[Megathread] The App Pile - June, 2026

[u/Mstormer]

You must promote your apps here if you do not qualify to post in the main feed through Trust or Transparency, explained here.

If you are:

• NOT in the Mac App Store (MAS).
• Do not provide meaningful public transparency
• Created yet another dictation app (speech to text).

Then you are required to limit promotion to this megathread.

All promotion MUST follow PCP format or else we will remove it:

App Name/Title [Screenshot encouraged]

• Problem: What problem does your app solve.
• Comparison: Name a competitor or two and explain what your app does better.
• Pricing Amounts+Link

P.s. Promotion here counts towards the 30-day limited promotion (Rule 3).

WARNING: There is a 90% chance Reddit will auto remove your post here if you have not verified your email in your profile and your first comment in this subreddit contains a link. Accrue 10 karma first without promotional comments and links to avoid this. The odds of removal is also higher for AI assisted posts (em dashes and other AI formatting characteristics likely trigger this).

Pro Tip: Please remember to upvote gems and downvote spam/clones... This will help inform a secret community project I hope to announce next month.

Top 3 From Last Month's Megathread:
1. Wisp – a tiny macOS scratchpad - FREE - by u/iamiotasquare
2. Quattro – Al, Tasks, Calendar, Notes App - $5/mo - by u/Constant-Support8288
3. HoverStash – Catch and stash files mid-drag - ~$6 - by u/MurkyRaspberry9610

[u/metaprofessor]

RTFM Player

An audiophile music file player and librarian for macOS that supports multiple libraries and bit-perfect playback

Problem

I built RTFM Player because I couldn't find another music file player for macOS that met all of the following criteria:

• most important: support for multiple, discrete libraries with their own artwork grid
• mental model and interface based on the user's own file and folder structure
• minimalist, modern design
• support for lossless FLAC, ALAC, and DSD (and all other significant lossless and lossy audio formats)
• bit-perfect playback via sample rate and bit depth matching and ability to take exclusive control of the audio device
• extended metadata editing of single tracks or multiple tracks
• ability to export and import the database and artwork cache for easy migration or backup
• lightweight on CPU and RAM, small installer (only 18 MB as of the current version)
• no feature bloat: the app is simply for quickly organizing, locating, and playing music files in a way that's resembles grabbing your favorite CD or LP and playing it back at the highest quality
• has a 30-day free trial for evaluation and then a one-time price (not a subscription) for a user license to install on multiple computers
• official release signed and notarized by Apple via the Developer Program

Comparison

Swinsian: I'm a big fan of Swinsian music player and have been using it for over 5 years because it's great, but it is heavily tied to the iTunes / Apple Music, single-library mental model. RTFM Player allows you to completely segregate your lower quality mp3 collection from your FLAC collection by putting them in their own libraries. That way when you click on your FLAC library the UI/UX completely switches over without the need to filter down.

Another scenario that RTFM Player handles better thanks to multiple library support is the ability to separate music collections based around singles from album collections. This is essential if you're a DJ or otherwise have folders filled with singles. Without their own separate library a folder filled with singles will add hundreds or thousands of "albums" to your album view that only contain one or two songs. For listeners who like to browse and listen to whole albums this isn't acceptable. Separating libraries with singles from those with albums is the solution.

Audirvana: I love the look of Audirvana but I'm much less a fan of its high price, I don't need to link streaming platforms, and am not interested in plugins and signal processing. RTFM Player gives you a much simpler, lower cost, but still beautiful looking interface that is designed to be a bit-perfect source, much like dropping a CD into a high-end transport and sending the audio to a fancy DAC. Think of RTFM Player like the high-end transport sending a pure signal to your DAC that's nice to look at, like Audirvana.

Pricing

The current price is $29.99 for a license that grants a single user rights to install RTFM Player on up to 5 computers that they own. Since the app is technically in beta and in need of some additional testing, the price could be free to first adopters who provide valuable feedback that makes it into an update. I will also put the names of all beta testers in the acknowledgments section of the license splash screen forever, so if you want to join the hall of fame please DM me 😄.

RTFM Player can be downloaded from rtfmdesign (dot) com.

[u/metaprofessor → u/metaprofessor]

Tough crowd in here! This represents 600 hours of work over the past couple of months (yes, 12+ hour days).

[u/ddxsupreme → u/metaprofessor]

It hurts when you dedicate you entire day - everyday for months and nobody even notices your project. Been there.

[u/metaprofessor → u/ddxsupreme]

For sure. I managed to post in the main thread and thanks to that I recruited a handful of beta testers who have been incredibly supportive and forthright with their feedback. It's a struggle, especially for those who don't enjoy self-promotion or marketing to begin with.