Writing Apps

Write faster, cleaner and smarter across every app. Dictate text offline, translate instantly, refine grammar and tone with AI, expand snippets, clean formatting, extract text from images, manage emojis and symbols, automate text transformations, and keep everything flowing without breaking your focus.

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Paid apps

WunderType

WunderType uses AI to refine selected text anywhere on your Mac, improving grammar, clarity, and style in seconds while keeping everything privacy-focused, and compatible with both cloud and local models.

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Glyf

Glyf makes it easy to find and copy Unicode and NerdFont characters with a quick keyboard shortcut. Fast fuzzy search, recent character history, and a native Swift design keep everything within reach.

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Free apps

DoD

DoD puts a fast, system-wide dictionary at your fingertips, letting you look up English and German words from anywhere with a keyboard shortcut. It works entirely offline, includes thesaurus support for English, and offers customizable themes to match your workflow and taste.

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Free apps | Open Source

BarDict

BarDict keeps dictionary lookups fast and fluid, combining multi-dictionary search with polished animations, trackpad gestures, and keyboard-first navigation.

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Collection: Clipboard Managers | Writing Apps

Paid apps

TypeShift

TypeShift takes a clean, no-nonsense approach to text expansion, turning short abbreviations into emails, signatures, or dynamic snippets with macros, while staying fast, private, and seamlessly synced across your Macs.

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Paid apps

Ditto

Ditto sits in your menu bar and translates text when you copy something twice, using Apple Translate or DeepL for 35+ languages, with live typing, auto-detection, and a floating window.

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Collection: Clipboard Managers | Writing Apps

Paid apps

QUICOPY

This menu bar app lets you trigger text snippets with global shortcuts, works instantly across apps, syncs via iCloud, and keeps everything local with a clean, unobtrusive presence.

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Paid apps

MojiBar

MojiBar lets you swap icons for emojis that match your mood, the weather, or whatever phase you’re in today, with playful automation and zero clutter.

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Freemium apps

glyph

This menu bar app helps your words look less like everyone else’s, offering stylish text, symbols, and kaomoji you can drop anywhere, with quick access, smooth flow, and even live typing for effortless expression.

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Freemium apps

Steno

Steno turns speech into text almost instantly with a simple hold-to-talk gesture, letting you write across any app at natural speed while smart rewriting, voice commands, and offline support quietly keep everything fast and effortless.

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