasks · Trades and home services

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iPhone app that locks the apps you pick during hours you set ahead, allowing a few planned short opens.

Since 2026

Free plan · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families

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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

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A kid-friendly front end for your own Plex library, with PIN-locked settings, rating filters and screen time limits for parents.

Since 2026

One-off payment · Family and parenting · Individuals and families

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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

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An offline calculator app for carpenters covering stairs, concrete, roof pitch, decking and baluster spacing.

Free plan · Something else · Individuals and families

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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

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Phone app for retro game collectors to catalogue cartridges, scan barcodes and check what each game sells for.

Something else · Individuals and families

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Chore app for children 4 to 12 where jobs and routines earn points, screen time or cash, no bank account or card required.

Subscription · Family and parenting · Individuals and families

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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

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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

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Edit, merge, split, compress and OCR PDF files inside your browser, with documents kept on your own device.

Since 2025

Free plan · Documents and e-signature

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Fixes the mixed content and insecure content warnings a WordPress site shows after it moves to HTTPS.

Website builders

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A private mood journal for iPhone and Mac that logs gratitude, sleep and screen time in a couple of minutes a day.

Since 2026

Health and habits · Individuals and families

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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

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A phone app that sets time limits on social apps and gets in your way once your time runs out, to curb doomscrolling.

Since 2025

Free · Health and habits · Individuals and families

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iPhone CRM for estate agents to keep clients and listings, send buyers shortlists and see which homes they like.

Free plan · CRM and sales · Property and estate agents

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A Mac app that finds personal data in PDFs, scans and screenshots and removes it or swaps it for labels, offline.

Since 2026

Subscription · Documents and e-signature

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A Mac app that shrinks images, videos, PDFs and audio on your own machine with drag and drop, no uploads.

Since 2025

One-off payment · Design and images · Individuals and families

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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

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Merge, split, compress, sign and convert PDFs inside your browser, with files kept on your own device.

Since 2026

Free · Documents and e-signature

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An offline iPhone todo list built around a daily plan, with do dates, recurrences, reminders and subtasks.

Since 2025

Focus and productivity · Individuals and families