A Mega-Collection of Free Apps I've Installed and Tested

If you're running short on cash after Christmas, but you still want to try out some new software, you can try a few of these apps. I've installed and tested them all at some point. The links will take you to a short review with download information. If you find a broken link or an app is no longer free, let me know and I';ll make a quick edit. If you're a developer with a free app, drop me a DM and I will be glad to check out your work and possibly feature you on AppAddict if it has some unique features the community would appreciate.

• Permissions Reset 2 - Free Troubleshooting Tool
• Zotero as a Free PDF Library Manager
• UTM for Virtualization
• rclone - An Easy to Use and Powerful CLI
• Syncthing - Free and Open-Source Cross Platform File Sharing
• Convert CSV Files to Markdown
• Hop to Desk, a Free and Open-Source Encrypted Remote Access Solution
• One For the Techies - SwiftDefaultApps
• Digikam is Replacing Apple Photos, Google Photos and Amazon Photos For Me
• Change the Location of Notifications With PingPlace
• SmartBackup - Free, Fast and Foolproof
• Pareto Security - Quick and Easy
• Local Send - Easy to Set Up and Easy to Use
• Using Joplin as a Reference Tool
• Fmail2 for Fastmail
• Stickier - Free Notes App with Power User Features
• Cog - Free and Open-Source Local Only Music Player
• Privileges - Operate Your Mac Safely
• Use KIWIX to Access Wikipedia and Other Resources Offline
• Librewolf for Security and Privacy
• Metadata Lab - Exif Editor
• Battery Monitor Health, Info
• Sandkorn - Comprehensive Information on Your Apps
• Privacy Badger Extension from the Electronic Freedom Foundation
• Libation - Audiobook Downloader and Converter
• Captin Solves a Major Mac Annoyance
• Shareful - A Free App I Use Every Day
• Two Free Apps for Mac OS Installation Eas
• Recents App for Mac - A Free Intelligent File Launcher
• MarkEdit - A Pure Markdown Editor for Free
• Royal TSX for Remote Management
• Simplenote - Free, Rock Solid and Dependable for Over a Decade
• SingleFile - For Safari and Other Mac Browsers
• Ente Auth - The Free Authy Replacement for Your Mac and iPhone
• Sloth - Activity Monitor on Steroids
• Cronica - A Free, Privacy Focused Media Tracker for Mac and iOS
• Free Security Apps for Mac
• MacTracker - Can You Call Yourself a Fanboy If You Don't Have This Installed?
• Orange Card - Get Info Easily for Free
• Glympse Location Sharing - Free and Secure
• Zero Duplicates Free Duplicate File Finder
• OpenVibe - Free Social Thread Aggregator
• Resilio Sync - Secure, Private Peer-to-Peer File Sharing
• Lossless Cut - Save Time When Editing Videos
• Background Music - Per App Volume Control and More
• Unsplash Wallpaper App - Free Unlimited Wallpapers at Your Fingertips
• FSNotes - A Free and Open-Source Successor to NValt
• Picocrypt - Free and Open-Source File Encryption with Simple but Powerful Features
• Session - Free and Open-Source E2E Decentralized Cross Platform Messaging
• DEVONagent Lite - Free Tool to Increase Search Productivity
• Integrity - Free Link Checker
• Raycast Quicklinks - Power Searching from the Keyboard
• RsyncUI - a GUI for the powerful CLI Utility
• Apparency - The Apps That Opens Apps
• ToyViewer - A Preview Replacment
• Chrome Remote Desktop - Free Remote Control
• BBEdit - It Doesn't Suck
• Blip - Free Cross Platform File Transfers
• FreeTube - Maybe the Most Underrated App
• Bean - A Free, Lightweight Word Processor
• Maestral, an Open-Source Dropbox Client
• Zavala - Free, Open-Source Outliner for Mac, iPhone, iPad
• Velja Browser Picker by Sindre Sorhus
• Omnivore, a Free Open-Source Read It Later App
• Why Haven't You Installed Keka Yet?
• BlockBlock and KnockKnock from Objective-See
• Things You Can Do with Obsidian
• Applite - An App Store for Homebrew
• Open Core Legacy Patcher
• Angry IP Scanner
• Upscayl - A Free and Open-Source Image Enlarger
• Amphetamine - Ultimate Sleep Prevention for Your Mac
• Stats Is a Free Alternative to iStat Menus
• OnlySwitch - Free App for System Controls & More
• App Cleaner vs. Pear Cleaner
• Disk Drill Has Six Free Tools
• Network Utility is Back!
• Cryptomator Free and Open Source Cloud Encryption
• DockDoor Adds Functionality to macOS
• TRANSNOMINO - Free File Renaming Utility with Pro Capabilities
• ReiKey and Task Explorer from Objective-See
• Rocket - Free, Slack-Style Emoji Picker
• WordService - Another Free Utility from Devon Technologies
• Karabiner Elements to the Rescue
• Swift Shift - A Free Tool to Move and Resize Windows
• Onyx for Mac
• Meteorologist - Free and Open-Source Menu Bar Weather
• SilentKnight - Free Security Checks for Your Mac
• Folder Peek FTW
• FlowVision - Image Viewer
• ImageOptim - Free and Open-Source Utility to Reduce File Sizes
• XMenu - Free Menu Bar App Launcher
• ClipGrab, a free alternative to Downie
• Air Battery - A Free App to Monitor Battery Levels
• Keyboard Cowboy - Free and Open-Source Automation Software
• Try PDF Gear, It's Good, It's Free
• Topgrade - Upgrade All the Things
• Activity Watch - Free No Effort Time Tracker
• XnConvert - Free Batch Image Converter and Editor
• Noizio - A Background Sound App for Mac
• Five Free Single Purpose Apps (Dockey, Hyperkey, Hyperduck, Unclack, Cleanup Buddy)
• iTerm - You Don't Have to Be a Developer to Use It
• The Time Machine Mechanic
• Neat Download Manager
• Quitter - A Free Utility That Works
• Reminders Menu Bar
• Opening Batches of Apps, Documents, Folders and Web Pages
• A Folder Plugin for Quicklook
• Notenik - A Well Designed Plain Text Notes Plus App
• Sherlock - Find Usernames from 400 Different Social Networks
• Daily - A Dead Simple Free Task Manager
• The Zen Browser
• Licensed - A Nice Single Purpose App for Keeping Track of Your Software
• Gladys - Free Shelf Utility that Syncs With iOS
• Marta - A Free Dual Pane File Manager
• Five Free Single Purpose Apps (Trash Sweep, Speediness, Justatext, Quick Recorder,KeyCastr)
• Deskpad - A Virtual Monitor for Screen Sharing
• Kiano - A Unique Image Sorter and Viewer for Apple Photos
• Duplicati - Free Encrypted Offsite Backup for Your Mac
• Encrypto - Free File Encryption App
• Good Old Time Machine Editor - A Useful Free Utility
• Virtual Buddy - Run Mac and Linux VMs with Ease on Apple Silicon for Free
• Free Startup Manager with Many Options
• A Different App for Managing Background Items
• FASA - An App to Copy an Image and Paste It as a File
• Task Til Dawn - A Free Mac Automation App
• Three Free Apps for Text and Writing (Nissus Thesaurus, Megawords, Esse)
• Scheduler for Mac - Free Automation Utility
• A Day With Vivaldi Browser