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Design creative · Audio & video

Helical

Most people wanting a VHS look reach for a plug-in that fakes it. Helical runs your upload through a real VCR and sends the tape pass back as a file.

• Next.js
• React
• tRPC
• Tailwind
• GSAP
• Python
• TypeScript
• Mobile and desktop browsers
• Varied by duration, free effect available

Design creative · Audio & video

Audiout

A developer in Germany wanted Spotify and browser audio on every speaker in the house, not just Apple's own apps. Audiout does that, with a fader per room.

Home family lifestyle · Hobbies

Playedify

A game tracker for people whose Steam backlog has outgrown their memory, and whose wishlist keeps going on sale without them noticing.

Engineering technical · Developer tools

Unfiled

Unfiled is a Mac text workbench that understands what you paste. Drop in JSON, logs, JWTs, YAML, Markdown, CSV and other developer text, and it automatically shows the tools and views that make sense for that content.

• Claude
• Codex
• macOS
• Free, with optional Pro features

Design creative · Audio & video

FreeReader

A free reader for people whose books are files. It turns EPUBs, PDFs and text documents into spoken audio without accounts or conversion fees.

Productivity · Notes & knowledge

Mote

Made by Marcel, Mote is a floating markdown window for Mac, for the thought you want to write down without leaving whatever you are doing.

Design creative · Print design

Contour Foundry

A place you care about is hard to turn into something you can hang or hold. This makes map files you can print, laser cut or 3D print.

Engineering technical · Developer tools

DevShop

Luciano Arguello built a Mac app that reads your development setup off the filesystem, so you can see every tool, its version and its disk use in one window.

• Claude
• MacOS (Apple Silicon)
• 0

Design creative · Image tools

Slean

Emre Ertunç wanted to sort his own camera roll biggest file first, and the Photos app would not let him. Slean does that, then clears what the sort turns up.

Home family lifestyle · Hobbies

Hobby Tracker

Made by the independent studio Quiet Tools, for people whose hobbies come and go and who want a record of them without streaks or scolding.

• Claude Code
• Codex
• iPhone
• Free

Finance admin · Invoicing

FreeInvoices

For freelancers and small businesses who need one clean invoice now, not a whole accounting system.

Education learning · Study tools

BluLexi

Language exams are easier to sit than to plan for. BluLexi places you at a level, turns your exam date into a plan, and points to the next practice.