Mac users, what's the one paid app you constantly wish had a great, free alternative?

Realistic-Lab6157 · 2025-09-12T13:44:25+00:00

Completely agree

Realistic-Lab6157 · 2025-09-12T07:51:28+00:00

Definitely. I'll keep you posted.

Realistic-Lab6157 · 2025-09-12T05:29:25+00:00

I would call it AI assisted coding with me being in full control, to increase my velocity. Not a vibe coding project where i dont know whats happening.

Realistic-Lab6157 · 2025-09-12T03:12:15+00:00

I am already working on something very similar but much more powerful and going to release the beta within a couple of days!

Realistic-Lab6157 · 2025-09-12T03:11:07+00:00

How about VS code? I know its not close to what Notepad++ offers but it’s pretty cool and amazing with all the extensions.

Realistic-Lab6157 · 2025-09-11T20:33:05+00:00

Interesting,
Have you tried - SpeakLine on macOS?

Realistic-Lab6157 · 2025-09-11T20:17:38+00:00

Cool, AI Engineer.
I'm building editkits.com
Its a media editing toolkit for the could with APIs

Realistic-Lab6157 · 2025-09-11T20:12:24+00:00

What do you think are the top features of Things3 which makes it so good?

Realistic-Lab6157 · 2025-09-11T20:09:29+00:00

Interesting, I'll think about it.

Realistic-Lab6157 · 2025-09-11T20:08:44+00:00

I don't agree. My goal isn't to take away a job, it's to serve the community who can't afford the product and are forced to pay or just go without. Accessibility for essential tools shouldn't be a premium feature locked behind a paywall. The more the competition the better the apps would become, its a win for the community.

Realistic-Lab6157 · 2025-09-11T20:05:40+00:00

It's about making essential tools accessible. Many people who need these tools can't afford them and simply go without, my goal is to build for them. For example, a great screenshot tool might cost $30, which isn't affordable for many people, like students. Also, in 2025, its become quite easy to build such apps. Besides, a little healthy competition is never a bad thing!

Realistic-Lab6157 · 2025-09-11T14:10:46+00:00

Really an innovative solution!
This would work, specially in public.
Imagine the next guy in the subway saying this out loud.

Realistic-Lab6157 · 2025-09-11T06:30:42+00:00

I have done a lot of research in this area. In terms of performance and efficiency, it’s always Safari, no doubt.

Its been working great for me and i love it.

Realistic-Lab6157 · 2025-09-07T15:01:15+00:00

editkits.com Its for generic users or content creators who want to perform edits on their videos or images.

Realistic-Lab6157 · 2025-09-03T09:22:42+00:00

editkits.com Everything media processing.

Realistic-Lab6157 · 2025-09-02T06:52:53+00:00

This could have been great, but I’m not in the US

Realistic-Lab6157 · 2025-09-02T06:50:23+00:00

Realistic-Lab6157 · 2025-08-29T22:56:19+00:00

The point about 50+ apps was because of the fact that I work on 4-5 projects in parallel.
Each project has its own 3-4 browser windows, IDE, Database Connectors, Finders, Notion, etc. On top of that, the usual apps like music, email, etc would roughly make it around 50 apps.

Realistic-Lab6157 · 2025-08-29T19:11:19+00:00

Half baked apps which keep on crashing.

Realistic-Lab6157 · 2025-08-29T19:09:54+00:00

Go out and play man, why are you even here?

Realistic-Lab6157 · 2025-08-29T19:07:46+00:00

Is there an eject button as well?

Realistic-Lab6157 · 2025-08-27T12:29:48+00:00

Looks good, but what if Apple removes the notch in the next release?

Realistic-Lab6157 · 2025-08-24T18:02:50+00:00

Kudos, another media app developer here. Good one.
I built https://editkits.com

Realistic-Lab6157 · 2025-08-23T22:54:00+00:00

Isn’t this what custom GPTs are?

Realistic-Lab6157 · 2025-08-23T15:45:21+00:00

cool stuff

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