ImageOptim
A free, open-source Mac app that shrinks image files.
Mac AppFreemacOS
4.6Visit
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Best productivity Mac apps
68 picks. Every curated mac app in the productivity directory, hand-picked and kept up to date.
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IINA
A free, open-source modern media player built for macOS.
Mac AppFreemacOS
4.7Visit
Time Out
A Mac break reminder with free Normal and Micro breaks.
Mac AppFree planmacOS
4.5Visit
iTerm2
A powerful terminal replacement for Mac.
Mac AppFreemacOS
4.7Visit
yabai
Tile your Mac windows automatically from the command line.
Mac AppFreemacOS
4.5Visit
GrandPerspective
A small Mac utility that shows your disk usage as a tree map.
Mac AppFreemacOS
4.5Visit
Keka
A free Mac file archiver for compressing, splitting and encrypting files.
Mac AppFreemacOS
4.6Visit
Lunar
Control external monitor brightness from your Mac's keyboard.
Mac AppFree planmacOS
4.5Visit
The Unarchiver
A free Mac app that opens RAR, 7z, Zip and many other archives.
Mac AppFreemacOS
4.6Visit
Kilobat
A Mac menu bar app that tells you if café or hotspot Wi-Fi can handle your calls.
Mac AppFree planmacOS
4.4Visit
MarkEdit
A tiny, native Markdown editor for Mac that feels like TextEdit.
Mac AppFreemacOS, Offline
4.6Visit
Mole
A free command-line toolkit that cleans, uninstalls and monitors your Mac.
Mac AppFreemacOS, Offline
4.6Visit
Hidden Bar
A tiny Mac utility that hides the menu bar icons you don't need to see.
Mac AppFreemacOS, Offline
4.5Visit
Amethyst
An automatic tiling window manager that keeps your Mac windows tidy.
Mac AppFreemacOS, Offline
4.6Visit
LinearMouse
A Mac utility that fixes mouse scrolling, speed and buttons per device.
Mac AppFreemacOS, Offline
4.6Visit
MeetingBar
A Mac menu bar app that shows your next meeting and joins it in one click.
Mac AppFreemacOS
4.7Visit
Hammerspoon
A powerful macOS automation tool you control with simple Lua scripts.
Mac AppFreemacOS, Offline
4.6Visit
Stats
A free macOS menu bar monitor for CPU, memory, battery and network use.
Mac AppFreemacOS, Offline
4.7Visit
Itsycal
A tiny calendar for your Mac menu bar that shows your upcoming events.
Mac AppFreemacOS, Offline
4.6Visit
Ice
Hide, rearrange and tidy the icons in your Mac menu bar.
Mac AppFreemacOS
4.6Visit
Karabiner-Elements
Remap any key on your Mac and build your own shortcuts.
Mac AppFreemacOS
4.7Visit
AeroSpace
A keyboard-driven tiling window manager for macOS inspired by i3.
Mac AppFreemacOS
4.7Visit
Dayflow
An automatic work journal that turns your Mac screen activity into a timeline.
Mac AppFreemacOS
4.5Visit
Big Arrow on the Screen
Let AI agents point at the exact button you need to click with big on-screen arrows.
Mac AppFreemacOS
4.4Visit
Harness Terminal
A native macOS terminal that keeps sessions running and tells you when an agent needs you.
Mac AppFreemacOS
4.4Visit
Screen Memories
Local AI search for every photo and every frame of video in your Mac folders.
Mac AppFreemacOS
4.4Visit
Blurt
Open-source macOS dictation that turns speech into polished text in the app you are already using.
Mac AppFreemacOS
4.4Visit
Alfred
A classic Mac launcher that is free forever, with an optional Powerpack.
Mac AppFree planmacOS
4.7Visit
Linearity Curve
Vector design on Mac, iPad and iPhone, with a free plan.
Mac AppFree planmacOS, iOS
4.4Visit
Maccy
A lightweight, open-source clipboard manager for Mac.
Mac AppFreemacOS
4.6Visit
Rectangle
Free, open-source window snapping for Mac with keyboard shortcuts.
Mac AppFreemacOS
4.7Visit
SelfControl
A free, open-source Mac app that blocks distracting websites until a timer runs out.
Mac AppFreemacOS
4.5Visit
Adrafinil
Keeps your Mac awake only while AI coding agents are working.
Mac AppFreemacOS
4.5Visit
Remarc
Comment on anything on your Mac and let your AI coding agent read and resolve it over MCP.
Mac AppFreemacOS
4.5Visit
CoolDock
A second Mac Dock with live widgets for music, to-dos, events, weather and more.
Mac AppPaid but AffordablemacOS
4.4Visit
Dropover
A drag-and-drop shelf for Mac: collect files, then move, share or process them at once.
Mac AppFree planmacOS
4.6Visit
- Pieoneer
- Presentify
- Supaste
- Droppy
- Maccelerate
- Moorline
- Shhepit
- Wasdy
- SpaceO
- OxiMux
- Capsomnia
- Compresto
- Kap
- Quicksilver
- Snapzy
- Xnapper
- PureMac
- vphone-ws
- hop
- Loop
- MonitorControl
- simslim
- vorssaint-utils
- Compositor
- Claude Siri AI
- SlapBook
- MindNode
- DynamicLake
- Shotbase
- Anybox
- CleanShot X
- Things 3
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Mac Apps at a glance
Counted from the listings on this page.
- Pricing
- Of 68 picks, 46 are completely free, 9 have a free plan and 13 are paid.
- Highest rated
- MonitorControl (4.8/5), Loop (4.8/5) and Things 3 (4.8/5) have the highest ratings in our reviews.
- Topics covered
- Personal Productivity (39), Workflows (26), Organization (24) and Focus (14).
- Platforms
- Most listed: macOS (68), Offline (8) and iOS (4).
- Best for
- Picked most often for Professionals (48), Developers (43) and Personal Use (33).
- Learning curve
- 48 beginner-friendly, 12 intermediate and 8 advanced.
- Newest addition
- ImageOptim, added 12 November 2026.
Common questions
- What are the best productivity Mac apps?
- The highest-rated productivity Mac apps in the directory right now are MonitorControl, Loop and Things 3. The full list above is sorted by our recommendation.
- Are there free productivity Mac apps?
- Yes. MonitorControl, Loop and Rectangle and 43 others are completely free, and 9 more have a free plan.
- Which productivity Mac apps are easiest to start with?
- MonitorControl, Loop and Things 3 are rated beginner-friendly in our reviews, along with 45 others.
- How many productivity Mac apps are listed?
- 68 are listed: 46 completely free, 9 with a free plan and 13 paid. New ones are added as they are checked.
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