Same job, lighter app
The big-name apps, and what we'd use instead on Mac and Windows. Every app here comes with one membership, from $1.99/month.
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Resume.io alternative app for Mac & Windows
Resume.io charges $29.95 every 4 weeks after its trial if you want PDF downloads. ResumeRoast builds a polished resume on Mac and Windows, keeps your details on your own computer, and exports clean PDFs.
DaisyDisk alternative app for Mac
DaisyDisk is how a lot of Mac users find what's filling their disk. DiskBrew draws the same kind of interactive rings, scans a full disk in seconds, and comes with a getapps.cafe membership instead of a separate license.
CleanMyMac alternative app for Mac & Windows
Most people use CleanMyMac to clear junk off a full disk. DripCleaner does that on Mac and Windows, shows you every file before it goes, and is a 5.5 MB download instead of 159.4 MB.
Adobe Photoshop alternative app for Mac & Windows
Most people use Photoshop to crop, retouch and export photos. CremaStudio does that on Mac and Windows with layers, masks and PSD support, in a 17 MB app with no Adobe subscription.
Adobe Acrobat alternative app for Mac & Windows
Acrobat Reader is free for reading PDFs, but editing one means Acrobat Standard or Pro on a yearly plan. PDFCafe edits text, signs and annotates PDFs on Mac and Windows, in an 18.7 MB app with no Adobe subscription.
PowerPoint alternative app for Mac & Windows
Most people open PowerPoint to fix a deck someone sent and present it. SlideCafe does that on Mac and Windows in a 10.6 MB app, about a hundredth of PowerPoint's size, with no Microsoft 365 subscription.
Timing alternative app for Mac & Windows
People use Timing to see where their hours go without starting a timer. CoffeeTime does that on Mac and Windows, in a download a quarter the size, and it comes with a membership instead of a $108 a year plan.
Cardhop alternative app for Mac & Windows
Cardhop manages the address book on your Mac. ContactCafe edits contact files instead: open a .vcf or Google and Outlook CSV, fix it, and save it back, on Mac and Windows, in a 6.7 MB download.
Paste alternative app for Mac & Windows
People use Paste to get back things they copied earlier. ClipBrew keeps a searchable, unlimited clipboard history on your Mac, in a 7.4 MB download, as part of a getapps.cafe membership.
Soulver alternative app for Mac & Windows
People use Soulver to do sums in plain words, with the answer next to each line. CalX does that on Mac and Windows, with live currency, units, dates and timezones, as part of a getapps.cafe membership.
Fantastical alternative app for Mac & Windows
People use Fantastical to add events by typing a sentence. CalCafe does that on Mac and Windows, keeps your calendar on your own computer with no account, and is a third the size.
AutoCAD alternative app for Mac & Windows
Most people open AutoCAD or AutoCAD LT to view, mark up and print a drawing. BrewCAD does that with DXF and DWG files on Mac and Windows, in a 5.5 MB download instead of gigabytes of CAD software.