Productivity Mac Apps
Browse 65 published Mac apps in Productivity.
Productivity
65 apps
Paperpile
Citation plugin for Microsoft Word
Nota
From simple notes and todo lists, to articles and journals, to wikis and second brain.
SimpleMind
Cross-platform mind mapping tool
Standard Notes
Standard Notes helps you gain control in a world that often feels out of control. Protect your life's work with end-to-end encryption, advanced security measures, and unmatched privacy controls.
Outline
A modern team knowledge base for your internal documentation, product specs, support answers, meeting notes, onboarding, & more...
Evernote
Our note taking app helps you capture and prioritize ideas, projects and to-do lists, so nothing falls through the cracks. Start your free trial today!
Raindrop.io
For your inspiration, read later, media and stuff
Mubu
幕布是一款大纲笔记和思维导图结合的笔记工具,通过树形结构来更清晰更高效的记录笔记,还可绘制思维导图、逻辑图、组织结构图、时间轴、树形图等多种图形。在记录学习笔记、备考资料、管理任务、制定计划清单时,还可实现团队间的实时协作和共享,提升团队工作效率。
Alternote
Alternote is a note-taking app for Mac OS X. Alternote is an alternative Evernote client for Mac with Markdown support. Alternote has wonderful interface and is extremely fast.
Antinote
Capture temporary notes and calculations in a lightweight scratchpad with checklists, timers, OCR, Markdown, export tools, and optional encrypted iCloud sync.
Pile
Desktop app for reflective journaling, open-source and free.
MindManager
Powerful and flexible mind mapping software by MindManager. Try the full version of MindManager FREE for 30 days. No credit card required.
Elephas
Elephas is a Mac knowledge assistant that helps you capture, organize, and access information right from your computer. It has Super Brain, which builds your personal knowledge base using documents, notes, and web content. The tool works with multiple AI providers like OpenAI, Claude, and Gemini, and runs completely offline to keep your data private. You get AI Workflows for handling multistep tasks, web search built in, and smart writing features that work across all your Mac apps. Elephas offers different rewrite modes, grammar fixes, smart replies, and personalized tones that match how you write. It handles file formats like CSV, JSON, and PDF. The tool also works on iOS devices and lets you automate tasks with snippets for faster work.
nimblenote
Keyboard-driven note taking
Inkdrop
The Note-Taking App with Robust Markdown Editor
OmniOutliner 6
Build structured outlines across Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Apple Vision Pro with flexible columns, dynamic themes, automation, and Apple Intelligence support.
Nuclino
A modern, simple, and blazingly fast way to collaborate – bring knowledge, docs, and projects together in one place.
wolai for mac
用 “我来” 搭建一站式协作平台,团队知识库、仪表台、工作流、内部应用、外部网站与个人云端笔记、待办......开箱即用!
SideNotes
A beautiful note taking app with superpowers. It shows and hides on the side of your monitor to manage your notes distraction-free. Keep your notes organised, personalised and always at your fingertips. Markdown, tasks, pictures, colors, folders included.
Scapple
Explore top-rated mind mapping software for Mac & Windows! Organize ideas, and brainstorm effectively your projects with intuitive tools designed to boost creativity.
Joplin
Joplin, the open source note-taking application
HistoryHound
Browser history and bookmarks keyword search
DEVONthink
DEVONthink is an application for professional document and information management on Mac and iOS.
SiYuan
A privacy-first, self-hosted, fully open source personal knowledge management software, written in typescript and golang. - siyuan-note/siyuan
Hook
Search less and focus more. Copy and use clean, robust links to web pages, files, emails, tasks, and more. Use these contextual bookmarks to retrieve information without needing to search or navigate. Just click to get what you need. Download now! Free for basic features. No credit car
Synology Note Station Client
Note Station helps you fully enjoy writing, viewing, managing, and sharing content-rich notes. It is very easy to create content with rich text editing, media embedding, attachments, and much more. Manage your notes by using tags and grouping notes into Notebooks. When you are ready, Note Station makes sharing your content via social networking platforms simple and quick. Create, share, and enjoy!
Obsidian
The free and flexible app for your private thoughts.
Tinderbox
Tool to take, visualise and analyze notes
October
Getting highlights off of your Kobo is very fiddly on a technical level. October is a community-driven desktop application that makes it really simple to send them to Readwise. 100% open source with support for Windows, macOS and Linux!
TriliumNext Notes
Documentation for TriliumNext
Heynote
A dedicated scratchpad for developers.
Skim
PDF reader and note-taking application
alto
Missing macOS application to connect Apple Notes, Reminders, Mail, Calendar
MindMaster
A股上市公司万兴科技旗下的万兴脑图软件是一款多平台思维导图软件,可用于Windows,Mac和Linux等桌面环境,也可以在线使用或在苹果,安卓等移动端上使用。集成思维导图社区和云平台,专业版本提供比免费版本更强大的特色功能。
Bookends
Reference management and bibliography software
JabRef
A free reference manager that helps you to discover, collect, organize and cite your scholarly literature and research in an efficient way.
Yojimbo
Your effortless, reliable information organiser
Beaver Notes
Privacy-focused note-taking app
BibDesk
BibDesk project web page
EdrawMax
Create flowcharts, mind map, org charts, network diagrams and floor plans with over 20,000 free templates and vast collection of symbol libraries.