19 tools
Mac Apps
macOS utilities, menu bar apps, window managers, and creator tools built for Mac.
notchkin.app icon
A notes app that lives in the MacBook notch: quick capture, clipboard-to-note, hashtags, local storage, and trackpad
shortap.app icon
Turns single, double, and triple taps on the left or right side of a MacBook into screenshots, media controls, system
glance.md icon
Native markdown viewer and editor for Mac: Mermaid, LaTeX, tables, and code without a WebView. Free to read; Pro
translateair.com icon
Menu-bar translation and OCR for macOS: select text in any app for a pop-up translate bar, rewrite tone, and extract
zipic.app icon
Native batch image compression and format conversion on device (JPEG, PNG, WebP, HEIC, AVIF, JXL, and more). Folder
notchy.dev icon
Free Dynamic Island for Mac: music controls, clipboard history, file shelf, timers, system HUDs, AI usage tracking, and
tryalcove.com icon
Native Dynamic Island for Mac with fluid notifications, Now Playing, live activities, swipe gestures, customizable
getseam.app icon
Notch / top-of-screen hub for music, calendar, battery, focus, live activities, and on-device voice transcription.
rectangleapp.com icon
Free open-source window manager for macOS: keyboard shortcuts and edge snap areas to move and resize windows.
icemenubar.app icon
Open-source menu bar manager: hide and reveal status items, drag to rearrange, search items, and tweak spacing and
raycast.com icon
Extensible Mac launcher: apps, clipboard, window management, snippets, AI, and a large extension store. Keyboard-first
dropoverapp.com icon
Drag-and-drop shelf for Mac: shake the pointer or drop files into a temporary shelf, then move, share, zip, or run
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About this shelf
Mac apps on this directory are creator and maker utilities: menu bar tools, window managers, capture, and desktop apps that sit next to a design or AI workflow. This is not a mirror of the entire Mac App Store. If a listing cannot explain why a designer, founder, or agent-using engineer would install it, it should not be here.
Featured picks are the ones we would put on a fresh Mac this year. The grid is the rest of the catalogued Mac shelf. Pricing on desktop software is often a one-time license; read the catalog field instead of assuming SaaS.
If you need a browser-only tool, use the other categories. If you need an AI IDE, that is Coding Agents even when it is a Mac download. This page stays native utilities and creator apps.
We keep the shelf because a lot of craft still happens in menu bars and local files. Cloud-only directories miss that. If an app dies or goes subscription-only in a nasty way, the listing should be updated or removed rather than left as a zombie.
Questions
- Do you list iPhone apps?
- This shelf is macOS. Mobile-only products do not belong here unless they are catalogued elsewhere.
- Are AI IDEs in Mac Apps?
- AI IDEs and agents live under Coding Agents, even if they ship a Mac build.
- Is Setapp or the App Store included?
- We list individual apps in the catalog, not every storefront bundle.
- How current are the listings?
- They follow the live catalog. Open the tool page for pricing and the vendor URL.