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The best free Mac apps

Mac apps that cost nothing to use, with no trial running out and no feature behind a paywall. Every one is checked by a person before it is listed.

Wavo

Local dictation: hold a hotkey, speak, and the text lands where you type

Free

Perch

Perch turns the MacBook notch into a command center and floats the same island on external

Free

VeloUtils

Markdown, JSON, CSV, Mermaid, Timestamp, Encode / Decode and JWT in one native window.

Free

Song Peak

One sentence becomes a sung song.

Free

Scrawl

Handwrite on your Mac's trackpad. No tablet, no stylus.

Free

Open in Office

Double-click Office files on your Mac to open them in Microsoft 365 Online

Free

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