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I just launched 20 apps that I built over the last several years, and a screensaver that I built whilst waiting for App Store Review! blog.gingerbeardman.com/2026/04/17/t... 1/22

2/22 Barfly (macOS) Track views, downloads, and purchases for your itch.io games in the menu bar. Use delta tracking with configurable time periods (one hour to one week) and refresh on a schedule. Keep historic data. apps.apple.com/app/apple-st...

3/22 Brutify (macOS, TestFlight) Optimise images without losing quality. Drop in images or folders for perfectly optimised JPEG, PNG, GIF, and WebP assets. Alternative to the Intel-only ImageOptim.

4/22 Ditto (macOS) Translate text without switching apps. Copy text twice with CMD+C and your clipboard is translated using Apple Translate or DeepL. Includes a floating window for real-time translation as you type. A DeepL alternative. apps.apple.com/app/apple-st...

5/22 Dottie (macOS, TestFlight) A native Mac pixel art editor built from scratch. Drawing tools, layers with onion skinning, frame-based animation, custom palettes with Lospec import, and export to PNG, GIF, SVG, and sprite sheets. An alternative to Aseprite, Piskel, etc.

6/22 Driveaway (macOS) Removes macOS metadata junk from external drives before you eject them. No more .DS_Store files, Spotlight indexes, and AppleDouble resource forks cluttering up your USB drives and SD cards. Started as an xbar script. apps.apple.com/app/apple-st...

7/22 EQer (macOS) A system-wide 10-band equaliser that processes every app on your Mac in real time. Pick a preset, drag the curve, or paste your Audiogram data and let it calculate the right listening curve for your hearing. apps.apple.com/app/apple-st...

8/22 Feedit (macOS) An editor for creating, managing, publishing RSS feeds. Import feeds, edit fields, validate against the spec, publish to a local folder or WebDAV server. Drafts, iCloud sync, and Find & Replace built in. An alternative to Feeder. apps.apple.com/app/apple-st...

9/22 Hubble (macOS) Interactive USB topology viewer for macOS. See your complete device tree as a zoomable canvas with speed-coded cables, throttle warnings, power diagnostics, and hot-plug animations—all updating in real time. apps.apple.com/app/apple-st...

10/22 Last Dance (macOS, download) Solves a persistent macOS bug where SMB file sharing becomes unresponsive after restart. It automatically disables file sharing before shutdown and re-enables it at login. No worries. github.com/gingerbeardm...

11/22 Localmost (macOS) Spin up a local HTTP server by dragging a folder onto your menu bar. Multiple servers, automatic port assignment, access logs, and directory listings—all managed from a clean native interface. apps.apple.com/app/apple-st...

12/22 Mojibaker (iOS, free) Create profile pictures with your choice of colours, gradients, images, then overlay emoji, genomji, memoji or stickers. Type a mood to get colour suggestions, compose your design, save presets, and export at high res. apps.apple.com/app/apple-st...

13/22 Octoping (macOS) GitHub notifications in your Mac menu bar. See what needs attention, grouped by repository with colour-coded matching icons. Mark items as read or open them in your browser. apps.apple.com/app/apple-st...

15/22 Seeports (macOS) Shows every TCP port listening on your Mac from the menu bar. Ports are automatically grouped by service—Docker, OrbStack, Kubernetes, and more. Copy a localhost URL, open in browser, web search pid, or terminate a rogue process. apps.apple.com/app/apple-st...

16/22 Spindle (macOS, TestFlight) Raw device access for byte-accurate CD and DVD extraction, with support for hybrid ISO 9660/HFS discs and triple hashing for verification. Rip from multiple drives simultaneously.

17/22 Stapler (macOS, free) Bundle related files into logical projects without moving anything. Opening a single .stapled document opens your artwork, code, todo list, and your reference docs—all at once. apps.apple.com/app/apple-st...