About
A map of Mac apps, drawn around what you want to do
App stores sort software into categories like “Productivity” or “Utilities”. But nobody wakes up wanting a utility. You want to cut a podcast, shrink a giant PDF, or get your disk space back. macappia starts from that job and points you to the apps that actually do it.
- Mac apps
- 1,220
- tasks on the map
- 205
- stores, one catalog
- 2
How it works
From “I need to…” to the right app
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Say it your way
Type the job the way you would say it, in any language: “turn a voice memo into text”, “record my screen with audio”, “find that file from last week”.
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We find the task
AI reads your request and matches it to tasks on the map, even with typos or unusual wording. Each new question is understood once and remembered.
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Pick from real options
You get the apps for that task, with a plain-language summary of what each one gives you and who it is (and is not) for.
The idea
Tasks, not categories
Every app is placed on a map. Areas like Video, Writing or Your Mac are continents; tasks such as “Edit videos” or “Free up disk space” are countries; the apps are cities. Zoom out to explore, zoom in to compare, or open the list if you prefer.
An app that does several jobs shows up in each of them, but it lives where its main job is. That keeps every task focused on the apps that are genuinely good at it.
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Written for people, not for stores
Store descriptions are marketing. For each app we write what it will actually give you, in plain words, and say honestly who can skip it. The original description is always there too.
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One page per app
Many apps are sold in more than one place. We merge them into a single page and show every way to get the app, with prices where we have them.
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Kept up to date
The catalog refreshes every day. New apps get their tasks automatically, and an app that leaves a store keeps its page, with alternatives that do the same job.
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Only real Mac apps
iPhone and iPad apps that merely run on Apple Silicon Macs are left out. What you see here is built for the Mac.
The fine print
Where apps come from and how they are ordered
The catalog is built from public app store data: the Mac App Store charts and the Setapp collection. Names, icons, screenshots and the original descriptions come from the developers through those stores.
Within a task, apps that do it as their main job come first. After that, apps included in a subscription come before those sold separately, then come popularity and user ratings (only when enough people have rated an app).
Some links are affiliate links: if you buy or subscribe through them, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. That is how macappia stays free and independent.