# PickMacApps > A curated shelf of Mac apps. Browse by category, compare alternatives, and read short guides. Listings link to the developer. A guide says when the popular app is still the better fit. The directory is for people choosing Mac software. A free listing is reviewed by hand. Editor’s Choice is a one-time $99 placement, marked down from $199, and the page says it is paid. There is no public contact email; the submit form is the contact. # keep in sync with /robots.txt and /ai.txt ## Core pages - [Home](https://www.picmacapps.store/index.md): A curated shelf of Mac apps. Browse by category, compare alternatives, and read short guides. - [Guides](https://www.picmacapps.store/blog.md): Hand-researched guides to the best Mac apps. - [Submit an app](https://www.picmacapps.store/submit.md): Send a Mac app for review. Editor’s Choice is a $99 paid placement, marked down from $199. ## Guides - [Best AppCleaner Alternative for Mac (2026)](https://www.picmacapps.store/blog/best-appcleaner-alternative-mac.md): AppCleaner is free and only uninstalls an app. Mole is $19 once and also maps the disk. ByteSweep shows what is using the space and does not uninstall for you. - [Best NotchNook Alternative for Mac (2026)](https://www.picmacapps.store/blog/best-notchnook-alternative-mac.md): NotchDodo and Droppy put tools in the notch for $9.99 once. Alcove, already listed here, is the notification island. NotchNook is $15 once or $2 a month. - [Best Paste Alternative for Mac (2026)](https://www.picmacapps.store/blog/best-paste-alternative-mac.md): Tucket, Clippio, and Maclip keep clipboard history on the Mac and charge once. Paste syncs to iPhone and iPad, and its plans renew. - [Best Screen Studio Alternative for Mac (2026)](https://www.picmacapps.store/blog/best-screen-studio-alternative-mac.md): Screen Charm and ScreenToast zoom after you record. Boom skips the editing timeline. Better Shot is the free recorder already on this shelf. - [Best CleanShot X Alternative for Mac (2026)](https://www.picmacapps.store/blog/best-cleanshot-x-alternative-mac.md): Shottr is the screenshot tool, with scrolling capture and OCR. Better Shot is free and also records. DejaShot only searches shots you already took. - [Best Wispr Flow Alternative for Mac (2026)](https://www.picmacapps.store/blog/best-wispr-flow-alternative-mac.md): HoldSpeak and Precis dictate on the Mac and say the audio stays there. Voicera streams it, then deletes it. MacWhisper is for recordings, not typing. - [Best Bartender Alternative for Mac (2026)](https://www.picmacapps.store/blog/best-bartender-alternative-mac.md): ClearBar and Lounge hide menu bar icons. Alcove uses the notch instead. Pick a Bartender alternative by the job, not by one winner. - [Best Logseq Alternative for Networked Notes (2026)](https://www.picmacapps.store/blog/best-logseq-alternative-notes.md): Anytype is the Logseq alternative for private, structured notes. Compare objects, encryption, and sync with Logseq's markdown outliner before you switch. - [Best Ulysses Alternative for Writing (2026)](https://www.picmacapps.store/blog/best-ulysses-alternative-writing.md): iA Writer is the Ulysses alternative for focused Markdown and a one-time Mac purchase. Compare the library and the subscription before you switch. ## Categories - [Design Mac Apps](https://www.picmacapps.store/category/design.md): Most design happens inside one big app, but the work around it doesn't. Reference piles up, exports scatter across folders, and a surprising share of the day goes to finding a file you already made. The apps in this category cover that surrounding work on macOS. - [Developer Tools Mac Apps](https://www.picmacapps.store/category/developer-tools.md): A Mac development setup is mostly small tools that each remove one daily annoyance: exposing localhost to a webhook, seeing what is really eating the CPU, getting back the snippet you copied an hour ago. This category collects the ones worth the install. - [Productivity Mac Apps](https://www.picmacapps.store/category/productivity.md): Two apps are listed here, one from each guide. Anytype is for structured, encrypted notes. iA Writer is for focused markdown writing. - [Utilities Mac Apps](https://www.picmacapps.store/category/utilities.md): Utilities are the apps you install once and then forget you installed, right up until you use a Mac without them. Screenshot tools, disk cleaners, recorders, media players and menu bar oddities all live here. ## Apps - [Helumi](https://www.picmacapps.store/app/helumi.md): More space for your Mac, without buying a new one. Editor’s Choice, paid placement. - [MacWhisper](https://www.picmacapps.store/app/macwhisper.md): Quickly transcribe audio files into text on your Mac Editor’s Choice, paid placement. - [Anytype](https://www.picmacapps.store/app/anytype.md): Local-first notes as typed objects, with encryption and peer-to-peer sync. - [iA Writer](https://www.picmacapps.store/app/ia-writer.md): A focused markdown editor sold as a one-time purchase on the Mac. - [ClearBar](https://www.picmacapps.store/app/clearbar.md): Hides third-party menu bar icons and keeps them in one panel. - [Lounge](https://www.picmacapps.store/app/lounge.md): Hides menu bar icons and opens them from a notch panel. - [Alcove](https://www.picmacapps.store/app/alcove.md): A notch display for notifications and now playing. - [HoldSpeak](https://www.picmacapps.store/app/holdspeak.md): Dictation into any Mac app, on the device, paid once. - [Precis](https://www.picmacapps.store/app/precis.md): On-device dictation that types where the cursor is. - [Voicera](https://www.picmacapps.store/app/voicera.md): Dictation into any app, with a free weekly cap. - [Shottr](https://www.picmacapps.store/app/shottr.md): Screenshots, scrolling capture, OCR, and a screen ruler. - [Better Shot](https://www.picmacapps.store/app/better-shot.md): Free screenshots and screen recording, with annotation. - [DejaShot](https://www.picmacapps.store/app/dejashot.md): Search the screenshots you already took. - [Screen Charm](https://www.picmacapps.store/app/screen-charm.md): Records the screen, then zooms on each click. - [ScreenToast](https://www.picmacapps.store/app/screentoast.md): Demo recorder with click zooms and drafted narration. - [Boom](https://www.picmacapps.store/app/boom.md): Screen recording and live presentation, without a timeline. - [Tucket](https://www.picmacapps.store/app/tucket.md): Clipboard history from the notch, kept on the Mac. - [Clippio](https://www.picmacapps.store/app/clippio.md): On-device clipboard history, paid once. - [Maclip](https://www.picmacapps.store/app/maclip.md): Encrypted clipboard history on the Mac, paid once. - [NotchDodo](https://www.picmacapps.store/app/notchdodo.md): Music, timers, calendar, and files in the notch. - [Droppy](https://www.picmacapps.store/app/droppy.md): A Dynamic Island that also works without a notch. - [Mole](https://www.picmacapps.store/app/mole.md): Uninstall apps, map the disk, and clear caches. - [Plumby](https://www.picmacapps.store/app/plumby.md): Finds leftover files and large caches you choose to remove. - [Bytesweep](https://www.picmacapps.store/app/bytesweep.md): Shows what is filling the disk, then deletes only what you approve. ## Machine-readable - [Full content](https://www.picmacapps.store/llms-full.txt): every public page in one file - [Markdown catalog](https://www.picmacapps.store/api/md/_catalog): path, title, and markdown URL - [Sitemap](https://www.picmacapps.store/sitemap.xml): HTML URLs only - [AI usage policy](https://www.picmacapps.store/ai.txt): what an answer engine may do with these pages ## Optional - [Privacy](https://www.picmacapps.store/privacy.md): What the submit form collects, and what it does not.