Mac Apps That Rock

Acorn 4

Tue, 07 May 2013 16:24:36 -0700

($29.99) - Everyone needs to edit images at some point, but not everyone has the time to learn complicated super pricey image editing programs. This is why we created Acorn. Add text and shapes to your digital pictures. Combine images together to create your own. Work with layers to touch up your favorite photos or make something new from scratch. Do all this and more with Acorn.

Delicious Library 3

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 20:49:53 -0700

Delicious Library 3:

($24.99) - Catalog your books, movies, music, video games, gadgets, and more. Delicious Library helps you create a comprehensive inventory, share it with friends, and get holistic recommendations based on your collector profile.

Scanning is easy: simply hold barcodes up to your webcam, and items appears on your digital shelves in gorgeous 3D. Rate your items, loan them out, or just revel in the in-depth information automatically downloaded for each one.

Know what you own and discover more things you love: Delicious Library integrates your wishlist, ratings, and friends to generate smart recommendations. If your friend owns a recommended item, Delicious Library highlights it so you can hit them up for a loan.

Archive your life: view your physical collection side by side with your iTunes collection. Publish your collection to the web with one click, put used items up for sale in three clicks, and find out if anything you own happens to be worth serious bucks.

Wunderlist

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 14:00:26 -0700

Wunderlist:

(Free) - Wunderlist 2 is the easiest way to manage and share your daily to-do lists. Whether you’re planning an overseas adventure, sharing a shopping list with a loved one, or simply keeping track of your daily to-dos, Wunderlist is here to help you get things done.

With a host of new features including Reminders, Recurring and Subtasks along with improved Notes, Sharing and Notifications Wunderlist 2 ensures that no detail will be missed. These details are then automatically synced across all your devices, no matter what and how many you are using. Download now to see why millions of people around the world have made Wunderlist their daily companion.

Nimble Quest

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:00:35 -0700

Nimble Quest:

(Free) - From the creators of Tiny Tower, Sky Burger and Pocket Planes comes Nimble Quest! Lead a conga line of heroes to glory against hordes of enemies across an endless number of stages. How many enemies can you defeat? Steer your unstoppable (seriously, you can’t stop) party as they cut a path of destruction through levels filled with different enemies and power-ups. Unlock and level up heroes to increase the size of your party and make them more powerful. Can your party make it from the tranquility of the Forest to the fire and brimstone of the Depths?

Tired of competing alone? Join a guild and compete with other players in special time-limited Guild Quests. Is your guild skilled enough to top the global leaderboards?

Koku

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 14:00:42 -0700

Koku:

($14.99) - Koku is a fresh approach to personal finance management that puts you in control!

Pling

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 14:00:29 -0700

Pling:

(Free) - Pling Messenger is a push-to-talk voice messenger that helps people communicate quickly and naturally.

Send messages to individuals or groups with the brevity of a text message and the personality of a human voice.

Ulysses III

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 14:00:52 -0700

Ulysses III:

($19.99) - Ulysses III is a brand-new writers’ environment from the Soulmen — the fine folks that brought you Daedalus Touch for iPad.

It’s built around a revolutionary engine, dubbed “plain text enhanced”, which combines the very best parts of minimal markup (i.e. Markdown, Textile) with the power, beauty and simplicity of OS X.

As a single-library app, Ulysses holds all your texts in just one window. No “Open”, no “Save”, no Finder safari. Full iCloud integration lets you access everything from all your Macs.

If you own Daedalus Touch (available on the App Store as a universal app for iPad and iPhone), Ulysses III can even sync your writings across all your devices. Start on the bus, continue at home, finish mid-flight. Export to RTF, PDF, TXT or HTML.

Ulysses III is flexible, adaptive, and built to grow. Use it as a sophisticated notepad, create your next couple of novels, or continuously feed your blog. Keep everything neatly organized, or mess around at will.

Textastic

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 22:37:06 -0700

Textastic:

($5.99) - Textastic is a simple and fast text, code and markup editor. With support for more than 80 source code and markup languages, it brings the powerful syntax coloring engine of the popular iOS code editor to the Mac.

Kickoff 2

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 18:30:59 -0700

Kickoff 2:

($27.99) - Kickoff is a real-time chat and task sharing tool designed for small teams. And with its offline support, deep integration with Mountain Lion and lightning fast performance, Kickoff makes your team even more productive.

Radium 3

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 18:07:24 -0800

Radium 3:

($9.99) - Introducing the new Radium for Mac, the most beautiful and intuitive internet radio player you’ll ever use. Find stations in real time by name, genre or region, and tune in to your favourite radios with just one click.

Radium’s 6000+ high quality stations, full AirPlay support, Smart Equalizer and built-in Wish List make listening to your favourite radio a breeze. (Again!)

Redesigned from the ground up, Radium 3 features a new, elegant and minimal user interface that sits in the menubar and stays out of the way. Feel free to concentrate on doing what you love and let Radium take care of the sounds.

Say hello to the new Radium. Chocolate for your ears.

Should I Sleep

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 00:30:46 -0800

Should I Sleep:

(Free) - Annoyed by the display getting dim when you’re reading or watching something? Installed an app for that but always forget to activate it? By using a combination of heuristic sensors, such as FACE DETECTION, Should I Sleep checks if you are actually at the computer before it sleeps. Yes, the computer “sees and hears” you.

TaskAgent

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 14:20:27 -0800

TaskAgent:

($3.99) - TaskAgent is a simple to-do list manager that saves its lists as plain text files. While Dropbox syncing is optional, the benefit is that you can edit your lists from outside the app using your favorite text editor and then sync any changes back into the app.

Unclutter

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 18:48:42 -0800

Unclutter:

($2.99) - Unclutter is your instant digital pocket for storing stuff like notes, links and files, saving your Desktop from clutter.

To open your pocket, simply move the pointer to the top of screen and scroll down. Drag items from other applications to the top of screen to store them in Unclutter.

TurboTax 2012

Sat, 19 Jan 2013 14:00:28 -0800

TurboTax 2012:

(Free) - Keep more of your hard earned money with TurboTax. We guarantee you’ll get every dollar you deserve. We’ll do the math, and we’ll fill out all the tax forms for you.

Try it for free – pay when you’re done.

Napkin

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 14:00:51 -0800

Napkin:

($39.99) - Napkin is the ultimate tool for concise visual communication. Painlessly create visual notes and diagrams and share the results quickly.

Use Napkin when you need to create an image that makes your point crystal clear. Designers, product managers, software developers, artists, photographers, bloggers, journalists and anyone who needs to annotate images will find Napkin makes their lives easier.

With Napkin, you have the perfect tool to create great-looking and content-rich images with an application that is easy to learn and low friction in use.

Kaleidoscope 2

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 10:31:31 -0800

Kaleidoscope 2:

($34.99) - Spot the differences. Merge in seconds.

Now with text merge, 3-way merge, and folder comparison, Kaleidoscope integrates perfectly with the version control systems you already use.

ReadKit

Sun, 13 Jan 2013 19:52:13 -0800

ReadKit:

($3.99) - Instapaper, Pocket and Readability has long helped us to defer reading longer articles and pieces published on the internet on Post-PC devices in a stripped down, convenient format.

While these software services are nice to have, there is one feature missing: the ability to read on the Mac. Our software, ReadKit, connects to these services and lets you read on your Mac even when you’re offline.

Choose the layout, formatting and style you prefer for reading, with the ability to move, add, archive and even mark your bookmarks as favorites. The interface is simple providing a straight forward reading experience without making any compromises.

Splice : Tree of Life

Sat, 15 Dec 2012 14:01:07 -0800

Splice : Tree of Life:

($9.99) - Splice is an experimental and artistic puzzler. Immerse yourself in its microbial world and start splicing! Every level (“strand”) consists of a number of cells that you will need to rearrange into a target structure in several moves (“splices”). Exploration and experimentation are key in determining how the curious little cells react to each other. Predict the sequence of splices you’ll have to make in order to successfully arrange each strand. Re-sequence, mutate, and splice your way through this unique puzzle experience, and you’ll exercise your ability to visualize sequential series of shapes over time. Solve your way to the final strands and you’ll be left with a heady sense of mental accomplishment!

CameraBag 2

Fri, 14 Dec 2012 14:00:40 -0800

CameraBag 2:

($14.99) - CameraBag 2 is a desktop photo app with a whole new approach to photos. Redesigned from the ground up, CameraBag 2’s Analog Engine pairs a full suite of photographic tools with the high quality filters and vintage simulations the series is already known for. Its key innovation is a stunningly straightforward approach to layering, rearranging, and endlessly tweaking all of these effects in realtime. The 100+ fully-adjustable filters and 25+ professional controls CameraBag 2 ships with are only the beginning, forming the palette from which users create their own styles.

Hammer

Tue, 11 Dec 2012 20:52:52 -0800

Hammer:

($23.99) - Hammer is a great way of building out HTML websites. With features including HTML includes, SASS and Coffeescript parsing and Clever Paths, Hammer is an indispensable tool!