val / #Apps

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/octavo/id6757485225?mt=12

https://brettterpstra.com/2026/08/05/one-more-for-the-road-filerouter/

I’ve been sitting on this one while I got TerminalWidget launched. FileRouter is out — Mac App Store and direct via Paddle (and coming soon to Setapp, give it a couple days) — and I want to…

https://smolmac.com/

Compress images and PDFs on your Mac. In our public 24-image benchmark, Smol’s AVIF was 15–21% smaller than Apple’s at the same quality score. 100% local, $29 once.

https://gophoneme.com/

Matt Braun is covering a $2,599 iPhone Duo with Magnate Interactive app sales before pre-orders open October 16. Pick an app, buy it, number goes up.

https://cleanshot.com/

CleanShot X is the best screenshot and screen recording app for Mac with a built-in annotation tool, Cloud uploading, scrolling capture, and a lot more.

https://tidymacapp.com/

A $9 Mac menu bar app that reads images and scanned PDFs with on-device OCR and names each file from its contents. Nothing uploaded, nothing deleted.

https://klipto.me/

Klipto is a fast, native clipboard manager for macOS: hold-to-paste, Stack, smart transforms and OCR search. A one-time, local, no-subscription alternative to Paste, Pastebot and Clipy.

https://tunaformac.com/

Sleek, fast and native launcher for macOS. No subscription. No cloud required. Native Swift from the ground up, private by default.

https://www.getsortio.com/

Sortio is an AI file sorter for Mac and Windows. Describe the sort in plain English, preview every move before anything happens, undo anytime. Free to try.

https://pingroom.io/

One Tap, Everyone Knows. Quick updates, questions, and answers between people, apps, and AI. Short-form communication on iPhone, Android, and the web.

https://meetpeeka.com/

Peeka is a tiny ghost for your Mac. When you've been staring too long, it gets sleepy, pulls a blanket over your screen, and counts to 20 while you look away. One-time purchase.

https://tungstenedge.app/en/

Tungsten Edge is a per-window taskbar for macOS: every window in view, one click away. Precise switching, windows stay put; light, lean, and at one with macOS. Open source, macOS 12 or later.

https://birchfeed.app/

The sync service behind the reader app you already like. Reeder, NetNewsWire, Unread, and anything that speaks Google Reader, FreshRSS, or Fever. $39 a year after a 14-day free trial.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/kolibri-move-windows/id6806594778?mt=12

https://beatforfree.com/board.html

Beat is a free Mac app for filmmakers. This site is a real Beat board — scroll to travel it.

https://brettterpstra.com/2026/08/31/web-excursions-for-august-31st-2026/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=feedpress.me&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+brettterpstra

An irregularly-scheduled roundup of Brett’s favorite web discoveries.

https://apps.shakingthehabitual.com/traverse/

Traverse is a macOS outliner with a focused Writer view, flexible outlines, column browsing, attributes, filtering and portable OPML files.

https://www.pastreads.com/

Manage and review your book & web highlights from Kindle, Apple Books, and Kobo with PastReads. Upload, organize, and receive daily reminders for your reading insights.

https://basaltformac.com/

Eighteen PDF tools in one native Mac window: merge, split, compress, OCR, Bates numbering, forms, signing, compare, and redaction that destroys content and proves it. Offline. $29 once.

https://brettterpstra.com/2026/07/04/web-excursions-for-july-4th-2026/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=feedpress.me&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+brettterpstra

An irregularly-scheduled roundup of Brett’s favorite web discoveries.

https://www.hogbaysoftware.com/bike/

Use Bike to think, write, organize. Make lists, take notes, create documents. Bike's an unusually fast writing app designed for your Mac.

https://relay.fm/mpu/843

Brett Terpstra and Christopher Gamblée-Wallendjack introduce Bear & Glass, their human-focused Mac automation consultancy. Brett shares his ultimate keyboard-driven workflow, previews Marked 3 and BlogBook. Then the gang geeks out on keyboard utilities.

https://relay.fm/mpu/854

Lesser-known Mac apps that deserve way more attention: from AI typing assistants, to hacky Stream Decks, note-taking apps, helpful utilities, and beautiful desktop enhancements.

https://wooshy.app/

search and click.

https://superkey.app/

Simple and powerful keyboard enhancement on macOS

https://brettterpstra.com/2026/05/23/web-excursions-for-may-23rd-2026/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=feedpress.me&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+brettterpstra

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