Your Ultimate Guide to macOS Software

Chitroll is a desktop to-do list styled as a realistic paper roll. Type tasks, slide a cutter to lock the text, and tear off sheets to keep them in an archive.

Platter gives Apple Music playback and Spotify’s now-playing music a CD-player-style interface on your Mac, with animated disc swaps and a compact menu bar player. It does not play physical CDs.

Elmren Voice turns documents and manuscripts into spoken audio, chaptered audiobooks, and read-along files with word highlighting. It generates locally on an Apple silicon Mac using built-in voices or a voice cloned from a recording you have permission to use.

SpaceFix analyzes Mac storage and separates supported cleanup candidates from files that need review or should stay protected. After you review a scan, Clean All Safe rechecks eligible items and moves them to Trash.

AppAtlas organizes installed Mac apps into a searchable inventory, with update comparisons, available security and permission details, and background processes grouped by app. Your inventory stays on your Mac, with optional online lookups for additional app information.

NotchNook puts music controls, calendar events, notes, tasks and a drag-and-drop file tray at the top of your Mac’s screen. It works with or without a camera notch, with a separate workspace on each display.

1Capture captures and annotates screenshots and screen recordings on Mac. It combines scrolling capture, text extraction, and GIF creation with tools for highlighting details and sharing visual feedback.

Nightcap is a sleep timer for your Mac that gradually dims the screen and lowers the volume before putting it to sleep, hibernating or shutting down. Screen and volume fades have separate schedules, and timers can be controlled from the menu bar.

KitTrail helps you discover, compare, and install Mac apps based on your tasks and the software you already use. It explains recommendations and lets you review a plan before confirming installations.

TokenBar brings AI usage limits, reset times, and spending into your Mac’s menu bar. It supports Claude, Codex, Cursor, Gemini, and Copilot, with a pixel art view of supported coding agents and alerts when they need attention.

DraftKey adds AI autocomplete and rewriting to compatible Mac text fields. Its writing model runs on your Mac and works offline after setup, without sending your text to a cloud AI service.

MacOSCleaner scans for caches, app leftovers, and duplicate files to help reclaim disk space. It combines review-before-removal cleanup with an app uninstaller and a folder-by-folder storage analyzer for Apple Silicon Macs.