LockLines: Design Better macOS Lock Screen Messages

https://redd.it/1vy52ly
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Biscotti: A free and private meeting note-taking app that runs entirely on your Mac

https://redd.it/1vxz17k
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Mojave Paint updates Aug 2026

https://reddit.com/link/1vyc48g/video/fetttw1myjlh1/player

Wow I guess it’s been a month and a half since I last posted here – an eternity in indie app development time. Just wanted to trumpet some of the latest features in Mojave Paint and ask a couple questions.

New stuff

* 16 new blend modes, nearly all the ones from Photoshop now, and arranged in a dual-column layout
* Better first run experience with a Tips window that shows tips and tricks, which you can get back to any time from the Help menu
* Dark mode (admittedly when I look at it on various monitors I realize it’s not dark enough, but I’ll fix soon)
* Rich typography options including tracking, kerning, leading, and horizontal/vertical scaling of glyphs
* Conic gradients
* Multiple stroke effects on the same layer
* Pass Through blend mode for folders
* Live preview of the export quality right on the canvas
* A bunch of new filters including High Pass, Posterize, Surface Blur, and a revamped Halftone filter that actually kicks ass and I’d say out-does Photoshop’s halftone filter in their filter gallery, plus ctrl+cmd+F to re-open the last filter for convenience

Marketing

I made this 4:5 aspect ratio 30 second video in Final Cut Pro, just some clips of the app sped up a little and stitched together with no gaps or cursor lingering pauses. I think it’s pretty cool, and I’ve been running it on Facebook and Instagram feed placements. It gets traffic to my site but that converts poorly into app downloads, I suspect because most visitors are on mobile and the link goes to the Mac App Store. I’d love any tips anyone has about advertising channels that generate more desktop visitors.

Also on the business front, I changed to a 14-day trial, so instead of gating off premium features it’s now 100% functional including exporting in all formats, then becomes unusable after that 14 days, until you purchase. Does this seem like a good change, or would you find that off-putting?

And if anyone has a brutally honest critique of my website I can take it! I did just update the color scheme to be light on dark, for higher contrast, and improved the layout a little on mobile. I staunchly refuse to let AI design it for me, but unfortunately I’m not a great designer myself so if anyone can say what they hate about it you’d actually be doing me a huge favor.

**Problem**: I’d say the problem just in general is a lack of high quality indie productivity apps. If you want a better spreadsheet program, for example, people assume they need Excel or Numbers or Open Office or some product from a giant company or a sprawling open source effort. Maybe because good independent options just don’t exist? Or maybe they do and it’s hard to get the word out? I’m not sure but I’m trying to help in this effort to bring back small (< 10 person) companies building awesome Mac software.

**Comparison**: Similar feature set as Photoshop, Affinity Photo, GIMP, Acorn, each has pros and cons compared to Mojave Paint that I don’t have space to go into here really, although I do have a recent blog post about [Mojave Paint vs Photoshop](https://mojavepaint.app/blog/vs-photoshop).

**Pricing**: $9.99 lifetime

Link: [https://mojavepaint.app](https://mojavepaint.app)

https://redd.it/1vyc48g
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Winstrix: A productivity toolkit for Windows users switching to Mac or working across both — major update

https://redd.it/1vy5dyu
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OS I built Waku — a native desktop app for working with all your coding agents

https://preview.redd.it/cquy3429znlh1.png?width=2266&format=png&auto=webp&s=4032878f60a90811e39acfab836d3a59bce603ad

Hey r/macapps — I’m the developer of Waku, an open-source desktop app for running local coding agents in one place.

Waku works with the agent CLIs you already have installed, including Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Amp, OpenCode, Grok, Pi, and Kimi. It brings your projects, sessions, transcripts, tool activity, diffs, terminal, and checkpoints into one consistent interface.

It’s built in Rust with GPUI, the same GPU-accelerated UI framework used by Zed — so there’s no Electron. Everything stays on your machine, with no Waku account, telemetry, or cloud service between you and your agents.

A few highlights:

\- Run multiple independent agent sessions

\- Queue follow-ups or steer an agent mid-response

\- Switch models, reasoning effort, and access modes

\- Rewind both your working tree and agent conversation

\- Keyboard-first controls

Website: https://waku.sh

GitHub: https://github.com/egoist/waku

I’d love to hear what you think — especially from anyone already juggling multiple coding agents.

https://redd.it/1vyp4gk
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RevPDF 5.0 is out! my attempt at a free, local alternative to the big PDF editors

https://redd.it/1vyqi3a
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Same Mac app, same price: App Store or developer website?

If the exact same Mac app was available in both places at the same price, where would you prefer to buy it?

A) Mac App Store
B) developer’s website
C) no preference

And if you’d choose the App Store, what would make you equally comfortable buying directly?

Is it mainly trust/security, easier subscription management, updates/reinstalling, payment handling, or just habit?

I’m genuinely curious how Mac users think about this, especially with smaller indie apps.

https://redd.it/1vypup3
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Pasly Cloud — Make every ⌘V smarter. Everywhere (iOS, macOS)

https://redd.it/1vyv6n7
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Grambo for iPhone is finally here + a few updates to the Mac app

https://redd.it/1vyxl7h
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ArtDeck: Collect and study visual references. Now with a Free trial and Perspective tool!

https://redd.it/1vyylz4
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Floodtide - update all your mac apps from one place (mac updater alternative)
https://redd.it/1vz0zlj
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