Office Suites (180 programs)
- License
- Free Download
- Language
- English
- Platform
- mac
PROS: Fun Easter eggs will be encountered on occasion. An intuitive user interface. Support for PDF documents. Hand gestures are integrated.CONS: It is not possible to add any images. Only the most recent operating systems are supported. No foreign languages are recognized. Users who possess 32-bit processors may encounter functionality issues.- License
- Paid Download
- Language
- English
- Platform
- mac
PROS: Quick access via menu bar. Customizable design and fonts. Add sounds and images to your notes. Create new notes using text from any application.CONS: Limited OS compatibility. Printing notes can be tricky. No iCloud syncing option. No search and index function.- License
- Free Download
- Language
- English
- Platform
- mac
PROS: Extremely immersive. Scales well with high resolution. Easy to pick up and use. Aids stream of consciousness.CONS: No editing features. Unable to set margins. Occasional auto-wrap issues. Slow exporting.- License
- Paid Download
- Language
- English
- Platform
- mac
PROS: Customizable fonts and text sizes. Both text and image stamps can be added. Can add stamps to protected PDF documents. Supports multiple document formats.CONS: User interface appears dated. Getting used to the program can take some time. Limited features for advanced users. Program has not been updated recently.- License
- Paid Download
- Language
- English
- Platform
- mac
PROS: Comes with 10 different voices to choose from. Speech is clear and easy to understand. Reads extremely long texts, such as novels. Includes support for other Cepstral voices.CONS: Sounds more robotic than some alternatives. Lack of options for inserting longer pauses. Only exports in the AAC and AIFF formats. Cannot use multiple voices for the same text.- License
- Paid Download
- Language
- English
- Platform
- mac
PROS: Requires less memory when compared to some other packages. Large files can be opened in mere seconds. Password protection is available. PDF documents can be converted into other formats.CONS: A rather expensive package. No support for 32-bit processors. Optical character recognition is not provided. Not possible to reduce the size of a PDF file.- License
- Paid Download
- Language
- English
- Platform
- mac
PROS: Paragraph fade function. Works well windowed. Very low memory usage. Quite fast.CONS: First line sometimes vanishes. Missing interface elements. No accessibility features. Dodgy auto-saving.- License
- Free Download
- Language
- English
- Platform
- mac
PROS: An intuitive user interface. Drag-and-drop functionality is supported. The output of the pages can be modified. Batch conversion options are offered.CONS: Only two pages will be converted with the free version. 57.8 megabytes is a considerably large amount of memory. XLSX conversions not supported. Some data formats may not be recognized.
PDF - Compress, Reduce and Optimize
- Paid
Emailing a PDF to Another Person Should No Longer Be a Hassle
- License
- Paid Download
- Language
- English
- Platform
- mac
PROS: All compression happens locally or within app. Multiple customization options. Quick preview option. Batch compression supported.CONS: Large file compression could slow down the process. Could hamper computer performance momentarily. Needs a 64-bit system. User interface is a bit overwhelming.- License
- Paid Download
- Language
- English
- Platform
- mac
PROS: Add digital signatures, stamps and annotations to documents. Send signed documents straight to email. No registration or account required. Cheap compared to competitors.CONS: Does not automatically recognize where signatures required. Clumsy interface requires dragging boxes onto document to place signature. Interface makes filling out forms incredibly slow. More popular competitors like DocuSign are free.- License
- Free Download
- Language
- English
- Platform
- mac
PROS: Only 2.1 megabytes of hard drive space is needed. Rich text format (RTF) is supported. Large documents can be quickly converted. Existing text formatting is preserved.CONS: Does not support optical character recognition. Unable to convert images or vector graphics. Some font details may be lost during conversions. Portions of output text could be deleted on occasion.- License
- Paid Download
- Language
- English
- Platform
- mac
PROS: Organized and clutter-free. Perfect stickies alternative. Easy to browse with Finder. Themes for customization.CONS: App icon does not show up in the dock. Notes snapping to the edge of the window could take time. Cutesy characters would not be to everyone’s liking. Not the most responsive customer support.- License
- Paid Download
- Language
- English
- Platform
- mac
PROS: Easy to modify or work with. A massive collection of templates. Well-designed templates. Updated every month with fresh templates.CONS: Landscape brochures don’t come in all popular sizes. Various app versions could be a tad confusing. Quite a few similar templates. Not all templates can be customized from scratch.- License
- Free Download
- Language
- English
- Platform
- mac
PROS: The tool explains itself and its functions very well. Icons and images help make your mind maps less confusing. Use a drag-and-drop design mechanic. Bold colors and defined box borders are effective.CONS: Designing is slow compared to the full version. No freehand mode. Exporting is far better with the full version. Takes a steady hand to drag and drop nodes efficiently.- License
- Paid Download
- Language
- English
- Platform
- mac
PROS: Works with encrypted PDFs. Supports over 150 languages. Exports to many popular formats. Batch conversion.CONS: Does not automatically detect language. Conversion formatting not always consistent. Does not support extraction of individual elements. Requires OS X 10.10 or later.- License
- Paid Download
- Language
- English
- Platform
- mac
PROS: Easy to use. Notes get automatically saved. Hierarchical organization. Extremely responsive developer.CONS: Pages aren’t boxed or rued. No built-in search function. User interface needs some polishing. Doesn’t automatically create folders.- License
- Paid Download
- Language
- English
- Platform
- mac
PROS: Minimalistic, functional design. Quick learning curve. Fast and simple. Easily share designs from the app.CONS: Minimalistic design can be problematic for some users. Limited OS support. Application requires a good understanding of sequence diagrams. Lacks features for advanced users.- License
- Free Download
- Language
- English
- Platform
- mac
PROS: Extremely convenient and practical. Immediately renders content list. Works with different kinds of content. Free to download and view files.CONS: Saving or previewing files needs a purchase. Doesn’t work with Yosemite or previous OS versions. Saved files’ names may get truncated. May not work that well on mobile devices.- License
- Free Download
- Language
- English
- Platform
- mac
PROS: Free, powerful note taking software with many editing functions. Tagging, tracking and sorting notes is made simple. Backup your notes to the cloud to retrieve on multiple devices. Supports a wide variety of document formats.CONS: Handwriting detection is not as good as competitors like Notability. Current active open notebooks do not sync with different devices. Less formatting features than document editors like Microsoft Word. Notably lacks ability to sort documents within a section by date.- License
- Paid Download
- Language
- English
- Platform
- mac
PROS: Add annotations from within the application. Read PDF documents in six different languages. Sign documents electronically. Convert documents to other formats.CONS: Converting documents can produce errors. Resource intensive. Printing can cause systems to become unresponsive, developers are working on this. Prints giberish characters in some instances, developers are looking into this.
