Best Productivity Apps for Mac
Find a better way to manage tasks, plan your calendar, handle email, and reuse what you copy. Browse 45 Mac productivity apps, including Things 3, Fantastical, Mimestream, and Maccy, with features and pricing to help you choose.
Productivity · Free · Pro $4.99
Transcribes and translates media, generating captions that can easily be edited by using a video editor-style type of timeline.
Productivity · $14.99 · one-time
Live widgets on your Mac's lock screen and a Dynamic Island in the notch: music with synced lyrics, calls, trips and more.
Productivity · $9.99 · one-time
Flow Diagram turns a messy photo or a quick sketch into a diagram you can edit, share and keep
Productivity · $15 · one-time (Lifetime license; US$2/month also available. Each plan covers two Macs.)
A notch app for Mac: music, calendar, notes, tasks and a file Tray.
Productivity · Free · Lite edition is free $14
Dockaroo gives every display and every desktop on your Mac its own dock. Each dock shows only the apps that have windows on that screen.
Productivity · Subscription (£8.99/month or £30/year; first 30 days free)
Native Mac mail client for Gmail, Outlook, iCloud, Fastmail and any IMAP, with an MCP server for Claude, Cursor and Codex.
Productivity · Free
Record calls. Keep them private.
Productivity · $4.99 · one-time (USD; one active Mac; no subscription or free trial.)
Arrange Mac windows with shortcuts or drag-to-snap, then resize a connected pair with one shared divider.
Productivity · $9.89 · one-time (One-time payment, no subscription)
Sticky notes that float on top of every app and live on your Mac. Save text from any app with one key. No account, no server of ours.
Productivity · $4.99 · one-time (Mac App Store, one-time purchase)
Menu bar tray for recent screenshots and screen recordings, with pinning and optional cleanup to Trash.
Productivity · $9.99 · one-time
A living island for every Mac screen.
Productivity · $9.99 · one-time (7-day free trial, then one payment)
Music, meetings, AirPods and AI agents in your Mac's notch
Productivity · $14.99 · one-time
A smart second Dock for your Mac with 160+ live widgets.
Productivity · $5 · one-time
A clean menu bar. Without losing a single app.
Productivity · $4.99 · one-time (for the first 100 buyers, then $6.99)
Real mechanical keyboard sounds for your Mac, from 32 recorded switches
Productivity · $5.99 · one-time
Copy the text you cannot select. Videos, scans, slides, and screen shares.
Productivity · $9.99 · one-time (Mac App Store, 14-day free trial, 9.99 USD one-time (introductory price) or 1.49 USD per month)
Fullscreen countdown and one-click join before every meeting, right from your menu bar. Calendar data stays on your Mac.
Productivity · $39 · one-time (US$39 one-time)
Turn Google Search Console data into focused, reviewable SEO actions on your Mac.
Productivity · $9 · one-time
Leave it here. Find it when you’re back.
Productivity · Free · free tier and 14-day free trial $19.99
A fast, private Mac clipboard manager with ordered multi-paste, local OCR and translation, notes, and custom on-device AI transformations
Productivity · $34.99 · one-time
The task manager other task managers are measured against — a two-time Apple Design Award winner built on calm typography and zero friction.
Productivity · $2.99/mo (Monthly)
Google Calendar for macOS
Productivity · $39 · one-time (free 7-day trial)
Upload screen shots, screen recordings and any files to your trusted storage provider and share them immediately with just a link.
Productivity · Free · Flexibits Premium subscription
The calendar app that set the bar for the category — natural-language event entry, a beautiful week view, and every calendar account in one place.
Productivity · Free · one-time premium unlock
A date-focused note-taking app that ties your notes to your calendar — an Apple Design Award winner with a timeline running through everything.
Productivity · Free · Plus subscription
Mind mapping that stays out of the way — start with one thought, branch outward, and watch the layout organize itself as you type.
Productivity · Free & open source
The reference example of a truly native Mac app — a fast, free, open-source RSS reader with no account, no tracking, and no clutter between you and your feeds.
Productivity · $4.99/mo (free trial)
A native macOS email client built specifically for Gmail — the speed and system integration of Apple Mail, with the labels, filters, and search Gmail users actually rely on.
Productivity · $59 · one-time (60-day trial)
A notepad that does math as you type — write calculations in plain language, reference earlier lines by name, and watch every answer update when a number changes.
Productivity · $9.99 · one-time
The long-running, beautifully restrained RSS reader for macOS — sync with a feed service or read entirely on-device, with typography and gestures done right.
Productivity · Free & open source
A lightweight, open-source clipboard manager for macOS — search your clipboard history from a keystroke, with no account and no background bloat.
Productivity · Free
One-click reminders and tasks that live on your desktop as small cards, right where you'll actually see them instead of buried in a notification.
Productivity · $39 · one-time (or subscription available)
A clipboard manager from Tapbots — searchable copy history, reusable pasteboards, and filters that transform text on the way out.
Productivity · Free
A recipe manager from the developer of Reeder — import recipes from any site, cook from a distraction-free step view with timers pulled out of the text, and plan the week.
Productivity · Free · mixed source licensing; check repository download notice
A modern, native, privacy-first clipboard manager for macOS — with built-in AI to search, transform, and manage what you copy.
Productivity · Free
Free Mac menu-bar app: press Control-X on any window to turn long AI text into the few lines you need.
Productivity · $9.99 · one-time (14-day full-feature trial, then a free tier. One-time $9.99 Pro license covers three Macs.)
Screen capture, recording, and annotation for macOS
Productivity · $29.99 · one-time (launch price; one-time, includes 1.x updates; iPhone companion coming soon)
Browse clipboard history as cards in a tray at the top of your Mac’s screen. Search screenshots and paste items in sequence. iPhone companion coming soon.
Productivity · Free
Automate your Mac with Rules
Productivity · $49.99 · one-time (one-time, 14-day trial)
A native Mac calendar with Calendar Sets, Smart Filters, and a menu-bar availability view — the manual-control alternative to Fantastical's automation.
Productivity · $14.99 · one-time (one-time, 14-day trial)
A native menu-bar calendar with agenda/month/week views, meeting-join shortcuts, and a built-in world clock — no account or server required.
Productivity · Free & open source
A tiny, free, open-source menu-bar calendar that shows and creates events from your existing macOS Calendar — with Vim-style keyboard navigation.
Productivity · $2.49/mo (monthly, billed annually at $29.99/yr; lifetime option available)
The most full-featured Mac clipboard manager — synced pinboards and clipboard history across Mac, iPhone, and iPad.
Productivity · Subscription
Keeps Teams, Slack and Zoom green while you read, think or take a call. Never moves your cursor.
Productivity · Free · 7 days free trial $14.99
Crypto, music and files in your Mac’s notch.
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