Free

Configured only by hand in a TOML file, and it replaces macOS Spaces rather than using them

Free, but the download runs through a Canva account and the AI tools need a paid Canva plan

It uses native Spaces, so you keep the slow macOS switching animation, and it is still a 0.x release

Mac App Store only — no direct download or licence file, and the source is closed

No build listed for macOS 27 yet — the newest release on the page stops at macOS 26

Deeper git and team features are subscription-only; only the open-source app is free

Current builds need macOS 14 or newer, so an older Mac is stuck on an old version

Free on the desktop only — the iOS app is a separate €29.99 purchase

Snippets are YAML files you edit by hand, and syncing them between Macs is your job

Support is GitHub issues, and some niche iTerm2 features are still missing

It converts video you already have — recording the screen is another app's job

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There is no GUI at all, so every behaviour you want is something you write in Lua

It will not read the copy protection on a commercial DVD or Blu-ray by itself

The repo has not been pushed to in a year and some README features are still unimplemented

Volunteer-run, so fixes and releases arrive when contributors have time

Free covers the Mac app only — server-side compression is the paid ImageOptim API

The macOS build is a GTK port — menus, shortcuts and dialogs don't behave like a Mac app

One maintainer sets the pace, and very high-volume output feels slower than GPU terminals

Events can be created and deleted but not edited — editing still means a trip to Calendar.app

Anything interesting is a JSON complex modification, and it remaps keyboards only

No sync of its own, and the iOS app is a separate paid purchase from someone else

It creates 7z and zip but only extracts rar, and cannot edit an archive you already have

Needs system-wide Input Monitoring permission, so it can see everything you type

The $12.99 Mac App Store build unlocks nothing extra — it is a donation with auto-updates

Complex Word and Excel files can shift on round-trip, especially macros and tracked changes

No commercial support, and rule handling is rougher than the paid alternatives

No iOS app and no sync, so the history stays on the one Mac

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Support is a GitHub issue tracker, and each new macOS release needs a matching build

No editor and no official support — scenes and macOS audio routing are yours to set up

Multi-device sync is $48 a year unless you wire up iCloud or git yourself

Each major macOS release needs its own build, and the current one is Apple silicon only

Closed source with no stated business model, so nothing guarantees it stays free

Picking and contrast only — no palettes, no measuring, no screenshot tools

No one-time option exists, and the free tier keeps clipboard history for only three months

Saved layouts, display-triggered layouts and window throwing are held back for the paid Rectangle Pro

Reads and annotates only — no page editing, OCR or form filling

Fan control is in legacy mode and, in the README's words, receives no updates or fixes

No official Mac app — you configure it in a browser, and the menu bar wrappers are third-party

Nothing to pay, but it is a cross-platform app that never quite feels Mac-native

Only surfaces preferences Apple already ships; the system-level tools are in paid TinkerTool System

Needs macFUSE, a system extension that can lag weeks behind a new macOS release

Export beyond HTML needs Pandoc, and PDF needs a LaTeX install on top

The app is free forever, but only 300 MB of sync storage is; a PDF library outgrows that fast