A Mega-Collection of Free Apps I've Installed and Tested
If you're running short on cash after Christmas, but you still want to try out some new software, you can try a few of these apps. I've installed and tested them all at some point. The links will take you to a short review with download information. If you find a broken link or an app is no longer free, let me know and I';ll make a quick edit. If you're a developer with a free app, drop me a DM and I will be glad to check out your work and possibly feature you on AppAddict if it has some unique features the community would appreciate.
- Permissions Reset 2 - Free Troubleshooting Tool
- Zotero as a Free PDF Library Manager
- UTM for Virtualization
- rclone - An Easy to Use and Powerful CLI
- Syncthing - Free and Open-Source Cross Platform File Sharing
- Convert CSV Files to Markdown
- Hop to Desk, a Free and Open-Source Encrypted Remote Access Solution
- One For the Techies - SwiftDefaultApps
- Digikam is Replacing Apple Photos, Google Photos and Amazon Photos For Me
- Change the Location of Notifications With PingPlace
- SmartBackup - Free, Fast and Foolproof
- Pareto Security - Quick and Easy
- Local Send - Easy to Set Up and Easy to Use
- Using Joplin as a Reference Tool
- Fmail2 for Fastmail
- Stickier - Free Notes App with Power User Features
- Cog - Free and Open-Source Local Only Music Player
- Privileges - Operate Your Mac Safely
- Use KIWIX to Access Wikipedia and Other Resources Offline
- Librewolf for Security and Privacy
- Metadata Lab - Exif Editor
- Battery Monitor Health, Info
- Sandkorn - Comprehensive Information on Your Apps
- Privacy Badger Extension from the Electronic Freedom Foundation
- Libation - Audiobook Downloader and Converter
- Captin Solves a Major Mac Annoyance
- Shareful - A Free App I Use Every Day
- Two Free Apps for Mac OS Installation Eas
- Recents App for Mac - A Free Intelligent File Launcher
- MarkEdit - A Pure Markdown Editor for Free
- Royal TSX for Remote Management
- Simplenote - Free, Rock Solid and Dependable for Over a Decade
- SingleFile - For Safari and Other Mac Browsers
- Ente Auth - The Free Authy Replacement for Your Mac and iPhone
- Sloth - Activity Monitor on Steroids
- Cronica - A Free, Privacy Focused Media Tracker for Mac and iOS
- Free Security Apps for Mac
- MacTracker - Can You Call Yourself a Fanboy If You Don't Have This Installed?
- Orange Card - Get Info Easily for Free
- Glympse Location Sharing - Free and Secure
- Zero Duplicates Free Duplicate File Finder
- OpenVibe - Free Social Thread Aggregator
- Resilio Sync - Secure, Private Peer-to-Peer File Sharing
- Lossless Cut - Save Time When Editing Videos
- Background Music - Per App Volume Control and More
- Unsplash Wallpaper App - Free Unlimited Wallpapers at Your Fingertips
- FSNotes - A Free and Open-Source Successor to NValt
- Picocrypt - Free and Open-Source File Encryption with Simple but Powerful Features
- Session - Free and Open-Source E2E Decentralized Cross Platform Messaging
- DEVONagent Lite - Free Tool to Increase Search Productivity
- Integrity - Free Link Checker
- Raycast Quicklinks - Power Searching from the Keyboard
- RsyncUI - a GUI for the powerful CLI Utility
- Apparency - The Apps That Opens Apps
- ToyViewer - A Preview Replacment
- Chrome Remote Desktop - Free Remote Control
- BBEdit - It Doesn't Suck
- Blip - Free Cross Platform File Transfers
- FreeTube - Maybe the Most Underrated App
- Bean - A Free, Lightweight Word Processor
- Maestral, an Open-Source Dropbox Client
- Zavala - Free, Open-Source Outliner for Mac, iPhone, iPad
- Velja Browser Picker by Sindre Sorhus
- Omnivore, a Free Open-Source Read It Later App
- Why Haven't You Installed Keka Yet?
- BlockBlock and KnockKnock from Objective-See
- Things You Can Do with Obsidian
- Applite - An App Store for Homebrew
- Open Core Legacy Patcher
- Angry IP Scanner
- Upscayl - A Free and Open-Source Image Enlarger
- Amphetamine - Ultimate Sleep Prevention for Your Mac
- Stats Is a Free Alternative to iStat Menus
- OnlySwitch - Free App for System Controls & More
- App Cleaner vs. Pear Cleaner
- Disk Drill Has Six Free Tools
- Network Utility is Back!
- Cryptomator Free and Open Source Cloud Encryption
- DockDoor Adds Functionality to macOS
- TRANSNOMINO - Free File Renaming Utility with Pro Capabilities
- ReiKey and Task Explorer from Objective-See
- Rocket - Free, Slack-Style Emoji Picker
- WordService - Another Free Utility from Devon Technologies
- Karabiner Elements to the Rescue
- Swift Shift - A Free Tool to Move and Resize Windows
- Onyx for Mac
- Meteorologist - Free and Open-Source Menu Bar Weather
- SilentKnight - Free Security Checks for Your Mac
- Folder Peek FTW
- FlowVision - Image Viewer
- ImageOptim - Free and Open-Source Utility to Reduce File Sizes
- XMenu - Free Menu Bar App Launcher
- ClipGrab, a free alternative to Downie
- Air Battery - A Free App to Monitor Battery Levels
- Keyboard Cowboy - Free and Open-Source Automation Software
- Try PDF Gear, It's Good, It's Free
- Topgrade - Upgrade All the Things
- Activity Watch - Free No Effort Time Tracker
- XnConvert - Free Batch Image Converter and Editor
- Noizio - A Background Sound App for Mac
- Five Free Single Purpose Apps (Dockey, Hyperkey, Hyperduck, Unclack, Cleanup Buddy)
- iTerm - You Don't Have to Be a Developer to Use It
- The Time Machine Mechanic
- Neat Download Manager
- Quitter - A Free Utility That Works
- Reminders Menu Bar
- Opening Batches of Apps, Documents, Folders and Web Pages
- A Folder Plugin for Quicklook
- Notenik - A Well Designed Plain Text Notes Plus App
- Sherlock - Find Usernames from 400 Different Social Networks
- Daily - A Dead Simple Free Task Manager
- The Zen Browser
- Licensed - A Nice Single Purpose App for Keeping Track of Your Software
- Gladys - Free Shelf Utility that Syncs With iOS
- Marta - A Free Dual Pane File Manager
- Five Free Single Purpose Apps (Trash Sweep, Speediness, Justatext, Quick Recorder,KeyCastr)
- Deskpad - A Virtual Monitor for Screen Sharing
- Kiano - A Unique Image Sorter and Viewer for Apple Photos
- Duplicati - Free Encrypted Offsite Backup for Your Mac
- Encrypto - Free File Encryption App
- Good Old Time Machine Editor - A Useful Free Utility
- Virtual Buddy - Run Mac and Linux VMs with Ease on Apple Silicon for Free
- Free Startup Manager with Many Options
- A Different App for Managing Background Items
- FASA - An App to Copy an Image and Paste It as a File
- Task Til Dawn - A Free Mac Automation App
- Three Free Apps for Text and Writing (Nissus Thesaurus, Megawords, Esse)
- Scheduler for Mac - Free Automation Utility
- A Day With Vivaldi Browser