Alternatives to Tidy
Tidy: Mac menu bar utility that reads text in images and scanned PDFs offline and renames each file to match what it contains. Here are 10 other products that do a similar job. Of these, 9 have a free plan, 1 sells for a one-off price.
- Badgeify
Puts app icons with unread badges from Messages, Mail, Slack and others in the Mac menu bar, handy if you hide the Dock.
Since 2025
Free plan · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Brink
A screen-edge notch for Mac and Windows that shows your Notion pages and tasks on hover and captures new ones by hotkey.
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- BrowBro
When you click a link on your Mac, a small picker lets you choose which browser or Chrome profile opens it.
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Chime
Mac app that blocks your screen with a reminder before each meeting and lets you join in one click.
Since 2025
Free trial · Scheduling and booking
- Diction
An iPhone keyboard that turns your speech into tidy text in any app, using models on the phone, your own server or their cloud.
Free plan · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- EdgeWhisper
Dictate into any Mac app and get clean, punctuated text, with speech processed entirely on your own computer.
Since 2026
Free plan · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Floxtop
Mac app that reads your files on the device, suggests which folder each belongs in and gives them clear names.
Since 2025
Free plan · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- horita
A Mac menu bar app that counts down to your next meeting and opens its Zoom, Meet or Teams call in one click.
Free · Focus and productivity
- MeetingBar
Mac menu bar app that lists your next calendar meetings and joins Zoom, Meet or Teams calls in one click.
Since 2020
Free · Scheduling and booking
- OpenVoiceFlow
Push to talk dictation for Mac that transcribes speech on your computer and types the text into any app.
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families