AI Apps

Bring AI directly into your workflow. From instant chat access and smart writing assistance to local LLMs, voice transcription, usage tracking, and developer monitoring, these menu bar apps keep powerful AI tools always within reach.

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Collection: AI Apps | Writing Apps

Free apps

MiniWhisper

MiniWhisper brings fast, private, and accurate voice transcription to your Mac with Apple silicon — running entirely locally, using the Neural Engine, and supporting 99 languages.

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Collection: AI Apps

Freemium apps

Ailight

Ailight lets you transform text and images on your screen instantly, using custom AI actions—without switching apps or breaking your workflow.

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Free apps | Open Source

AppleAI

A menu bar app that lets you chat instantly with ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Perplexity, DeepSeek, and Grok—from any window. Fast, seamless, and always accessible.

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Collection: AI Apps | Writing Apps

Paid apps

TypoTab

TypoTab enhances writing with AI-powered tools, allowing users to refine text, correct grammar, and adjust tone seamlessly across applications.

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Collection: AI Apps

Freemium apps

Promptly for AI

Promptly lets you capture any text on your screen and run it through AI-powered actions in seconds. Select, trigger, and move on without copying or switching apps. With built-in prompts, custom workflows, and smart OCR, it turns scattered screen text into something instantly useful.

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Collection: AI Apps | Screen Capturing Apps

Paid apps

ScreenSnapAI

ScreenSnapAI is a fast, minimalist macOS app that uses AI to automatically organize and intelligently name your screenshots. It also lets you instantly chat about anything you capture, turning static images into useful context.

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Collection: AI Apps | Meeting Apps

Paid apps

Notes.AI

Notes.ai turns meetings and audio files into clean, structured transcripts using fully local AI models. It exports everything straight to Notion or Obsidian, lets you chat with your transcripts for insights, and keeps all data securely on your Mac. Fast, private, and genuinely practical.

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Paid apps | Open Source

PromptBar

PromptBar is a lightweight AI chat client for macOS that brings Mistral AI, ChatGPT, Gemini, DeepSeek, Grok, Perplexity, Copilot, AI Studio, NotebookLM, and Meta AI together in one menubar app for quick, seamless access.

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Paid apps

RewriteBar

RewriteBar lets you polish, rewrite, or translate any selected text with a single shortcut, right where you’re working. Fix grammar, adjust tone, and chain custom AI actions, with optional local models for extra privacy.

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Free apps

AudioBuddy

Audiobuddy

If you are dissatisfied with the default Mac text-to-speech voices, this menu bar app replaces them with OpenAI. There’s a max limit of 4096 characters.

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