Free apps for macOS

Small Mac apps that do one thing really well

Native tools and small delights for your Mac. Each one does one job well. All of them are free and open source.

Apps

WordPop

A writer's dictionary. Select a word in any app, press a shortcut, and put a better word in place with one key.

  • Menu bar
  • Offline
  • macOS 14 or later
See WordPop

Formzeit

A Bauhaus-inspired clock screensaver. Five clock faces, nine colours, and a dial that changes with the time of day.

  • Screensaver
  • macOS 12 or later
See Formzeit

Aloud

Hear any text on your Mac. Select it in any app, press a shortcut, and Aloud reads it to you in a natural voice.

  • Menu bar
  • Offline
  • macOS 15 or later
See Aloud

Flip Clock

A retro flip clock for your Mac. The digits fill any window, the cards fall like real ones, and alarms stay hidden until you need them.

  • Window
  • Alarms
  • macOS 15.4 or later
See Flip Clock

Prompt

A teleprompter for your Mac. Keep your scripts in one place, mark where to pause, and read them in a prompter that can follow your voice.

  • Window
  • Camera
  • macOS 14.6 or later
See Prompt

Bookdrop

Convert ebooks on your Mac. Drop in an EPUB, a Kindle book or a PDF, and get back a PDF, EPUB, TXT, HTML or DOCX.

  • Window
  • Offline
  • macOS 13 or later
See Bookdrop

maclink

Links to anything on your Mac. Press a shortcut on a file, an email or a web page, and paste a link that takes you back to it.

  • Menu bar
  • Emacs
  • macOS 14 or later
See maclink

Glance

Eye breaks for your Mac. Every 20 minutes, Glance asks you to look away for 20 seconds, and stays quiet during calls.

  • Menu bar
  • No permissions
  • macOS 14 or later
See Glance

Sound Deck

A soundboard for your Mac. Press a key to play your sounds, and send them to your speakers or to a call.

  • Window
  • Menu bar
  • macOS 14.6 or later
See Sound Deck