“I got tired of paying for notch apps, so I made a free Dynamic Island for the Mac”
KAG1O, on reddit.com ↗
Notch apps charge rent on the black rectangle Apple already gave you. DynamicBar moves in for free.
Unplug Alarm makes you upgrade to guard your own laptop. Yowl screams, locks the screen and pings your phone when someone grabs your MacBook, and upgrades are not a thing.
“A free alternative to apps like Unplug Alarm, which has paid upgrades.”
AlDente charges €11.49 a year to stop your Mac at 80%. BalDente stops it for free, and knows when you're home.
“Holding it around 80% when it is plugged in is the usual fix, and it has been a paid feature in other apps.”
Paid Mac disk analyzers charge ten bucks to draw a pie chart; BloomDisk draws the same sunburst for free and never phones home.
“It runs entirely on your computer — no account, no cloud, no subscription.”
Built something because a company wanted your credit card for a feature that fits in a single file? That's spiteware. Submit it and join the hall of fame.
