r/macapps is a subreddit with 255k members. The most common kinds of discussions are self-promotion and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses app, tired, mac, macos, and built, and they frequently recommend/review mac apps, macos, and mac app.
r/MacApps is a one stop shop for all things related to MacOS apps - featuring app showcases, news, updates, sales, discounts and even freebies.
Popular Themes in r/macapps
#1
Self-Promotion
: "Nudge — a lightweight Mac focus app, an alternative to Cold Turkey & Freedom"
17 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "[OS] SCM — Open sourced, free ai-powered photo/video search engine"
14 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "My experience reporting a bug to Tinycast developer"
2 posts
#4
Ideas
: "Why the Lack of a Strong, OSS, Mail App?"
1 post
#5
Money Talk
: "Pricing and viability of indie apps post-AI"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/macapps
#1
App
63 posts
#2
Tired
30 posts
#3
Mac
30 posts
#4
Macos
18 posts
#5
Built
14 posts
#6
Free
8 posts
#7
Struggling
5 posts
#8
Video
5 posts
#9
Mac App
4 posts
#10
Clipboard
3 posts
Products Discussed in r/macapps
Mac Apps
288 reviews
#1
Raycast
4.6★ from 15 reviews
#2
Alfred
4.5★ from 11 reviews
#3
Magnet
4.8★ from 6 reviews
Macos
193 reviews
#1
Raycast
4.7★ from 12 reviews
#2
Safari
4.1★ from 7 reviews
#3
Homebrew
5.0★ from 6 reviews
Mac App
185 reviews
#1
Raycast
5.0★ from 13 reviews
#2
Alfred
5.0★ from 11 reviews
#3
Shottr
4.9★ from 7 reviews
Flair Used in r/macapps
#1
Lifetime
: "Nudge — a lightweight Mac focus app, an alternative to Cold Turkey & Freedom"
30 posts
#2
Help
: "what clipboard manager are you using right now in 2026?"
9 posts
#3
Free
: "[OS] Metis: a free Mac AI coding assistant that self-learns to boost coding performance"
9 posts
#4
News
: "Tinycast Contributing experience"
6 posts
#5
Tip
: "VirtualProg Remote Control is now available"
4 posts
#6
Review
: "Cadence: a cheaper alternative to MacWhisper for transcription + diarization"
4 posts
#7
Deal
: "Kirocast - The macOS screen recorder built for AI!"
2 posts
#8
Request
: "Why the Lack of a Strong, OSS, Mail App?"
2 posts
#9
💎 Megathread
: "[Megathread] The App Pile - October, 2026"
1 post
#10
Subscription
: "Velo Workspaces 1.2 – type a disk size, get a Linux VM in 30 seconds (no qemu-img resize, no growpart, SSH key already set up)"
1 post
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Yearly
+75k members(41.5%)
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Last updated: October 3, 2026