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AI query EGW/Adventist content
1 month free · Limited-time AU offer
Generate consistent Bible images
1 month free · Limited-time AU offer
Current picks for text, audio, video, agents, images and offline use, with links to live leaderboards.
Chat & writing
Current Rankings: Leaderboard
Music, voice & dictation
Current Rankings: Leaderboard
Text and image to video
Current Rankings: Leaderboard
Agents that act for you
Some risk. These can modify/delete anything you provide access to.
Highest risk. Require protective intentionality with passwords and files.
Generation & upscaling
See: Eric Louw’s Image AI Comparisons
Current Rankings:Leaderboard 1 Leaderboard 2 Leaderboard 3
Lexica.art – Image library for prompt ideas.
– Best: Leonardo, Krea, Nightcafe, Magnific – These add detail and quality.
Private, on your own machine
*For advanced users/machines. Minimum: Nvidia GPU 16GB vRAM+ or high-end ARM processor with unified 64GB+ shared RAM. For apps that use online provider API keys, scroll down to “Definitive App Comparisons.”
Presentations, clients, 3D & shorts
| AI App Name | Alter | BoltAI | OOMU | Raycast | Elephas | EnConvo | Joy AI | Witsy | Beam | MindMac | Chatwise app (egoist) | Intellibar | MacGPT | ChatWise | Highlight | Open-WebUI | RabbitHoles AI | 120 AI Chat | Local.chat | NaiveChat | Warden | Onit | Sidekick | TextWisely | AgentTip | FlowDown.ai | Msty | Apollo | Chatbox | Fluent | MyRephra2 | NameQuick | RewriteBar | PalleteBrain | Poe | PromptForge - Al Chat Studio | Russet | Atlarix | ClipboardAI | macai | Odyssey | Private LLM | Slipbox | Hedy | HammerAI | Createy | Mushroom |
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| Website Pricing Page: | alterhq.com/pricing | boltai.com/buy | oomu.ai | raycast.com/pricing | elephas.app/pricing | enconvo.com/#pricing | joyai.app | witsyai.com | getbeam.ai/#pricing | mindmac.app/#pricing | chatwise.app/pricing | intellibar.app | goodsnooze.gumroad.com/l/menugpt | chatwise.app/pricing | highlightai.com | openwebui.com | rabbitholes.ai | 120.dev/120-ai-chat | localchat.co | naivechat.com | karatsidhu.gumroad.com/l/warden | getonit.ai/#pricing | github.com/johnbean393/Sidekick | textwisely.ai/#pricing | agenttip.xyz | Apple Store | msty.app | Apple Store | chatboxai.app | epicbits.net | idemfactor.com | namequick.app/#pricing | rewritebar.com/pricing | palettebrain.com | poe.com/download | Apple Store | rickytakkar.com/russet.html | atlarix.dev | clipboard-ai.com/buy | github.com/Renset/macai | odysseyapp.io | privatellm.app/en | slipbox.ai | hedy.ai/pricing | hammerai.com/desktop | createy.ai/pricing | getmushroom.app |
| Lifetime License Price | $720 unlimited use: 50+ models (10% off coupon: "AILab") | $69, $100 25% off: MACAPPS25 | Free | N/A | $129/$199 | $50/1 Device , $100/3 Devices | N/A | Free | $10+ | $29 | $29 (one year of updates) | $49 During Beta | $19 | $29 | Free | Free | $249 | $78 | $80 | Free | Free | N/A | Free | $29 | $5 | $6.99 | Free Soon | $200 | N/A | Free | $30.00 | Free | $19 | $30.00 | $30.00 | N/A | $24.99 | Free | N/A | $29 (launch offer) | N/A | $120.00 | $5.00 | Free | $200.00 | Free | N/A | $3 |
Freemium: Local or BYOK
$29/mo, $240/yr: 50+ Cloud AI (1/mo free coupon: "AILab") | $48, $68 (renewal pricing) | Free | Pro: $10/mo, $96/yr. Pro + Adv. AI $20/mo, $192/yr. | $9/$15 | $10/mo, $96/yr | $1.30/wk, $20/mo, $280/yr | Free | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | $29/yr | $10/mo, $100/mo | Free | $89/year | n/a | N/A | Free | Free | $8 | Free | $5/mo, $48/yr | N/A | $6.99 | Free Soon | Free, optional $100/yr | Free | Free | N/A | Free | $5 | $5/mo, $40/yr | N/A | $20/mo, $200/yr | $9.99/ Extra Usage, $29.99/Mo, $7.99/Weekly | N/A | 19$/mo | Free | N/A | $12/mo, $120 for 1 yr of updates | Free | $10/mo, $99/yr | $10/mo | Chatting is 100%, but saving chat history costs $9/mo | Starter $9/mo, Pro $29/mo, Agency $99/mo, Starter $7/yr, Pro $23/yr, Agency $79/yr | N/A | ||
| Non-profit/ | 35% current student discount. | 50% off | Free | 50% student discount on Pro subscription | $6.30/$10.50 | N/A | N/A | Free | N/A | $14 | N/A | N/A | €9 | N/A | N/A | Free | N/A | 50% Edu and NGO | N/A | N/A | Free | Free | Free | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Free | N/A | Free | $14.25 | $19.98 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Free | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | $50/yr | N/A | Free | N/A | N/A |
| Platforms | MacOS | MacOS, iOS, iPadOS, Android (in beta) | MacOS | MacOS, iOS | MacOS, iOS | MacOS | MacOS, iOS | MacOS, Windows, Linux | MacOS | MacOS | MacOS | MacOS | MacOS | MacOS, Windows, Linux, Mobile app soon | MacOS, iOS | MacOS, iPadOS, iOS, Windows, Linux | MacOS, Windows, Linux | MacOS, Windows | MacOS, iPadOS, iOS | MacOS | MacOS | MacOS | MacOS | MacOS | MacOS | MacOS, iPadOS, iOS | MacOS, Windows, Linux | MacOS, iPadOS, iOS | MacOS, Web interface | MacOS | MacOS | MacOS | MacOS | MacOS | MacOS, iPadOS, iOS, Windows | MacOS, iPadOS, iOS | MacOS, iPadOS, iOS | MacOS, Linux | MacOS, Windows | MacOS | MacOS | MacOS, iPadOS, iOS | MacOS | MacOS, iPadOS, iOS, Android | MacOS, Windows, Linux | MacOS | MacOS |
ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Local LLaMA, Mistral, Proprietary, Grok, Groq, Perplexity, Together, Qwen, Deepseek, OpenRouter, and more. | ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Local LLaMA, OpenRouter, Mistral AI, Together AI, Perplexity AI | ChatGPT, Claude, DeepSeek, Gemini, Grok, Groq, Local LLaMA, Mistral, Gemma, GLM, Qwen, Most others local and cloud | ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek, Mistral, Perplexity, Llama, Grok-2 (xAI) | ChatGPT, Claude, Local LLaMA, OpenRouter, Mistral, Together, Perplexity | ChatGPT, Claude, Local LLaMA, Gemini, Cloudflare workers, Perplexity, MistralAI, | ChatGPT, Claude, Bard, Perplexity, Gemini, Open Router, Mistral | BYOK, OpenAI, OpenRouter, Ollama | ChatGPT | ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Local LLaMA, MistralAI, Cohere, Perplexity, OpenRouter | ChatGPT, Claude, DeepSeek, Gemini, Grok, Groq, Local LLaMA, Mistral, Perplexity, API key or subscription required | ChatGPT, Claude, Local LLaMA, OpenRouter, Mistral AI, Together AI, Perplexity AI, BYOK | ChatGPT | BYOK, ChatGPT, Claude, DeepSeek, Gemini, Grok, Groq, Mistral | It chooses the AI model for you from a models library. | ChatGPT, Claude, Command R+, DeepSeek, Gemini, Grok, Groq, Local LLaMA, Mistral, Nova, Perplexity, Proprietary, Anything | ChatGPT, Claude, Command R+, DeepSeek, Gemini, Grok, Local LLaMA | ChatGPT, Claude, DeepSeek, Gemini, Grok, Groq, Local LLaMA, Mistral, Perplexity | ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini | ChatGPT, Claude, DeepSeek, Gemini, Grok, Groq, Local LLaMA, Mistral, Perplexity, Openrouter, most OpenAI compatible APIs | ChatGPT, Claude, DeepSeek, Gemini, Grok, Local LLaMA, Perplexity, Own / Private | Local LLaMA, All models supported by llama.cpp (Qwen 2.5, DeepSeek-R1 & distills, Llama 3.3, etc) | ChatGPT, Claude, DeepSeek, Gemini, Grok, Groq, Local LLaMA, Mistral, + Any OpenAI API Compatible | ChatGPT, Local LLaMA | ChatGPT, Claude, Command R+, DeepSeek, Gemini, Grok, Groq, Local LLaMA, Mistral, Nova, Perplexity | ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Local LLaMA, Proprietary | ChatGPT, Claude, Command R+, DeepSeek, Gemini, Grok, Groq, Local LLaMA, Mistral, Nova, Perplexity, Proprietary | ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini | ChatGPT, Gemini, Local LLaMA, OpenRouter | Ollama, LM Studio, OpenRouter | ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Local LLaMA | ChatGPT, Claude, DeepSeek, Gemini, Grok, Groq, Local LLaMA, Mistral, Perplexity, OpenRouter | ChatGPT | ChatGPT, Claude, Bard, Proprietary, Mixtral-8x7B, Code-Llama-34b, Google Palm, etc. | ChatGPT, Claude, Command R+, DeepSeek, Gemini, Grok, Groq, Local LLaMA, Mistral, Nova, Perplexity | On-Device Apple Intelligence | ChatGPT, Claude, DeepSeek, Gemini, Grok, Groq, Local LLaMA, Mistral, xAI, Together AI, OpenRouter, LM Studio | ChatGPT | Unknown | ChatGPT, Local LLaMA | Local LLaMA, Over 100 OmniQuant and GPTQ quantized open models | ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Proprietary | Claude, Gemini, Open Source Models through Together.AI | Local Llama | Gemini, Seedream, Flux, z image/turbo | On-device Apple Intelligence | ||
| Open Source | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Apple Silicon Optimized | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Electron | Yes | Yes | Electron | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Electron | Yes | Electron | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Electron | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Computer Control (MCP) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| Personal API Key Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| API Key Usage Tracking | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | N/A, 100% Local/Offline | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| Token counter | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Set AI Temperatures | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No |
| Delete Conversation | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | n/a - no history | N/A | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Stop Response | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
| Access to ChatGPT Web Interface | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | 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 | No | No | No | No |
| Local LLM Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (via Ollama) | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (via Ollama) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes (via Ollama) | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No |
| Search huggingface for LLM's in-app | No | No | No | Yes, via Extension | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes (curated) | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Unknown | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Prompt Templates | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not yet - Coming Jan. | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Limited to those that come with it | Context-aware prompt suggestions built in | Yes | Unknown | No | Limited to those that come with it | Yes | No | Limited to those that come with it | No | No |
| Dedicated App Window | Yes | 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 | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Pin/ | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| Spotlight-style integration | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Use inline in any app | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Responses saved to clipboard | Yes (optional) | Yes (optional) | Yes (optional) | Yes (optional) | Yes (optional) | Yes (optional) | Yes (always) | Yes (optional) | Yes (optional) | Yes (optional) | Yes (optional) | No | Yes (optional) | Yes (optional) | Yes (always) | Yes (always) | Yes (always) | Yes (optional) | No | No | Yes (optional) | Yes (optional) | Yes (optional) | Yes (optional) | Yes (optional) | No | Yes (optional) | No | No | Yes (optional) | Yes (always) | No | Yes (optional) | No | No | No | No | Yes (optional) | Yes | Yes (optional) | No | Yes (optional) | Yes (optional) | No | No | No | |
| Menubar Icon | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Unknown | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Inline Trigger I.e. / | Yes (Selection Popup) | Yes (Customizable) | Yes (Selection Popup) | No | No | Yes (Customizable) | Yes (Customizable) | No | Yes (Customizable) | Yes (Customizable) | No | Yes | Yes (Customizable) | No | Yes (Customizable) | Yes (Customizable) | No | No | No | Yes (Customizable) | No | No | No | No | Yes (Customizable) | No | No | No | No | Yes (Customizable) | Yes (Selection Popup) | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| Trigger with keyboard shortcut | Yes (Customizable) | Yes (Customizable) | Yes (Customizable) | Yes (Customizable) | Yes (Customizable) | Yes (Customizable) | Yes (Customizable) | Yes (Customizable) | Yes (Customizable) | Yes (Customizable) | Yes (Customizable) | Yes | Yes (Customizable) | Yes | Yes (Customizable) | Yes (Customizable) | No | No | No | Yes (Customizable) | Yes (Customizable) | Yes (Customizable) | No | Yes (Customizable) | Yes (Customizable) | No | No | No | No | Yes (Customizable) | Yes (Customizable) | Yes (Customizable) | Yes (Customizable) | Yes (Customizable) | Yes (Customizable) | No | No | No | Yes (Customizable) | Unknown | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
Yes (Flux & others) | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes (Dall-E) | Yes | Yes | Yes (Dall-E) | Yes | No | Yes, Dall-E, Image 1, Flux, Gemini Flash | No | Yes | Yes, Fal.AI as a provider | Google Image (Nano Banana), Dall-E 2 - 3, GPT Image, Stable Diffusion, FLUX.1dev | Yes (Dall-E) | Yes (Dall-E) | No | No | Yes (Apple's Image Playground) | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes (StableDiffusion) | No | No | No | No | Yes (StableDiffusion) | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | |
| Search Conversation History | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Unknown | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Voice Input | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Unknown | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Upload Documents/ | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes, PDF | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Dark Mode | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 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 | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Development Pace | Rapid | Rapid | Rapid | Stable | Stable | Stable | Stable | Rapid | Stable | Abandoned | Rapid | Abandoned | Abandoned | Rapid | Stable | Rapid | Stable | Rapid | Stable | Rapid | Rapid | Stagnant | Stable | Stable | Rapid | Stable | Rapid | stagnant | Rapid | Stagnant | Stable | Rapid | Stable | Stable | Stable | Stable | Rapid | Stable | Rapid | Stable | Abandoned | Stable | Stagnant | Rapid | Rapid | Stable | Rapid |
| Privacy Policy | Good - Full privacy with Ollama or LM Studio | Good - No access to conversations | Good - No access to conversations | Poor - May Access Limited User Generated Data | Good - No access to conversations | Good - No access to conversations | Good - No access to conversations | Good - No access to conversations | Good - No access to conversations | Good - No access to conversations | Good - No access to conversations | Good - No access to conversations | Good - No access to conversations | Good - No access to conversations | Good - No access to conversations | Good - No access to conversations | Good - No access to conversations | Good - No access to conversations | Good - No access to conversations | Good - No access to conversations | Good - No access to conversations | Good - No access to conversations | Good - No access to conversations | Good - No access to conversations | Good - No access to conversations | Good - No access to conversations | Good - No access to conversations | Good - No access to conversations | Good - No access to conversations | Good - No access to conversations | Good - No access to conversations | Good - No access to conversations | Good - No access to conversations | Good - No access to conversations | Good - No access to conversations | Good - No access to conversations | Good - No access to conversations | Good - No access to conversations | Good - No access to conversations | Good - No access to conversations | Good - No access to conversations | Good - No access to conversations | Good - No access to conversations | Good - No access to conversations | Good - No access to conversations | ||
Context-aware AI actions, text selections, Finder files/folders, Apple Mail emails, and screenshots. Voice prompting, meeting recording, speaker identification. | High performance, clean and beautiful UI, deep integration with other apps and services | Full agentic AI harness combining local and cloud models, tool use, native Mac integrations, and reusable workflows. Local processing reduces cloud API spending. | 2000 extensions, Full spotlight replacement. Can replace a lot of other macOS apps like Window Managers, Text Expanders, clipboard managers, Hyperkey, Notes apps, etc. | 1. Rich plugin system 2. Seamless Access from anywhere 3. Local LLMs powered by Ollama / LM Studio | Override AI per character level, universal across Mac, iPhone and iPad | Custom experts and agents, can use local knowledge bases | Ease chats management with nested folders, parameter & output control, context control, inline mode | Fast native UI, MCP support, works with API keys or your existing AI accounts (no separate API setup needed) | Read, dictate | Sidebar feature, great spotlight style window, inline in apps, small app file size, completely built in SwiftUI | Lightweight and RAM friendly | Magic Dot and Plugins | Able to connect with anything and keep things local | Node based AI chats on a canvas, made to work like our brain does | Native, high performance at 120FPS, multi-thread conversations, temporary chat mode, Responses API (OpenAI) | Hotkey driven, conversation branch maps | Completely Native Opensource SWIFT app with Liquid Glass | Context-aware (optional). Instantly grab your current window, tab or selected text as context. Works side-by-side with all your apps | Local first, macOS native, chatbot can reference information from unlimited, can generate diagrams and PPTs | It offers instant inline actions, system-wide macOS integration, status bar integration, custom personas, and full local-model privacy. | Acess to AI assistant, with all their context, on any app of your mac, just use a trigger word | MCP, offline models from LM studio, Ollama, HuggingFace and Cloud. Inference customization | Split Chats, Knowledge Stacks, Real Time Data, Prompts Library, Ollama, Sticky Prompt | Good design | Native (it's super quick), Spotlight-like spirit, Customizable Actions, Local MLX models right in the app | Seamlessly integrated, feels fast and native | Extract structured data from unstructured files to rename | App Size 20 MB | You can create your own bots using your prompts and share them with others | Compare: Side-by-Side Comparison | The default behavior is to utilize already on-device Apple Intelligence via the Foundations Models. So no additional downloads or internet connection required. | Visual Blueprint from RTE codebase parsing. AI queries architecture graph instead of raw files. 8 providers + local models. 57 tools. | Run StableDiffusion locally w/custom image models & ControlNet. Background removal, inpainting, batch. | The only Local LLM app that offers high quality OmniQuant and GPTQ quantized models | Privacy focused approach, no data stored on the cloud. All transcripts happen locally, no bot required for meetings | Supports users during meetings/conversations with others, unlike other AI tools focused on 1:1 interactions. | HammerAI runs models locally and is 100% private, 100% free to chat, very simple, and requires no login | Universal Floating Panel: Generate assets without ever leaving your active window. Fluid Drag & Drop: Direct app-to-app flow. | It's a companion app that runs the processing entirely on-device and it reminds you to drink water, eat, go to bed, etc. | ||||||||
Editor's Choice. Only option with a lifetime tier that includes lifetime API usage for zero additional cost. All in one. Weekly updates. | Clean and beautiful UI, high performance | Free forever, including commercial use. Built exclusively for Apple Silicon Macs. Beta 2 is seeking use cases and bug reports to shape the next release. | 30 Day Free Trial | A free BYOK AI assistant | Great feature-rich ChatGPT client for macOS, active development | The UI matches apple design language | Good desktop app optimized for Silicon | Amazing UIUX | Requires Docker or 'nix understanding | Designed to put user in flow states when dealing with agents | Multi-threads conversation, File attachment, Image Generation, Temporary chat | Support seamless hotkey workflow for exploration with AI | Fully opensourced native Mac App written in Swift | Lives quietly at the edge of your screen and integrates seamlessly with ALL your Mac apps. Weekly Shipping. | Has built in auto updater, support for popular new models is often added within 1-3 days | Follow-up actions, using selected text as an action's context, and keyboard shortcuts. | Easy access to OpenAI assistants and Ollama models anywhere in your mac | Polished UI, Compatible LM studio, Ollama, HuggingFace, cloud models and custom. Also Going Free | It would still say the UX, give it a shot or two | Rephrase without switching context, support both local and remote LLM | Watch folders for background renaming of files , Custom Naming Conventions, Menu Bar App with global hotkey to rename from wherever. | Run by Quora... | Works locally and offline without the need to download additional models. | Only AI coding copilot with live architecture diagrams. Parse once, query forever. Apple Notarized. Built by NorahLabs, Nairobi. | Closed Beta. More is coming soon. Node based system. Easy to get started. | Still have some rough edges with local models, sometimes consumes more energy or the local transcripts may not be that accurate | Hedy will run in the background during conversations and meetings and provide suggestions to the user to help them. | Amazing UI, no nag screens, no crashes, 100% free to chat | Floating Panel and Local AI Cloud | It's cute and it's easier to set up reminders than to use Reminders app, especially for small reminders | |||||||||||||||||
| Homebrew Install Command | n/a | brew install —cask boltai | NA | brew install --cask raycast | brew install --cask elephas | n/a | n/a | brew install --cask witsy | n/a | brew install --cask mindmac | n/a | n/a | brew install --cask chatwise | brew install highlight | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | brew install --cask flowdown | brew install -cask msty | brew install --cask chatbox | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | brew install --cask poe | N/A | brew install --cask macai | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
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| App Name | Arq | Duplicati | Carbon Copy Cloner (CCC) | SuperDuper! | FreeFileSync | TimeMachine | Get Backup Pro | SmartBackup | Tusk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Website Pricing Page: | arqbackup.com/pricing | duplicati.com | sites.fastspring.com/bombich/product/ccc7 | shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html | freefilesync.org | App Store | belightsoft.com/store/getbackup-pro | solesignal.com/smartbackup4 | tuskbackup.com/#pricing |
$49.99 plus storage provider (e.g. a hard drive, or Dropbox, or S3 etc.) | Free | $50 | $27.95 | Free, Any Donation for Donation Edition | N/A | $29.99 | Free | $80.00 | |
| Pricing/ | $59.99/yr if using Arq storage instead of your own provider | Free | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Free | |
| Non-profit/ | Free | 25% off for students | N/A | N/A | N/A | $20.99 | Free | ||
| Platforms | MacOS, Windows | MacOS, Windows, Linux | MacOS | MacOS | MacOS, Windows, Linux | MacOS | MacOS | MacOS | MacOS |
| Apple Silicon Optimized | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Electron |
| Open Source | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| File System Support | APFS, HFS+, NTFS, FAT32 | APFS, HFS+, ExFAT, NTFS, FAT32, ext4 | APFS, HFS+ | APFS, HFS+ | APFS, HFS+, ExFAT, NTFS, FAT32, ext4 | APFS, HFS+ | APFS, HFS+, ExFAT, FAT32 | APFS, HFS+, ExFAT, FAT32 | APFS, HFS+, ExFAT, FAT32 |
| Bootable Disk Imaging/ | No | No | Yes, Intel, ARM | Yes, Intel, ARM | No | Yes, Intel, ARM | Yes, Intel | No | No |
| Disk‑image backup | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Incremental Snapshots | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Differential Snapshots | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| File Versioning | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Search and Restore Individual Files | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Backup Compression | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
| Encryption & Password Protection | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes, MacOS FS Encryption | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Scheduled Backup | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Network Backups | Yes | Yes | Yes, but data only, no disk cloning | Yes, via images; directly via iSCSI | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Remote Server Support | SSH, FTP, SFTP, NFS, WebDAV | SSH, FTP, SFTP, NFS, WebDAV | SSH | No | SSH, FTP, SFTP | No | No | No | No |
Backblaze B2, Amazon S3, Google Drive, Many others | Backblaze B2, Amazon S3, Google Drive, iCloud, Filen, Filejump, pCloud, Azure Blob Storage, and more | No | No | Google Drive | No | No | No | Backblaze B2, Amazon S3, Google Drive, Dropbox | |
| Peer‑to‑peer sync | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Bandwidth limits | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Real-time Sync | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes |
| Sync Modes | One-Way Update, One-way Mirror, Two-way Sync, Move/Rename Detection | No | One-Way Update, One-way Mirror, Move/Rename Detection, Archive deletes | One-Way Update, One-way Mirror | One-Way Update, One-way Mirror, Two-way Sync | One-Way Update, Archive deletes | One-Way Update, One-way Mirror, Two-way Sync | One-Way Update, One-way Mirror, Archive deletes | One-Way Update, Move/Rename Detection |
Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | a few one-off actions stop for a review: Offloading, local deletion & deduplication | |
| Comparison Methods | Checksum (content), Modification Time, Name, Content, Size | Modification Time, Name, Size | Modification Time, Size | Modification Time, Name, Content, Size | Modification Time, Content, Size | No | Modification Time, Name | Modification Time | Checksum (content), Modification Time, Name, Content, Size |
| File/ | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Auto‑mount/ | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes |
| Preserve metadata | Yes | xattrs, timestamps | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Integrity Check | Yes, checksums | Yes, checksums | Yes, checksums | No | No | Yes, checksums | No | No | Yes, checksums |
| Pause/ | Yes + Resume interrupted | Yes + Resume interrupted | Yes + Resume interrupted | No | Yes | Yes + Resume interrupted | No | No | Yes + Resume interrupted |
| Script hooks | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Manage Multiple Devices | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Command‑line interface (CLI) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Finder Integration | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Notifications | Logs, Email, Notification Center | Logs, Email, Webhook | Logs, Email, Notification Center | Notification Center | Logs, Email | Notification Center | Logs | Logs | No |
| Partition Tools | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| OS Recovery Installer USB/ | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Portable / No-Install Option | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Dark Mode Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Stable: https://www.arqbackup.com/download/arqbackup/arq7_release_notes.html | Stable | Stable | Stable | Stable | n/a | Abandoned | Stable | Rapid: https://tuskbackup.com/docs/releases | |
Huge variety of backup destination options, macOS native interface, low footprint and very reliable | Duplicati: zero-trust encryption, scheduled backups, simple UI, multiple storage options. | SuperDuper’s focus is on affordable, simple, intuitive backups, without format lock-in. | Sync screening is presented well. App does look dated, but works very well for what it offers. | Built in to MacOS | Configurable multi threaded copy useful for high performance storage (NVME, Xsan) | Also keeps a local file catalog, so even when your drives are unplugged, you know where all your backups are | |||
Really responsive developer (implemented password less SSH logins so I could backup via Tailscale!), years and years of reliability, strong focus on privacy and reliability | Fully open-source, intuitive UI, strong encryption and multiple platforms supported | Their support email is completely unresponsive. | Editor's Choice. Excellent support, 2x Macworld Eddy winning | Donation edition has some nice extras | Very fast and easy to use | Let's you safely delete local files, when backups succeeded | |||
| Homebrew Install Command | brew install --cask duplicati | brew install --cask carbon-copy-cloner | n/a | brew install --cask freefilesync | n/a | n/a |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Website Pricing Page: | alterhq.com | meetmic.app | transcribex.io | spokenly.app | superwhisper.com | tryglimpse.cc/#pricing | thoth-app.com | typewhisper.com | voicehotkey.com/price | audionote.app/pricing | studio.baunilha.dev/fala | Gumroad | zavivoice.com | tryvoiceink.com/buy | ottex.ai/#pricing | voxbee.app/pricing | clabrate.com/pricing | echo99.app | enviouswispr.com | vowen.ai | cloudless.so | hedy.ai | openvoxai.com | carelesswhisper.app | Raymate.app | voquill.com/#pricing | aquavoice.com/pricing | speechcap.com/#pricing | kazhy.app | www.shadow.do/pricing | vocaldi.com/license | GitHub | wisprflow.ai/pricing | App Store | dictationdaddy.com/#pricing | altic.dev/fluid | motionobj.com/minutefile | univocalapp.com/pricing | whispernotes.app/#pricing | orathor.com/#pricing | betteraudio.pro | getseam.app/buy | ploca.app/#pricing | tryfreeway.com | handy.computer |
$720 unlimited: 50+ models (10% off coupon: "AILab") | $59 | $39 | Free: Local Models or BYOK | $250 (true lifetime) | Individual: $13, commercial: $25 | $49.99 | Free | N/A | $140.00 | $29.00 | $68 | N/A | $25.00 | Free | $49 | $19 | Free | Free | Free | Free | 199 | $19.99 | $20 | Free | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Free | $29.99 | Free | N/A | $22 | $150 | Free | $39 | $59 ($19 launch price) | $5.00 | $29.00 | Free with core features + 9.99$ Support License with extended functions | $29 one-time, for 2 Macs | $30 lifetime. $15 for one year updates and users keep the version forever. | Free | Free | |
Freemium: Local or BYOK
$29/mo, $240/yr: 50+ Cloud AI (1/mo free coupon: "AILab") | N/A | N/A | $8/mo, $80/yr | $8.50/mo, $85/yr | N/A | $7/mo, $40/year | Free | $2/mo | Standard:$7/mo,$69/yr; Pro: $9/mo,$99/yr | N/A | N/A | $8/mo, $50/yr | One-time Payment | Free | N/A | N/A | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free for up to 5 hours/month, $9.99/month or $69.99/year after that | N/A | N/A | Free | $12/mo | $10/mo or $96/yr | 3$/mo - 6$/mo | Free | $8/mo | N/A | Free | 1–2,000 words/wk free. $15/mo, $144/yr. | N/A | $10/mo,60$/year | Free | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | No subscription. One-time purchase, with a 48-hour free trial and no card needed. | $3/month | Free | Free | |
| Non-profit/ | 35% off students and academics | 30% discount | $19 | N/A | 40% off any plan ($100 lifetime, $34/yr, $3.40/mo) | By email request | N/A | Free | N/A | N/A | $14.50 | N/A | N/A | 35% off for students | Free | N/A | N/A | Free | Free | Free | Free | N/A | N/A | N/A | Free | N/A | $28.80/yr | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Free | 3/mo free, then 50% off, $72/yr | N/A | $99 | Free | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Free | Free | |
| Platforms | MacOS | MacOS, iOS | MacOS | MacOS, iOS | MacOS, iOS, Windows, Android | MacOS, Windows | MacOS, iOS | MacOS, iOS, Windows | MacOS, iOS, Windows, Android | MacOS, Windows | MacOS | MacOS | MacOS, iOS, Windows, Linux, Android | MacOS | MacOS, iOS | MacOS, iOS, Linux | MacOS | MacOS | MacOS, Windows/Android in Beta | MacOS, Windows | MacOS, iOS | MacOS, iPadOS, iOS, Android | MacOS, iPadOS, iOS, Windows | MacOS | MacOS | MacOS, Windows, Linux | MacOS, iPadOS, iOS, Windows | MacOS | MacOS | MacOS | MacOS | MacOS | MacOS, iOS, Windows, Android | MacOS, iOS | MacOS, Windows, chrome | MacOS | MacOS | MacOS | MacOS, iOS | MacOS | MacOS | MacOS | MacOS | MacOS | MacOS, Windows, Linux |
| Open Source | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
100% Local, Cloud (Included) | 100% Local, Cloud (add API key) | 100% Local | 100% Local, Cloud (Included), Cloud (add API key) | 100% Local, Cloud (Included), Cloud (add API key) | 100% Local, Cloud (add API key) | 100% Local | 100% Local, Cloud (add API key) | Cloud (Included) | 100% Local | 100% Local, Cloud (add API key) | 100% Local, Cloud (add API key) | Cloud (Included), Cloud (add API key) | 100% Local, Cloud (add API key) | 100% Local, Cloud (Included), Cloud (add API key), Pay-as-you-go STT model Aggregator with 8 AI providers including (DeepGram, Groq, Gemini, OpenAI, Assembly, Soniox, Mistral) | 100% Local, Cloud (add API key) | 100% Local, Cloud (add API key) | 100% Local | 100% Local | 100% Local, Cloud (add API key) | 100% Local | 100% Local | 100% Local | 100% Local | 100% Local, Cloud (add API key) | 100% Local, Cloud (Included), Cloud (add API key), Enterprise | Cloud (Included) | 100% Local, Cloud (Included) | 100% Local, Cloud (Included) | 100% Local | 100% Local | Cloud API and local Whisper models. | Cloud (Included) | 100% Local | 100% Local, Cloud (Included), Cloud (add API key) | 100% Local | 100% Local | 100% Local | 100% Local | 100% Local, Cloud (add API key) | 100% Local | 100% Local | 100% Local | 100% Local | 100% Local | |
Parakeet, Whisper Pro, Apple SpeechAnalyzer, Deepgram | Whisper, Apple SpeechAnalyzer | Whisper, Parakeet | Whisper, Apple SpeechAnalyzer, Deepgram, Scribe (ElevenLabs), Whisper v3/Turbo (Fireworks), GPT-4o-transcribe (OpenAI) | Whisper, Deepgram, Parakeet | Whisper, Parakeet | Whisper, Apple SpeechAnalyzer, Parakeet | Whisper, Apple SpeechAnalyzer, Deepgram | Whisper | Whisper, sherpa-ncnn | Whisper, Apple SpeechAnalyzer, Google Cloud, Parakeet V3 | Parakeet, Whisper | Whisper, Deepgram, Google Cloud, Amazon Transcribe | Whisper, Deepgram, Parakeet | Whisper, Deepgram, Google Cloud, DeepGram, Groq, Gemini, OpenAI, Assembly, Soniox, Mistral, Parakeet | Whisper, Parakeet (soon) | Parakeet | Parakeet, Nemotron | Whisper, Apple SpeechAnalyzer, NVIDIA Parakeet v3 | Whisper, Parakeet | Whisper, Granite, Parakeet, Qwen | Whisper | Whisper, Apple SpeechAnalyzer, Nemotron 3.5 ASR, Parakeet TDT 0.6B v3 | Whisper, Parakeet (soon) | Whisper, Deepgram, Google Cloud, Soniox, Parakeet, OpenAI endpoints | Whisper, Deepgram | Avalon 1.5 (Proprietary) | Whisper | Whisper | Whisper | NVIDIA Parakeet TDT v3 through MLX | Whisper, Gemini Flash Models 2.0 2.5 and 3.0 | Unknown | Whisper | Whisper, Deepgram | Whisper, Parakeet TDT | Whisper, Google Cloud | Whisper | Whisper | Whisper, Apple SpeechAnalyzer, Deepgram | Parakeet TDT by Nvidia | Whisper, NVIDIA Parakeet | Nvidia Parakeet v3 | Whisper, Parekeet | ||
| Model Selection (E.g. Whisper Tiny, Large, Turbo) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | |
| Apple Silicon Optimized | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Electron | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Electron | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Electron | Yes | Electron | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | |
| Metal/ | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No? | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | ||
Great | Great | Great | Great | Great | Great | Great | Great | Great | Great | Great | Poor | Great | Great | Cloud models, Manual local model unload | Great | Great | Great | Configurable: stays loaded for speed by default, or auto-unloads after 2 to 60 min idle | Unknown | Great | Great | Great | Great | Great | Great | Great | Great | Great | Models are prewarmed locally for low latency, with a lighter memory profile on Macs under 16 GB. | Great | Poor | n/a | Great | No? | Great | Great | Great | Great | Great | Great | Poor | Unknown | |||
Post-Dictation, File based | Post-Dictation, File based | Post-Dictation | Realtime, Post-Dictation, File based | Realtime, Post-Dictation, File based | Realtime, Post-Dictation, File based | Realtime, Post-Dictation, File based | Realtime, Post-Dictation, File based | Post-Dictation, File based | Realtime, Dictation feature is under development | Post-Dictation, File based | Post-Dictation | Realtime, Post-Dictation, File based | Post-Dictation, File based, Realtime (coming-soon) | Realtime, Post-Dictation, File based | Post-Dictation, File based | Realtime, Post-Dictation | Post-Dictation | Post-Dictation, File based, Live preview shows words as you speak; final text pastes after you stop | Post-Dictation | Post-Dictation | Realtime, Post-Dictation, File based | Post-Dictation, File based | Post-dictation File-based, Continuous processed in 30-second batches. | Realtime, Post-Dictation | Post-Dictation | Realtime, Post-Dictation | Post-Dictation | Post-Dictation | Realtime | Post-Dictation, Rolling dictation | Post-Dictation | Post-Dictation | Post-Dictation, File based | Post-Dictation | Realtime, Post-Dictation, File based | File based | Post-Dictation | Post-Dictation | Realtime, Post-Dictation | Post-Dictation | Post-Dictation | Post-Dictation | Post-Dictation | Post-Dictation | |
| Speed | >2 seconds | >500ms | >1 second | <500ms | <500ms | <500ms | <500ms | <500ms | <500ms | <500ms | <500ms | >1 second | <500ms | >2 seconds | Depends on model, Parakeet<500ms, Gemini 3 Flash >2 sec | >1 second | <500ms | >500ms | >500ms | <500ms | <500ms | >1 second | >2 seconds | <500ms | <500ms | <500ms | <500ms | >1 second | >500ms | >2 seconds | <500ms | >1 second | <500ms | n/a | >1 second | <500ms | >1 second | >2 seconds | Unknown | >1 second | <500ms (English), >500ms (Indian) | >500ms | Unknown | ||
| System-Wide Insertion | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Trigger Options | Hotkey, Shortcut, Mouse | Shortcut, Mouse | Hotkey, Shortcut, Mouse | Hotkey, Shortcut | Hotkey, Shortcut, Mouse | Hotkey, Shortcut | Hotkey | Hotkey | Hotkey, Shortcut, Mouse | Hotkey | Hotkey | Hotkey | Hotkey | Hotkey, Shortcut | Hotkey, Shortcut, Per-profile hotkeys | Hotkey, Shortcut | Hotkey, Shortcut, Mouse | Shortcut | Hotkey, Shortcut, Mouse | Hotkey, Shortcut | Hotkey, Shortcut | n/a | Mouse | Hotkey | Hotkey, Shortcut | Hotkey, Shortcut | Hotkey | Hotkey (non-configurable), Mouse | Hotkey | Hotkey (non-configurable), Autopilot | Shortcut | Hotkey | Hotkey, Shortcut, Mouse | Mouse | Hotkey | Hotkey | N/A process meeting recordings | Hotkey | Mouse | Hotkey | Shortcut | Hotkey | Hotkey | Hotkey, Shortcut, Mouse, Customazible | Shortcut |
Both | Both | n/a | Push-to-Talk, Hold, Double Tap, Auto | Both | Both | Both | Both | Both | Both | Press-to-Talk | Both | Press-to-Talk | Both | Both | Press-to-Talk | Both | n/a | Both | Toggle | Both | n/a | n/a | Both | Both | Both | Both | Both | Both | n/a | Both | Toggle | Both | n/a | Both | Both | n/a | Both | n/a | Both | Toggle | Hold or tap a modifier key you pick: Fn, Option, Command, Control or Right Shift | Press-to-Talk | Toggle | Both | |
| Language Auto Detection | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No, System Language | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Context Awareness | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | not applicable, Thoth is more of a meetings notes app | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | ||
| Dictation History | Yes (meetings, not brief dictations) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (access only) | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (access only) | Yes | Yes (access only) | Yes (access only) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes (access only) | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes (access only) | Yes | Yes (access only) | Yes | Yes (access only) | No | Intentionally has only a "Copy last transcript" option | No | Yes | |
| Search | Yes (Search) | Yes (Search) | Yes (Search) | No | Yes (Search+Replace) | Yes (Search) | Yes (Search+Replace) | Yes (Search) | Yes (Search+Replace) | Yes (Search+Replace) | Yes (Search+Replace) | Yes (Search+Replace) | Yes (Search+Replace) | No | No | No | Yes (Search) | No | Yes (Search) | No | No | Yes (Search) | No | Yes (Search+Replace) | No | No | Yes (Search) | No | Yes (Search) | Yes (Search) | No | No | No | Yes (Search) | No | Yes (Search) | Yes (Search) | No | Yes (Search) | Yes (Search) | No | No | No | ||
| Menu Bar Access | No | Yes (Optional) | Yes (Optional) | Yes | Yes (Optional) | Yes (Optional) | Yes (Optional) | Yes (Optional) | Yes | Yes (Optional) | Yes | Yes (Optional) | Yes | Yes (Optional) | Yes | Yes (Optional) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Yes (Optional) | Yes (Optional) | Yes | Yes | Yes (Optional) | Yes (Optional) | Yes (Optional) | Yes (Optional) | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes (Optional) | Yes (Optional) | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes (Optional) | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Batch Transcription | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| Audio File Transcription | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | |
| Video Transcription | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | |
| Watch Folder | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | 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 | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
Duration Based | Duration Based, Recording based on Apple Calendar events with meeting links | Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet | n/a | Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet | No | Duration Based, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet | No | Duration Based, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet | Any App | No, It's in the Roadmap | No | No | n/a | Duration Based, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet | Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet | No | Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet | No | Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet | No | Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Slack Huddle | No | No | No | n/a | n/a | No | Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet | No | n/a | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| Multi-language Transcription Support | Yes, 57 | Yes | 100+ | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | 13 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes, 100+ | 30+ languages | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes - 89 Languages | Yes | Yes | Yes, 25 languages | Yes | 100 languages | Yes | Yes | No? | "Yes - 99 Languages" | Yes - 31 Languages | Yes | Yes | Yes - 25 | Yes | Yes - 25 | Yes | |
App-Provided AI Access | Apple Foundational Models, LM Studio, Ollama, User-Provided API Access | Apple Foundational Models, Ollama, User-Provided API Access | Ollama, User-Provided API Access, App-Provided AI Access | LM Studio, Ollama, User-Provided API Access, App-Provided AI Access | LM Studio, Ollama, User-Provided API Access | Apple Foundational Models, LM Studio, Ollama, User-Provided API Access | Apple Foundational Models, LM Studio, Ollama, User-Provided API Access, App-Provided AI Access | App-Provided AI Access | LM Studio, Ollama, User-Provided API Access, App-Provided AI Access, OpenAI, Claude, Deepseek | Apple Foundational Models, User-Provided API Access, | LM Studio, Ollama, User-Provided API Access | User-Provided API Access, App-Provided AI Access | LM Studio, Ollama, User-Provided API Access, App-Provided AI Access | LM Studio, Ollama, User-Provided API Access, Custom OpenAI provider - connect any LLM/transcription provider | Ollama, User-Provided API Access, Apple Foundational coming soon. | LM Studio, Ollama, User-Provided API Access, Built in | llama.cpp | Apple Foundational Models, Ollama, User-Provided API Access, EG-1 and S1-mini, bundled local models (free) | User-Provided API Access | None | App-Provided AI Access | Apple Foundational Models, App-Provided AI Access | LM Studio, Ollama, User-Provided API Access, App-Provided AI Access | LM Studio, Ollama, User-Provided API Access | Ollama, User-Provided API Access, App-Provided AI Access, Enterprise | None | Ollama | App-Provided AI Access | App-Provided AI Access | None | User-Provided API Access | None | None | App-Provided AI Access | Apple Foundational Models, User-Provided API Access | None | None | None | Apple Foundational Models | None | None | None | None | None | |
| Meeting Summaries | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| Meeting Action Items Extraction | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| AI Assistant Chat | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Unknown | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| Custom Processing Prompt Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| Glossaries | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No? | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Filler Word Removal | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Auto-correction | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No? | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | ||
| Word Replacement | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No? | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Translation | Yes (Realtime & Files) | No | Yes (of Files) | Yes (Realtime & Files) | Yes (Realtime & Files) | Yes (Realtime) | Yes (of Files) | Yes (Realtime & Files) | Yes (Realtime) | Yes (Realtime) | Yes (Realtime & Files) | Yes (of Files) | Yes (Realtime) | No | No | Yes (Realtime) | No | No | No | Unknown | Yes (Realtime) | Yes (of Files) | Yes (of Files) | No | Yes (of Files) | No | No | Yes (Realtime) | No | No | No | No | No | Yes (Realtime) | No | No? | No | No | No | No | No | Yes (Realtime) | No | No | |
| Noise Filtering | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No? | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | |||
| In-app Editing | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Speaker Detection | Yes (Level 2) | Yes (Level 1) | Yes (Level 1) | Yes (Level 1) | Yes (Level 2) | No | Yes (Level 1) | No | Yes (Level 1) | No | No | Yes (Level 1) | Yes (Level 2) | No | Yes (Level 1) | No | No | Yes (Level 3) | Yes (Level 1) | Yes (Level 1) | No | No | Yes (Level 1) | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes (Level 1) | No | No | No | No | No | No? | Yes (Level 1) | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| Manual Speaker Editing | Yes (Add, Merge, Delete) | Yes (Add, Merge, Delete) | Yes (Add, Merge, Delete) | Yes (Add, Merge, Delete) | Yes (Add, Merge, Delete) | No | Yes (Add, Merge, Delete) | No | No | No | No | Yes (Add, Merge, Delete) | Yes (Add, Merge, Delete) | No | Yes (Add, Merge, Delete) | No | No | Yes (Add, Merge, Delete) | Rename only | Unknown | No | No | Yes (Add, Merge, Delete) | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes (Add, Merge, Delete) | No | No | No | No | No | No? | Add/edit labels | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| Timestamp Control | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Show or hide times on file transcripts only | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Not applicable | No | No |
| Playback Speed Controls | No | Yes (up to 3x) | Yes (up to 2x) | No | No | Yes (up to 3x) | No | No | No | Yes (up to 4x+) | No | Yes (up to 3x) | No | No | No | No | No | Yes (up to 3x) | No | Unknown | No | No | Yes (up to 2x) | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes (up to 3x) | No | No | No | No | No? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| Subtitle Generation | Yes (simple text only) | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Not applicable | No | No |
None | Combine into Sentences, Copy, Delete, Favorite, Merge Lines | Combine into Sentences, Copy, Delete, Favorite, Merge Lines, Reorder | Combine into Sentences, Delete, Merge Lines | None | None | Combine into Sentences, Copy | None | No | Combine into Sentences, Copy, Delete, Merge Lines | Copy | Combine into Sentences, Copy, Delete, Favorite, Merge Lines, Remove "-" | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | Unknown | None | No | Combine into Sentences, Copy, Delete | None | None | None | None | None | None | Copy, Delete | None | None | None | None | No | None? | None | None | Copy | Copy, Delete | None | None | No | |||
| Segment Length Options | Segments | Transcript, Segments, Sentences | Transcript, Segments, Sentences | Transcript, Segments, Sentences, Section, Character count | Segments, Sentences | n/a | Transcript, Segments | Segments | No | Transcript, Sentences, Character count | Transcript, Sentences | Transcript, Segments, Sentences, Section, Character count | No | Transcript | Transcript, Segments | Transcript | Transcript | Transcript | Transcript | Unknown | Transcript, | Transcript | Transcript, Sentences | No | No | n/a | n/a | Transcript | Sentences | Segments | Transcript | Transcript, Segments, Sentences | No | No? | Transcript, Sentences | Segments | Transcript | Transcript | Transcript | No | |||||
| Export Formats | txt | csv, html, md, pdf, srt, txt, vtt, json, sbv | csv, md, pdf, srt, txt, vtt | md, rtf, srt, vtt, Final Cut | txt, clipboard | md, srt, txt, vtt | md, pdf, rtf, srt, txt, vtt | srt, vtt | No | srt, txt, vtt, sub,ass,ssa,lrc,sbv,smi,json | txt | csv, docx, html, md, pdf, srt, txt, vtt, .json | n/a | md, txt | md, txt | md, rtf | txt | md, txt | txt | Unknown | csv | txt | srt, txt | txt | n/a | Unknown | Unknown | md | txt | Unknown | srt, txt, vtt | No | None? | html, md, txt | txt | Unknown | None | none | txt | ||||||
| Text-to-Speech Support | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes (System wide) | No | No | No | Yes (In-App, import only) | No | No | No | No | No | Yes (System wide) | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes (System wide) | Yes (System wide) | No | No | No | No | No | Yes (System wide) | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Processing Options | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | Cloud (Included), Cloud (add API key) | n/a | n/a | n/a | 100% Local | 100% Local | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 100% Local | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 100% Local | 100% Local, Cloud (add API key) | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 100% Local | n/a | n/a | n/a | 100% Local | 100% Local | |||
| Context Aware TTS | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | Yes | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | ||
| Maximum Realtime TTS Speed | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | Up to 1x | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | Up to 2x | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | Up to 3x | Up to 1x | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | Up to 2x | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | ||
| Display Assistance | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | Ruler Overlay | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | Live Text Highlighting | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | Live Text Highlighting | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | ||
| Voice Quality/ | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | Realistic | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | Realistic | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | Realistic | Realistic | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | Realistic | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | ||
| Apple Shortcuts Support | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Unknown | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| Launcher Support | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes (Raycast) | No | No | Global Hotkey (Works seamlessly alongside any launcher) | No | No | No | Ottex Launcher | No | No | No | No | Unknown | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| Bluetooth Compatibility | Good | Great | None | None | None | Great | Great | None | Good (added delay) | Great | Great | Unknown | Great | Unknown | Great | Good (added delay) | Unknown | Great | Great | Unknown | Good (added delay) | Great | None | Unknown | Unknown | Good (added delay) | Good (added delay) | Great | Great | Great | None | Good (added delay) | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | None | Unknown | Unknown | Great | Good (added delay) | Unknown | ||||
Excellent - Local Models: 100% private. Online models: Great. API keys: direct provider connection. | Excellent - 100% Local, No data leaves machine. | Excellent - 100% Local, No data leaves machine. | Excellent - Local models: 100% private. Online models: backend processing. API keys: direct provider connection, no audio to app server. | Excellent - 100% Local, No data leaves machine. | Excellent - 100% Local, No data leaves machine. | Excellent - 100% Local, No data leaves machine. | Great - Content not accessed except for processing | Excellent - 100% Local, No data leaves machine. | Excellent - 100% Local, No data leaves machine. | Excellent - 100% Local, No data leaves machine. | Great - Content not accessed except for processing | Excellent - 100% Local, No data leaves machine. | Great - Content not accessed except for processing | Excellent - 100% Local, No data leaves machine. | Excellent - 100% Local, No data leaves machine. | Excellent - 100% Local, No data leaves machine. | Great - Content not accessed except for processing | Excellent - 100% Local, No data leaves machine. | Great - Content not accessed except for processing | Excellent - 100% Local, No data leaves machine. | Excellent - 100% Local, No data leaves machine. | Excellent - 100% Local, No data leaves machine. | Great - Content not accessed except for processing | Great - Content not accessed except for processing | Excellent - 100% Local, No data leaves machine. | Great - Content not accessed except for processing | Excellent - 100% Local, No data leaves machine. | Great - Content not accessed except for processing | Excellent - 100% Local, No data leaves machine. | Great - Content not accessed except for processing | Unknown | Excellent - 100% Local, No data leaves machine. | Excellent - 100% Local, No data leaves machine. | Excellent - 100% Local, No data leaves machine. | Excellent by default (100% local); optional cloud engines only with user's own API key | Excellent - 100% Local, No data leaves machine. | Dictation is 100% local, voice and text never leave the Mac. The app sends anonymous usage analytics. https://getseam.app/privacy | Excellent - 100% Local, No data leaves machine. | Excellent - 100% Local, No data leaves machine. | Unknown | |||||
| Development Pace | Rapid (weekly) | Rapid | Rapid | Rapid | Rapid | Rapid (Weekly) | Rapid | Rapid | Stable | Rapid | Rapid | Stable | Stagnant | Stable | Stable | Rapid | Rapid | Stable | Rapid | Rapid | Rapid - new versions bi-weekly | Rapid | Rapid | Stable | Rapid | Stable | Rapid | Stable | Stable. | Stable | Rapid | Stagnant | Stagnant | Rapid | Rapid | Rapid - https://univocalapp.com/changelog/ | Stable | Rapid | Stable | Active. Several releases a month, latest 1.18.1 on 18 Oct 2026 | Rapid - https://ploca.app/changelog | Stable | Stagnant | ||
Unlimited meeting recordings with speaker ID, no bots. Unlimited context-aware dictation. Great team. | Mix and Transcribe (podcast mode), Watch folders, Webhooks integration for 3rd-party services | Allows opening apps and apple shortcuts with your voice. | Movable window, beautiful design.
UNLIMITED personal devices. | Free offline dictation plus Auto Dictionary, text replacements, searchable history, media transcript exports, per-app/site personalization, BYOK cleanup, local API, and CLI. | Records both mic & system audio, Transcript anonymization before sending to LLM, private enclave LLM provider | On-device speech-to-text for macOS, Windows, and iOS. No cloud, no subscriptions, no data collection. | Transcription can be triggered by any key (i.e just right option) or any mouse key. Many AI presets, Small App Size. | Real-time transcription app (supports real-time translation) | 100% local dictation that preserves code/CLI syntax perfectly, plus inline AI text rewriting and heavy file transcription in one native Apple Silicon app. | Voice commands that send emails and Slack messages without switching apps. Magic Wand transforms highlighted text in place by voice command. | AI enhancement with custom prompts via trigger words. Power mode for automatic app or website-specific configurations. | Automatically switch models and system instructions based on the active app or website. Model Aggregator: aka OpenRouter for voice-to-text models. Access to 30+ STT models from 8 different providers. | It's all thing audio. It records meetings, transcribes videos, podcasts, and I think eventually we will be able to take screenshots with audio and paste it into a desired app. | Use assistant to move / arrange windows. Use overlay with browser, notes, and terminal | Simple to use, all models are local. Good transcripts and diarization | Vocabulary packs. Fuzzy custom words with spoken aliases. Remembers where your cursor was. Hyper-tuned local AI polish rivaling Wispr Flow. Language-aware cleanup for 99+ languages. | On-device LLM transcription cleanup — accurate, hallucination-free, no audio or text sent to the cloud. | Hedy supports users during meetings/conversations (automatic feedback/suggestions) and afterwards (summaries/chat). | Fully local AI voice studio combining TTS, voice cloning, voice design, Select & Read, transcription, dubbing, audiobooks, and a local API & MCP. | Noise filtering, VAD, Continous transcription for dictation. Feels much faster than cloud, <2-3seconds even when you speak for 10mins. | Spotlight style, tons of customisations and more to come to make it a real AI powered app launcher and assistant | Fully cross-platform, open source, responsive community, mobile coming soon | Silence never becomes text: a voice gate plus a 7,422-phrase filter run before anything is pasted. Cloud and local race; a dead network costs nothing. | Shadow lets you build your own AI workflows to handle meeting follow-up tasks your way. | System-wide local dictation and selected-text read-aloud in one native Mac app, with 54 voices, clipboard context and a one-time licence. | Voice-to-Prompt: Select text → shortcut → speak. Gemini processes text+voice → clipboard. | Voice shortcuts, robust security certifications (SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, and ISO 27001.) | Simplicity and focus. Unlike cluttered competitors, Aiko specializes in transcription and excels. | AI processing effective. Knows when to transcribe verbatim vs. modify. | 100% local, searchable across all transcripts, native app | Reads selected text aloud from any Mac app in natural local voices, highlighting each word as it is spoken. Dictation included. | Offline transcription with paragraph playback | Built on macOS 26 SpeechAnalyzer + Foundation Models: live on-device transcription and smart formatting with no model downloads. GPL-3.0, free to build from source. | Beyond dictation, it serves as a complete audio manager offering per-app volume control, instant input switching, and global mute shortcuts. | Private dictation in English and Code-mixed Indian language | Fun colors, no plans for paywalls, minimalism | Unknown | ||||||||
Editor's Choice. Alter lives in your notch, always in reach to dictate or record a meeting, online or offline. | Lightning-fast, fully local transcription and dictation on Mac with powerful automations, watch folders, YouTube/URL support, and on-device or cloud AI summaries — all without subscriptions | Local AI Transcription, Built for Privacy. No Cloud. | Supports various cloud models, connects to transcription services via API key, and enables local processing. | Fast local models (LLM and Voice) | Open-source, local-first, no-subscription dictation: core voice typing stays on-device; optional AI uses your provider, with upgrade features pay-once. | Full privacy, even with Cloud LLM thanks to private enclave | Privacy-focused, local-first Mac dictation with a plugin system for any transcription engine, app-specific profiles, LLM post-processing, and a native notch UI. | Trigger with pressing only Opt key or mouse | Offline transcription for Windows & macOS: GPU-accelerated, real-time transcription/translation, AI Q&A, bilingual subtitles, versatile export options | $29 lifetime pricing. Includes a silent prompt panel via double-tap shortcut for local AI interaction when speaking out loud isn't an option. | Works as a system keyboard across every app. Context-aware modes adjust tone for emails vs texts. 50+ languages with real-time translation. Free. | One-time payment, Power Mode, Custom Prompts, 100% Local Processing | Ottex allows to create reusable workflows with instructions, tone, examples, and formatting rules, them activates them automatically in the right app. Built for power users that need more than generic dicatation. | It have all audio capabilities built into one. | coordinate coding agents using your voice, arrange windows, realtime dictation | Wispr Flow-grade polish, free and fully local, with a published benchmark to prove it. Open source. It just works out of the box, no account. | 9 categories of spoken transcript cleanup: filler words, stutters, self-corrections, formatting, punctuation, numbers, emails & URLs, acronyms, and special characters. | Summaries are reportedly better than Otter, Granola, etc. | Built natively for Apple Silicon with MLX acceleration, no accounts, telemetry, subscriptions, or cloud processing after model download. | Continous Transcription and noise filtering. | Clean, easy to learn and customise, free | Privacy oriented, use any backend you want (local, BYOK, built-in cloud, on-prem enterprise cloud) | AI transform functionality where you can transform the selected text with AI | Free tier is the offline one, no account needed. You name your language; it never guesses, because a wrong guess translates your sentence instead of misspelling it. | Shadow automatically records and transcribes your meetings the moment you join or leave. | Built for a dyslexic founder who writes by speaking and edits by listening. Core speech tools work offline after the first model download. | Lightning-fast, context-aware, compliance-minded, and even understands your code. | An app by Sindre Sorhus | local, searchable | Dictates mixed bilingual sentences naturally. One-time purchase, 14-day trial with no account or card, one licence covers 3 Macs. | paragraph playback | Hold right Option, talk, release: text lands at your cursor. Audio stays on the Mac by default. Pay once for the signed binary. | It is the only tool that fuses professional audio device management with local AI dictation, streamlining your entire audio input and output workflow | Dictation is one feature of Seam, a notch app for Mac that also has music controls, calendar, weather and a focus timer. Works on Macs without a notch. | Less is more | Unknown | |||||||||
| Homebrew Install Command | n/a | formulae.brew.sh/cask/quickwhisper | n/a | n/a | brew install --cask superwhisper | brew install --cask legendaryspy/tap/glimpse | In Mac App Store | brew install --cask typewhisper/tap/typewhisper | n/a | n/a | n/a | brew install --cask macwhisper | n/a | brew install --cask voiceink | - | brew install --cask saurabhav88/tap/enviouswispr | n/a | brew install --cask hedy | n/a | brew install --cask AA1labs/tap/raymate | n/a | n/a | n/a | brew install --cask wispr-flow | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | brew install --cask seam-app | n/a | brew install --cask handy | |||||||||||||
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| Non-profit/ | N/A | Free | N/A | Free | Free | N/A | N/A | Free | N/A | N/A | N/A | Free | Free | 50% on Pro Plan | Free | Free | Free | N/A | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Free |
| Existed Since | 2022 | 2024 | 2002 | 2020 | 2026 | 2016 | 2015 | 2011 | 2022–2025 | 2015 | 2025 | 2019 | 2026 | 2021–2025? | 2020 | 1995 | 2021 | 2008 | 2025 | 2025 | 2003 | 2015 | 2012 | 2018 | 2018 | 2020–2022 | 2025 | 2015 | 2023 | 2018 | 2025 | 2019 | 2025 | 2014 |
| Platforms | MacOS, iOS, iPadOS | MacOS, Windows, Linux | MacOS, iOS, iPadOS, Windows, Android, Linux | MacOS, Windows, Linux | MacOS | MacOS, iOS, iPadOS, Windows, Android, Linux | MacOS, iOS, iPadOS, Windows, Android, Linux | MacOS, Windows, Android, Linux | MacOS, iOS, iPadOS, Windows | MacOS, iOS, iPadOS, Windows, Android, Linux | MacOS, Windows, Android | MacOS, iOS, iPadOS, Windows, Linux | MacOS | MacOS | Android | MacOS, iOS, iPadOS, Windows, Android, Linux | MacOS, Windows, Android, Linux | MacOS, iOS, iPadOS, Windows, Android, Linux | MacOS, Windows | MacOS, Windows, Linux, Android | MacOS, iOS, iPadOS | MacOS, Windows, Android, Linux | MacOS, iOS, iPadOS, Windows, Android, Linux | MacOS, iOS, iPadOS, Windows, Android | MacOS, iOS, iPadOS, Windows, Android, Linux | MacOS, iOS, iPadOS | MacOS | MacOS, Windows, Linux, Raspberry Pi | MacOS, Windows, Linux | MacOS, iOS, iPadOS, Windows, Android | MacOS | MacOS, Windows, Linux | MacOS, Linux | MacOS, Windows, Linux |
| Open Source | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Source code leaked in 2022 | No | Yes (components) | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Zero Telemetry | Yes | Yes | No; Optional. | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Not Sure | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Yes |
| Apple Silicon Optimized | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No (Rosetta2) | Yes | Electron | Yes | No (Rosetta2) |
| Memory Efficiency | 5/5 | 2/5 | 1/5 | 2/5 | 5/5 | 4/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 5/5 | Unknown | 3/5 | 4/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 4/5 | 3/5 | 4/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 4/5 | Unknown | 5/5 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Native Ad Blocking | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Mediocre | No | Yes | Mediocre | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No (limits ublock) | Mediocre | Mediocre | Mediocre | Mediocre | Yes | Yes | Yes | Mediocre | Yes | No | Mediocre |
| Cookie/ | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Only trackers | Yes | No | No | No | Unknown | Manual |
| Password Manager | Yes (Keychain) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (Keychain) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (Keychain) | Yes (Keychain) | Yes (Keychain) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes (Keychain) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (Keychain) | Yes | No | Yes (Keychain) | Yes (Keychain) | Unknown | Unknown | via Addons |
| Private Browsing Mode | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | "temp" prefixed "container tabs" | Yes | Yes |
| Profile Management | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | "Container tabs" | Unknown | via Addon |
| Profile Password | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Unknown | Yes | No | No | Unknown | No |
| VPN | No | No | Yes (paid) | No | No | Yes (paid) | Yes (free) | No | No | Yes (free) | No | Yes (free) | No | No | No | Yes (free) | No | No | Yes (free) | No | No | No | No | No | Yes (paid) | No | No | No | Yes (paid) | Yes (free) | No | No | Unknown | No |
| Address Bar Autocomplete | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Autofill Forms | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Unknown | No |
| Autoplay Blocking | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | No |
| Bookmark Manager | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No, flat hierarchy |
| Bookmark Keywords & Tagging | Yes, Keywords | Yes, Both | Yes, Both | Yes, Both | Yes, Keywords | No | Yes, Keywords | Yes, Both | No | No | No | Yes, Keywords | Yes, Keywords | Yes, Tags | Yes, Both | No | No | No | Yes, Keywords | Unknown | No | No | No | Yes, Keywords | Yes, Both | Yes, Keywords | No | No | Unknown | Yes, Both | No | No | Unknown | Yes, Keywords |
| Bookmarks Toolbar | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| Cloud Setting Sync | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
| Download Pause/ | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | not sure | No | No | No | Yes | No |
| Extensions/ | Yes, Firefox+Chrome | Yes, many | Yes, many | Yes, many | Yes, many | Yes, many | Yes, many | Yes, many | Yes, many | Yes, many | Yes, many | Yes, many | Yes, many | Yes, many | Yes, many | Yes, many | Yes, many | Yes, many | Yes, many | Yes, many | Limited | Yes, many | Yes, many | Yes, many | No | No | Yes, many | No | Yes, many | No | No | No | Yes, many | Limited |
| Reader Mode | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes (Beta) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | via addon | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No |
| Search Engine Options | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Limited | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Limited | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Search Shortcuts | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes, buggy | No | No | Yes | Yes, tab-activated | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes, tab-activated | Yes | Yes | Unknown | No | No | Via DuckDuckGo | Unknown | Yes |
| Session Sync / Handoff | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Unknown | No |
| Spell Checking | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Unknown | Yes |
| Native Tab Groups | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Unknown | No |
| Vertical Tabs | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | via add-on | No | No | via addon | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Yes |
| Text to Speech | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Unknown | No |
| Themes | Light/Dark only | Yes +Edit CSS | Yes +Edit CSS | Yes | Yes +Edit CSS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes +Edit CSS | Yes | Yes +Edit CSS | Yes | No | Light/Dark Only + blends w/page | Yes +Edit CSS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Light/Dark only | Yes | Yes | Light/Dark only | Light/Dark only | Light/Dark only | Yes | Yes +Edit CSS | Yes | Light/Dark only | Light/Dark only | Yes | Yes +Edit CSS | Yes |
| True Full Screen (Autohide URL) | Yes | Yes | Shortcut hiding | Shortcut hiding | Yes | Shortcut hiding | Shortcut hiding | No | Yes | Yes | Shortcut hiding | No | Yes | Yes | Shortcut hiding | Yes | Yes | Shortcut hiding | Unknown | Shortcut hiding | Yes | Shortcut hiding | Yes | No | No | Shortcut hiding | Shortcut hiding | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Shortcut hiding |
| Auto Tab Unload/ | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes, if Enabled | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes, enable in flags | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | No |
| Video Picture-in-Picture | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Unknown | Unknown | No |
| Applescript | Yes | Limited | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Unknown | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Not Sure | No | Unknown | No | Unknown | Unknown | No | |
| Web Developer Tools | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Unknown | Unknown | Yes |
Zero Telemetry, Create Webapps | Tab & site-based container profiles | Zero Telemetry | Side-by-side tabs with right reference panel for AI/messenger, plus CLI helper enabling Claude Code browser control and user content display. | Earn money by receiving their ads | Tab Stacking, Highly Customizable | Boosts, work mode, permanent tabs, notes, tab peeks, split view, workspaces | Bing ChatGPT Integration | Perplexity Assistant can perform agentic actions | full ui customization, hardware limiters | Can connect with any LLM via MCP | Workspaces, Customizable tabs (rename, lock, mark as done, snooze), Split Screen, Co-Browsing, 1-key shortcuts | Options, customizability, expandability, and about:config access. | Floating Sidebar Panels, Workspace, Auto PiP, Flow, Pinboards, Click on tab go back to start of page | New processor instructions (AVX2) | Google tracks you. | Mindfulness features (break reminders, guided meditation & breathing, stretches & exercises); Audio feature ("boosts") including binaural beats & different sound environments; Pinboards to save & organise open tabs; Sidebar with music player & messenger apps | Reader mode helps to bypass paywalls on certain news reading sites. | Like Chrome, but with removed telemetry, blocked requests to Google at runtime, stripped binaries and additional flags. | AI page/video tools (summarization, translation & dubbing, text editing), battery saver with time estimation, and Opera/Chrome extension support. | Integrated video conferencing, Scrapbook, media player, calculator, calendar, sidebar addons. | Built in journal/notes/outliner. Calendar integration. | AI Search Tabs, and chat with tabs. Integrated with ChatGPT fairly well. | You can search through the full text of every page you've visited | Renders websites server-side. | Research Mode (Tree tabs history), Folders, Fast profile switching, AI Sidebar, Shortcuts, Native UI | Entirely Vim Keybind-based. | Vim-based navigation and modal style | Supports keyboard-only navigation. | ||||||
Swiss army knife of browsers. Fast. Sometimes buggy. Closed source, so no way to easily verify zero-telemetry. | Zen is in Alpha, and can be quite buggy. | High standard of privacy/security features | Excellence and perfectionism | Account Required. | Thick border is irritating; technical to remove. | Your Ai Browser | Amazing UI, Chinese owned | Sessionat: Free, open-source Mac browser. Connect AI assistants (Claude, Cursor) via MCP to drive your browser with your accounts. Auto-saves tabs. | AI Features are paid. | Updates much more frequently than in the old days. If this was a concern for you before, give it another try! | Great UI and features. | Faster (actually), chrome-like ui, | Memory hog. Questionable privacy. | Amazing developer responsiveness, outstanding privacy. | Native, fast, simple. Limited add-ons. | Feels like Chrome, with with all Google related things removed and supports manifest v2. | Good power and memory efficiency. Amazing AI tools. Might be privacy concerns | Its what Microsoft copied to make Edge. | Private but severely limited customizability. | Spaces | Lower battery usage. Minimalistic UI. Automatic reader view. Tabs will fade. | Cloud-Based Rendering Engine: The browser uses a cloud-based rendering engine, which takes some load off the PC, speeding up rendering | Extremely minimal UI. Performance concerns. | In alpha. You should know vim. No keybindings on Google services (e.g. Docs) | Lightweight. Great keyboard & scripting support. Crashes. Limited extensions. Obtuse usage, accessibility, Q&A. | |||||||||
| Homebrew Install Command | brew install --cask orion | brew install --cask zen-browser | brew install --cask firefox | brew install librewolf --no-quarantine | brew install --cask brave-browser | brew install --cask vivaldi | brew install --cask waterfox | brew install --cask arc | brew install --cask microsoft-edge | brew install --cask comet | brew install --cask opera-gx | n/a | brew install sigmaos | N/A | brew install --cask opera | brew install --cask alex313031-thorium | brew install --cask google-chrome | brew install --cask opera-air | brew install --cask helium-browser | N/A | brew install --cask eloston-chromium | brew install --cask yandex | brew install --cask naver-whale | brew install --cask duckduckgo | N/A | brew install --cask thebrowsercompany-dia | brew install --cask min | brew install --cask mullvad-browser | N/A | N/A | brew install --cask vieb | brew install --cask glide-browser | brew install --cask qutebrowser | |
| Video Speed Controller Support | Yes (buggy) | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Unknown | Not Sure | No | Yes | No | No | Unknown | No | ||
| Dark reader Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (Paid) | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Natively, yes. | Yes |
| Calendar Client Name | Fantastical | Busycal | hora Calendar | Ulti-Planner | VimCal | Akiflow | Calendar 366 | Calendars by Readdle | Microsoft Outlook | Apple Calendar | Morgen | Routine | Reclaim.ai | Timepage | Amie | Notion Calendar | Taskade | Sidebar Calendar | Dato | Side Calendar | Structured | Sunsama | Daybridge | FlowSavvy | Motion |
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| Calendar App Pricing URL: | flexibits.com | busymac.com | horacal.app/pricing | birdsoft.biz/app/ultiplanner-calendar | vimcal.com/pricing | akiflow.com/pricing | nspektor.com | readdle.com | App Store | n/a | morgen.so/pricing | routine.co/pricing | reclaim.ai | moleskinestudio.com | Amie.so | notion.so/product/calendar | taskade.com | App Store | Mac App Store | apps.apple.com/us/app/side-calendar/id1435738245 | strct.app/structured.pro | sunsama.com/pricing | daybridge.com | flowsavvy.app/pricing | usemotion.com/pricing |
| Lifetime License Price | N/A | $49.99 | $59.99 | 24.99 | N/A | N/A | $14.99 | N/A | Free | Free | N/A | Free | Free | N/A | N/A | Free | N/A | $5.00 | $9.99 | $1.99 | 29.99 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Non-profit/ | Edu: 20% off | Edu: 20% off | N/A | N/A | Student discount | 60% off | Edu: 35% off | N/A | N/A | N/A | 25% off | Free | N/A | N/A | N/A | Free | N/A | N/A | Free | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Students: 50% off | N/A |
| Subscription: | $6.99/mo, $57/yr | Option in app store. $3.99/mo, 33.99/yr | $2.99/mo | $29.99/yr | $1.59/mo | $12.49/yr | 15/month, 150/year | $34/mo, $228/yr | N/A | Free or $20/yr tier | N/A | N/A | Free Tier | Pro $15/mo, $108/yr | 12–15/mo,144–80/yr | $10.00/mo, $96.00/yr | $2.49/mo, $14.99/yr | $24.99/yr | Free & $10/mo tiers | N/A | Free or $27.99/mo tier | N/A | N/A | N/A | $2.99 monthly | $9.99 yearly | $20 monthly | $192 yearly ($16/mo) | N/A | $7/mo | $60/yr | $34/month, $240/year |
| Apple Silicon Optimized | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Electron | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Electron | Electron | Yes | Yes | Electron | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Electron | No (Rosetta2) | Yes | Yes |
| Themes/ | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Mobile App & Sync | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Apple Watch Support | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Free: 1 calendar integration. Subscription: unlimited. | Yes | Google Calendar | Yes | Google Calendar | Google Calendar | Free = Google, Apple, or Outlook. Paid = 2 way Google Cal sync for tasks | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Native and GCal | Yes | Google Calendar and Microsoft Outlook only | |
| Apple Reminders Sync | Apple Reminders, Todoist, Google Tasks, Microsoft Tasks | Apple Reminders, Todoist, Google Tasks, Fruux, Fastmail | No | Yes | No | IFTTT | Yes | Yes (Paid) | No | Yes | Todoist, Google Tasks, Microsoft Todo, Outlook email | Planned | Todoist | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Todoist, Jira, Asana, Trello | No | No | No |
| Search Functionality | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Calendar Share Functionality | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Native Calendar Collaboration | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Unknown |
| Notifications | Yes - MacOS | Yes - Custom UI | Yes - MacOS | Yes - MacOS | Yes - MacOS | Yes - MacOS | Yes - MacOS | Yes - MacOS | Yes - Custom UI | Yes - MacOS | Yes - Custom UI | Yes - MacOS | Yes - Custom UI | Unknown | Yes - MacOS | Yes - MacOS | Yes - Custom UI | No | Yes - MacOS | Yes - MacOS | Yes - Custom UI | Yes - MacOS | Yes - MacOS | Yes - Custom UI | Yes - Custom UI |
| Event Invites | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Event Tagging | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Event Hiding | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Unknown | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Activity Time Tracking | No | Yes, via Tags | No — built-in Pomodoro timer, without activity tracking reports | No | Yes, via Tags | No | No | No | No | No | Yes, via Tags | No | Yes, via Tags | No | No | No | Yes, App tracking | Yes, select calendars, then click a date to see productive hours. | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Appointment Scheduling | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | With Business Accounts | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Proposed Meeting Time Polls | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Multiple Timezone Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Birthday Reminders | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Yes, Cal+Events+Tasks | Yes, Cal+Events+Tasks | Yes — today/tomorrow agenda, meeting joins, and Pomodoro; no month grid | No | Yes, Cal+Events | Yes, Cal+Events+Tasks | Yes, Cal+Events+Tasks | No | No | No | Yes, Mini Cal | Yes, Cal+Events+Tasks | No | No | Yes, Cal+Events+Tasks | Yes, Cal+Events | No | Yes, Cal+Events+Tasks | Yes, Cal+Events+Tasks | Yes, Cal+Events | No | No | No | No | No | |
| Natural Language Input | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Conference Call Creation | Yes, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Webex, Zoom | Yes, Google Meet, Goto Meeting, Webex, Zoom | Yes — Google Meet, Zoom, and Microsoft Teams | No | Yes, Zoom+Hangouts+Teams+Skype+any custom link you want | Yes, Zoom | No | Yes, Goto Meeting, Zoom | Yes, Skype, Teams | No | Yes, Zoom, Teams, Google Meet, Webex | Yes, Zoom+Hangouts | Yes, Zoom+Hangouts | No | Yes, Zoom+Hangouts | Yes, Zoom+Hangouts | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes, Zoom+Hangouts |
| Weather | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes (Paid) | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Yes | Yes | Yes — Apple Maps travel estimates, travel buffers, and time-to-leave alerts | Yes, on map | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes, though needs to be created as events at this time | Planned | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Travel/buffer time can be added to events so tasks aren't auto-scheduled. No leave notifications | No | |
| Event Color Coding | Yes | Yes, via Tags | Yes | Yes, via Tags | Yes, via Tags | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | No | Yes, via Tags | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes, via Tags | Yes, via Tags | Yes, via Tags | Yes | No |
| Supports adding Attachments? | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | View Only | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Unknown | No | No | Notion Pages Only | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Apple Script Support | Yes | URL Handler | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Unknown | Yes | No | No | No | Unknown | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Alfred/ | Both | Alfred | Raycast | No | No | No | Alfred | No | Alfred | Both | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Nice, but subscription. | Great menubar widget | Native Mac app built specifically for Google Calendar, supporting working locations, out-of-office replies, focus time, Google Tasks, and meeting rooms without an intermediary sync service. | Expensive subscription. iOS app is free though | Somewhat basic. | Lots of features require subscription. | Basic, but good | Works on Mac, Windows, Linus, iOS and Android | Gorgeous user interface, daily agenda and tasks & notes support | More of an AI Meeting assistant that works with your existing calendar. | Premium features free during beta. UI is exceptionally good. | Former Cron Calendar. 2-way-sync with Notion databases. | More than a calendar | You can keep an eye on your calendar at all times. | Simple, but pretty neat! Email for edu discount if applicable. | quick and simple to use | Designed around "Structuring" your own day, tasks + cal. | GCal on steroids - tasks, mail, project management in one calendar/planner. | mobile apps and web page only | AI auto-scheduling designed for individuals | AI task scheduler. Team accounts available. | |||||
| Homebrew Install Command | brew install --cask fantastical | brew install --cask busycal | brew install --cask szamowski-dev/tap/hora | n/a | brew install --cask vimcal | brew install --cask akiflow | brew install --cask calendar-366 | n/a | brew install --cask microsoft-outlook | n/a | brew install --cask morgen | brew install --cask routine | n/a | brew install --cask amie | brew install --cask notion-calendar | brew install --cask taskade | n/a | n/a | n/a | brew install --cask sunsama | n/a | brew install --cask motion |
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N/A | N/A | Free, Pro for $2.50/month, $10/year | N/A | N/A | iOS: $14.99/yr | N/A | $10/mo | $4/mo, $30/yr, SetApp | Free | $1.50/mo, $15/yr; 14-day free trial | Lifetime | N/A | N/A | $1/mo, $10/yr | $12 for 2 yr license. Also in SetApp. | 30$/yr | Free | $$/month | Free | $1.9/mo, $14.9/yr | $20/yr | $15/yr | Free, $2/mo, $10/yr | N/A | Free | N/A | $3/mo, $30/yr | $0.49/mo, $4.49/yr | $2.00 | N/A | Free | $3/mo | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Free | Free | $3 美元/月，$20 美元/年 | Free + $13 Lifetime License ("Duo" and "Family" with discount available) | $1.5/mo, $15/yr | $5 | N/A | Free | Free | N/A | N/A | Free | $1/mo | $5/mo | $4/mo | N/A | N/A | $10/yr for for-profit businesses with 20+ employees only. | Free | N/A | Free | $4.00 | Free with rich features. I will add PRO version later. | Free | Free | Free | Free | N/A | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free | |||
| Non-profit/ | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 30% off | N/A | N/A | Free | N/A | $7 for Students | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Free | $4.00 | Free | $19.99 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Free | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Free | Contact Devs for a Promo Code | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Free | Free | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | $25 | N/A | Free | N/A | $15 | Free | N/A | $1.50 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Free | Free | N/A | Free | N/A | N/A | Free | Free | Free | N/A | N/A | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free | |
| Open Source | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | copyless | No | Yes | No | No | i dont think so | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Unknown | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes |
| Apple Silicon Optimized | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No (Rosetta2) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Electron | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No (Rosetta2) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Pause/ | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | i think so | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | You can close the windows of the app and use it through the menu bar. | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Unknown | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
| Customize Shortcuts | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Not yet | Yes | No | Yes |
| Rich Text Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (shift+return) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
| Image and File Support | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Images) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | No | Yes (Images) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Images) | No | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Images) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Images) | Yes (Images) | No | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Images) | Yes (Images) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Images) | Yes (Both) | No | Yes (Images) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | No | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Images) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Images) | Yes (Images) | No | Yes (Both) |
| Object support | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Unknown | No | No | No | No | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | No | No | Unknown | Yes | No | Yes | No | Not sure | No | Unknown | No | No | No | No | No | No | Don't know | Unknown | No | Yes | Yes | Unknown | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Unknown | No | No | No | Unknown | No | No | Yes | Unknown | No | No | Unsure | Unknown |
| Preview Items | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (Buggy) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 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 | Yes | 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 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown |
| Pin Items | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Don't know | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No, Planned | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Organize/ | Yes | Yes (Customizable) | Yes (Customizable) | Yes (Customizable) | Yes (Customizable) | Yes (Customizable) | Yes (Customizable) | Yes (Customizable) | Yes (Customizable) | Yes (Customizable) | No | Yes (Customizable) | Yes (Customizable) | Yes (Customizable) | Yes (Customizable) | Yes (Customizable) | Yes (Customizable) | Yes (Customizable) | Yes (Customizable) | Yes (Customizable) | Yes (Customizable) | Yes (Preset Options) | Yes (Customizable) | Yes (Customizable) | Yes (Customizable) | Yes (Preset Options) | No | No | Yes (Preset Options) | Yes (Customizable) | Yes (Customizable) | No | Yes (Preset Options) | Yes (Customizable) | Unknown | Yes (Customizable) | Yes (Customizable) | Yes (Customizable) | No | Yes (Customizable) | No | No | No | No | No | Yes (Preset Options) | Rich filters support | No | Yes (Preset Options) | Yes (Customizable) | No | Yes (Customizable) | No | Yes (Customizable) | No | Yes (Customizable) | Yes (Customizable) | No | No | Yes (Customizable) | No, Planned | No | Yes (Customizable) | No | No | No | Yes (Customizable) | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Search History | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (Buggy) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 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 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| History Limit | Unlimited | Configurable | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Configurable | Unlimited | Configurable | Configurable | Configurable | Configurable | Unlimited | Unlimited | Configurable | Configurable | Configurable | Unlimited | Configurable | Configurable | Unlimited | Configurable | Configurable | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Max 999 | Configurable | Configurable | Unlimited | Unlimited | Configurable | Unlimited, Configurable | Configurable | Free: max. 100, Paid: max. 1000 | unsure | Limited | Limited | Configurable | Configurable | Configurable | Configurable | Unlimited | 24h free. Unlimited Pro | Unlimited | Limited | Configurable | Configurable | Unlimited | Configurable | Unlimited | Configurable | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Configurable | Configurable | Unlimited | Configurable | Unlimited | Limited | 200 clips for free and current version. Unlimited for PRO | Limited | Configurable | Configurable | Free: 1 week, Paid: Unlimited | Limited | Configurable | Unlimited | Configurable | Limited | Configurable | Unlimited |
| Exclusion Rules | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | i think so | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes (Active Apps) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | In the coming updates. | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No, but in todo list. | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No |
| Transform Rules | Yes | Yes (Content+Formatting) | Yes (Content+Formatting) | Yes (Content+Formatting) | Yes (Content+Formatting) | Yes (Content+Formatting) | Yes (Content+Formatting) | Yes (Content+Formatting) (Buggy) | Yes (Content+Formatting) | No | Yes (Content+Formatting) | No | No | Yes (Content+Formatting) | Yes (Content+Formatting) | No | Yes (Content+Formatting) | No | Yes (Content+Formatting) | Yes (Content+Formatting) | Yes (Content+Formatting) | Yes (Content+Formatting) | Yes (Formatting) | Yes (Content+Formatting) | No | No | Yes (Formatting) | No | No | No | No | Yes, via String Multitool or Quill | No | No | Yes (Formatting) | No | Yes (Content) | No | No | Yes (Content+Formatting) | No | Yes (Content) | No | No | Yes (Content+Formatting) | No | Yes (Content+Formatting) | Yes (Formatting) | Yes (Formatting) | No | Yes (Content) | Yes (Formatting) | No | Can enable decoding of HTML entities. | No | No | No | No | Yes (Content) | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Edit Clipboard Items | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Not really | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Not Added Yet | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No, Planned | No | No | No | No | Unknown | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Menubar Icon | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Optional | Yes | Yes | Optional | Optional | Optional | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Optional | Yes | Yes | Optional | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Optional | Optional | Yes | Optional | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Optional | Yes | Yes | Optional | Optional | Yes | Yes | Optional | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Optional | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No, time option | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Auto clear after 24hrs in settings | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Clear on schedule (after 1 day, 1 week and so on). Clear secrets on quit. | Yes | History can be deleted as β version | No | No | No | No | Yes | No, manual only | No | No | No | No | Yes | No, manual or time option | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Won't clear on quit, but you can manually clear at any time | No, n/a | |
| Snippets | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes, Fav/Pins | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes? | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Maybe, "Smart Clips" | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No, Planned | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Append Copy | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes (via Script) | Yes | No | Yes (via Script) | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | 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 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| Split Copied | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | 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 | No | No |
| Merge/ | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | 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 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Unknown | No | No | No | No |
| Sequential Paste | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes, via 2nd app (paid) | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | |
| Reject Duplicated Items | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (via Script) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Siri Shortcuts Integration | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Unknown | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| OCR Image Text* | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes (via Script) | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Unknown | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Unknown | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Hex Color Code Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Unknown | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Unknown | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Import/ | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes, via Shortcuts app | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No, (image only) | Not directly. | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Unknown | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| iCloud Sync | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | On the Roadmap | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | We have support for cloud drives as custom db location | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes (paid feature) | unsure | No | No, only snippets | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Don't know | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No, Planned | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Encryption | Yes (via iCloud) | Yes (via iCloud) | Yes (via iCloud) | Yes (via iCloud) | Yes (100% Offline) | Yes (via iCloud) | Yes (via iCloud) | Yes (via iCloud) | Yes (End2End) | Yes (via iCloud) | Yes (End2End) | Yes (via iCloud) | Yes (100% Offline) | No | Yes (100% Offline) | Yes (via iCloud) | No (100% Offline) | Yes (100% Offline) | No (100% Offline) | Yes (End2End) | No | No (100% Offline) | Yes (100% Offline) | Yes (via iCloud) | Yes (End2End) / disabled by default | No (100% Offline) | No (100% Offline) | Yes (via iCloud) | Yes (End2End) | No | Yes (End2End) | No (100% Offline) | No (100% Offline) | Yes (via iCloud) | No (100% Offline) | probably | No (100% Offline) | No (100% Offline) | No (100% Offline) | Yes (via iCloud) | No (100% Offline) | No (100% Offline) | No (100% Offline) | No (100% Offline) | No | Yes (End2End) | No | No | Don't know | Yes (End2End) | Yes (100% Offline) | No (100% Offline) | Yes (100% Offline) | No | No (100% Offline) | No (100% Offline) | Yes (100% Offline) | No (100% Offline) | No (100% Offline) | No | Yes (100% Offline) | Yes (100% Offline) | No (100% Offline) | Yes (End2End) | No | Unknown | No (100% Offline) | No (100% Offline) | No | No (100% Offline) | No (100% Offline) | Yes (100% Offline) | No (100% Offline) | Yes (End2End) |
| Universal (Mobile App) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes (Sold Separately) | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes (Sold Separately) | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Theming / Appearance | Light / Dark | Light / Dark | Light / Dark | Light / Dark | Light / Dark | Light / Dark | Customizable | Light / Dark | Customizable | Light / Dark | Light / Dark | Light / Dark | Customizable | No | Light / Dark, Font Size, Spacing, Snippet Details | Light / Dark | Light / Dark | Light / Dark | Light / Dark | Light / Dark | Light / Dark | Light / Dark | Customizable | Light / Dark | Customizable | Light / Dark | Light / Dark | 19 themes | No | Light / Dark | Light / Dark | Customizable | No | Light / Dark | Customizable | Light / Dark | Light / Dark | Light / Dark | Light / Dark | No | No | No | Light / Dark | Light/Dark/Dracula/Solarized | Light / Dark | Light / Dark | Light / Dark | System based | No | Light / Dark | Customizable | No | Light / Dark | Light / Dark | Customizable | Customizable | Light / Dark | Light / Dark | Light / Dark | No | No | No | Light / Dark | Light / Dark | No | Customizable | No | Light / Dark | Light / Dark | No | Light / Dark | Light / Dark | No | Light / Dark |
| Privacy Policy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | pasly.app/privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy |
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Notch Copy Preview, Drag-and-drop file shelf. User experience improvements still under development. | Robust templating system with smart keywords, full iOS support w/ keyboard and Share Extension. | Copy on Mac, paste on your iPhone/iPad. One universal clipboard across all devices. Use AI to solve math questions copied directly, translate to any language and turn lines of text into checklist. | Convenient draggable side window at different position. Quick Mode. Hot Edge. Transform functions | Editor's Choice. | Fast, powerful, boosts productivity with intuitive, one-click access to your clipboard history. | MokoPaste supports iCloud multi-device sync, image OCR recognition, sensitive app privacy filtering, and preview editing, efficiently managing clipboard history. | Lots of features, but still has some rough edges with bugs that need to be resolved. Still quite polished. | Smart actions (e.g. take screenshot of event to prompt calendar entry) and semantic search (e.g. image I copied from figma 3 days ago) | Local-first searchable clipboard workspace with OCR, Pinboards, templates, privacy rules, and optional iCloud sync. | Droppy's clipboard is built in, hands images to AI for background removal, preserves Notion and Figma objects, and integrates natively with all Droppy features. | Old, scriptable, flexible. | Flexible/Consistant Features in Every View, Menubar/Window Resizable | Recopy saves everything you copy - text, code, images, links, files. Search your history, organize with folders, and sync across all your Apple devices. | It is a part of BetterTouchTool which is a fantastic GUI scripting tool. So technically it can do almost everything using scripting! | no need extension. fast | Free (MIT), Fully searchable clipboard, snippets, actions. Great customizations and organization options. Cursor anchored, Privacy maximalism | ClipNest syncs clipboard history seamlessly between Mac and iPhone, so you can copy on one device and paste on another instantly | Free and open-source clipboard manager that revolutionizes your copy-paste workflow with unlimited history, advanced organization, and powerful features. | Copy once. Paste it in the right shape. | Customized AI Actions & Local MCP support | Quip combines on-device filtering, smart rules, and full iCloud sync for a clean, private, useful clipboard across Mac and iOS. | Cross-platform, unlimited local history, offline full version free,realtime syncing ,e2e and supports almost all file format | Fast and native UX | Well crafted, fast, beautiful | Perfect work of multipaste. The only program that can copy several images from Telegram and paste them back in groups or sequentially. | Can be used Mouselessly with hotkeys to access, edit, and paste any clipboard entry. Automatic reminders of the hotkeys and their functions at each step. | Background clipboard recording on both iOS & macOS with secure sync via iCloud | File Copying - Copy and paste file references directly from Finder | Pin and Tags are best ones | All needed features for free. No cloud necessary. Serial copy and paste. Very stable, customizable and easy to use | You can open the clipboard, select multiple items with Cmd + click, and then paste them all at once. | 4.3MB, ultra-lightweight clipboard manager that perfectly mimics macOS native aesthetics with zero bloat. | It‘s both a clipboard manager and a text expander. | ClipV instantly saves and organizes all copied content including text, code, images, files. With beautiful UI, source tracking, and powerful search. | Great UI, Great filters, Wonderful type handling | A Raycast-style UX with fast clipboard search, fully local storage for privacy, OCR support for images, and a minimal ~1.5MB footprint. | Selection calculations/transformations. Advanced Smart Clip functions. Clip Manager editing. "Smart Files": process folder text files like Smart Clips. | Keep everything you copy safe and organized. Ecopy automatically saves text, images, and files — all stored locally for privacy and productivity. | Opens right where your cursor is - no traveling across the screen. One-time pay, no subscription. Autopaste (double-tap ⌘), OCR, and multipaste built in. | you can do some actions with items | This app have more 3 features like dynamic templates, snippet and Rewrite sentences with Ai | Zmina recognizes where you copy from and paste to. It uses this context to offer data transformations before you paste. Instantly, locally, without telemetry. | Supercharge your daily copy-paste flow on macOS with native UX. Leverages Apple Intelligence for on-device rewrite/translate, animated cards and keyboard magic | Simple and effective | Search & paste quickly without leaving the keyboard. Sync to iOS and easily search & paste clips/snippets from the iOS keyboard. | It's smart and allows queries without having to remember exact words e.g. "URL from Slack" | nice convenient interface | Search for text in images, performant UI | Clip Log auto-archives text and images, with mac image OCR, language grouping, bookmarks, and searching. | CopyQ is fast, private, and fully local. Custom hotkey, iCloud sync, and zero tracking make clipboard history instantly accessible without sacrificing privacy or speed. | Allows dragging anything for quick or longing copy-paste, follows through every Desktop. | Sleek interface, focused functionality. | Minimalist, focusses on sequential paste feature | ClipAi brings AI directly into your clipboard - instantly rewrite, refine, and reuse text without switching apps, keeping your workflow fast, focused, and distraction-free. | Features expected by community are developed first | Cheaper and faster | Realtime clipboard sync between Windows, Linux, & Mac OS | simple | easy to use | Smooth animations, no subscription. | Paste folders, shake+key shortcut shows history near cursor, screenshot-to-.png support, 3-item free tier, 7-day trial, local-only, no tracking — fast and focused. | History includes: app name, date, time. Image URLs display the image and URL. Poor GUI | The design and especially the UX is much more detailed than other options. | It’s a very simple app, where I try to integrate as many of the user’s requested features as possible | Good if you just want a *simple* clipboard manager without all the bells and whistles. | This app is more about sharing a clipboard between macs. You can quickly send your clipboard to a friend | ||||||||
brew install kindparkllc/tap/awesome-copy | n/a | brew install --cask clipbook | n/a | no | brew install cleanclip | brew install --cask cliptop [pending PR] | n/a | brew install --cask raycast | brew tap Droppy/homebrew-droppy https://gitea.com/Droppy/homebrew-droppy.git brew install --cask droppy | n/a | brew install --cask bettertouchtool | n/a | brew install --cask ron537/tap/cliplex | n/a | n/a | n/a | brew install maccy | n/a | n/a | brew install --cask alfred | n/a | brew install --cask keyboard-maestro | Not supported yet, but scheduled for future updates. | n/a | Not added yet | n/a | n/a | Yes | n/a at the moment. | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | brew tap jpmhouston/bananameterlabs; brew install --cask batch-clipboard | brew install --cask michaelh03/clipai/clipai | n/a | install over appstore | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | brew tap 0PandaDEV/repo && brew install --cask qopy | n/a | brew install --cask copyclip | Not available |
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| Email Client Name | Dove by CanaryMail | Airmail | Apple Mail | Betterbird | BlueMail | Mailspring | Mono Mail | OfficeMail Pro | Slashy | Spark Mail | Tatem | ByteMail | Canary Mail | eM Client | Kiwi for Gmail | MailVault | Shortwave | Superhuman | Thunderbird | Microsoft Outlook | Missive | Mailmate | Proton Mail | Talanoa | Orvia Mail |
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| Email App Pricing URL: | dove.email | airmailapp.com | n/a | betterbird.eu | bluemail.me/pricing | getmailspring.com | monomail.co/pricing | officemail.app/home | slashy.com/pricing | sparkmailapp.com | tatem.com/pricing | bytemailapp.com | canarymail.io | emclient.com | kiwiforgmail.com | mailvaultapp.com | shortwave.com/pricing | superhuman.com | thunderbird.net | apps.apple.com/fr/app/microsoft-outlook/id985367838?mt=12 | missiveapp.com/pricing | freron.com | proton.me/mail/pricing | talanoa.email/pricing | orvia.aedc.cc |
| Lifetime License Price | N/A | Beta is Free, Business license $49 | Free | Free | Free | N/A | $96 | N/A | N/A | Free tier has attachment size limit & no shared inbox | N/A | $29.00 | Free | $59.95 | N/A | Free | N/A | N/A | Free | Free | N/A | N/A | N/A | $249 | $169 |
| Non-profit/ | N/A | N/A | N/A | Free | N/A | N/A | 40% discount | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 30% off | Free | N/A | N/A | Free | Free | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Subscription: | $20/Mo; $200/yr | $9.99/mo; $29.99/yr | N/A | N/A | BlueMail Plus $5/mo | $8/month | $5/mo; $4/yr ; | 19.99 $ / year | $30/mo; $300/yr | $7.99/mo; 59.99/yr | Freemium: $10/mo for Plus, $15/mo for Pro | $3.99/mo; $39.90/yr | Free, Pro: $50.00/yr, Enterprise: $100/yr | N/A | $3.00/mo; $30/yr; $39/yr; $59/year | $4/mo $25/yr | Free; $84/$168/$288/yr or $8.50/$18/$30/mo | $30/mo | N/A | N/A | $0.00/mo; $14.00/mo; $18.00/mo; $26.00/mo | $10/three months | N/A | $10/mo; $72/yr | $9.99 /mo; $69.99 / year |
| Apple Silicon Optimized | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Electron | Electron | Electron | Electron | Electron | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Electron | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Electron | Yes | |
| Attachment Reminder | No | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Paid) | No | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | No | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Free) | No | Yes (Free) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | |
| Color Coded Accounts | Yes (Free) | No | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Free) | No | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | No | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | No | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | |
| Dark Mode | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | |
| Folder/ | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | |
| Gesture Compatibility | Yes, 1L (Free) | No | No | Yes, 2L (Free) | No | No | Yes, 2L (Free) | Yes, 2L (Paid) | Yes, 2L (Free) | Yes, 1L (Free) | Yes, 2L (Free) | Yes, 2L (Free) | No | No | Yes, 1L (Free) | Yes, 2L (Free) | No | No | Yes, 1L (Free) | Yes, 2L (Free) | No | No | No | Yes, 2L (Free) | |
| Email Provider Support | All (Free) | All (Free) | All (Free) | All (Free) | All (Free) | Gmail only | All (Free) | All (Free) | All (Free) | Gmail only | All (Free) | All (Free) | All (Paid) | Gmail only | All (Free) | Gmail only | Gmail and Outlook only | All (Free) | All (Free) | 3 accounts | All (Paid) | Proton only | All (Free) | Multiple providers; free version limited to 1 account. | |
| Mobile App with Sync? | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | No | No | Yes (Free) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | No | Yes (Free) | No | No | No | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | No | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | No | Yes (Free) | No | Yes (Free) | ||
| No Response Reminders | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | No | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Free) | No | Yes (Free) | Yes (Paid) | No | No | Unknown | No | No | No | No | |
| Notifications | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | |
| Rules/ | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | No | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Paid) | No | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | No | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | No | |
| Search Functionality | Great | Great | Great | Great | Great | Great | Great | Great | Mediocre | Great | Mediocre | Great | Mediocre | Great | Great | Great | Great | Great | Great | Great | Great | Great | Mediocre | Mediocre | |
| Send Delay | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | No | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Extension) | No (M365 only) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | |
| Send Later | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Free) | No | |
| Shortcut Customization | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | No | Unknown | No | Yes (Free) | No | No | Yes (Free) | No | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | No | No | Yes (Free) | No | Yes (Free) | Yes (Paid) | No | No | No | |
| Signatures | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | No | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | No | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | |
| Single Line Email Previews | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | No | No | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Free) | No | No | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | |
| Snooze | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free)* | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Free) | No | Yes (Free) | No | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | |
| App Performance | Fast/Responsive | Fast/Responsive | Fast/Responsive | Fast/Responsive | Fast/Responsive | Fast/Responsive | Fast/Responsive | Fast/Responsive | Fast/Responsive | TBD | Fast/Responsive | Fast/Responsive | Sluggish | Fast/Responsive | Fast/Responsive | Fast/Responsive | Fast/Responsive | Fast/Responsive | Fast/Responsive | Fast/Responsive | Fast/Responsive | Fast/Responsive | Fast/Responsive | Fast/Responsive | |
| Templates | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | No | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Paid) | unknown | Yes (Free) | No | |
| Track Sent Emails | No | No | Yes, read receipts | Yes, read receipts | Read receipts (paid) | Yes, tracking pixel | dont know | Yes, tracking pixel | Yes (Paid), tracking pixel | Yes, read receipts | No | Yes (Paid), both | Yes (Paid), read receipts | No | No | Yes, tracking pixel | Yes, tracking pixel | Yes (Both with addon) | No | Unknown | No | No | No | No | |
| Unified Inbox | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Paid) | No | Yes (Free) | No | No | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Paid) | No | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Free) | |
| Unsubscribe Feature | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | No | Yes (Paid) | No | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Paid) | No | Yes (Free) | Unknown | No | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | |
| Filter Unread Emails | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | No | |
| Filter Pinned or Starred Emails | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | |
| Watch Support | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Free) | No | No | No | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | No | Yes (Free) | No | No | Yes (Free) | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes (Free) | No | No | No | No | No | |
| Privacy Policy | Great | Great | Great | I don't know | Great | Great | Great | Great | Questionable | n/a | Great | Great | Great | Questionable | Great | Great | Questionable | Great | Great | Unknown | N/A | Great | Great | Great | |
Free beta is mildly buggy. iOS produces nag screens. | Snooze schedules a reminder but does not hide the email from the inbox. | This is basically a Thunderbird offshoot with more features and better security fixes. | sometimes ui is slowly and freeze | Minimal Look | perfect fit, is the successor of Nine Mail. also perfect app | There is an ai assistant that lives in the client along with via imessage that automatically reminds of you missed emails, scheduled events, and more. | Built-in calendar, AI integration, AI generated meeting notes | A private, lightweight Mac mail app. Your mail stays on your Mac, and its AI runs entirely on the device. It also blocks trackers and flags phishing. | Pinning, favorites, read receipts, and templates are paid features. | Local-first: every message saved to your disk as plain .eml, so you can delete it from the server and keep your copy. Runs on macOS, Windows and Linux. | Mac app is a web app you can 'install', not a native app. Still works well. | Very responsive keyboard-driven UI (< 50ms for any action). No free tier. +calendar & availability features. | Many features like send delay, snooze, etc. are only avalible through addons. | Needs time for initial customization. All messages downloaded locally. Still in beta. | Excellent privacy. Easy changeover to proton domain. | Email are organized by sender, game-changer | Native macOS email app with local-first storage, Safe Reader, multi-inbox organization, privacy controls, and an AI-free one-time purchase edition. | ||||||||
| Homebrew Install Command | n/a | n/a | n/a | brew install --cask mailspring | n/a | n/a | brew install --cask readdle-spark | TBD | n/a | brew install --cask emclient | brew install --cask kiwi-for-gmail | brew install --cask shortwave | brew install --cask superhuman | brew install --cask thunderbird | brew install --cask microsoft-outlook | brew install --cask missive | brew install --cask mailmate | brew install --cask proton-mail | N/A |
| Launcher App Name | Alfred | BeLauncher | LaunchBar | Raycast | Quicksilver | Monarch | tinycast | Rustcast | Sol | Apple Spotlight | Mafi | LeaderKey | ProNotch | LaunchDeck | Radial | Sxitch | LaunchMe App | QLaunch | Dory | LaunchOS | Pieoneer |
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| Website Pricing Page: | alfredapp.com/shop | belauncver.app | obdev.at/products/launchbar/order.html | raycast.com/pricing | qsapp.com/donate.php | monarchlauncher.com/#pricing | abue-ammar.github.io/tinycast | rustcast.app | sol.ospfranco.com | apple.com | mafiapp.com | github.com/mikker/LeaderKey.app | pronotch.app | hirschstudio.tech/LaunchDeck | radial.appverge.net/pricing | sxitch.app/#download | launchmeapp.com/pricing | qzrzz.com/QLaunch | App Store | launchosapp.com/#pricing | AppStore |
| Pricing/ | Free, £34 one time | Free | N/A | Free, $10/mo, $96/yr | Free | $30 v1.0 release | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free | $3/mo, $30/yr | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Free | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Lifetime License Price | £59 | $99 | $35 (Single), $59 (Family) | N/A | Free | $20 pre-v1.0 release | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free | $60.00 | €6.99 | $14.99 | $10.00 | $25.00 | Free | $9.99 | $8 (1), $11 (2), $19 (5) | US$ 9.99 |
| Non-profit/ | N/A | N/A | N/A | 50% off | Free | 15% off, email rmdashrfv@hey.com from a .edu email | Free | Free | Free | N/A | Free | Free | N/A | N/A | €10.49 | 5 | N/A | Free | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Open Source | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| Apple Silicon Optimized | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No (Rosetta2) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| AI Functionality | API Keys | Integrated, API Keys, Ollama, LMStudio | No | Integrated (Subscription) | No | No | API Keys, Ollama | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Integrated | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Clipboard History | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes, 8 hours | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Snippets/ | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | TBA | Yes | Not sure if it will be added or not | No | No | No | n/a | No | No | via Macros | No | TBA | No | No | No | No |
| File Search | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | via Macros | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Email Search | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Havn't tried this one yet | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | via Macros | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Web Search | Yes (Customizable) | Yes (Customizable) | Yes (Customizable) | Yes (Customizable) | Yes (Customizable) | Yes (Customizable) | Yes | Yes (Customizable) | No | Yes | Yes (Customizable) | No | No | No | via Macros | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Calculator | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | n/a | No | No | via Macros | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Dictionary | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Havn't tried this one yet | No | No | Yes | No | n/a | No | No | via Macros | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Music Player Integration | iTunes/Apple Music, Spotify | No | iTunes | iTunes/Apple Music, Spotify | iTunes/Apple Music | No | Havn't tried this one yet | Using shell commands | No | No | No | n/a | No | No | via Macros | No | In payed Notch | No | No | No | iTunes/Apple Music, Spotify |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | You can set a shell command to open links and set the search text and display text seperately | No | No | Yes | n/a | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| Custom character or word triggers? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Havn't tried this one yet | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Use Speed/ | Fast | Fast | Fast | Average | Average | Average | Fast | Fast | Fast | Average | Fast | Fast | Fast | Fast | Fast | Fast | Fast | Fast | Fast | Fast | Fast |
| File Management | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | via Macros | No | No | No | No | Uninstall App Feature | No |
| Keyboard Shortcut Triggers | Yes (Customizable) | Yes (Customizable) | Yes (Customizable) | Yes (Customizable) | Yes (Customizable) | Yes (Customizable) | Yes (Customizable) | Yes (Customizable) | Yes (Customizable) | No | Yes (Customizable) | Yes (Customizable) | Yes (Customizable) | Yes (Customizable) | Yes (Limited) | No | Yes (Customizable) | Yes (Customizable) | Yes (Customizable) | Yes (Customizable) | |
| View Query History | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Theming | Highly Customizable | Light/Dark | Highly Customizable | Light/Dark, Customizable with Sub. | Highly Customizable | Light/Dark | Highly Customizable | Highly Customizable | Light/Dark | Light/Dark | Highly Customizable | Light/Dark | Light/Dark | Light/Dark | Highly Customizable | Light/Dark | Highly Customizable | Light/Dark | Light/Dark | Light/Dark | Light/Dark |
| File Previews | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Learning Curve | Complex | Easy | Complex | Medium | Complex | Medium | Easy | Easy | Medium | Easy | Easy | Easy | Easy | Easy | Easy | Easy | Medium | Easy | Easy | Easy | Easy |
| Emoji Picker | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | n/a | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Shell/ | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Havn't tried this one yet | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Attach to Email Integration | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Havn't tried this one yet | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | via Macros | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Community | Large | New/Small | Growing | Large | Growing | New/Small | New/Small | Growing | New/Small | n/a | New/Small | New/Small | New/Small | New/Small | New/Small | Growing | Growing | New/Small | Growing | Growing | New/Small |
| Development/ | Sluggish | Rapid | Stable | Rapid | Stable | Stable | Stable | Stable | Stable | Sluggish | Rapid | Rapid | Rapid | Rapid | Rapid | sxitch.app/changelog | Stable | Rapid | Rapid | Rapid | Rapid |
| Add Features? | Plugin/Extension Store, Workflow Editor | Workflow Editor | Action Editor | Plugin/Extension Store | Plugin/Extension Store | On Roadmap | Plugin/Extension Store | Plugin/Extension Store | Workflow Editor | No | No | No | Workflow Editor | No | Workflow Editor | None | Instant app switching | No | No | ||
| Privacy Policy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Poor | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Not sure | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy | Good Privacy |
A local brain behind one shortcut. Thin launcher, thick brain. | Send-To operations and adaptive abbreviation matching | VC Backed | Started in 2003. | Also has Quick Notes Feature | It's private, open source and highly customisable | Bindings: notch panel auto-switches tool sets when you change apps. Xcode open > dev tools appear. Figma active > design set. Zero manual switching. | LaunchDeck stands out with some unique features like hot screen corners, haptics, a compact mode similar to the Windows 11 Start menu, and trackpad gestures | Create powerful macros that automate repetitive tasks, trigger them instantly from a radial menu at your cursor. | App hiding, quitting and window switching | Great UI, gestures & hotkey to open | The smoothest macOS application launchpad — simple, seamless, visually stunning, free and open source. | Instant, elegant app switching/launching. Press mouse button/modifier key + app's first letter. | A nearly 100% restoration of the classic Launchpad on macOS 26, suitable for users who miss the old Launchpad. | App Controller can simulate keystrokes for every other app. It’s a silly-shaped pie menu. | |||||||
| Homebrew Install Command | brew install --cask alfred | brew install --cask launchbar | brew install --cask raycast | brew install --cask quicksilver | brew install --cask monarch | brew tap abue-ammar/tinycast && brew install --cask tinycast | brew install --cask rustcast | brew install --cask sol | n/a - MacOS Default | brew install enetx/tap/mafi | n/a | - | brew install --cask sxitch | None - requires downloaded .dmg | brew install --cask launchos |
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| Lifetime License Price | $199 | Free, Beta: $25 | Free | N/A | Free | Free | $16 App Store, $18 Direct | N/A | $120.00 | $395** 5yrs unlimited file upload | $40.00 | Free | N/A | N/A | Free | N/A | Free | N/A | N/A | N/A | Free | Standard: $80, Pro: $100 | Free | $148 | $45 | Free | N/A | N/A | $35.00 | $25 | Free | $15 | Free | $50 (Mac), $20 (iOS), $30 (Windows) | N/A | $15.00 | N/A | Free while in beta | $10.00 | $30.00 | Free | N/A | Free | $60 | $44 | $30.00 | $10.00 | $29.00 | $50 | N/A | $20 | N/A | €19.99 | $50.00 | Free | $15.00 | $40 | Free | Free | $20.00 | Free | $5 |
| Subscription: | N/A | Sync: $5/mo, $48/yr | $2/mo OR $20/yr OR $50 /3yrs | Standard: $15/mo, $130/yr, Pro: $18/mo, $170/yr | $65/yr for cloud to share/collaborate on notes. | N/A | N/A | $12/mo, $120/yr for PLUS, $24/mo for BUSINESS | $35/yr | $10/mo, $96/yr | $2/mo | Pro: $96/yr; $10/mo, Business: $180/yr; $18/mo | $3/mo; $30/yr | $6/mo, $40/yr | N/A | $120/yr | N/A | Free, $4.5/mo; $50/yr | $20/mo, $120/yr | $3/mo; $15/yr | N/A | Standard: $7/mo, $50/yr, Pro: $9/mo, $84/yr | Optional $5/mo | N/A | $2.99/mo; $24.99/yr | N/A | $12/mo; $100/yr | Free, Plus: $10/mo, $96/yr; Pro: $18/mo, $168/yr | free during beta | N/A | Free (1gb) | $48/yr (10g), $100/yr (128gb) | N/A | N/A | N/A | $11/mo; $98/yr; $261/4yr | N/A | $1.99/mo; $19.99/yr | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | $9/mo; $84.00/yr | Standard $5/mo, $50/yr; Pro - $10/mo, $100/yr | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Pro Plan: $19/mo | N/A | free; $20/mo;$99/yr | $1.99/mo; 14.99/year | Free. Pro: $12/mo or $120/yr. | N/A | $2.99/mo; $19.00/yr | N/A | N/A | $2/mo | N/A | N/A | N/A | Free while in beta | N/A |
| Non-profit/ | 20% off | Free | Free | N/A | N/A | Free | By Request | Students: Free | N/A | 25% off subscription only | N/A | 1 year free + annual re-apply up to 5yrs | N/A | Students: $11/6 mo | N/A | 1 year free for students | N/A | $10/yr | Contact support@taskade.com | If offered by a school | Free | Standard: $70, Pro: $90 | Low income: Extended trial; Future 50% discount | N/A | Free | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | $7.99 | N/A | N/A | $5/m; $45.75/y; $183/4y | N/A | N/A | Free while in beta | N/A | N/A | Free | 1 year free sub for students with @edu email | Free | $50.99 | N/A | N/A | €7 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Free | N/A | N/A | Free | Free | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Apple Silicon Optimized | Yes | Electron | Yes | Yes | Yes | No (Rosetta2) | Yes | Electron | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Electron | Yes | Yes | Electron | Yes | Electron | Electron | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Electron | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Electron | Yes | Yes | Electron | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Electron | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
MacOS, iOS, iPadOS | MacOS, iOS, iPadOS, Windows, Linux, Android | MacOS, iOS, iPadOS, Windows, Linux, Android | MacOS, iOS, iPadOS, Windows, Android | MacOS, iOS, iPadOS, Windows, Linux, Android | Web (Selfhosted) | MacOS | MacOS, iOS, iPadOS, Windows, Android | MacOS, iOS, iPadOS | MacOS, iOS, iPadOS, Windows, Linux, Android, | MacOS, iOS, iPadOS, Windows, Linux, Android | MacOS, iOS, iPadOS, Windows, Web | MacOS, iOS, iPadOS, watchOS | MacOS, iOS | MacOS, iOS, iPadOS | MacOS, iOS, iPadOS | MacOS, iOS, iPadOS, Windows, Android | MacOS, iOS, iPadOS, Windows, Linux, Android | MacOS, iOS, iPadOS, Windows, Linux, Android, Web | MacOS, iOS, iPadOS | MacOS, Windows, Linux | MacOS | MacOS, iOS, iPadOS, Windows, Linux, Android | MacOS, iOS, iPadOS, Windows, Linux, Android | MacOS, iOS, iPadOS, watchOS; web app (installable PWA, works offline on Windows, Linux, Android and any browser) | MacOS, Windows, Linux, Mobile apps coming this winter. | MacOS, iOS, Web app in development | MacOS, iOS, iPadOS, Windows, Linux, Android, WebApp, | MacOS, Windows, Web | MacOS | MacOS, iOS, iPadOS, Windows, Linux, Android | MacOS | MacOS, iOS, iPadOS | MacOS, iOS, iPadOS, Windows, Android | MacOS, iOS, iPadOS, Windows, Linux, Android | MacOS | MacOS, iOS, iPadOS | MacOS | MacOS, iOS, iPadOS, Windows, Android | MacOS | MacOS, iOS, Windows, Linux, Android | MacOS, iOS, iPadOS, Windows, Linux, Android | MacOS, iOS, iPadOS | MacOS, iOS, iPadOS, Windows | MacOS, iOS | MacOS | MacOS, iOS, iPadOS | MacOS, Windows | MacOS, Linux | MacOS | MacOS, iOS, iPadOS, Android | MacOS, Web; iOS (beta) | MacOS, iOS, iPadOS | MacOS | MacOS | MacOS, Windows, Linux | MacOS | MacOS | MacOS, Windows, Linux | MacOS | MacOS | MacOS, iOS, iPadOS | |
| Themes/ | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | 3 Free (including dark) + 20+ Paid themes | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | 4 Free (including dark) + Paid themes | Yes (Free) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (dark mode plus 2 themes free, all 22 themes with Pro) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Paid) | 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 (Paid) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Paid) | Coming 2024 | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Included in app payment | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | No | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes | Yes (Free) | No | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) | Yes (Free) |
| Offline Notes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Limited: Pre-cached only | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Currently available on iOS / Android | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Limited: Pre-cached only | Yes |
| WYSIWYG/ | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | In Preview | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No? | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-edit or compare panes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
| Templates | Default + Add custom templates | Default + Add custom templates | Default templates included | Default + Add custom templates | Default + Add custom templates | Default + Add custom templates | Default + Add custom templates | Default + Add custom templates | Default + Add custom templates | Default + Add custom templates | Default + Add custom templates | Default + Add custom templates | Default + Add custom templates | Default + Add custom templates & user contributions as well | No | Default + Add custom templates | Default + Add custom templates | No | Default + Add custom templates | Default + Add custom templates | Default + Add custom templates | Default templates included | Default + Add custom templates | Default + Add custom templates | No | No | Default + Add custom templates | Default + Add custom templates | Default templates included | No | Default + Add custom templates | Default + Add custom templates | Default + Add custom templates | Default + Add custom templates | Create own simple templates | Default + Add custom templates | Unknown | Default templates included | Default + Add custom templates | Default + Add custom templates | No | Default + Add custom templates | No | Default + Add custom templates | No | No | No | No | Default + Add custom templates | Default templates included | Default templates included | Default + Add custom templates | No | No | No | Default + Add custom templates | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Focused writing mode | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No? | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | |
| Drawing/ | No | via plugin | No | Yes + Convert to Text Option | Yes | No | No | via plugin | Yes + Convert to Text Option | No | Yes | Yes | Yes + Convert to Text Option | No | Yes + Convert to Text Option | No | Yes + Convert to Text Option | No | No | Yes + Convert to Text Option | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | OCR support coming this fall | Through Scribble in iPad | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Unknown | No | Yes + Convert to Text Option | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Keyboard Shortcut Customization | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Forthcoming (on roadmap) | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | With scripts, not natively | No | Limited | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No? | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
List similar notes | List similar notes, Integrated ChatGPT | List similar notes, Integrated ChatGPT | Notes Clean Up, Writing, Translating, summarize, | ChatGPT Addin | List similar notes, Proofread, Summarize, Rewrite, Transcribe, Search, Search with Citation | Yes | List similar notes | Integrated ChatGPT, + create flashcards using AI | No | GPT 3 | No | No | Yes, Proofread, summarize, rewrite, and transcribe. | Integrated ChatGPT, Hast GPT-4 and Whisper AI integrated | Copilot Pro (subscription) | No | AI Chat, Writing Assistant, Workflow Generator | No | Forthcoming (w2v; LDA; others) | Integrated ChatGPT | No | Integrated ChatGPT | Transcribe | List similar notes, Semantic search, AI chat and RAG | Integrated ChatGPT | List similar notes, Integrated ChatGPT, AI commands; Custom commands with AI access; API key support | No | Integrated linked browsers give access to AI | No | Integrated ChatGPT, BYOK API Integration, AI Agents | No | Authorship distinguishes AI text from human text | No | List similar notes, Local LLM, AI Chat, AI Agent, Note Edit, Notebook Edit, Voice Transcription, Vault Management, Semantic Search, Web Search, Multimedia RAG, Code Generation, Citation (IEEE, APA, Footnote) | No | Yes | Integrated ChatGPT | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Integrated ChatGPT, AI chat, semantic search, voice transcription | No | List similar notes, Integrated ChatGPT, Notes Clean Up, Writing, Translating, summarize;API key support;AI Chat | No | Yes | No | Proofread, Summarize, Rewrite | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| Import/ | Free | Paid Sync | Free | Paid | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free | Paid | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free Import/Export, Paid Sync & Backup | Free | No | Free | Paid | Free | Coming in August | Free | Free | Paid | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free | Paid | Free | Free | Free, Paid options | Included | Free | Free | Included in app payment | Import/Export is in free plan, Sync is in pro plan | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free | N/A | Yes | Paid | Free | Free | Free | N/A | Free |
| Backup and Synchronization | iCloud, Dropbox, Local (any) | iCloud, Proprietary cloud sync | Proprietary cloud sync, Google Drive, Local (any) | Proprietary cloud sync | iCloud, WebDAV, Dropbox, OneDrive | Local (any) | iCloud | Proprietary cloud sync | iCloud, Dropbox | Proprietary cloud sync, Local (any) | Proprietary cloud sync | Proprietary cloud sync, iCloud, Local (any) | iCloud | iCloud, Proprietary cloud sync, Dropbox, Local (any) | iCloud | Local (any) | Proprietary cloud sync, Local (any) | Proprietary cloud sync | Proprietary cloud sync | iCloud, Google Drive, Dropbox | Local (any) | iCloud | iCloud, Proprietary cloud sync, Google Drive, Dropbox, Local (any) | Proprietary cloud sync, Local (any) | Proprietary cloud sync, Local (any) | Local (any) | iCloud | Proprietary cloud sync | Local (any) | Local (any) | Proprietary cloud sync, Local (any) | iCloud, Google Drive, Dropbox, Local (any) | iCloud, Proprietary cloud sync, Google Drive, Dropbox, Local (any) | iCloud, Google Drive, Dropbox, Local (any) | Proprietary cloud sync | Local (any) | iCloud | iCloud, Local (any) | iCloud, Google Drive, Dropbox | iCloud, Google Drive, Dropbox, Local (any) | Proprietary cloud sync | Proprietary cloud sync, Dropbox | iCloud, Google Drive, Dropbox, Local (any) | Local (any), No | Local (any) | iCloud, Dropbox, Local (any) | iCloud, Local (any) | Proprietary cloud sync, Local (any) | iCloud, Google Drive, Dropbox, Local (any) | Local (any) | Local (any) | Proprietary cloud sync | iCloud | iCloud, Google Drive, Dropbox, Local (any) | Local (any) | iCloud, Local (any) | iCloud, Proprietary cloud sync, Google Drive, Dropbox, Local (any) | Local (any) | Local (any) | iCloud, Local (any) | Proprietary cloud sync | iCloud, Google Drive, Dropbox, Local (any) |
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| Audio | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Image | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Video | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| txt/ | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| csv/ | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | 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 | No | No | No |
| No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| Youtube | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Google Sheets | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | 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 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| URL/ | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| Other | .gif | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attach File Types | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Audio | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Image | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Video | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| txt/ | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| csv/ | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| Arbitrary/ | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | 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 |
| Other | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Import | None | None | None | None | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Markdown (.md) | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes |
| Text (.txt) | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Rich Text Format (.rtf) | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Word Doc (.docx) | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | 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 | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| Comma Separated Values (.csv) | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Tab Separated Values (.tsv) | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | 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 | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Excel (.xlsx) | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | 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 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| HTML (.html) | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Other | .textBundle | .textbundle, .textpack, .webloc | .json, .enex (Evernote) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Export | None | None | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Markdown (.md) | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes |
| Text (.txt) | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes |
| Rich Text Format (.rtf) | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Word Doc (.docx) | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| Comma Separated Values (.csv) | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Tab Separated Values (.tsv) | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | 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 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Excel (.xlsx) | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | 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 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| HTML (.html) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Other | image, email, weblink | .textbundle, .jpg, .epub, .textpack | .json | .note | .doc, .epub, .fdx, .fountain, .odt, .mobi, .xml | .cldx | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Export Hierarchy | Yes | Yes | No | No | Unknown | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No (requires 3rd party app) | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Exports as single json file for restoration and preservation purposes. | Yes | No | No | No | No | Uses Finder files, no export necessary | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Export of folder not posible | Images | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No? | not sure, didn't try it | Yes | No | Unknown | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| Note Link Preservation | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | idk | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | N/A | User decides with a preference | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | as WikiLinks | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | no links between notes possible | No | Unknown | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No? | idk, it's a simple note taking app | No | No | Unknown | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| Version History | No | Highlight Changes | Yes (auto) | Yes (auto) | Yes | Yes (auto) | Yes (auto) | Yes (snapshots) | No (only via tech support) | Yes (auto) | Yes (auto) | Yes (auto) | No | Yes (snapshots) | Highlight Changes | Yes (auto), Highlight Changes | Yes (auto) | Yes (auto), Highlight Changes | Yes (auto), Highlight Changes | No | No | No | Yes (auto) | Yes (auto), Yes (snapshots) | Yes (auto) | No | Yes (auto) | No | No | Full file snapshots | No | Possible by adding a git repository | Yes (auto), Yes (snapshots), Highlight Changes | No | No | Yes (snapshots), Highlight Changes | Yes (auto) | No | No | Yes (snapshots) | Yes (auto) | Yes (auto) | No | Yes (snapshots), Highlight Changes | No | Yes (auto), Highlight Changes | No | Yes (auto) | Can be synced to Git | No | No | No? | No | No | Yes (snapshots) | Yes (auto) | No | No | No | No | No | Yes (snapshots) |
| Undelete | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | System Trash | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | System Trash | Yes | Yes | Yes | built-in backup feature | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | System Trash | No | No | No? | No | No | No | N/A | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | |
App, Firefox, Chrome (chromium), Safari (webkit) | Yes | App, Firefox, Chrome (chromium) | App, Firefox, Chrome (chromium), Safari (webkit) | Firefox, Chrome (chromium), Safari (webkit) | in development | Firefox, Chrome (chromium), Safari (webkit) | No | Chrome (chromium) | Firefox, Chrome (chromium), Safari (webkit) | No | App, Firefox, Chrome (chromium), Safari (webkit) | No | No | App, Chrome (chromium), Safari (webkit) | Firefox, Chrome (chromium) | Firefox, Chrome (chromium) | App, Firefox, Chrome (chromium), Edge | App | No | Embedded Web Pages | No | Chrome (chromium) | No, No browser extension: iOS/iPadOS share sheet extension and macOS drag and drop send a page or selection into Caliu | No | No | Firefox, Chrome (chromium), Safari (webkit) | No | No | No | No | via Shortcuts | No | No | No | No | App | No | No | Firefox, Chrome (chromium) | No | No | Share Sheet to send URL's; Share Sheet Extension to send PDF's to app | No | App | No | No | Chrome (chromium) | No | No? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |||
Embedded Files, Attached Files | Embedded Files, Attached Files | Unknown | Embedded Files, Attached Files | Embedded Files, Attached Files | No | Embedded Files, Attached Files, full vault is indexed by Apple Intelligence (Tahoe 26+) | No | No | idk | No | No | Attached Files | Unknown | No | Embedded Files, Attached Files | No | No | Q&A uploaded .pdf files using AI | Embedded Files | Embedded Files | Embedded Files | No | Embedded Files | No | Embedded Files, Attached Files | Embedded Files | Embedded Files | No | Embedded Files | No | Embedded Files, Attached Files | Embedded Files | Embedded Files | No | Embedded Files, Attached Files | Embedded Files | Embedded Files | Embedded Files | No | No | Unknown | No | Attached Files | Embedded Files, Attached Files | No | No | No | No | Embedded Files, Attached Files | No? | idk | Embedded Files | No | No | No | No | Embedded Files | No | No | No | ||
| Built in OCR | Yes (ABBYY) | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes (for images) | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | 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 |
| Image Resize | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | N/A | No | No | No | No | N/A | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | N/A | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No |
| Image - Text Wrapping | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No? | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | ||
| Audio Recording | Yes | Yes | Yes + Syncs with Notes | Yes | Unknown | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes + Syncs with Notes | Yes + Syncs with Notes | No | No | Yes + Syncs with Notes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes + Syncs with Notes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | dictate text to note | Yes | No | No | Unknown | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
Folders/Notebooks, Subfolders, Tags | Folders/Notebooks, Subfolders, Tags | Folders/Notebooks, Subfolders, Tags | Folders/Notebooks, Tags | Folders/Notebooks, Use a notebook, then actual notes inside that folder, no sub folders inside an already established folder. | Subfolders, Tags | Folders/Notebooks, Subfolders, Tags | Folders/Notebooks, Subfolders, Tags, Powerful relational databases, "toggle" dropdowns, backlinks | Folders/Notebooks, Subfolders, Tags | Folders/Notebooks, Subfolders, Tags | Folders/Notebooks, Subfolders, Tags | Folders/Notebooks, Subfolders, Subpages, grouped blocks | Tags | Folders/Notebooks, Subfolders, Tags | Folders/Notebooks, Nestable Folders, Tags | Tags, Backlinks | Folders/Notebooks | Folders/Notebooks, Subfolders, Tags | Workspaces, Folders, Tags | Subjects/Dividers | Folders/Notebooks, Subfolders, Tags | Folders/Notebooks, Subfolders, Tags | No | Folders/Notebooks, Subfolders, Tags | Tags, Nested hierarchical tags (#work/project/subtask) form the tree; no folders | Folders/Notebooks, Subfolders, Tags, Tags, topics, subjects, citation, equation | Folders/Notebooks, Subfolders, Tags | Tags | Subfolders, Tags | Folders/Notebooks, Subfolders, Tags, Groupings, smart groupings | Relations | Folders/Notebooks, Subfolders, Tags | Folders/Notebooks, Subfolders, Tags | Folders/Notebooks, Subfolders, Tags | Tags, Notes are nestable (parent/child relationships) | Folders/Notebooks, Subfolders, Tags | Tags, Workspaces | Folders/Notebooks, Subfolders | Folders/Notebooks, Subfolders, Tags | Folders/Notebooks, Subfolders, Drafts | Tags | Yes, this is the central feature of workflowy | Folders/Notebooks, Subfolders | Folders/Notebooks, Subfolders | Folders/Notebooks, Subfolders, Tags | Folders/Notebooks, Subfolders, Spaces (groups of folders) | No | Folders/Notebooks, Subfolders, Tags | Folders/Notebooks, Subfolders, Tags | Folders/Notebooks, Tags | No | Tags, Customizable "Objects" feature for notes, tags, people, etc. | Folders/Notebooks | Folders/Notebooks, Subfolders, Tags | Plain text editor as files | No | Folders/Notebooks, Subfolders | Folders/Notebooks | Folders/Notebooks, outlines | No | Folders/Notebooks | No | |
Pinning, Favorites, Starring/Rating, Read/Unread, Tags, Labels | Pinning, Favorites, Starring/Rating, Read/Unread, Tags | Pinning, Favorites, Tags | Pinning, Favorites, Starring/Rating, Tags | No | Pinning, Favorites, Tags | Pinning, Tags, Edited Indicator | Favorites, Many ways to sort pages in a database by priority or importance | Pinning, Favorites, Tags | Pinning, Favorites, Starring/Rating, Tags | Pinning, Favorites, Starring/Rating, Tags | Pinning, Favorites, Starring/Rating | Pinning, Tags | Favorites, Starring/Rating, Tags | Pinning, Tags | Pinning, Tags | Tags | Pinning, Favorites, Tags | Pinning, Favorites, Tags | Favorites | Pinning, Tags | Pinning, Favorites, Starring/Rating, Tags | Pinning, Favorites, Tags | Pinning | Pinning, Tags | Pinning, Favorites, Tags, tags, topics, subjects, equation and citation | Tags | Pinning, Favorites, Starring/Rating, Read/Unread, Tags | Tags | Pinning, Favorites, Starring/Rating, Tags | Favorites, Relations | Tags | Pinning, Favorites, Tags | Favorites, Tags | Pinning, Favorites, Tags | Pinning, Tags | Pinning, Favorites, Starring/Rating, Tags | Pinning | Favorites, Tags | Recents | Pinning, Name A-Z/Z-A | Created 1-9/9-1 | Modified 1-9/9-1 | Favorites, Starring/Rating, Tags | Favorites, Starring/Rating, Tags | Labels, Status | Pinning, Favorites, Tags | Pinning | Pinning, Reordering of notes | Pinning, Tags | Pinning, Tags | Pinning, Favorites, Read/Unread, Tags | Pinning, Favorites, Read/Unread | Pinning, Tags | No | Favorites, Tags | Plain text editor as files | No | Pinning | Pinning, Favorites | Favorites, Starring/Rating, Tags | Pinning, Tags | No | ||
Note Titles, Content Keywords, Boolean (AND, OR, NEAR), By Tags, By Date, By Folder, Highlight Results in Note | Note Titles, Content Keywords, Boolean (AND, OR, NEAR), By Tags, By Date, By Folder, Highlight Results in Note | Note Titles, Content Keywords, Boolean (AND, OR, NEAR), By Tags, By Date, By Folder, Highlight Results in Note | Note Titles, Content Keywords, By Tags, By Date, By Folder, Highlight Results in Note, AI Powered | By Date, By Folder, Highlight Results in Note | Note Titles, Content Keywords, Boolean (AND, OR, NEAR), By Tags, By Date, By Folder | Note Titles, Content Keywords, Boolean (AND, OR, NEAR), By Tags, By Date, By Folder, Highlight Results in Note, Search Concepts with Apple Intelligence, not just work matches | Note Titles, Content Keywords, By Date, By Folder, Highlight Results in Note | Note Titles, Content Keywords, Boolean (AND, OR, NEAR), By Tags, By Date, By Folder, Highlight Results in Note | Note Titles, By Tags, By Date, Highlight Results in Note | Note Titles, Content Keywords, By Tags, By Folder, Highlight Results in Note | Note Titles, Content Keywords, By Folder, By Date, Highlight Results in Note | Note Titles, Content Keywords, Boolean (AND, OR, NEAR), By Tags, By Date, Highlight Results in Note | Note Titles, Content Keywords, Boolean (AND, OR, NEAR), By Tags, By Date, By Folder | Note Titles, Content Keywords, By Tags, Highlight Results in Note | Note Titles, Content Keywords, Boolean (AND, OR, NEAR), By Tags | Note Titles, Content Keywords, Boolean (AND, OR, NEAR), By Tags, By Folder, Highlight Results in Note | Note Titles, Content Keywords, Boolean (AND, OR, NEAR) | Note Titles, Content Keywords, By Tags, By Date, By Folder, Highlight Results in Note | Note Titles, Content Keywords, By Folder, Highlight Results in Note | Note Titles, Content Keywords, Boolean (AND, OR, NEAR), By Tags, By Folder, Highlight Results in Note | Note Titles, Content Keywords, Boolean (AND, OR, NEAR), By Tags, By Date, By Folder, Highlight Results in Note | Note Titles, Content Keywords, Boolean (AND, OR, NEAR), By Tags, By Date, Highlight Results in Note | Note Titles, Content Keywords, Boolean (AND, OR, NEAR), By Tags, By Date, By Folder, Highlight Results in Note | Note Titles, Content Keywords, By Tags, Highlight Results in Note | Note Titles, Content Keywords, By Tags, By Date | Note Titles, Content Keywords, By Tags | Note Titles, Content Keywords, Boolean (AND, OR, NEAR), By Tags, By Date, By Folder, Highlight Results in Note | Note Titles, By Tags | Note Titles, Content Keywords, By Tags, By Date, By Folder, Highlight Results in Note | Note Titles, Content Keywords | Note Titles, Content Keywords, Boolean (AND, OR, NEAR), By Tags, By Date | Note Titles, Content Keywords, Highlight Results in Note | Note Titles, By Tags | Note Titles, Content Keywords, Boolean (AND, OR, NEAR), By Tags, By Date, By Folder, Highlight Results in Note | Note Titles, Content Keywords, By Tags, By Date, By Folder | Note Titles, Content Keywords, Boolean (AND, OR, NEAR), By Tags, Highlight Results in Note | Note Titles, Content Keywords | Note Titles, Content Keywords, By Tags, By Date, By Folder, Highlight Results in Note | Note Titles | Note Titles, Content Keywords, By Tags, Highlight Results in Note | Note Titles, Content Keywords, By Tags, By Date, Highlight Results in Note | Note Titles, Content Keywords, Highlight Results in Note | Note Titles, Content Keywords, Boolean (AND, OR, NEAR), Highlight Results in Note | Note Titles, Content Keywords, Boolean (AND, OR, NEAR), By Tags, Highlight Results in Note | Note Titles, Highlight Results in Note | Note Titles, Content Keywords | Note Titles, Content Keywords, Semantic search with AI | Note Titles, Content Keywords, By Tags, Highlight Results in Note | Note Titles, Content Keywords, By Tags, By Date, By Folder, Highlight Results in Note | No? | Note Titles, Content Keywords | Note Titles, Content Keywords, By Tags | Content Keywords, Highlight Results in Note, | Note Titles | Note Titles, Content Keywords | Content Keywords | Note Titles, Content Keywords, Boolean (AND, OR, NEAR) | Note Titles, Content Keywords, By Tags, Highlight Results in Note | Note Titles, Content Keywords, By Tags, By Folder | Content Keywords | ||
Alfred, Raycast, Spotlight Indexed | Alfred, Raycast | Spotlight Indexed | No | No | No | Spotlight Indexed, Apple Intelligence Vault embeddings file exportable | Alfred, Raycast | Spotlight Indexed | No | Spotlight Indexed | Alfred, Raycast, Spotlight Indexed | Alfred, Raycast, Spotlight Indexed | Alfred, Raycast | Alfred, Raycast, Spotlight Indexed | No | Alfred, Raycast | No | No | Spotlight Indexed | Spotlight Indexed, Can be indexed by any tool that reads plain text files from disk | No | Alfred, Raycast | No | Spotlight Indexed | File system based | Spotlight Indexed | Alfred, Raycast | No | No | No | No | Alfred, Spotlight Indexed | Spotlight Indexed | Raycast | Spotlight Indexed | Spotlight Indexed | Spotlight Indexed | Spotlight Indexed | Spotlight Indexed | No | No | Spotlight Indexed, Alfred: use "in" | Alfred, Raycast, Spotlight Indexed | No | No | No | No | Spotlight Indexed | No? | No | No | Plain text editor | Spotlight Indexed | No | No | No | Alfred | No | No | |||
| Security & Privacy Policy | Yes | Yes | Yes | Vague | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | idk | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Vague | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Nothing | Nothing | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A - Local Only | Yes | Yes | Yes | Nothing | Yes | Yes | No? | I don't know | Yes | Nothing | Unknown | Yes | Yes | N/A | Yes | Unknown | Yes | |
| Password Protection | Databases | Vault, via plugin. | App, Notes | App | App, Notebooks, Notes | App, Notebooks, Notes | No | Account required. Integrations required for notes. | App, Notebooks, Notes | Notes | App, Notebooks | No | App, Notes | Unknown | Notes | App, Notebooks, Notes | Notebooks, Notes | App, Notes | App, Notes | Subjects | No | No | No | App | No | No | No | App | No | No | No | No | Notebooks, Notes | No | No | A password can be added to import exported note files | No | No | Notes | No | No | App | App, Notes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No? | No | No | Plain text editor as files | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Encrypted Sync, Encrypted Servers, via iCloud (E2E) | Encrypted Sync, Encrypted Servers, via iCloud (E2E) | Encrypted Sync, Encrypted Servers, End-to-End Encryption | Encrypted Sync | End-to-End Encryption (if enabled) | Encrypted Sync, Encrypted Servers | icloud sync | Encrypted Sync, Encrypted Servers, End-to-End Encryption | Encrypted Sync, via iCloud (E2E) | idk | Encrypted Sync, Encrypted Servers | Encrypted Sync, Encrypted Servers, via iCloud (E2E) | via iCloud (E2E) | No | via iCloud (E2E) | Encrypted Sync, Encrypted Servers | Encrypted Sync, Encrypted Servers, End-to-End Encryption | End-to-End Encryption | Encrypted Servers | via iCloud (E2E) | No | No | Encrypted Sync, Encrypted Servers, End-to-End Encryption | Encrypted Sync, Encrypted Servers, End-to-End Encryption | Encrypted Sync, Encrypted Servers, HTTPS in transit and encrypted at rest on Cloudflare; no end-to-end encryption, a documented design choice for recoverability and API access | No | via iCloud (E2E) | Encrypted Servers | No | No | End-to-End Encryption | via iCloud (E2E), Notes are stored locally as md files, can be encrypted depending on the user | Encrypted Sync, Encrypted Servers, End-to-End Encryption, via iCloud (E2E) | via iCloud (E2E) | Encrypted Sync, Encrypted Servers | End-to-End Encryption | via iCloud (E2E) | via iCloud (E2E), No | via iCloud (E2E), No | No | Encrypted Sync | Unknown | via iCloud (E2E), No | via iCloud (E2E) | No | via iCloud (E2E), No | Encrypted Sync, Encrypted Servers, via iCloud (E2E) | No | No | via iCloud (E2E), No | Encrypted Sync, End-to-End Encryption | No? | I don't know | via iCloud (E2E) | Plain text editor as files | via iCloud (E2E) | No | No | No | via iCloud (E2E) | No | via iCloud (E2E) | |
| 2 Factor Authentication (2FA) | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | N/A | N/A | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No? | No | No | N/A | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Account Deletion | Yes | N/A | Yes | Yes | N/A | Yes | N/A | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A | N/A | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A | N/A | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Unknown | N/A | Yes | Does Not need any account | Yes | N/A | Yes | No | No | No account needed | N/A | N/A | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A | N/A | N/A | No | No | N/A | Yes | Yes | Yes | it's icloud | N/A | N/A | N/A | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | N/A | No |
| Tasks | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Sub-task nesting | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | N/A | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | N/A | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Checkmark, Greys Out | Checkmark, Moves to End of List, Disappears, Greys Out | Checkmark, Moves to End of List, Greys Out | Checkmark, crossed out | Checkmark | Checkmark | Checkmark | Checkmark, Moves to End of List, Disappears, Can be customizable using "databases" | Checkmark, Greys Out | Checkmark | Checkmark, Greys Out | Checkmark, Greys Out | Checkmark, Greys Out | N/A | Checkmark, Moves to end of list | Checkmark, Moves to End of List, Disappears, Greys Out | Checkmark | Checkmark, Greys Out, Strikethrough | Greys Out | Checkmark, Greys Out, Strikethrough | Checkmark, Styling of ticked checkboxes can be customized | Checkmark, Strikethrough | Checkmark, Greys Out, Possible to style tasks with CSS. | Checkmark | Checkmark, Moves to End of List | Checkmark, Moves to End of List, Greys Out | Checkmark, Greys Out | Checkmark, Moves to End of List, Disappears, Greys Out | Checkmark | Checkmark, Greys Out | Checkmark | Checkmark | Checkmark, Crossed out | Checkmark, Greys Out | Checkmark, Greys Out | Checkmark, Greys Out | Checkmark, Greys Out | Checkmark, Disappears | Checkmark | Checkmark, Delete all checked items | Checkmark | Checkmark, Disappears, Greys Out | Checkmark | N/A | Checkmark, Disappears, Hide/Show completed is configurable | Checkmark, Disappears, Greys Out | Checkmark, Greys Out | Checkmark | Checkmark, Greys Out | Checkmark, Greys Out | Checkmark, Disappears, Greys Out | Checkmark, Strikethrough completed tasks | Checkmark | N/A | Checkmark, Greys Out, Depends on the theme | Checkmark | Checkmark | Moves to End of List | N/A | Checkmark | N/A | ||
| Task Date | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | N/A | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | N/A | No | No | No | N/A | Yes | N/A | No | No | Yes | No | N/A | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | N/A | No | No | No | No | No | No | N/A | |
| Alerts and Notifications | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | N/A | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | N/A | N/A | No | No | No | Unknown | No | N/A | No | No | No | No | N/A | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | N/A | No | No | No | N/A | No | No | N/A | |
| Priority | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | N/A | Yes | N/A | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | N/A | No | No | No | No | Yes | N/A | No | No | N/A | Yes | N/A | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | N/A | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | N/A | |
| Apple Reminders Sync | Yes, via script | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Sent to Reminders | No | No | No | No | Sent to Reminders | Sent to Reminders | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Unknown | No | N/A | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Sent to Reminders | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| Calendar Import/ | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes (via Plugin) | No | No | Coming this fall | Yes | Yes | 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 | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| Formatting Options | None | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bold | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Italic | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Underline | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Strikethrough | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Headers | Yes-Multi | Yes-Multi | Yes-Multi | Yes-Multi | Yes-Multi | Yes-Multi | Yes-Multi | Yes-Multi | Yes-Multi | Yes-Multi | Yes-Multi | Yes-Multi | Yes-Multi | Yes-Multi | Yes-Multi | Yes-Multi | Yes-Multi | Yes-Multi | Yes-Multi | No | Yes-Multi | Yes-Multi | Yes-Multi | Yes-Multi | Yes-Multi | Yes-Multi | Yes-Multi | Yes-Single | Yes-Multi | Yes-Multi | Yes-Multi | Yes-Multi | Yes-Multi | Yes-Multi | Yes-Multi | Yes-Multi | Yes-Multi | Yes-Multi | Yes-Multi | Yes-Single | Yes-Multi | Yes-Multi | Yes-Multi | Yes-Multi | Yes-Multi | Yes-Multi | Yes-Multi | Yes-Multi | Yes-Multi | Yes-Multi | Yes-Multi | Yes-Multi | Yes-Multi | Yes-Multi | No | Yes-Multi | Yes-Multi | Yes-Multi | Yes-Multi | Yes-Multi | Yes-Multi | No |
| Lists | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Line Dividers | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Superscript | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Subscript | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Footnotes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
| Block Quotes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| Code | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Tables | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Emoji | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Markdown | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | 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 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| LaTeX | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Other | Toggle lists, inline code, inline formula | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fonts | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes |
| Font Size | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Font Color | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No |
| Lists | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| List indentation | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Formatting Styles | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | idk | No | You can copy styles or utilize templates | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Only via themes or CSS | No | No | Yes | No | Yes (Configured during export) | Yes | No | Yes | On export with templates | No | Unknown | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | ||||||||||||
| Code Features | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Syntax Highlighting | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Auto Indenting | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Autocomplete Suggestions | 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 | No | No | No | Yes | 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 | Yes | No |
| Table Features | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Formulas | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | 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 | No | No | No |
| Cell Color | 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 | 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 | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Stroke Width | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | 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 |
| Stroke Color | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | 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 | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Sort Column | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | 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 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Filter | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | 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 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Resize row/ | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Add/ | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Annotation | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Drawing/ | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Highlighting | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Shapes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | 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 | No | No | No | No |
| Outlines | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | 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 |
| Stamps | No | No | Yes | 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 | 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 | No | No | No | No |
| Signatures | 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 | No | No | No | No | No | 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 |
| Other | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | Websites, Other Notes, Section in Other Note | Websites, Other Notes, Section in Other Note | Websites, Other Notes, Section in Other Note | Websites, Other Notes | Websites, Other Notes, Section in Other Note, Websites | Websites, Other Notes | Websites, Other Notes, Section in Other Note | Websites, Other Notes, Section in Other Note | Websites, Other Notes | Websites, Other Notes, Section in Other Note | Websites, Other Notes, Section in Other Note | Websites, Other Notes, Section in Other Note | Websites, Other Notes, Section in Other Note | Websites | Websites | Websites, Other Notes, Section in Other Note | Websites, Other Notes, Section in Other Note | Websites, Other Notes, Section in Other Note | Websites, Other Notes, Section in Other Note | Websites | Websites, Other Notes | Websites, Other Notes, Section in Other Note | Websites, Other Notes, Section in Other Note | Websites, Other Notes, Section in Other Note | Websites, Other Notes | Other Notes | Websites, Other Notes, Section in Other Note | Websites, Other Notes, Section in Other Note | Websites | Websites, Other Notes | Websites, Other Notes | Websites, Other Notes | Websites, Other Notes, Section in Other Note | Websites, Other Notes | Websites, Other Notes | Websites, Other Notes | Websites, Other Notes, Section in Other Note | Websites, Other Notes | Websites | Websites | Websites | Websites, Other Notes | Websites, Other Notes, Section in Other Note | Websites, Other Notes | Websites, Other Notes | Websites, Other Notes, Section in Other Note | Websites | Websites, Other Notes | Websites, Other Notes | Websites, Other Notes, Section in Other Note | Websites, Other Notes | Websites, Other Notes, Section in Other Note | Websites, Other Notes, Section in Other Note | Websites | Websites | Websites, Other Notes | Websites | Websites | Websites, Other Notes, Section in Other Note | Other Notes | Websites | N/A |
| Link Previews | No | Yes | No | Yes | Unknown | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | tooltipi showing url. | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Unknown | No | No | No | No | No | Yes (via Webclips) | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| Sharing Options | No | No | View, Comment, Edit, @Mentions | View, Comment, Edit, @Mentions | No | View | No | View, Comment, Edit | Edit | No | View | View, Comment, Edit, @Mentions, weblink | No | View | Edit, @Mentions | View | View, Edit | View | View, Comment, Edit, @Mentions | View | N/A | No | No | No | View | No | View | View, Comment, Edit, @Mentions | Comment, Edit | No | No | MD files can be shared by users using the cloud | No | No | View, Comment, Edit | No | No | No | View | No | No | View, Comment, Edit, @Mentions | via shared notebook | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Edit |
| Collaboration | No | No | Update on Completion | Paid | No | No | Real-time | Real-time | Real-time | No | Real-time | No | No | Real-time | No | Real-time | No | Real-time | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Real-time | Real-time | Real-time | No | No | Real-time, Using icloud between different computers | No | No | Real-time, Update on Completion | No | No | No | No | No | Real-time, No | Real-time | via shared notebook | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| Publish to URL | No | Yes +Edit URL | Yes | Yes | Paid | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes +Edit URL | No | No | No | Yes | Yes +Edit URL | Yes | Yes +Edit URL | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Coming this winter | Yes | Yes +Edit URL | No | No | No | No | Unknown | No | Yes | No | Unknown | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No? | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Note Embedding | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Unknown | No | No | No | Unknown | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | via graph | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Unknown | No | No | No | No | Unsure | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Slow loading large databases (95k+) | 1GB file size upload limit, 100GB total upload | Personal: 200MB max note size; 10GB monthly | Some lag on extremely large text files | Free version limits file uploads to 5MB | All notes are listed expanded in a scrolling list. Makes search difficult. | Attachment size is limited to 20MB. Each note is limited to 300,000 characters. No AppleScript Support. | Free: 1 space, 1gb storage, 50 ai requests per month, import/export limitations without paying. | Single attached file ~250MB, single note ~500,000 characters | No | Up to 1 GB/note and 1,000 GB total storage in the Ultimate plan | No arbitrary limitations implemented | Known performance issues with graphs over 3,000 notes. | no limit so far | 100 MB per attached file. Free plan: 1 GB of attachment storage total (unlimited with Pro). Import: 500 notes per file. No note length limit. | No limits | no | No set limitations | 1 gb cloud storage | None | No | 24,000 characters | No | No limitations | Unsure | Attachment size is limited to 100MB. No limits for notes. | Development team seems disinterested in innovation. | No | No set limits (plain .md files); fast with 10,000 files and 200,000-word documents | None. | No | N/A | not that I know of | no limits imposed | OS based limit | Standalone edtior. No folders or note organization. | No | Outliner App | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
More of a note organization system than a note-taking app, though it can create notes. | Graph, Community Plugins, Vibrant Community. Can be complicated to set up and get into. | Email-in Notes, file versioning, amazing browser apps & smart phone handoff integration | Has been around since 2004 | Docker based server optional. Mac, Windows standalone clients as well, with option to sync to a server | Lntegrated Local/Cloud AI. Full RAG and vault chat. No plugins, works out of the box. Full Mermaid, LaTeX/KaTeX, CSS, HTML support. Live PDF editing. No WYSIWYG. | Great customizability, but also a bit overwhelming/heavy. | Calendar/date integration, project-based note timeline | Best app for note taking , linking ideas , and most importantly doing flashcards | Easy to use, syncs quickly, but no AppleScript, Shortcuts, or Alfred support. No public roadmap. | Intuitive. Incredible UX on iOS/macOS/iPadOS | UX/UI design, markdown writing experience | Focused long-form writing king (beside Scrivner) with a very nice UI | Native | Simplicity of Apple Notes with much more power. | Clunky, comparatively unintuitive | AI Features | Powerful, yet wonderfully simple note-taking and PDF annotation | Feature set will increase in 2024 | The most complete Mac only note taking app. | opensource, database table, mutual link, rich plugin system | Local-first, MCP + API for AI agents | mdx, AI, all-in-one, markdown | Optimized for academic content (citations, captions, cross-references). The export is unique. | Quick access & glued noted groupings | End-To-End Encrypted, Fully Offline | Completely Open source, Rust Based (less than 40MB) | Simplicity, control, local files | Local markdown files | nested note-cards, personalized collaboration | AI Vault Manager, Multimedia RAG, Skills and Mentions | Auto versioning, export to other apps | Local-first, AI assistant, meeting capture, GTD | A handwriting app ideally used on a tablet with a stylus. | Fully native macOS app | It's strength lies in it's simplicity which the name also suggest. It doesn't try to do more or less than what it do. However a bit more option for markdown enabled markup, attachments, etc. would be nice | Minimal, flexible, but limited integration and lacks calendar/reminder functions. | OneNote Compatibility, Offline Access, Any Sync Providers | Designed for authors & academics. Good for collecting research and organizing book chapters. | Publish any folder as an "e-book" (ePub). Compile multiple documents into a PDF | Native WYSIWYG on plain Markdown files | Notes will appear on the side of your screen for instant access | AI chat, semantic search, voice transcription | Graph View, Daily desk | local-first privacy protection and integrated AI for smart knowledge management. | Texting-focused UI, customizable views, Matrix protocol sync (soon to be self hostable) | it's out of the way and there when you need it | no db, local md files | Minimalist, ultra-fast, native | Great for outlining | YG edWork offline, use folder system and have WYSIWYG editor | Battle proven outliner suited for complex management tasks | Solely focused zettelkasten app | Simple but UX. Very fast note-taking. | Minimal text editor | ||||||||
| Homebrew Install Command | brew install --cask devonthink | brew install --cask obsidian | brew install --cask evernote | brew install --cask joplin | brew install --cask trilium-notes | brew install --cask notion | brew install --cask remnote | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | brew install --cask reflect | brew install --cask microsoft-onenote | brew install --cask notesnook | N/A | brew install --cask zettlr | brew install --cask curio | brew install --cask logseq | N/A (Mac App Store only, no Homebrew cask) | brew install --cask anytype | brew install --cask SidhuK/glyph/glyph | brew install --cask fsnotes | brew install --cask supernotes | brew install --cask simplenote | brew install --cask workflowy | brew install --cask outline | brew install --cask scrivener | brew install -cask Notebooks | N/A | brew install --cask sidenotes | n/a | brew install --cask coteditor | brew install --cask typora | N/A | N/A |
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| Password Manager Client Name | Keeper Security | Bitwarden | Proton Pass | Dashlane | mSecure | Padloc | Strongbox | Enpass | KeePassXC / KeePassium | Secrets | 1Password | LastPass | NordPass | PanicVault | Psono | WhatsPass | Apple KeyChain Access | Buttercup | MacPass | SafeInCloud | Sticky Password | Heylogin | Google Password Manager |
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| Pricing URL: | keepersecurity.com/pricing/personal-and-family.html | bitwarden.com | proton.me/pricing | dashlane.com | msecure.com/plans | padloc.app | strongboxsafe.com | enpass.io | keepassxc.org | secrets.app | 1password.com | lastpass.com | nordpass.com | App Store | psono.com/#pricing | App Store | n/a | buttercup.pw | macpassapp.org | apps.apple.com/us/app/safeincloud/id895062927 | stickypassword.com/buy-premium | heylogin.com | passwords.google.com |
| Lifetime License Price | N/A | Free | $199 | N/A | N/A | Free | Free & Paid Tiers $80 | N/A | Free | $20 | N/A | Free | Free | $4.99 | Free | $40 | Free | Free | Free | $5 for mobile app, $10 family | $59.99 | Free | Free |
| Non-profit/ | 50% off | Contact for Non-profit | N/A | 1 Year Free for Students | N/A | 1 Year Free | See here | Free | N/A | 50% off | If provided by your university | 10% Student Discount | N/A | Free | N/A | N/A | Free | Free | N/A | $19.99 (stacksocial.com universal discount for lifetime) | Free | N/A | |
| Single User Subscription: | $3/mo | $35/yr | $1/mo | $10/yr | $5 /mo | $36/yr | $6.50/mo | $60/yr | $2/mo | $20/yr | $3.50/mo | $3/mo | $20/yr | $2/mo | $24/yr | N/A | N/A | $3/mo | $36/yr | $3/mo | $36/yr | $1.50/mo | $36/yr | N/A | N/A | $5 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Free | N/A |
| Family Plan Subscription: | $75/yr | $3.33/mo | $40/yr | $7/mo | $60/yr | $9/mo | $90/yr | $6/mo | $60/yr | $6/mo | $3/mo | $20/yr | $4/mo | $48/yr | N/A | N/A | $5/mo | $60/yr | $4/mo | $48/yr | $2.79/mo | $67/yr | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Free / Coming Soon | N/A |
| Open Source | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Zero knowledge encryption | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unsure | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unsure | Unsure | Yes | Yes |
| Passkey Support | Yes (paid) | Yes (free) | Yes | Yes, Beta (free) | Yes (paid) | Yes (paid) | Yes, In Safari | Yes (paid) | In Development | Yes (paid) | Yes (paid) | In Development | In Development | Yes (free) | Yes (free) | Yes (free) | Yes (free) | Yes (free) | No | In Development | Unsure | No | Through Chrome, yes. |
MacApp (ARM), iOS, Android, Windows, Web Access | MacApp (ARM), iOS, Android, Windows, Linux, Web Access | MacApp (ARM), iOS, Android, Windows, Linux, Web Access | MacApp (ARM), iOS, Android, Windows, Web Access | MacApp (ARM), MacApp (Rosetta2), Electron, iOS, Android, Windows | Electron, iOS, Android, Windows, Linux, Web Access | MacApp (ARM), iOS, KeePass compatible. | MacApp (ARM), iOS, WatchOS, Android, Windows, Linux | MacApp (ARM), MacApp (Rosetta2), Windows, Linux | MacApp (ARM), iOS | Electron, iOS, Android, Windows, Linux, Web Access | MacApp (Electron), iOS, Android, Windows, Linux | MacApp (Rosetta2), iOS, Android, Windows, Linux, Web Access | MacApp (ARM), iOS | iOS, Android, Web Access, Web / Browser extension client + server in docker | MacApp (ARM) | MacApp (ARM), iOS, Windows (app, edge, chrome) | MacApp (ARM), iOS, Android, Windows, Linux, Web Access | MacApp (ARM), MacApp (Rosetta2) | MacApp (Rosetta2), iOS, WatchOS, Android, Windows | MacApp (ARM), iOS, Android, Windows, Web Access | iOS, Android, Web Access | Web Access | |
| Browser Integrations | Chrome(ium), Safari, Edge, Firefox | Chrome(ium), Safari, Edge, Firefox, and Tor | Chrome(ium), Safari, Edge, Firefox | Chrome(ium), Safari, Edge, Firefox, Opera | Chrome(ium), Safari, Edge, Firefox | Chrome(ium), Edge, Firefox | Chrome(ium), Safari, Firefox | Chrome(ium), Safari, Edge, Firefox, Opera | Chrome(ium), Edge, Firefox, Opera | Chrome(ium), Safari, Edge, Firefox | Chrome(ium), Safari, Edge, Firefox, Opera | Chrome(ium), Safari, Edge, Firefox, Opera | Chrome(ium), Safari, Edge, Firefox, Opera, Brave | Chrome(ium), Safari, Edge | Chrome(ium), Edge, Firefox | Safari | Safari, Orion, Chrome | Chrome(ium), Firefox | Various Keepass Extensions | Chrome(ium), Safari, Edge, Firefox, Opera | Chrome(ium), Safari, Edge, Firefox | Chrome(ium), Safari, Edge, Firefox | Chrome(ium), Any Web Browser via the website |
| Vault Unlocking | Master Password, 2FA | Master Password, Pin, TouchID, 2FA | Master Password, Pin, TouchID, FaceID, 2FA | Master Password, TouchID, FaceID | Master Password, Pin, FaceID | Master Password, Pin, TouchID, FaceID, 2FA | Master Password, Pin, TouchID, FaceID, 2FA, Apple Watch (macOS) | Master Password, Pin, TouchID, FaceID | Master Password, Pin, TouchID | Master Password, TouchID, FaceID | Master Password, TouchID, FaceID, 2FA | Master Password, Pin, TouchID | Master Password, Pin, TouchID, FaceID, 2FA | Master Password, TouchID, FaceID, 2FA | Master Password, 2FA | Master Password, Pin, TouchID, FaceID | Master Password, TouchID, FaceID | Master Password | Master Password | Master Password, Pin, TouchID | Master Password, 2FA | TouchID, FaceID, Swipe to login | Master Password |
| 2-Step (2FA) Vault Login Options | Auth App, Duo, Email, SMS, FIDO2, YubiKey | Auth App, Duo, Email, FIDO2, YubiKey | Auth App, Email, YubiKey | Auth App, Email, SMS | N/A, Account Key | Auth App, YubiKey | YubiKey, Key file | N/A - Self Hosted | YubiKey, Keyfile | Yubikey, Auth App | Auth App | keyfile (keypass) | N/A | Unsure | Auth App, SMS, Whatsapp | N/A | N/A | N/A | Auth App | Auth App, YubiKey | N/A | ||
| Autofill | Page load | On page load, On keyboard shortcut | Page load, TouchID, FaceID | On page load | TouchID | No | TouchID confirm | On page load, On keyboard shortcut, TouchID confirm | On keyboard shortcut | On page load, On keyboard shortcut, TouchID confirm, FaceID confirm | On page load, On keyboard shortcut, TouchID confirm, FaceID confirm | On page load | TouchID, FaceID | Page load | TouchID confirm, Shortcut | On page load, TouchID confirm | Page load | On keyboard shortcut | TouchID confirm | Page load | Page load | On page load | |
| Dark Mode | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Synchronization via | Proprietary Cloud | Proprietary cloud, Self-Host | Proprietary Cloud | Proprietary cloud | Proprietary Cloud, iCloud, Self-hosted | Proprietary Cloud, Self-hosted | Proprietary Cloud, iCloud, Self-hosted | iCloud, Self-hosted | Self-hosted | iCloud | Proprietary cloud | Proprietary cloud | Proprietary Cloud | iCloud, Self-hosted, Google Drive | Proprietary Cloud, Self-hosted | Self-hosted | iCloud | google drive | iCloud, Self-hosted | Self-hosted | Proprietary Cloud, iCloud, Self-hosted | Proprietary Cloud | Proprietary cloud |
| Authenticator | Yes (paid) | Yes (paid) | Yes (paid) | Yes (free) | Yes (paid) | Yes (paid) | Yes (free) | Yes (paid) | Yes (free) | Yes (paid) | Yes (paid) | No (separate app) | No | Yes (free) | Yes (free) | Yes (paid) | Yes (free) | No | No | Yes (free) | No | No | Only for Android. |
| Shared/ | Yes (paid) | Yes (free) | Yes (paid) | Yes (paid) | Yes (paid) | Yes (paid) | Yes | Yes (paid) | Yes (free) | Yes (paid) | Yes (paid) | Yes (free) | Yes (paid) | Yes (free) | Yes (free) | Yes (free) | Yes (free) | No | Yes (free) | No | Yes (paid) | Yes (free) | No |
| Encrypted Export | Yes (paid) | Yes (free) | Yes (free) | Yes (free) | Yes (paid) | Yes (free) | Yes (free) | Yes (paid) | Yes (free) | Yes (paid) | No | Yes (free) | Yes (paid) | Yes (free) | Yes (free) | Unsure | No | Yes (free) | Yes (free) | No | Yes (paid) | Yes (free) | No |
| Sort & Categorize | Yes (paid) | Yes (free) | Yes (free) | Yes (free) | Yes (paid) | Yes (free) | Yes (free) | Yes (free) | Yes (free) | Yes (paid) | Yes (paid) | Yes (free) | Yes (free) | Yes (free) | Yes (free) | Yes (free) | No | Yes (free) | Yes (free) | Yes (free) | Yes (free) | Yes (free) | No |
| Credential Search | Yes (paid) | Yes (free) | Yes (free) | Yes (free) | No | Yes (free) | Yes (free) | Yes (free) | Yes (free) | Yes (paid) | Yes (paid) | Yes (free) | Yes (free) | Yes (free) | Yes (free) | Yes (free) | Yes | Yes (free) | Yes (free) | Yes (free) | Yes (free) | Yes (free) | Yes (free) |
| Secure Password Generator | Yes (paid) | Yes (free) | Yes (free) | Yes (free) | Yes (paid) | Yes (free) | Yes (free) | Yes (free) | Yes (free) | Yes (paid) | Yes (paid) | Yes (free) | Yes (paid) | Yes (free) | Yes (free) | Yes (free) | Yes | Yes (free) | Yes (free) | Yes (free) | Yes (paid) | Yes (free) | Yes (free) |
| Automatic Password Changer | Yes (paid) | No | No | No | Yes (paid) | No | No | No | No | No | No | Unknown | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes (free) |
| Encrypted File-Attachments | Yes (paid) | Yes (paid) | Yes (paid) | Yes (paid) | Yes (paid) | Yes (paid) | Yes (free) | Yes (paid) | Yes (free) | Yes (paid) | Yes (paid) | Yes (paid) | Yes (paid) | Yes (free) | Yes (free) | Yes (free) | No | No | No | Yes (free) | No | No | No |
| Login Credential Breach Checker | Yes (paid) | Yes (paid) | Yes (paid) | Yes (paid) | Yes (paid) | Yes (paid) | Yes (free) | Yes (paid) | Yes (free) | Yes (paid) | Yes (paid) | Yes | Yes (free) | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes (free) | Yes (paid) | No | Yes (free) |
| Trusted Emergency Contacts | Yes (paid) | Yes (paid) | Yes (paid) | Yes (paid) | Yes (paid) | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes (paid) | Yes (free) | No | Yes (free) | No | No | No | No | No | Yes (paid) | No | No |
| Customer Service | Yes (paid) | Yes (paid) | Yes (paid) | Yes (free) | Yes (free) | Yes (paid) | Yes (free) | Yes (free) | Yes (free) | Yes (paid) | Yes (paid) | Yes (paid) | Yes (free) | Yes (free) | Yes (free) | Yes (free) | Yes | No | No | Yes (free) | Yes (paid) | Yes (free) | No |
| Alfred/ | No | Alfred, Raycast | No | Raycast | No | Unknown but doubtful | No | No | Alfred, Raycast | No | Alfred, Raycast | Alfred | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
KeeperChat | Open Source; Supports various email masking APIs | Different 'vaults' to categorise passwords | Includes Hotspot VPN service for paid customers | Cross-Account Sharing, Field Reordering, Template Changes | Consistent UX across all apps/extensions. Able to self-host and get all paid features for free. | SSH Key Agent. Uses KeePass vault database format, so compatible with other solutions. | Multiple vaults, templates, customizable item forms, multi-line fields, password history | Totally offline, KeePass Ecosystem | Remote secret request allows you to use your iPhone as a mobile password wallet, and requests passwords from it from Windows or Linux | Privacy Cards, Email Masking, CLI, SSH Key Agent | Losing customer data to thieves. | Also offered together with cloud storage and VPN | Integrated on apple products | KeePass Ecosystem | Seamless iCloud Keychain integration, you choose where you store your passwords/data, and how it syncs | Integrated with Google Accounts & Android by default. On iOS, set the Chrome app as your default password manager. | |||||||
30% discount for vets/public service workers | One of the most popular options available. | Free version doesn’t have dark web monitoring. 25 password limit. | Good UI | Can self-host to get all features free. When self-hosting, you currently have to rebuild the apps to use your custom url. No autofill in browser or mobile. | No Electron. Family sharing enabled for Pro. 100% offline app option available too. / Lifetime purchase. | Sync must be done with 3rd party cloud server | Simple and elegant UI. | Logs out more usually than I would want but overall ok | Native KeyPass Integration on both MacOS and iOS. | No macapp | Apple like Interface | Free. Open Source. Reads Keepass Password databases from any source, turns your cloud file service into a hosted password archive | Young | Good option for those in the Google Ecosystem. Lacks 2FA, but Google Authenticator works. | |||||||||
| Homebrew Install Command | brew install --cask keeper-password-manager | brew install --cask bitwarden | brew install --cask proton-pass | brew install --cask dashlane | n/a | brew install --cask padloc | n/a | brew install --cask enpass | brew install --cask keepassxc | n/a | brew install --cask 1password | brew install --cask lastpass | n/a | n/a | no | n/a | n/a | brew install --cask macpass | brew install --cask safeincloud-password-manager | n/a | n/a | n/a |
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| PDF Reader App Name | PDF Gear | Adobe Acrobat Pro/DC | Bluebeam | PDF Reader Pro | Tungsten PowerPDF | Master PDF Editor | PDF Element | PDF Expert | PDF Studio Pro | Sejda | Nitro PDF Pro | OnlyOffice | Apple Preview | RevPDF | Scribe PDF | PDF Editor: Fill, Sign, Edit | PDF Owl | Highlights | PDF Owl | Skim | sioyek | PDF Pals | Zotero | Zathura |
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n/a | Open source & Free | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lifetime License Price: | Free | $143 (2020 version, support ends May 2025) | N/A | $100 | Lifetime price | $70.00 | $140 | $140, or ($80 at Dealify, same terms) | $140.00 | N/A | N/A | Free | Free | Free | $80.00 | $70.00 | $40.00 | N/A | $30.00 | N/A | Free | 34 | Free | Free |
| Subscription: | Free | $30/mo, $240/yr | $260 - $440/yr | Standard: $70 1st yr, $80 2nd. Advanced: $70 1st yr, $100 2nd. | $139 Windows $129 Mac | N/A | $90/yr, $120/2yrs | $80/yr | N/A | Free: 3 uses/day up to 10 pages; $63/yr; $7.50/mo; $5.00/wk | $180/yr | Free | Free | Free | $30/yr | $5Week , $10/Month, $40/Year | $1.99/mo | $4/mo, $30/yr | $2/mo | N/A | Free | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Non-profit/ | Free | $20/mo, $240/yr | N/A | $50 | N/A | Each case examined individually, usually 50% of the actual price. | $40/yr, $100 lifetime | $40/yr (educational discount) | $70.00 | Free for teachers (includes G Suite for Education). | N/A | Free | Free | Free | N/A | N/A | $25 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Free | 50% off | N/A | N/A |
| Platforms | MacOS, iPadOS, iOS, Windows | MacOS, iPadOS, iOS, Windows | iPadOS, iOS, Windows, Webapp | MacOS, Windows | MacOS, Windows | MacOS, Windows, Linux | MacOS, iPadOS, iOS, Windows, Android | MacOS, iPadOS, iOS | MacOS, Windows, Linux | MacOS, iPadOS, iOS, Windows, Linux | MacOS, iPadOS, iOS, Windows | MacOS, Windows, Linux | MacOS | MacOS, iPadOS, iOS, Windows, Linux, Android | MacOS, iPadOS, iOS | MacOS | MacOS | MacOS, iPadOS, iOS | MacOS | MacOS | MacOS, Windows, Linux | MacOS | MacOS, iPadOS, iOS, Windows, Linux | MacOS, Linux |
| Apple Silicon Optimized | Yes | Yes | No (Rosetta2) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No (Rosetta2) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Speed | Fast | Slow | Fast | Fast | Mediocre | Fast | Fast | Fast | Mediocre | Fast | Fast | Fast | Fast | Fast | Fast | Fast | Fast | Fast | Fast | Fast | Fast | Fast | Fast | Fast |
| Generative AI Integration | Yes (Add your API Key) | Yes (Paid) | No | Yes (Paid) $15/50 credits | Not on MacOs. Windows/Business tier. | No | Yes, 1,000 uses ($4); 3,000 ($10); 6,000 ($20); 12,000 ($40). | Yes, Incl. in subscription | No | No | Yes | Yes (Add your API Key) | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes, (Add your API key) | No | No |
| Add Stamps/ | Yes | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (Paid) | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Arrange/ | Yes | Yes | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes | Yes | Yes (Paid) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Bookmarks | Yes | Yes | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (Paid) | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Merge PDFs | Yes | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes | Yes | Yes (Paid) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Compress PDF | Yes | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes | Yes | Yes (Paid) | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Create Fillable Forms | Yes | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | No | Yes | Yes | Yes (Paid) | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Crop | Yes | Yes | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes | Yes | Yes (Paid) | No | Yes | No | Yes (Paid) | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Dark Reading Mode | Yes | Yes | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Deskew Page | Yes | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | No | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | No | No | No | Yes | Yes (Paid) | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Edit Text | Yes | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Annotations only | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Edit Objects | Yes | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | No | No | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | No | Yes | Yes | Yes (Paid) | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Fill Forms | Yes | Yes | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes | Yes (Paid) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (Paid) | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
| Flatten (Rasterize) PDF | Yes | Yes | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (Paid) | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Highlighting | Yes | Yes | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes | Yes (Paid) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (Paid) | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Highlight/ | Yes | No | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Mediocre | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| OCR | Yes | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Tesseract) | Yes (ABBYY) | Yes (Paid) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes (Paid) | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
| Password Protect | Yes | Yes | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes (Paid) | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Redaction | Yes | Yes | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes | No | Yes (Paid) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (Paid) | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Rotate Pages | Yes | Yes | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes | Yes | Yes (Paid) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (Paid) | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Search | Yes | Yes | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes | Yes (Paid) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (Paid) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (Paid) | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Signing | Yes | Yes | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Mediocre | Yes (Paid) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (Paid) | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Batch Processing | Yes | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | No | Yes (Paid) | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Convert to Doc | Yes | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes | Yes (Paid) | Yes (Paid) | Yes | Yes | Yes (Paid) | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Convert to every file format | "Editable Text & Images" OCR is the sharpest. | measurements and annotations | Toolbars customizability | Advanced Annotation tool-kit, Page Split View, Simultaneous Scroll | All of Sejda's tools are free to use with a daily limit of three tasks per day. | Seems to have better comment compatibility with Adobe Acrobat than pdfGear | Watermark pdf, pdf to image and image to pdf, split pdf by size | Clipboard to pdf, pdf to audio, read pdf | A light weight PDF Editor with very easy to use and understand UX. | Generates the table of contents automatically using on-device AI | Annotations (images, tables) to Markdown. Fetches scientific article metadata. Apple Pencil support. Free iOS Scan+OCR. | Generates the table of contents automatically | Underfeatured compared to Apple Preview | Customisable page background, dark mode, scriptable | Hyper focus on AI integration | PDF Collection management | Customizable, minimalistic, mouse-free navigation, automatic doc reloading, synctex support | |||||||
OCR not nearly as accurate as ABBYY | Adobe on steroids, a PDF application with Autocad capabilities | Crop mode is nice. Text to speech is awful (Think Windows 97). | >1Gb install. Thumbnails are a bit sluggish or buggy to load for larger pdfs. Windows-style port. | UI is intuitive. Lifetime license is not cross-platform. Screen color rendering accuracy for print sometimes poor. | User friendly, 30+ PDF tools, reasonably priced ($5.25/mo for yearly subscription) | Free (demo) version applies an ugly watermark. | Compatibility across Linux, macOS, and Windows | Preinstalled on MacOS. If you don't need additional features, it's great! | no sign up, offline functionality, small 20mb size | Totally offline, clipboard to pdf, small footprint | App has simple UX that can be used by anyone without any struggles. | On-device AI outline generation. Free, minimalist reader. Advanced search, annotations, highlighting. | Great for highlighting and research heavy workflows. Fully native. Generous free tier. No ads. | AI outline generation. Free, minimalist reader. Advanced search, annotations, highlighting. | Designed to help read research papers and electronic books. Supports custom search extensions (Google Scholar, etc.). | Minimalistic UI | Seamless note and highlight management | |||||||
| Homebrew Install Command | brew install --cask adobe-acrobat-pro | brew install --cask pdf-reader-pro | n/a | brew install --cask master-pdf-editor | brew install --cask pdfelement | brew install --cask pdf-expert | n/a | brew install --cask sejda-pdf | brew install --cask nitro-pdf-pro | brew install onlyoffice | n/a | n/a | n/a | brew install --cask skim | brew install --cask sioyek | brew install --cask pdf-pals | brew install --cask zotero | brew tap homebrew-zathura/zathura && brew install zathura |
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Best App for PDF/File Collections:
DEVONthink Pro - Best search+OCR
Webtools - Note Privacy Policies
Drime PDF Editor - Good privacy (EU)
OCR Apps:
| Screen Recorder App Name | ScreenFlow | Tight Studio | SimplyShot | ScreenPal | ScreenKite | ScreenCam | ScreenSage | knooth | Focusee | Screen Studio | Smooth Capture | EaseUS | droplr | Tella | Screenflick | Notch | clack | 1001 Record | Tight Studio | Canvid | SupaVdo | EaseUS RecExperts | demotape | CleanShot X | Poindeo | Motionik | ShotGlass | Recordly | cursorclip |
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| Website Pricing Page: | telestream.net/screenflow/store.asp#buy | tight.studio/#pricing | simplyshot.app/pricing | screenpal.com/plans | Screenkite.com/pricing | thescreen.cam | screensage.pro/#pricing | knooth.com | focusee.imobie.com/pricing.htm | screen.studio/#pricing | smoothcapture.app/pricing | recorder.easeus.com/buy/recexperts.html | droplr.com | tella.com/pricing | araelium.com/screenflick-mac-screen-recorder | getnotch.co/pricing | clack.crabfish.dev | 1001record.com/pricing | tight.studio/#nav-pricing | canvid.com/pricing | SupaVdo.com/pricing | recorder.easeus.com/buy/recexperts-mac.html | github.com/gabosarmiento/demotape | cleanshot.com/pricing | poindeo.com | motionik.com/#pricing | shotglass.app/#pricing | recordly.dev | cursorclip.com |
$169 | Free | $29 | N/A | $80.00 | $120.00 | Version lifetime: $59 (1 Device), $99 (3 Devices) Full lifetime: $299 (3 Devices) | N/A | $200.00 | n/a | $49.00 | $120.00 | N/A | N/A | $35.00 | $49.00 | $30.00 | $50.00 | N/A | $75.00 | N/A | $80.00 | Free | $29.00 | $70.00 | N/A | $29.00 | Free | $59 | |
N/A | Free (core),
$19/mo (share links, combine clips)
$49 /mo (AI voice) - 50% off annual | N/A | Free; $4/mo, $48/year;
or $10/mo, $120/yr (w/AI);
Business: $8/user/mo (3+) ($288/yr) | N/A | $5/mo, $30/yr | N/A | $10/mo, $60/yr | $50/yr, $80/yr | $108/yr $29/mo | N/A | $20/mo, $70/yr | 8 monthly or 72 yearly | $144/yr or $19/mo | N/A | N/A | N/A | $15 /year | $5 /mo starter, $20 /mo pro tier (with AI voice, photo, video) | $19/mo, $84/yr | $10/mo or $20/mo | $20/mo or $50/yr | Free | $10/mo, $96/yr | Free tier, 720p limit, $20/mo, 4k. | $19/mo, $96/yr | $39.00/yr | Free | $5/mo, $20/yr | |
$152.99 | 50% off | N/A | Education: $3/mo, $36/yr; or $6/mo, $72/yr (w/AI); Team: $3/user/mo (10+) ($360/yr) | N/A | N/A | Version lifetime: $54 (1 Device), $80 (3 Devices); Full lifetime: $210 (3 Devices) | Bulk in MAS | 30% Off Edu Discount | 50% off non-profit, 40% off students | $24.50 | 30% OFF | N/A | Free | N/A | Free | 50% off | 30% OFF | 50% discount | N/A | Free | $20.30 (30% discount) | Free | N/A | Free | $41 | ||||
| Platforms | MacOS | MacOS | MacOS | MacOS, Windows, iOS, Android, Browser, Chromebook | MacOS | MacOS | MacOS | MacOS | MacOS, Windows | MacOS | MacOS | MacOS, Windows | MacOS, Windows, iOS, Android, Browser | MacOS, Windows, Linux, Browser | MacOS | MacOS, Windows | MacOS | MacOS | MacOS | MacOS, Windows | MacOS | MacOS, Windows, Browser | MacOS, Windows | MacOS | Browser | MacOS | MacOS | MacOS, Windows, Linux | MacOS |
| Open Source | 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 |
| Apple Silicon Optimized | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Electron | Yes | Electron | Yes | Yes | Yes | Electron | Yes | Yes | Electron | Electron | Yes | No (Rosetta2) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Electron | Yes |
| Full Screen Recording | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Window Recording | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Custom Area Recording | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Webcam Recording | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| System Audio Recording | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Recording Timer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Keystroke Display | Yes (customizable) | Yes | Yes (customizable) | Yes (customizable) | Yes | Yes (customizable) | Yes (customizable) | No | Yes (customizable) | Yes | Yes | No | Yes (customizable) | No | Yes (customizable) | Yes (customizable) | Yes (customizable) | Yes | No | Hotkeys only | No | No | Yes | Yes (customizable) | No | No | No | No | No |
| Mouse Click Animation | Yes (customizable) | Yes (customizable) | Yes (customizable) | Yes (customizable) | Yes | Yes (customizable) | Yes | Yes (customizable) | Yes (customizable) | Yes (customizable) | Yes | Yes (customizable) | Yes | No | Yes (customizable) | Yes (customizable) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (customizable) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (customizable) | No | Yes (customizable) | Yes | Yes (customizable) | Yes |
| Enhance Cursor | Yes (Size+Style) | Yes (Size+Style) | Yes (Size+Style) | No | Yes (Size+Style) | Yes (Size+Style) | Yes (Size+Style) | Yes (Size+Style) | Yes (Size+Style) | Yes (Size+Style) | Yes (Size+Style) | Yes (Size+Style) | No | No | Yes (Size+Style) | Yes (Size+Style) | Yes (Size+Style) | Yes (Size+Style) | Yes (Size) | Yes (Size+Style) | Yes (Size+Style) | No | No | No | No | Yes (Size+Style) | Yes (Size+Style) | Yes (Size) | Yes (Size+Style) |
| Built-in Editor | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (basic) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes (basic) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Trimming/ | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes | Yes (Both) | Yes (Cutting) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Trimming) | Auto-cut and Auto-speedup | Yes (Trimming) | Yes (Cutting) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | No |
| Caption Creation | Yes (.srt & burned) | Yes (burned) | Yes (.srt & burned) | Yes (.srt & burned) | Yes (.srt & burned) | Yes (burned) | Yes (.srt & burned) | Yes (burned) | Yes (burned) | Yes (burned) | Yes (burned) | Yes (.srt & burned) | No | Yes (.srt & burned) | No | Yes (.srt & burned) | Live caption by using macos's speech to text or manual add | No | Yes (.srt & burned) | Yes (srt) | No | Yes (srt) | Yes (.srt & burned) | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Text Based Editing? | No | No | Yes | No | Yes (with external AI agents for transcription cut) | No | No | Yes | No | Yes (imperfect, needs rebuilding) | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | You can connect your local ai and edit the recording | No | No | Yes | No | No | AI assisted editing | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Transitions | Yes | No | not yet | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| Zoom Effect | Yes (locked to cursor) | Yes (any section) | Yes (locked to cursor) | Yes (any section) | Yes (locked to cursor) | Yes (any section) | Yes (any section) | Yes (any section) | Yes (any section) | Yes (any section) | Yes (locked to cursor) | No | No | Yes (any section) | No | Yes (any section) | Yes (any section) | Yes (locked to cursor) | Yes (any section) | Yes (any section) | Yes (locked to cursor) | No | Yes (locked to cursor) | No | Yes (any section) | Yes (any section) | Yes (any section) | Yes (any section) | Yes (any section) |
| Animation Speed | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Area highlight | Yes (locked to cursor) | Yes (any section) | Yes (any section) | Yes (any section) | Yes (any section) | Yes (any section) | Yes (any section) | No | Yes (any section) | Yes (any section) | Yes (locked to cursor) | No | Yes (locked to cursor) | No | Yes (any section) | Yes (any section) | Yes (locked to cursor) | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes (any section) | No | No | No | |
| Text/ | Yes (In Post) | Yes (In Post) | Yes (In Post) | Yes (During Rec & Post) | Yes (In Post) | Yes (In Post) | Yes(track to cursor event) | Yes (In Post) | No | No | No | Yes (During Rec) | Yes (In Post) | No | Yes (During Rec & Post) | Yes (In Post) | Yes (During Rec & Post) | Yes (During Rec) | Yes (In Post) | No | No | Yes (During Rec) | No | No | Yes (In Post) | Yes (In Post) | Yes (In Post) | Yes (In Post) | No |
| Background Customization | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Add Watermark | Yes (custom duration) | Yes (custom duration) | planned | Yes (custom duration) | Yes (custom duration) | Yes (custom duration) | No | Yes | Yes (entire video) | No | No | Yes (entire video) | Yes (custom duration) | No | Yes (entire video) | Yes (entire video) | No water marker ever | Yes (entire video) | Yes (entire video) | No | No | Yes (entire video) | Yes (entire video) | No | Yes (custom duration) | Yes (custom duration) | No | Yes (custom duration) | Yes (custom duration) |
| Webcam Positioning | Yes | Position Presets | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Position Presets | Position Presets | Position Presets | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Position Presets | Yes | Yes | Yes | Position Presets | Position Presets | Yes | Yes | Position Presets | Yes | Position Presets | Position Presets | No | Yes |
| Webcam Background Removal | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | via FaceTime Camera | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Brightness, Hue, Saturation, Contrast, Lighting Filter, Shadow, Stroke, Color Effects, Chroma Key, Color Invert, Gamma, Exposure, White Point, Vibrance, Pixelate, Depth of Field, Spotlight, Vignette, Mask to Alpha, Gaussian Blur, Motion Blur, Zoom Blur, Luminance, Bokeh, Noise Reduction, Distortion | Webcam virtual background image | background removal and follow face | None | Shadow | Beauty Filter / Retouching | Stroke, Skin Smooth | Blurred BG | Color Filter Overlays | Not yet | None | None | Blurred BG | None | None | None | limited | None | None | Blurred BG, Shadow | None | None | None | None | None | Shadow, Stroke | None | None | None | |
| Webcam Resize/ | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | No | Yes (Both) | Yes (Size) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | No | Yes? |
| AI Audio Enhance | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Coming Soon | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| Adjust Video Speed | Yes (Editor & Export Rate) | Yes (Editor & Export Rate) | Yes (Editor & Export Rate) | Yes (Editor & Export Rate) | Yes (Editor & Export Rate) | Yes (Editor & Export Rate) | Yes (Editor & Export Rate) | No | Yes (Editor & Export Rate) | Yes (Editor & Export Rate) | Yes (Editor & Export Rate) | Yes (Editor Playback Only) | Yes (Export Rate) | Yes (Editor Playback Only) | Yes (Editor & Export Rate) | No | Yes (Editor & Export Rate) | No | Yes (Editor & Export Rate) | Coming soon | No | Yes (Editor Playback Only) | Yes (Editor & Export Rate) | No | Yes (Editor & Export Rate) | No | No | Yes (Export Rate) | No |
| Customize Shortcuts | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | |
| Max Resolution | Any Size | 4k | Any Size | 4k | Any Size | 5k | 4k | 4k | 4k | 4k | Any Size | 8k | Any Size | 4k | Any Size | 4k | preset size | 4k | 4k | 4k | 4k | 4k | 1080p | 4k | 4k | Any Size | Any Size | Any Size | 4k |
| Collaboration (Webinar style) | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Multiple Export Formats | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes, (MP4, GIF) | Yes, (MP4, GIF) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes, (MP4, GIF) | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Export Tracks Separately? | Yes | Yes | planned | No | Yes, (via CLI, AI Agents) | No | Yes | No | Yes, can extract the source file | Yes | Yes | Audio/Video Only | Yes | Yes, clips and subtitles | Yes | Only audio | No | No | No | Free tool available on our website | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Screen recording and (webcam+audio) exports separately | No | No | No |
| Save & Edit Later? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| GIF Creation | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | GIF/Live Photo | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Direct Upload/ | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes, via users' google drive | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | |
| Cloud Storage | No | Unlimited for paid, 5 videos for free tier | No | Unlimited | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | 1GB, expires in 7 days | Unlimited | No | No | 5 GB | No | No | No | 1gb with lifetime license; Unlimited with subscription plans | No | No | No | Basic: 1Gb, Pro: Unlimited | No | No | No | No | No |
| Privacy Policy | Link | Unknown | Good Privacy | Link | Link | Unknown | Unknown | Link | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Link | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Link | Unknown | Link | Unknown | Link | Unknown | Unknown | Link | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Link | Unknown | Unknown |
A screen recorder which has evolved into a very complete and easy-to-use video editing package | Free forever with full video editing, zoom/cursor, no watermark, music, annotations, captions, backgrounds. Upgrade only for multi-clip recording, links, AI voice when needed. | It provides the precision of Shottr, UX of Cleanshot, power of Screen Studio in one app. | Interactive video storyboard editor. Affordable all-in-one recording, editing, hosting app. Auto silence detection: cut, speed up, or absorb silences. | 3x faster than most others on export and supports AI agent editing | Lightweight yet feature-rich, delivering high-performance screen recording and editing without the bloat. | 2D/3D auto zoom with cursor tracking for beautiful demos; smooth A‑roll/B‑roll switching for beautiful vlogs. Fast updates. | A native Mac workflow combining screen recording, timeline editing, animations, and AI-powered editing — all running locally without cloud uploads. | Win/Mac screen recorder with auto-zoom and cursor tracking for professional videos. | Beautiful recordings with auto mouse zoom, smooth movements for professional demos. | Not only it can zoom in and pan follow the cursor, but also it can follow the text input, where you type. Multi audio tracks, custom animated background effect. Lens magnify effect ... and 3d persepective. | You can record your screen, webcam, and audio in 4K, kill background noise, and edit videos without leaving the app. | Fastest video rendering, fast exports. AI editing that applies zooms, auto-cuts, and trims silences. | With free version the majority of features is unlocked (if one can tolerate watermark on recordings) | Press Stop and get a share link with auto-zoom, cursor and camera drawn live, no export. Free for personal use, Mac and Windows. | A new generation screen recorder where you can edit with your agents | Simple, record audio and 4K video without privacy concerns. | the all-in-one screen recorder with AI voice, text overlay, music, adding other recordings, etc. | AI Webcam allows you generate a webcam of yourself. | Simple and stable, and capable of recording encrypted videos. | Agent-first demo creation: Claude, Cursor, or Kiro can record and polish for you, or do it yourself, with captions and voiceovers, no timeline editor. Works on Monterey | Specializes in screenshots, but has good screen recording. | Make dynamic product demo video instantly with zoom effects | Supports any number of audio tracks, images, texts, masks & highlights with Auto zoom & custom cursor, | Free, open-source app for professional screen recordings with auto-zoom, cursor animations and more | |||||
brew install --cask screenflow | n/a | brew install --cask screenkite | Does not need home-brew. Install directly from Mac App Store -- https://apps.apple.com/app/knooth/id6756659300?mt=12 | n/a | brew install --cask screen-studio | n/a | brew install --cask droplr | brew install --cask tella | N/A | brew tap gabosarmiento/demotape brew trust --cask gabosarmiento/demotape/demotape brew install --cask demotape | brew install --cask cleanshot | n/a |
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| Window Manager App Name | Workflo | ClickFit | Rectangle Pro | Align | ClickFit | Hammerspoon | Loop | Phoenix | 1Piece | Easy Snap Window Manager | Yabai | Amethyst | BetterTouchTool | Rectangle | Swish | Moom | AeroSpace | BentoBox | Snapback | Tangrid | Emmetapp | MacsyZones | Multitouch | Lattix | MacTiler | Magnet | Clabrate | Tiles | Wins |
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| Website Pricing Page: | getworkflo.app | clickfitapp.com/#pricing | rectangleapp.com/pro | apps.apple.com/us/app/align-organize-app-windows/id6480428845?mt=12 | clickfitapp.com/#pricing | hammerspoon.org | github.com/MrKai77/Loop | github.com/kasper/phoenix | app1piece.com | easysnaps.org | github.com/koekeishiya/yabai?tab=readme-ov-file | github.com/ianyh/Amethyst | folivora.ai/buy | rectangleapp.com | highlyopinionated.co/swish | manytricks.com/moom | github.com/nikitabobko/AeroSpace | bentoboxapp.com | snapbackapp.com | tangrid.app/pricing | emmetapp.com/#pricing | macsyzones.com | multitouch.app | lattix.app/#pricing | mactiler.com | magnet.crowdcafe.com/index.html | clabrate.com/pricing | sempliva.com/tiles | wins.cool |
| Pricing/ | $20 lifetime | $5/yr $10 lifetime | $10 one-time | $4 Lifetime $1 Monthly $4 Yearly | $5/yr $10 lifetime | Free | Free | Free | Free | $8 lifetime | Free | Free | $15 (2yr updates) or $25 (lifetime) | Free | $16 | $15 one-time | Free | $9 one-time | Free | $20 lifetime | $19 for 1 license, $29 for 3 licenses | Free | $16 one-time | $20 lifetime ($14 with 30% off) | $20 lifetime | $5 one-time | $19 | Free | $12 (1yr updates), $24 lifetime |
| Non-profit/ | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Free | Free | Free | Free | N/A | Free | Free | N/A | Free | $10.72 | 25% discount with proof of student status | Free | N/A | Free | N/A | N/A | Free | N/A | 60% off | N/A | N/A | N/A | Free | 40% off for students & teachers |
| Apple Silicon Optimized | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No (Rosetta2) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Platforms | MacOS | MacOS | MacOS | MacOS | MacOS | MacOS | MacOS | MacOS | MacOS | MacOS | MacOS | MacOS | MacOS | MacOS | MacOS | MacOS | MacOS | MacOS | MacOS | MacOS | MacOS | MacOS | MacOS | MacOS | MacOS | MacOS | MacOS | MacOS | MacOS |
| Open Source | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Screen Edge Snapping | Yes (edges+corners) | Yes (edges+corners) | Yes (edges+corners) | Yes (edges+corners) | Yes (edges+corners) | Yes (edges+corners) | Yes (edges+corners) | Yes (edges only) | Yes (edges+corners) | Yes (edges+corners) | No | No | Yes (edges+corners) | Yes (edges+corners) | No | Yes (edges+corners) | No | No | Yes (edges+corners) | Yes (edges+corners) | No | No | Yes (edges+corners) | No | Yes (edges+corners) | Yes (edges+corners) | No | Yes (edges+corners) | Yes (edges+corners) |
| Snapping Preview | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Theme Preview | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes, Border only | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Restore prior window size when unsnapping? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Trigger with Touchpad gesture | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Pixel Threshold | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
| Trigger with keyboard modifier + touchpad gesture | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Trigger with keyboard modifier + arrow keys | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Trigger with keyboard modifier + mouse direction | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Are all modifier keys supported for shortcuts? CMD, OPTION, CONTROL, SHIFT, and FN? | Yes | Yes | No (not FN) | Yes | Yes, with drag gesture. | Yes | Yes | Yes, depends on phoenix.js script used. | Yes | No (not FN) | No | No (not FN) | Yes | No (not FN) | Yes | No (not FN) | Yes | No (not FN) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No (not FN) | Yes | No (not FN) | Yes | Yes | Yes | No (not FN) |
| Vertical halves window tiling | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Horizontal halves window tiling | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 2x2 window tiling (Quarters) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 3x2 window tiling (Sixths) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (req. kb shortcuts) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| 3x3 window tiling (Ninths) | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes (req. kb shortcuts) | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No |
| Set Custom Size | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (req. kb shortcuts) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No |
| Resize Adjacent Windows | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| Supports stacking and switching between tiled windows? | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | No | Yes (Both) | No | Yes (Both) | No | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | No | Yes | Yes (Switching Only) | No | No | No | No | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | Yes (Both) | No | No | Yes (Stacking Only) | No | No | No | No |
| Pin/ | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes, w/SIP Disabled | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Move window to previous/ | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes, w/SIP Disabled | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes |
| Add Margin / Grid spacing | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes |
| Maximize Window | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Percentage Maximize Window | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes, Limited | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Remember Workspace Configuration Function | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Set a window to always open on a certain screen | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes, w/SIP Disabled | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Applies window layouts (Scenes) on its own from a calendar event or a time of day. Learns your layout and restores it automatically when docking/undocking. Stash: hotkey clears screen for sharing.Scene Studio: design layouts on a canvas without moving your live windows. | Replaces the need for juggling multiple separate utilities with a single, coherent app. | Stash slide-in windows off the edge of your screen. Set size+position shortcuts. Workspace shortcut trigger. Display connected/disconnected activation triggers. Sync with iCloud. Most memory-efficient keyboard+cursor gestures. | Hammerspoon is fully programmable with Lua. Many functions are doable, but they have to be programmed in. It is also open source. | Combines mouse/trackpad + keyboard | Fully scriptable behaviour. | Has a custom grid option like Lasso | Smart profiles enable contextual app opens. Mix profiles for multiscreen restoration. | Automatic usage of all screen space. So the software automatically sets everything up for you. The only thing one does to is define the general layout and then occasionally switches a window. | Not just a window manager, key remapping, constantly updated and refined | Most intuitive solution for touchpads. | Automatic detection and restoring of saved layouts on monitor configuration changes | Keyboard centric. Don't need to disable SIP to access all features (compared to Yabai). | Customizable Layouts, Layout Profiles, Zone-Based Window Snapping and switching | Layouts: snaps windows into a preset layout | Tabbed Layout, Supports both snap and tiling modes, Integrated window switcher | emmetapp is more than just a window manager that resizes your windows. It allows you to create a custom keyboard driven workflow. Set size+position shortcuts. | Shake to snap, overlapping zones, FancyZones replacement | Add trackpad and Magic Mouse gestures and customize what they do. Remap keys and physical mouse buttons. | Save already open window layouts, not only open windows but launch entire workspaces, support for the browsers to open profiles and URLs, and pixel perfect layout customization | Swapping screens content preserving original layouts | It is a barebones app that does what it says it does. No subscriptions, one-time purchase. | Use your voice to snap to different areas | Dock Preview, Mission Control Pro, Dock Flick, Aero Shake, Hide All Windows. | ||||||
Stages window layouts on its own from your calendar or the clock, restores them when displays change, and never requests Screen Recording permission. | Offers an exceptionally generous free tier with modifier drag/resize, edge snapping, and coupled resize, delivering complete window control with native macOS precision. | Footprint window color is configurable via terminal command (same as Rectangle). | Free version is good enough/ Great actually | Simple UI, open-source and still being actively updated. | Lightweight and versatile. | Has tons of other app switching features | Conflict detection for shortcuts, exclusive mode for shortcuts, and smart profiles | Automatic Framework. Open Source. Regular Updates (Date: Jan 2024) | Requires a little bit of savvy to use to its full capabilities | So easy to use, UI a little confusing | Currently in beta. Emulates its own workspaces instead of using MacOS spaces. | Free 14-day trial. Excellent for ultrawide & multi-monitor workflows. | Workspaces: remembers every app, every position, every display, and restores them with a simple hotkey | Snap, tile, tabbed, switch, and preview windows on macOS | Keyboard driven Workflow. Modern UI. | MacsyZones is a FancyZones equivalent for macOS | Open entire workspaces/projects with preset layouts across multiple monitors | Multi-monitor swapping and single click or hotkey to position 1-4 windows | It's a very simple and barebones app that allows quick window snapping via dragging, shortcuts, or a menu-bar app. | Use your voice assistant to snap windows to their space, create layout templates to target | Fast, reliable, noncustomizable zones, keyboard shortcut driven + snapping zones | ||||||||
| Homebrew Install Command | brew install --cask mertogzhn/clickfit/clickfit | brew install --cask rectangle-pro | n/a | brew install --cask mertogzhn/clickfit/clickfit | brew install --cask hammerspoon | brew install --cask loop | rew install --cask phoenix | n/a | n/a | n/a | brew install --cask amethyst | brew install --cask bettertouchtool | brew install --cask rectangle | brew install --cask swish | brew install --cask moom | brew install --cask nikitabobko/tap/aerospace | brew install bentobox | n/a | brew install --cask emmetapp | brew install —cask macsyzones | brew install --cask multitouch | n/a | n/a | brew install --cask tiles | brew install --cask wins |
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Grammarly – Top AI Grammar Checker. Refine – Offline grammar checker for Mac. Others: Hemingway Editor, Slickwrite
Zotero – Free citation collector, organizer, and generator. Automatically inserts accurate footnotes and bibliographies into your word processor. Add books by ISBN.
Scrivener – The Photoshop of writing apps. Sort your writing into chapters and sections with snapshots to save and revert to different versions of your work. Doesn’t work with Zotero, but can take EndNote or Bookends reference codes. My Endnote Turabian 9th preference file.
Text Workflow – I use this to automatically find and replace a large variety of common mistakes after copying poorly OCR’d text into my research file.
Hebrew or Greek Mnemonic Generator GPT (Requires ChatGPT Subscription) – Enter a Hebrew or Greek Word. ChatGPT will generate 7 mnemonics. Then enter an output number to generate a visual depiction.
Academic Writing Standard Tips – An outline of basic steps with a checklist.
Devonthink revolutionizes file searching. Watch how it can save you time:
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PDFGear – A PDF reader with AI chat capabilities to engage with PDF content. Not as accurate as Claude.ai, but still useful. Reliability diminishes beyond 100 pages.
AI for Education – Prompt library of ideas for academic use.
Brisk Teaching – An AI browser tool to help critique papers and perform a variety of other tasks.
Text AI Cheatsheet – Outlines the basic steps to writing good AI prompts.
Image AI Cheatsheet – Outlines steps for good image generation prompts.
AI Research tools: STORM, Scite, Elicit, Consensus, Google Notebook
