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Monarch
hlauncher.co
m/#pricing
$30 v1.0
$20release
pre-v1.0
release
your student
email
No
Yes
n/a
Yes
TBA
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Average
No
(Customizabl
e)
Yes
Light/Dark
No
Medium
Yes
No
No
New/Small
Stable
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Sidekick
https://github.com/
Joy AI Elephas MindMac
johnbean393/Sidekick indiegoodies.com/joy elephas.app/pricing mindmac.app/#pricing
Free $19.99 $129/$199 $29
Free 8.99/mo $8.99/$14.99
Free N/A $6.30/$10.50 $14
MacOS MacOS, iOS MacOS, iOS MacOS
(Qwen 2.5, LLaMa 3.1, Claude, Bard, Perplexity, Llama, MistralAI, Cohere,
Gemma 2, etc) Gemini, Open Router, Mistral ChatGPT 4, ChatGPT 3.5 Perplexity, OpenRouter
Yes No No No
Yes Yes Yes Yes
No Yes Yes Yes
N/A, 100% Local/Offline Yes Yes Yes
No Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes
No Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes
No No No No
Yes No No Yes
No No No No
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes
No Yes Yes No
No Yes Yes No
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes (optional) Yes (always) Yes (optional) Yes (optional)
No Yes Yes Yes
No Yes (Customizable) No Yes (Customizable)
Yes (Customizable) Yes (Customizable) Yes (Customizable) Yes (Customizable)
No Yes (Dall-E) No Yes (Dall-E)
No Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes No
Yes No Yes Yes
No No Yes No
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Good - No access to Good - No access to Good - No access to Good - No access to
conversations
from unlimited level, conversations
universal across conversations conversations
control, context
documents & websites Mac, iPhone and iPad control,
macOS, inline mode
active
30 Day Free Trial development
n/a brew install --cask mindmac
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Beam EnConvo MacGPT
goodsnooze.gumroad.com/l/
ChatKit
getbeam.ai/#pricing enconvo.com/#pricing menugpt https://chatkit.app/#pricing
6 $29/1device , $49/3device €19 $29
N/A N/A N/A N/A
N/A N/A €9 Free
MacOS MacOS MacOS MacOS, Windows, Web
Cloudflare workers, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini, Local
ChatGPT 4, ChatGPT 3.5 MistralAI, ChatGPT 4, ChatGPT 3.5 Llama
No No No No
Yes Yes Yes Yes (Electron)
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes No Yes No
No No Yes No
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes No Yes No
No Yes No Yes
No No No No
Yes Yes Not yet - Coming Jan. Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes No
No Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes No
Yes (optional) Yes (optional) Yes (optional) No
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes (Customizable) Yes (Customizable) Yes (Customizable) No
Yes (Customizable) Yes (Customizable) Yes (Customizable) Yes (Customizable)
Yes (Dall-E) Yes (Dall-E) No Yes (Dall-E)
Yes No No Yes
No Yes Yes Yes
Yes, PDF Yes No Yes
No No No No
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Good - No access to Good - No access to Good - No access to Good - No access to
conversations conversations
powered by Ollama / LM inapps,conversations
small app file size, conversations
Studio completely built in SwiftUI
Free to use
n/a n/a n/a
#NAME?
TypingMind AnySelect lencx / ChatGPT Quartzite
quartzite.ai/
typingmind.com anyselectai.com github.com/lencx/ChatGPT #pricing
From $39 $25.00 Free $49.98
N/A N/A Free N/A
50% OFF for Students N/A Free N/A
Windows, Linux,
MacOS, Windows MacOS MacOS, Windows, Linux PWA
models served via OpenAI served via OpenAI Claude, Gemini,
compatible endpoint compatible endpoint ChatGPT 4, ChatGPT 3.5 OpenRouter
No No Yes No
No? Yes Yes No (Rosetta2)
Yes Yes No Yes
As the App logs into Chat GPT
No No directly there is no real usage Yes
As the App logs into Chat GPT
Yes No directly there is no real usage Yes
Yes Yes No Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes
No Yes Yes No
Yes Yes Yes if you are running Ollama's No
No No No No
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes
No Yes Yes No
No Yes No No
No Yes No No
Yes (optional) Yes (optional) No No
No Yes Yes No
No No Yes (Customizable) No
Yes (Customizable) Yes (Customizable) No No
Yes (Dall-E) No Yes (Dall-E) Yes (Dall-E)
Yes No Yes No
Yes No Yes No
Yes No Yes No
Yes No No No
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Good - No access to Good - No access to It's an opensource frontend to access to
conversations
Character collection, conversations
commands/templates beingOpenAi's ChatGPT
in Electron it's done conversations
compose
etc. from anywhere, Fast! in Rust soMacOS
Requires it's fast prompts.
Clean UI, Fast Security Bypass
install --cask to install.
chatgpt --
n/a no-quarantine
Alter
https:// Machato Fly AI
pt=126359869&ct=reddit&m Lori GPT
apps.apple.com/us/
alterhq.com/pricing machato.app t=8 app/id6446085163
N/A
credits or $29/year 7€ N/A $14.90
for the app only N/A $12.99/mo regional pricing $4.99/mo
N/A N/A N/A N/A
MacOS
Perplexity, MacOSLocal
3.5, Claude, ChatGPTMacOS
4, ChatGPT 3.5, MacOS, iPadOS,
ChatGPT iOS
4, ChatGPT
Toguether Llama Dall-e 3, GPT4-turbo 3.5
No No No No
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes No Yes
Yes Yes No Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Not sure Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes No
No No No No
Yes Yes No No
No No No No
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes No No No
Yes No Yes No
Yes No No No
Yes (optional) No Yes (optional) No
Yes Yes Yes No
No No No Yes (Customizable)
Yes (Customizable) No Yes (Customizable) Yes (Customizable)
Yes - flux an others No Yes (Dall-E) No
Yes Yes No Yes
No No No Yes
Yes No No No
No No No No
Yes with
Full privacy Yesaccess to
Good - No Good - NoYesaccess to Yesaccess to
Good - No
Ollama or Mail
in Apple LM Studio conversations
and Native app, granular conversations
interface, custom chat conversations
screenshots API control. contexts Intuitives and easy to
All in one. machatoapp/machato/ use WhatsApp like UI
machato n/a n/a
ChatTab Open-WebUI Raycast
raycast.com/ Intellibar
chattab.app openwebui.com pricingcing intellibar.app
$19.90 Free N/A
$10/mo, $96/yr. GPT- $29 During Beta
N/A Free 4: $20/mo,
$5/mo, $192/yr
$48/yr. GPT-4: N/A
N/A Free
Docker or 'nix $15/mo, $144/yr N/A
MacOS
ChatGPT 4, ChatGPT understanding
Local Llama, ChatGPTMacOS
4, ChatGPT ChatGPTMacOS
4, ChatGPT
3.5, Claude Proprietary. 3.5 3.5
No Yes No No
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes No Yes
No No No No
Yes No No No
No Yes Yes Yes
No Yes Yes No
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes No
No No No No
No Yes No No
No Yes No No
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes No Yes Yes
Yes No Yes No
Yes No Yes Yes
No No No Yes
No Yes (always) No No
Yes No No No?
No Yes (Customizable) No Yes
Yes Yes (Customizable) Yes (Customizable) No
Anything depending on
No model and config Yes (Dall-E) Yes (Dall-E)
No Yes Yes Yes
No Yes No Yes
Yes Yes No No
No Yes No No
Good - No Yes Yes
access to Good - No access to cloud, mayYes Noaccess to
share data Good - No
with conversations conversations
Assistant API and anything and keep to w/3rd
AI, fullparties.
spotlight conversations
GPT4-Visionquite know things
and functionality local
your way around replacement. Read, dictate
apple design
like this one. docker
webui/open- Amazing
brew install UI.
--cask language
n/a webui:main raycast n/a
Chatbox FridayGPT
chatboxai.app fridaygpt.app
Free $39
Free N/A
FreeWeb
MacOS, N/A
interface
Claude, MacOS 4,
ChatGPT
Gemini ChatGPT 3.5
No
Yes No
(Electron) Yes
Yes Yes
No No
Yes No
Yes No
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes No
No No
No No
No LimitedNoto those
Yes that come with it
Yes Yes
No No
No Yes
No Yes
No No
No Yes
No No
No Yes
Yes (Dall-E) Yes (Dall-E)
Yes Yes
No No
No No
No No
Yes to
access Good - Yes
No access
conversations Fix
to conversations
grammar with
single click
n/a n/a
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Note App Name: Obsidian FSNotes Zettlr
App Pricing URL: obsidian.md fsnot.es zettlr.com
Lifetime License Price Free, Beta: $25 Free Free
Subscription: Commercial: $50/yr N/A N/A
Non-profit/Education Pricing Free N/A Free
Apple Silicon Optimized Yes (Electron) Yes Yes (Electron)
Windows, Linux, MacOS, iOS,
Platforms Android iPadOS MacOS, Windows, Linux
Themes/Dark Mode Yes (Free) Yes (Free) Yes (Free)
Offline Notes Yes Yes Yes
WYSIWYG/Print view Yes Yes Yes
Multi-edit or compare panes Yes Not sure Yes
Default + Add custom Default + Add Default + Add custom
Templates templates custom templates templates
Focused writing mode Yes Yes Yes
Drawing/Handwriting support via plugin No No
Forthcoming (on
Keyboard Shortcut Customization Yes Yes roadmap)
List similar notes, Forthcoming (w2v; LDA;
AI Integration Integrated ChatGPT No others)
Import/Export, Sync, & Backup Paid Sync Free Free
iCloud, Proprietary Drive, Dropbox,
Backup and Synchronization cloud sync Local (any) Local (any)
Embed File Types
Audio Yes No No
Image Yes Yes Yes
Video Yes No No
txt/rtf/md Yes No No
csv/tsv/xlsx No No No
PDF Yes No No
Youtube Yes No Yes
Google Sheets Yes No No
URL/Webview Yes No No
Other
Attach File Types
Audio Yes Yes No
Image Yes No Yes
Video Yes Yes Yes
txt/rtf/md Yes Yes Yes
csv/tsv/xlsx Yes Yes No
PDF Yes Yes Yes
Arbitrary/Any No Yes No
Other
Import
Markdown (.md) Yes Yes Yes
Text (.txt) No Yes Yes
Rich Text Format (.rtf) No No Yes
Word Doc (.docx) No No Yes
PDF No No No
Comma Separated Values (.csv) No No Yes
Tab Separated Values (.tsv) No No Yes
Excel (.xlsx) No No Yes
HTML (.html) No No Yes
Other
Export
Markdown (.md) Yes Yes Yes
Text (.txt) No Yes Yes
Rich Text Format (.rtf) No No Yes
Word Doc (.docx) No No Yes
PDF Yes No Yes
Comma Separated Values (.csv) No No Yes
Tab Separated Values (.tsv) No No Yes
Excel (.xlsx) No No Yes
HTML (.html) Yes No Yes
Other
Export Hierarchy Yes Yes No
User decides with a
Note Link Preservation Yes Yes preference
(snapshots), No, git integration within
Version History Highlight Changes Highlight Changes the app in progress
Undelete Yes Yes System Trash
Web Clipper Yes No No
Embedded Files, Embedded Files, Not
Index added content to search Attached Files sure Embedded Files
Built in OCR No No No
Image Resize Yes No Yes
Image - Text Wrapping No No Yes
Audio Recording Yes No No
Folders/Notebooks, Folders/Notebooks, Folders/Notebooks,
Note Hierarchy Subfolders, Tags Subfolders, Tags Subfolders, Tags
Starring/Rating, Pinning, Favorites,
Tags, Pinning, & Favorites Read/Unread, Tags Tags Pinning, Tags
Folder, Highlight Keywords, Highlight Tags, By Folder,
Search Functionality Results in Note Results in Note Highlight Results in Note
Alfred, Spotlight that reads plain text files
Spotlight/Alfred/Raycast Integration Alfred, Raycast Indexed from disk
Security & Privacy Policy Yes Yes Yes
Password Protection Vault, via plugin. Notebooks, Notes No
Encrypted Servers, via Encryption, via
Encryption iCloud (E2E) iCloud (E2E) No
2 Factor Authentication (2FA) Yes No No
Account Deletion N/A Yes N/A
Tasks Yes Yes Yes
Sub-task nesting Yes N/A Yes
End of List, Disappears, Checkmark, Crossed ticked checkboxes can
Task Completion Marking Greys Out out be customized
Task Date Yes N/A No
Alerts and Notifications Yes N/A No
Priority Yes N/A No
Apple Reminders Sync No No No
Calendar Import/Sync Yes No No
Formatting Options
Bold Yes Yes Yes
Italic Yes Yes Yes
Underline Yes Yes Yes
Strikethrough Yes Yes Yes
Headers Yes-Multi Yes-Multi Yes-Multi
Lists Yes Yes Yes
Line Dividers Yes Yes Yes
Superscript Yes Yes Yes
Subscript Yes Yes Yes
Footnotes Yes Yes Yes
Block Quotes Yes Yes Yes
Code Yes Yes Yes
Tables Yes Yes Yes
Emoji Yes Yes Yes
Markdown Yes No No
LaTeX Yes Yes Yes
Other
Fonts No Yes Yes
Font Size Yes Yes Yes
Font Color No Yes Yes
Lists Yes Yes Yes
List indentation Yes Yes Yes
Formatting Styles Yes Yes No
Code Features
Syntax Highlighting Yes Yes Yes
Auto Indenting No Yes Yes
Autocomplete Suggestions No No No
Table Features
Formulas Yes Yes No
Cell Color No No No
Stroke Width Yes Yes No
Stroke Color Yes Yes No
Sort Column Yes No No
Filter Yes No No
Resize row/column Yes No No
Add/Delete row/column Yes No Yes
Annotation N/A
Drawing/Handwriting support No No No
Highlighting No No No
Shapes No No No
Outlines No No No
Stamps No No No
Signatures No No No
Other
Websites, Other Notes, Notes, Section in
Links Section in Other Note Other Note Websites, Other Notes
Link Previews Yes Not Sure Yes
No, Files can be freely
Sharing Options No No shared externally
Collaboration No No No
Yes Yes No No No
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes No Yes No No
Yes Yes Yes No No
Yes No No No No
Yes No Yes No Yes
Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Yes Yes No No No
Yes Yes Yes No No
No No Yes No No
No No No No Yes
No No No No No
No No No No No
No No Yes No No
No No No No No
No Yes Yes No Yes
No Yes Yes No Yes
N/A N/A
No No Yes No Yes
No Yes Yes No No
No Yes No No No
No Yes No No No
No No No No No
No No No No No
Section in Other Note, Websites, Other Notes, Websites, Other Notes, Notes, Section in
Websites Section in Other Note Section in Other Note Websites, Other Notes Other Note
? No Yes No No
Edit, @Mentions,
No No weblink No View only
Paid No Real-time No No
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Scrivener
literatureandlatte.com/
Zoho Notebook NotePlan Logseq Remnote
remnote.com/
scrivener zoho.com/notebook noteplan.co logseq.com pricing
unlimited file
$59.99 Free N/A Free upload
$1.99/mo OR $19.99/yr
N/A OR $49.99 /3yrs $9.99/mo; $99.00/yr Optional $5/mo $8/mo
low income. Future
$50.99 Free N/A 50% discount $6
Yes Yes Yes Yes (Electron) Yes
MacOS, iOS, iPadOS, Windows, Linux, MacOS, iOS, Web app in iPadOS, Windows, iPadOS, Windows,
Windows Android development Linux, Android Linux, Android,
Yes (Paid) Yes (Free) Yes (Paid) Yes (Free) Yes (Free)
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Default + Add custom Default templates Default + Add custom Default + Add Default + Add
templates included templates custom templates custom templates
Yes Yes No Yes Yes
No No Through Scribble in iPad Yes No
Limited No Yes Yes Yes
List similar notes, No, Offline model ChatGPT, + create
No Integrated ChatGPT Integrated ChatGPT planned. flashcards using AI
Included Free Free Free Free
Google Drive, Local Drive, Dropbox, Proprietary cloud
Local (any), No (any) iCloud Local (any) sync, Local (any)
No No No No No
No No No No No
Yes No No No No
No Yes No No No
No No No No Yes
No No No No Yes
Yes Yes No No Yes
Yes Yes No No Yes
N/A
No Yes No Yes No
Yes No No Yes Yes
No Yes No Yes No
No No No Yes No
No Yes No No No
No No No No No
Websites, Other Notes, Websites, Other Notes, Notes, Section in Notes, Section in
Websites, Other Notes Section in Other Note Section in Other Note Other Note Other Note
No No No Yes Yes
View only, Comment,
No Edit, @Mentions View only No No
No Update on Completion Real-time No Real-time
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Notebooks
itunes.apple.com/app/
ConniePad
https://
Octarine Notesnook
https://notesnook.com/
Taskade
id1449826029 conniepad.com/#pricing https://octarine.app pricing taskade.com
$49 for additional
$43.99 $19 features N/A N/A
starting at
N/A N/A N/A $4.49/mo; $49.99/yr $19.00/mo
e.com for
N/A N/A N/A $9.99/yr details.
Yes (Electron) Yes Yes Yes (Electron) Yes
MacOS, iOS, iPadOS, Windows, Linux,
MacOS, iOS MacOS MacOS, Linux Windows, Linux, Android Android, Web
Yes (Free) Yes Yes (Free) Yes (Free) Yes (Free)
available on
Yes Yes Yes Yes iOS / Android
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes No Upcoming Yes No
Default + Add custom custom
No No templates No templates
No No Yes Yes Yes
No No No No No
No No No No No
Workflow
No No No No Generator
Free Paid Free Free Free
Drive, Dropbox, Local iCloud, Google Drive, Proprietary cloud
Local (any) (any) Dropbox, Local (any) Proprietary cloud sync sync
No No No No Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes No Yes No Yes
Yes No No No No
No No No No No
Yes No No Yes No
No No No Yes Yes
No No No No Yes
No No No Yes Yes
None
Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Yes No No Yes Yes
No No No No No
No No No No Yes
No No No No Yes
No No No No Yes
No No No No No
No No No No No
No No No Yes No
None
Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Yes No No Yes Yes
No No No No No
No No No No No
No No No Yes Yes
No No No No No
No No No No No
No No No No No
No No No Yes No
No No Yes Yes No
Yes No Yes Yes No
Yes (auto), Highlight Highlight
No No Can be synced to Git Changes Changes
No Yes System Trash Yes Yes
Extension to send PDF's Firefox, Chrome (chromium),
to app No No (chromium) Edge
Embedded Files, Attached uploaded .pdf
Files No No No files using AI
No No No No No
No Yes No Yes No
No Yes No Yes No
No No No No No
Folders/Notebooks, Folders/Notebooks, Folders/Notebooks, Folders/Notebooks, Workspaces,
Subfolders, Tags Subfolders Subfolders, Tags Subfolders, Tags Folders, Tags
Pinning,
Pinning, Favorites, Tags Pinning Pinning, Tags Pinning, Favorites, Tags Favorites, Tags
OR, NEAR), By Tags, Note Titles, Content Highlight Results in Keywords, Boolean (AND, Highlight Results
Highlight Results in Note Keywords Note OR, NEAR) in Note
Alfred, Raycast, Spotlight
Indexed No No No No
locally/where you specify;
company has no access Yes Nothing Yes Yes
No No No App, Notes App, Notes
Encrypted
No No No End-to-End Encryption Servers
N/A - content stored
locally/where you specify No No Yes Yes
N/A - content stored
locally/where you specify Yes No account required Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Hide/Show completed is Checkmark, Greys Out,
configurable Checkmark Checkmark, Greys Out Strikethrough Greys Out
Yes No No No Yes
Yes No No No Yes
Yes No No No No
No No No No No
No No No No Yes
No No No No No
No Yes No No No
No No No No No
No No No No No
No Yes No No Yes
No No No No Yes
No Yes No Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes No
N/A N/A N/A N/A
No No No No No
No Yes No No No
No No No No No
No No No No No
No No No No No
No No No No No
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Drafts
docs.getdrafts.co
Workflowy Noteshelf 3 Reflect Bear Trilium
github.com/zadam/
m/draftspro workflowy.com noteshelf.net reflect.app bear.app trilium
N/A N/A 8,99€ N/A N/A Free
$1.99/mo; $4.99/mo; $2.99/mo;
$19.99/yr $49.00/yr N/A $13/mo; $120/yr $29.99/yr N/A
@edu email 1 year free for
N/A addresses N/A students N/A Free
Yes Yes Yes Yes No (Rosetta2)
MacOS, iOS, Windows, Linux, Windows, MacOS, iOS, iPadOS,
iPadOS Android Android iPadOS watchOS Web (Selfhosted)
+ 20+ Paid
Yes (Free) Yes (Paid) Yes (Free) Yes (Free) themes Yes (Free)
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes Not sure Yes No Yes Yes
Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes
custom custom Default + Add Default + Add custom
? templates templates custom templates No templates
No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes + Convert to Yes + Convert to
? No Text Option No Text Option No
With scripts, not
Yes natively No Yes No Yes
Integrated Whisper AI
No No ChatGPT integrated No ChatGPT Addin
Free Free Free Free Paid Free
Proprietary cloud iCloud, Google
iCloud sync, Dropbox Drive, Dropbox Local (any) iCloud Local (any)
No No Yes No No Yes
No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
No No No No No Yes
No No No Yes No Yes
No No No No No Yes
No No Yes No Yes Yes
No Yes No Yes No Yes
No No No Yes No No
No No Yes Yes No No
Notes, Section in Websites, Other Notes, Section in Notes, Section in Websites, Other
Other Note Notes Websites Other Note Other Note Notes
page preview on
No Yes page Yes Yes No
Comment, Edit,
No @Mentions View only View only, No No View only
No Real-time No No No No
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Apple Notes Notability Typora Ulysses Notion
Native notability.com typora.io ulysses.app notion.so
Free N/A
$2.99/mo; $14.99 N/A
5.99/mo, N/A
BUSINESS
N/A $14.99/yr N/A $39.99/yr
App for Only $10.99 functionality
free for student
N/A If offered by a school N/A Per 6 Months accounts
Yes Yes iOS,
MacOS, MacOS,Yes Windows, Yes Yes (Electron)
iPadOS, Windows,
MacOS, iOS,
iPadOS iPadOS
dark) Linux MacOS, iOS Android
Yes (Free) + Paid themes Yes (Free) Yes (Free) Yes (Free)
Limited: Pre-
Yes Yes Yes Yes cached only
Yes Yes Yescan view
write. You Yes No
No Yes+ Add Default
Default the history
+ Addthough Yes
custom contributions as Yes+ Add
Default
No custom templates templates well custom templates
No No No Yes No
Yes + Convert to Yes + Convert to
Text Option Text Option No No via plugin
No No No Yes Yes
None No
Import/Export, Paid No No Yes
Free toiCloud,
Sync &Google
Backup Yes sync,Free
Dropbox, Free cloud
Proprietary
iCloud Drive, Dropbox iCloud, Local (any) Local (any) sync
No No No No No
No No No No No
No No No No No
Yes No No Yes No
Yes No No No No
Yes No No Yes Yes
Yes No No No Yes
No Yes No No Yes
No No No or note
No folders ? No limits
Free version
note-taking and organization. file uploads to 5MB
(beside Scrivner) overwhelming/heav
Native PDF annotation Greatinstall
brew for outlining
--cask with a very nice UI brew install
y. --cask
N/A N/A typora N/A notion
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$91.50/y; $34.99
free during
(256gb) 9.99$/mo, 99.99$/y N/A $244/4y
$45.75/y; beta
N/A Free N/A $183/4y
Yes N/A
Yes
Yes
Linux, Yes Yes (Electron)
Linux, (Electron)
Windows,
Android MacOS, iOS, iPadOS MacOS Android Web
Yes (Free) Coming 2024 Yes (Free) Yes (Free) Yes (Free)
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes Arc
It's like Yes No Yes Yes
Peek
custom No Yes Yes
simple Yes
templates
templates No No templates included
Yes Yes Yes No No
No Yes No No No
Yes No Yes No No
No No
plan); local/iCloud sync is No No No
cloudFree
sync, free, others
iCloud, areDrive,
Google paid Free
iCloud, Local Free
Proprietary Paid
Local (any) Dropbox, Local (any) (any) cloud sync Local (any)
No No No No No
No Yes Yes Yes Yes
No No No Yes No
No Yes No No No
No No No No No
No Yes No No No
Yes No No Yes No
No No No No No
Yes No No No No
No Yes No No No
No No Yes Yes No
No Yes No No No
No No No No No
No Yes No No No
No Yes No No No
No No No No No
No No No No No
No Yes Yes Yes Yes
No No No No No
Yes built-in backup feature Yes Yes Yes
No No No No No
No No No No No
No No No No No
Yes Yes Yes No No
Yes No Yes No No
No No
Folders/Notebooks, No No
(parent/child No
Subfolders,
Relations
Favorites, Subfolders
Favorites, No
Starring/Ratin relationships)
Favorites, Tags
Relations
Content Starring/Rating, Tags
Keywords, Highlight g, Tagsin
Results Tags in
Results Tags
Note Titles,
Keywords Results in Note Note Note By Tags
No No Alfred Raycast No
Yes Yes Yes Yes
No
End-to-End App, Notes No
via iCloud No
Encrypted No
Encryption via iCloud (E2E), No (E2E) Servers No
Yes No No No No
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes No Yes Yes
No Yes No Yes No
Checkmark,
Checkmark Checkmark N/A Greys Out Checkmark
No No No No No
No No No No No
Yes Yes No No No
No No No No No
No No No No No
No Yes Yes No No
No Yes Yes Yes No
Yes Yes Yes No No
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
yes, all at
Yes Yes No No once
No No No No Yes
No No No No No
No No No No No
No No No No No
No No No No No
No No No No No
No Yes No No No
No Yes No No Yes
N/A N/A N/A
No Yes No No No
No Yes No No No
No No No No No
No No No No No
No No No No No
No No No No No
Websites, Websites, Other Notes, Websites,
Other Notes Section in Other Note Other Notes Other Notes Websites
Yes Yes No No
Comment, No
Comment,
No via shared notebook No Edit on
Update Edit
No via shared notebook No Completion Real-time
No No No Yes No
1 gbNo
cloud to 100MB.NoNo limits for No Yes
24,000 No
storage
Encrypted, notes.Any Sync windows
Offline Access, characters The export
No app personalized no is
Fullyinstall
brew Offline-- Providers comes close. collaboration
cask unique.
cask anytype brew install --cask outline supernotes
41 40 31 40 25
67 64 82 65 79
Browser App Name: Librewolf Orion Firefox Arc
Browser Engine Framework Gecko Webkit Gecko Chromium
Website: librewolf.net browser.kagi.com firefox.com arc.net
100% Free + Free, Paid VPN:
Pricing/Subscription: Free Optional Paid $10/mo or $60/yr Free
Non-profit/Education Pricing Free N/A N/A N/A
Existed Since 2020 2022 2002 2022
MacOS, Windows, MacOS, iOS, Windows, iPadOS,
Platforms Linux iPadOS Android, Linux Windows
Open Source Yes No Yes No
Zero Telemetry Zero Telemetry Zero Telemetry No; Optional. No
Apple Silicon Optimized Yes Yes Yes Yes
Memory Efficiency 4/5 5/5 4/5 4/5
Native Ad Blocking Yes Yes No Yes
Cookie/Social Tracker Blocking Yes Yes Yes Yes
Password Manager Yes Yes (Keychain) Yes Yes
Private Browsing Mode Yes Yes Yes Yes
Profile Management Yes Yes Yes Yes
Profile Password Yes Yes Yes No
VPN No No Yes (paid) No
Address Bar Autocomplete Yes Yes Yes Yes
Autofill Forms Yes Yes Yes Yes
Autoplay Blocking Yes Yes Yes Yes
Bookmark Manager Yes Yes Yes Yes
Bookmark Keywords & Tagging Yes, Both Yes, Keywords Yes, Both No
Bookmarks Toolbar Yes Yes Yes Yes
Cloud Setting Sync No Yes Yes Yes
Download Pause/Resume Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes,
Extensions/Add-ons Yes, many Firefox+Chrome Yes, many Yes, many
Reader Mode Yes Yes Yes Yes (Beta)
Search Engine Options Yes Yes Yes Yes
Search Shortcuts Yes Yes Yes Yes, buggy
Session Sync / Handoff No Yes Yes Yes
Spell Checking Yes Yes Yes Yes
Native Tab Groups No Yes No Yes
Vertical Tabs via addon Yes via addon Yes
Text to Speech No Yes No Yes
Themes Yes Light/Dark only Yes +Edit CSS Yes +Edit CSS
True Full Screen (Autohide URL) Shortcut hiding Yes Shortcut hiding Yes
Auto Tab Unload/Suspending Yes Yes Yes Yes
Video Picture-in-Picture Yes Yes Yes Yes
Applescript Yes Yes No Yes
Web Developer Tools Yes Yes Yes Yes
Zero Telemetry, Tab & site-based peeks, split view,
Outstanding Features Zero Telemetry Create Webapps container profiles workspaces
verify zero- privacy/security Account
Notes telemetry. features Required.
librewolf --no- brew install --cask brew install -- brew install --
Homebrew Install Command quarantine orion cask firefox cask arc
Video Speed Controller Support Yes Yes (buggy) Yes Yes
Dark reader Support Yes Yes Yes Yes
Contributions
Stack Browser, still needed for:
Sidekick,
DuckDuckGo
Opera Vivaldi Min browser SigmaOS Puffin Secure Browser qutebrowser
Chromium Chromium Chromium Webkit Chromium Webkit
puffin.com/secure-
opera.com vivaldi.com minbrowser.org sigmaos.com browser qutebrowser.org
Free, Pro plan:
Free Free Free $20/mo, $30/mo 2$/mo Free
Free N/A Free 50% on Pro Plan N/A Free
1995 2015 2015 2021 2018 2014
Windows, Windows, Windows, Linux, MacOS, iOS, iPadOS, MacOS,
Android, Linux Android, Linux Raspberry Pi MacOS Windows, Android Windows, Linux
No No Yes No No Yes
No No Zero Telemetry No No Zero Telemetry
Yes Yes Yes Yes No (Rosetta2) No (Rosetta2)
4/5 4/5 5/5 5/5 3/5 5/5
Yes Mediocre Yes Yes Yes Mediocre
Yes Yes Only trackers Yes No Manual
Yes Yes Yes Yes (Keychain) Yes (Keychain) No
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Manual (flag)
No Yes No Yes Yes No
Yes No No No Yes No
Yes (free) No No No Yes (free) No
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes No Yes No
No Yes Yes Yes No No
Flat bookmarks
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes hierarchy.
No Yes, Keywords No Yes, Tags Yes, Both No
Yes Yes No Yes Yes No
Yes Yes No Yes Yes No
Yes Yes No Yes No No
Yes, many Yes, many No Yes, many No Limited
Yes Yes Yes via addon No No
Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Yes No Yes No No Yes
Yes Yes No Yes Yes No
Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
No Yes No Yes No No
No No No Yes No No
Light/Dark Only +
Yes Yes Yes +Edit CSS blends w/page Light/Dark only No
Yes Shortcut hiding Yes Yes No Shortcut hiding
Suspend but Not
No Automatic Yes Yes Yes No
Yes Yes No Yes No No
No Yes No Yes don know No
Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
on tab go back Highly page you've Browsing, 1-key Renders websites keyboard-only
to start of page Customizable visited shortcuts server-side. navigation.
Great UI and reader view. AI Features are PC, speeding up accessibility,
features. Tabs will fade. paid. rendering Q&A.
brew install -- brew install -- brew install -- brew install cask
cask opera cask vivaldi cask min sigmaos qutebrowser
Yes Yes No Yes No No
Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
DuckDuckG
o Zen Yandex Browser Safari Brave Beam browser
Chromium on
Windows.
duckduckgo.com
Gecko Chromium Webkit Chromium Webkit
/app zen-browser.app browser.yandex.com apple.com/safari brave.com beamapp.co
Ads Paid VPN:
Free Free Free Free $10/mo Free
Free Free Free Free N/A Free
2018 2024 2012 2003 2016 2023iOS,
MacOS,
Windows, MacOS, Windows, iPadOS, Windows, MacOS, iOS, Windows,
Android, Linux Linux Android, Linux iPadOS Android, Linux iPadOS
Edge Source code leaked
WebView2. Yes in 2022 No Yes No
Zero Telemetry Zero Telemetry No No No Zero Telemetry
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
5/5 4/5 4/5 5/5 2/5 5/5
shocking, unpleasant
Mediocre No ads No Yes Mediocre
Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes (Keychain) Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
No Yes No No No No
Yes (paid) No No No Yes (paid) No
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes, Both Yes, Both No No No Yes, Keywords
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
No Yes, many Yes, many Limited Yes, many No
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
No Yes Yes No Yes Yes, tab-activated
No Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
No Yes No Yes Yes Yes
No Yes No Yes via addon No
No No Yes Yes No No
Light/Dark only Yes +Edit CSS Yes Light/Dark only Yes Light/Dark only
No Yes Yes Yes Shortcut hiding Shortcut hiding
Yes Yes Yes No Yes, if Enabled No
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes No Yes Yes No
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
opera and google certain news receiving their ner. Calendar
stores reading sites. ads integration.
severely limited Zen is in Alpha, and Might be privacy simple. Limited
customizability. can be quite buggy. concerns add-ons.
brew install --cask brew install --cask cask brave-
zen-browser yandex N/A browser
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
No Yes Yes Yes (Paid) Yes ?
Chrome Edge Iceraven NAVER Whale Thorium Cromite
Chromium
google.com/ Chromium
microsoft.com/ Gecko
browser/ Chromium Chromium github.com/
Chromium
chrome edge releases whale.naver.com thorium.rocks uazo/cromite
Free Free Free Free Free Free
N/A N/A Free Free Free Free
2008
Windows, 2015
Windows, 2020 2018
Windows, 2021
Android, 2023
Android,
Android, Linux Android, Linux Android Android Linux Linux
No No Yes No Yes Yes
Zero
No No No No No Telemetry
Yes Yes N/A No Yes n/a
2/5 1/5 5/5 2/5 3/5
No Mediocre No Mediocre No Yes
No Yes Yes No No
Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
No No Yes Yes No
No Yes (free) No No No
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
No No Yes, Both Yes, Keywords No
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes, many Yes, many Yes, many Yes, many Yes, many Yes, many
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes
No No Yes No Yes
Yes No Yes Yes ?
Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Yes Yes No Yes Yes
via addon Yes via add-on No No
Yes Yes YesNo +Edit Yes ?
Yes Yes CSS
Shortcut Light/Dark only Yes Yes
Shortcut hiding Yes hiding No ?
Yes, enable
Yes Yes Yes Yes in flags
Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes
Yes Yes N/A No N/A No
Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes
Google tracks Bing ChatGPT about:config calendar, instructions properly and
you.
Questionable Integration
technical to access.
give it sidebar addons. (AVX2)
Microsoft copied chrome-like ad blocking
privacy and
privacy. remove.
brew install --cask cask microsoft- another try! to make Edge.
cask naver- ui,
alex313031- ad blocking
google-chrome edge N/A whale thorium
Yes Yes Yes ? ?
Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes
#NAME?
Calendar Client Name: Busycal Fantastical VimCal
Calendar App Pricing URL: busymac.com flexibits.com vimcal.com/pricing
Lifetime License Price $49.99 N/A N/A
Non-profit/Education Pricing Edu: 20% off Edu: 20% off Student discount
Option in app store.
Subscription: $3.99/mo, 33.99/yr $6.99/mo, $57/yr 15/month, 150/year
Apple Silicon Optimized Yes Yes Yes (Electron)
Themes/Dark Mode Yes Yes Yes
Mobile App & Sync Yes Yes Yes
Apple Watch Support Yes Yes No
3rd Party Calendar Sync
Yes Yes Yes
Google Tasks, Fruux, Todoist, Google Tasks,
Apple Reminders Sync Fastmail Microsoft Tasks No
Search Functionality Yes Yes Yes
Calendar Share Functionality No No No
Native Calendar Collaboration No No No
Notifications Yes - Custom UI Yes - MacOS Yes - MacOS
Event Invites Yes Yes Yes
Event Tagging Yes Yes Yes
Event Hiding Yes Yes No
Activity Time Tracking Yes, via Tags No Yes, via Tags
Appointment Scheduling No Yes Yes
Proposed Meeting Time Polls No Yes Yes
Multiple Timezone Support Yes Yes Yes
Birthday Reminders Yes Yes Yes
Mini Menubar Calendar Yes, Cal+Events+Tasks Yes, Cal+Events+Tasks Yes, Cal+Events
Natural Language Input Yes Yes Yes
Yes, Google Meet, Goto Microsoft Teams, ms+Skype+any custom
Conference Call Creation Meeting, Webex, Zoom Webex, Zoom link you want
Weather Yes Yes No
Travel Time & Leave Notifications Yes Yes No
Event Color Coding Yes, via Tags Yes Yes, via Tags
Supports adding Attachments? Yes Yes View Only
Apple Script Support URL Handler Yes No
Alfred/Raycast Integration Alfred Both No
subscription. iOS app
Notes Great menubar widget Nice, but subscription. is free though
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Morgen Routine Akiflow Notion Calendar
www.notion.so/product/
morgen.so/pricing routine.co/pricing akiflow.com/pricing/ calendar
N/A Free N/A Free
25% off Free 60% off Free
Free Tier | Pro $15/mo,
$108/yr 12–15/mo,144–80/yr $34/mo, $228/yr N/A
Yes (Electron) Yes (Electron) Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes
No No No No
integration. Subscription:
unlimited. Yes Yes Google Calendar
Microsoft Todo, Outlook
email Planned IFTTT No
Yes Yes Yes Yes
No No No No
No No No No
Yes - Custom UI Yes - MacOS Yes - MacOS Yes - MacOS
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes No Yes No
No Yes Yes No
Yes, via Tags No No No
Yes Yes Yes Yes
No No No No
Yes Yes Yes Yes
No Yes No No
Yes, Mini Cal Yes, Cal+Events+Tasks Yes, Cal+Events+Tasks Yes, Cal+Events
No Yes Yes No
Teams, Google Meet and
Webex Yes, Zoom+Hangouts Yes, Zoom Yes, Zoom+Hangouts
No No No No
created as events at this
time Planned No No
Yes, via Tags No Yes Yes
No No No Notion Pages Only
No No No No
No No No No
Works on Mac, Windows, daily agenda and tasks & way-sync with Notion
Linus, iOS and Android notes support databases.
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Thunderbird Kiwi for Gmail Microsoft Outlook Mailspring
microsoft-outlook/
thunderbird.net kiwiforgmail.com id985367838?mt=12 getmailspring.com
Free N/A Free N/A
Free 30% off
$3.00/mo; $30/yr; Free N/A
N/A $39/yr; $59/year N/A $8/month
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes (Free) Yes (Free) Yes (Free) Yes (Free)
Yes (Free) Yes (Free) Yes (Free) Yes (Free)
Yes (Free) Yes (Free) Yes (Free) Yes (Free)
Yes (Free) Yes (Free) Yes (Free) Yes (Free)
No No Yes, 1L (Free) No
All (Free) Gmail only All (Free) All (Free)
No No Yes (Free) No
No Yes (Free) No Yes (Paid)
Yes (Free) Yes (Free) Yes (Free) Yes (Free)
Yes (Free) Yes (Free) Yes (Free) Yes (Free)
Great Great Great Great
Yes (Extension) Yes (Free) No (M365 only) Yes (Free)
Yes (Free) Yes (Free) Yes (Free) Yes (Paid)
Yes (Free) Yes (Free) No Yes (Free)
Yes (Free) Yes (Free) Yes (Free) Yes (Free)
Yes (Free) Yes (Free) No Yes (Free)
Yes (Free) Yes (Free) No Yes (Paid)
Fast/Responsive Fast/Responsive Fast/Responsive Fast/Responsive
Yes (Free) Yes (Free) Yes (Free) Yes (Free)
Yes (Both with addon) No No Read receipts (paid)
Yes (Free) No Yes (Free) Yes (Free)
No Yes (Free) Yes (Free) Yes (Free)
Yes (Free) Yes (Free) Yes (Free) Yes (Free)
Yes (Free) Yes (Free) Yes (Free) Yes (Free)
No No Yes (Free) No
Great Great Great
snooze, etc. are only avalible
through addons. Launching 4.0 June 2023
brew install --cask kiwi-for- brew install --cask microsoft-
brew install --cask thunderbird gmail outlook brew install --cask mailspring
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1Password Dashlane Enpass Secrets
1password.com dashlane.com enpass.io secrets.app
N/A N/A $99.99 $20
50% off N/A See here N/A
$3/mo | $36/yr $6.49/mo | $59.99/yr $2/mo | $24/yr N/A
$5/mo | $60/yr $8.99/mo | $89.99/yr $4/mo | $48/yr N/A
No No No No
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes (paid)
Windows, Linux, Yes, Beta
Android, (free)
Windows, Yes (paid)
Android, Windows, Yes (paid)
Web Access
Chrome(ium), Safari, Web Access
Chrome(ium), Safari, Linux
Safari, Edge, MacApp (ARM),
Chrome(ium), iOS
Safari,
Edge, Firefox,
TouchID, Opera
FaceID, Edge, Firefox, Opera
Master Password, Firefox, Opera
Pin, TouchID, Edge,Password,
Master Firefox
2FA TouchID, FaceID FaceID TouchID, FaceID
Yubikey,
TouchID Auth App
confirm, Auth App, Email, SMS keyboard
N/A - Selfshortcut,
Hosted
FaceID confirm On page load TouchID confirm On keyboard shortcut
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Proprietary cloud Proprietary cloud iCloud, Self-hosted iCloud
Yes (paid) Yes (free) Yes (paid) Yes (paid)
Yes (paid) Yes (paid) Yes (paid) Yes (paid)
Yes (paid) Yes (free) Yes (paid) Yes (paid)
Yes (paid) Yes (free) Yes (free) Yes (paid)
Yes (paid) Yes (free) Yes (free) Yes (paid)
Yes (paid) Yes (free) Yes (free) Yes (paid)
No No No No
Yes (paid) Yes (paid) Yes (paid) Yes (paid)
Yes (paid) Yes (paid) Yes (paid) Yes (paid)
No Yes (paid) No No
Yes (paid) Yes (free) Yes (free) Yes (paid)
Alfred, Raycast Raycast No No
Masking, CLI, SSH Key Includes Hotspot VPN item forms, multi-line requests passwords from it
Agent service for paid customers fields, password history from Windows or Linux
Moved to electron in 2021; dark web monitoring. 25
no longer a native app. password limit. Simple and elegant UI.
brew install --cask 1password brew install --cask dashlane brew install --cask enpass n/a
OCR Apps:
PDFify (OCR tool)
Misc. Mentions
NightPDF - Minimal Dark
reader only.
ck here to add it! To suggest
Adobe a correction, right click a cell>comment
Acrobat
Pro/DC
$538.8 Apple Preview PDF Gear Master PDF Editor
(2020 Version) Free Free $69.95
$20/mo, $240/yr Free Free N/A usually
individually,
$20/mo, iPadOS,
MacOS, $240/yr Free Free
MacOS, iPadOS, iOS, 50% of the Windows,
MacOS, actual price.
iOS, Windows MacOS Windows, Online Tools Linux
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Slow Fast Fast Fast
Yes (Paid) No Yes (Free) No
Yes (Paid) Yes Yes Yes (Paid)
Yes Yes Yes Yes (Paid)
Yes Yes Yes Yes (Paid)
Yes (Paid) Yes Yes Yes (Paid)
Yes (Paid) Yes Yes Yes (Paid)
Yes (Paid) No No Yes (Paid)
Yes Yes Yes Yes (Paid)
Yes No No No
Yes (Paid) No No Yes (Paid)
Yes (Paid) No Yes Yes (Paid)
Yes (Paid) No No Yes (Paid)
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes No Yes (Paid)
Yes Yes Yes Yes
No Yes Yes Yes (Paid)
Yes (Paid) Yes Mediocre Yes (Tesseract)
Yes Yes Yes Yes (Paid)
Yes Yes Yes Yes (Paid)
Yes Yes Yes Yes (Paid)
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes (Paid)
Yes (Paid) No Yes No
Yes OCR
Images" (Paid)is the No Yes to ask
AI Integration Yes
Toolbars
sharpest. Questions of a PDF customizability
8 8 8 8
brew install --cask adobe-acrobat-pron/a n/a
PDF Studio Pro sioyek PDF Pals PDF Element
$139.00 Free 34 $160
N/A Free N/A $80/yr, $110/2yrs
$70.00 Free
MacOS, Windows, 50% off $48/yr, $100
MacOS, lifetime
iPadOS, iOS,
MacOS, Windows, Linux Linux MacOS Windows, Android
No (Rosetta2) Yes Yes Yes
Mediocre Fast Fast Fast$10/mo,
Yes (Paid)
No No Yes, (Add your API key) $80/yr
Yes No No Yes (Paid)
Yes No No Yes (Paid)
Yes Yes No Yes (Paid)
Yes No No Yes (Paid)
Yes No No Yes (Paid)
Yes No No Yes (Paid)
Yes No No Yes (Paid)
No Yes Yes No
No No No No
Yes No No Yes (Paid)
Yes No No Yes (Paid)
Yes No Yes Yes (Paid)
Yes No No Yes (Paid)
Yes Yes No Yes (Paid)
Yes Yes No Mediocre
Yes No Yes Yes (ABBYY)
Yes No No Yes (Paid)
Yes No No Yes (Paid)
Yes No No Yes (Paid)
Yes Yes Yes Yes (Paid)
Yes No No Mediocre
Yes No No Yes (Paid)
Yes Nodark mode,
background, No on AI
Hyper focus Yes (Paid)
scriptable integration
8 8 6 6
brew install --cask sioyek brew install --cask pdfelement
Skim PDF Owl Highlights
N/A $29.99 N/A
N/A $1.99/mo $3.99/mo, $29.99/yr
N/A N/A N/A
MacOS MacOS MacOS, iPadOS, iOS
Yes Yes Yes
Fast Fast Fast
No No No
No No No
Yes No No
Yes Yes No
Yes No No
No No Yes
No No No
Yes Yes No
No No Yes
No No No
No No No
No Yes No
Yes Yes Yes
No No No
Yes Yes Yes
No No Yes
No No Yes
No No No
No No No
Yes Yes No
Yes Yes Yes
No No No
No Yes No
Nocompared to Generates theNo
Underfeatured table of contents Scan+OCRYeson iOS. Small
Apple Preview automatically app size (<20MB)
5 5
brew install --cask skim
#NAME?
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Window Manager App Name: 1Piece Swish
Website Pricing Page: app1piece.com highlyopinionated.co/swish/
Pricing/Subscription: Free $16
Non-profit/Education Pricing Free $10.72
Apple Silicon Optimized Yes Yes
Platforms MacOS MacOS
Open Source No No
Screen Edge Snapping Yes (edges+corners) No
Snapping Preview Yes Yes
Theme Preview Yes No
Restore prior window size when
unsnapping? Yes Yes
Trigger with Touchpad gesture Yes Yes
Pixel Threshold Yes No
Trigger with keyboard modifier +
touchpad gesture Yes Yes
Trigger with keyboard modifier +
arrow keys Yes Yes
Trigger with keyboard modifier +
mouse direction Yes No
shortcuts? CMD, OPTION,
CONTROL, SHIFT, and FN? Yes Yes
Vertical halves window tiling Yes Yes
Horizontal halves window tiling Yes Yes
2x2 window tiling (Quarters) Yes Yes
3x2 window tiling (Sixths) Yes Yes
3x3 window tiling (Ninths) No Yes
Set Custom Size Yes No
Resize Adjacent Windows Yes Yes
Supports stacking and switching
between tiled windows? Yes (Both) No
Pin/Unpin window on top No No
Move window to previous/next
screen Yes Yes
Add Margin / Grid spacing Yes Yes
Maximize Window Yes Yes
Percentage Maximize Window Yes Yes
Remember Workspace
Configuration Function Yes No
Set a window to always open on a
certain screen Yes No
Most intuitive solution for
Outstanding Features Has a custom grid option like Lasso touchpads.
Has tons of other app switching So easy to use, UI a little
Notes features confusing
Homebrew Install Command none brew install --cask swish
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Yes 23 16
manager app that is not yet listed, please click here to add it!
Rectangle Pro Loop Rectangle Multitouch
rectangleapp.com/pro github.com/MrKai77/Loop rectangleapp.com multitouch.app
$9.99 one time Free Free $15.99 one time
N/A Free Free N/A
Yes Yes Yes Yes
MacOS MacOS MacOS MacOS
No Yes Yes No
Yes (edges+corners) Yes (edges+corners) Yes (edges+corners) Yes (edges+corners)
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes No
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes No No Yes
Yes No Yes Yes
Yes Yes No Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes No No
No (not FN) Yes No (not FN) No (not FN)
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes No
Yes Yes No No
Yes No No No
No No No No
Yes No No No
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes No Yes No
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes No No No
No No No No
efficient keyboard+cursor combines mouse/trackpad + enabled by Terminal Remap keys and physical
gestures. keyboard commands. mouse buttons.
command (same as Simple UI, open-source and Ninths are configured via
Rectangle). still being actively updated. Terminal command.
brew install --cask rectangle-pro brew install --cask loop brew install --cask rectangle brew install --cask multitouch
#NAME?
PDF Reader Adobe Acrobat
Legend: * = Paid Feature Only Pro Pro/DC PDF Expert (v.3)
Lifetime License: $80.00 $538.80 $70 (50% off)
OCR Apps:
PDFify (OCR tool)
Misc. Mentions
NightPDF - Minimal Dark reader Only
Master PDF
Apple Preview PDFGear PDF Element Editor UPDF
Free Currently free $130.00 $70.00 $50.00