List of Free Specialized Apps for macOS
A list of free macOS apps for specific tasks. These apps do not have in-app purchases unless otherwise noted. The best way to navigate the list is with Command-F.
Apps for Managing/Planning Model Trains
Apps for Building/Analyzing/Exploring Genealogies
Apps for Designing/Simulating Circuits
Apps for Measuring Distances / Areas
Apps for Pixellating Images
Apps for Planning Routes
Apps for Viewing Minecraft Maps
- mcview - Map Viewer for Minecraft
Apps for Making Timelines
Apps for Journaling
Apps for Managing Recipes
- Copy Me That recipe manager
- Loafer (In-App Purchases)
- Recipedo
- Recipes Temia
Apps for Managing Collections
- BiblioteQ
- Bookworm: Personal book review
- Booxter Lite
- Cellar
- Coins
- Coollector Movie Database Lite
- EasyCardFile
- Filmotech
- Games Grapher
- LignUp Multi Collector
- Mactracker
- Movie Explorer (In-App Purchases)
- My Movies 2
- OpenNumismat
- QR Journal
- Stamps
- Wax
Apps for Reading/Collecting Comics
Window Management Apps
Right-Click Menu Adjustments
Apps for Mindmapping
Apps for Visual Customization
Apps for Adjusting Screen Resolution
Apps for Viewing PDFs
Emulators / Simulators
- Atari800MacX - Atari 8Bit Computer Emulator
- Basilisk II - An open source emulator of 68xxx-based Macintosh computers
- BBC Basic
- Bochs - A highly portable open source IA-32 (x86) PC emulator written in C++
- boxer - The DOS game emulator that’s fit for your Mac
- Boycott Advance - Nintendo Gameboy Advance Emulator
- BSNES - Nintendo SNES Emulator
- CCEmu - A modular ComputerCraft emulator - A modular ComputerCraft emulator
- DeSmuME - Nintendo DS emulator
- DOSBox - An Open Source DOS emulator to run old DOS games
- Einstein - A NewtonOS emulator
- fMSX - MSX Emulator
- Frodo - Commodore 64 Emulator
- Fuse - UNIX ZX Spectrum emulator
- Fuzzbug - Spectrum ZX Emulator
- Generator - Sega Megadrive/Genesis Emulator
- Genesis Plus - Sega Megadrive/Genesis Emulator
- Handy - Atari Lynx Emulator
- Horizon - BBC Model B Emulator
- Jum52 - Atari 5200 Emulator
- KiGB - Nintendo Gameboy/Gameboy Colour Emulator
- macintosh.js - 1991 Macintosh Quadra Emulator
- Mini vMac - Run software made for early Macintosh computers
- MO5 - Thomson MO5 Emulator
- Mugrat - Colecovision Emulator
- Neopocott - Neo Geo Pocket Colour Emulator
- Nestopia - Nintendo NES Emulator
- NoxPlayer - The perfect Android emulator to play mobile games on PC
- O2Em - Odyssey^2 Emulator
- Oric - Oric 1/Oric Atmos Emulator
- Oswan - Bandai Wonderswan Emulator
- PCSX2 - An open source PS2 Emulator
- PPSSPP - A PSP emulator
- Rainbow - Atari 800 Series Emulator
- SDLTRS - A Radio Shack TRS-80 Model I/III/4/4P emulator
- SheepShaver - An open source PowerPC Apple Macintosh emulator
- SimCoupe - Miles Gordon SAM Coupé Emulator
- SMS Plus - Sega Master System/Game Gear Emulator
- Stella - A multi-platform Atari 2600 VCS emulator
- Sweet16 - The most capable Apple IIgs emulator for computers running Mac OS X
- TEO - Thomson TO8 Emulator for macOS
- TGEmu - NEC PC Engine Emulator
- Thom - Thomson TO7 Emulator
- vAmiga - Emulates a Commodore Amiga 500, 1000 or 2000 on your Mac
- Vecx - GCE Vectrex Emulator
- ViBE - Nintendo Virtual Boy Emulator
- VICE - Versatile Commodore Emulator
- VirtualC64 - Turns your Apple Macintosh into a Commodore 64
Flashcard Apps
- Amazing Flash Cards
- easyLessons
- Flashcard Max
- Full Deck
- Gridded
- Mochi
- Spixii Flashcards
- The Mnemosyne Project
- Vocabagility - Flashcard method combined with Visualisation and Association
Gantt Chart Apps
Kanban Apps
Apps for Generating Random Data
Multiple Kinds
Entertainment
Passwords
Apps for Listening to Internet Radio
- GuguRadio
- LadioCast
- myTuner Radio Live FM Stations
- Ramac Online Radio Client
- RGRadio - AM/FM Stations
- SomaFM miniplayer
- SomaFM Radio Player
Apps for Tuning Instruments
Apps for Generating Wallpapers / Patterns
Apps for Managing Contacts
- BirthdaysPro (In-App Purchases)
- [Contacts2]
Apps for Managing Fonts
- RightFont - font manager
- Typeface 3 (In-App Purchases)
Apps for Generating Barcodes / QR Codes
Apps for Reading Barcodes / QR Codes
Apps for Displaying Desktop Widgets
Desktop Bible Verses
Desktop Clocks / Timers
- Big Clock
- Big Red Clock Desktop
- Countdown Timer Plus
- Desktop flip clock - Countdown
- Focus - Active app and clock
- Fugit
- Plock • Pop-up Clock
Desktop Launchers/Extra Docks
On-Screen Pets
Desktop Shortcuts
- Kaka - A cute lion and desktop assistant with some useful features standing on your screen
Apps for Adjusting File/Folder Icons
Sticky Note Apps
Timers
- Another Timer - Shortcuts-compatible timer
- AS Timer
- Awareness Timer - Minimalist, mindful RSI timer
- Billing Timer - Insanely simple stopwatch timer on your mac, accessible right from the status bar
- Cooking Timer - 3 countdown or stopwatch timers
- Cuppa - Time your tea as it steeps
- Easy Pomodoro - Pomodoro Timer for Everything
- Eggl - Simple countdown timer
- Flexible Timers - Timer, stopwatch, clock, and timed/scheduled text messages to phone/email
- Flow (In-App Purchases) - AppleScript-compatible Pomodoro timer
- FocusList: Pomodoro Timer - Focus & Study Timer
- Menubar Countdown - Simple menubar countdown timer, AppleScript-compatible
- Pester - Simple, disposable alarms and timers for macOS
- Pomotroid - A simple, configurable and visually pleasing Pomodoro timer
- Queue Timer - Menubar task-based timers
- Simple Screen Timer - Floating timer
- SmallTimer - The Smallest Timer App
- Stormer - Traditional pomodoro timer
- Tadama - Beautiful Pomodoro Timer
- Timer - Simple, attractive desktop timer
- Timer: The Simple Timer App - Set a timer and deep dive into your work
- Tomito - Pomodoro & Focus Timer
Uncategorized
- Cuppa - A small application to time your cup of tea as it steeps.
- Growly Groceries - Grocery list manager.
- SCID - Study Chess Like You Mean It