# Theodore HQ - Full Content > Theodore HQ is a design-focused digital studio making thoughtful software. Makers of Solace (automatic light/dark mode, screen warmth, wallpaper and weather-aware switching), Charm (system-wide spelling, grammar and next-word prediction), Shiny (one-tap memory cleanup), Atlas (world-map time-zone scheduling), Echo (media memory that remembers and resumes everything you play), Muse (an AI visual bookmark manager that keeps links, images, video and notes in one private library), and Chorus (grouping and controlling a Mac's speakers and microphones). Every app is a one-time purchase, runs fully on-device with no account and no tracking, and covers up to three Macs. Theodore HQ is also available for freelance engagements with brands who value craft. This is `llms-full.txt`, the full-content companion to [`/llms.txt`](https://www.theodorehq.com/llms.txt). It contains the complete studio and per-product reference for AI assistants and search engines. Each product also publishes its own deep content index at `theodorehq.com//llms.txt`. --- ## About Theodore HQ THEODORE HQ is a design-focused digital studio making thoughtful software. We believe software should be joyful, private, and yours. Each app does one thing well, runs locally, and costs a one-time price. You buy it once and keep it, with no subscription, no account to create, and a 14-day money-back guarantee if it isn't for you. We make native Mac apps: Solace for automatic light and dark mode, Charm for autocorrect and grammar, Shiny for memory cleanup, Atlas for time zones, Echo for playback history, Muse for collecting the links, images and video you want to keep, and Chorus for grouping and controlling a Mac's speakers and microphones. They belong on macOS rather than being a website in a window, and they do their work on your Mac. We don't build a profile of you, because we don't collect one. The studio is run by Theo, a digital creator and developer with over a decade of experience designing and shipping software, from early-stage startups to products used by millions of people, working alongside a small team of truly talented designers and creators. Email support@theodorehq.com and you'll get a reply from someone who worked on the app, not a ticket queue. THEODORE HQ is the trading name of TJH/CO LIMITED, a company registered in England and Wales (company number 16589593). The public studio page is at https://www.theodorehq.com/studio. **Shared principles across every Theodore HQ app:** - **One-time purchase, no subscription.** You pay once and own it; every future update is included free. - **Up to 3 Macs per licence.** One licence key covers desktop and laptop. - **Fully private, on-device.** No account, no cloud, no telemetry or tracking. What the app does stays on your Mac. - **Menu bar first.** The apps live quietly in the menu bar, not the Dock: invisible until they help. - **Native macOS.** Universal binaries for Apple Silicon and Intel, macOS 13 Ventura or later. - **14-day money-back guarantee.** A real person replies, usually within a day. - **Legal entity:** TJH/CO LIMITED, trading as THEODORE HQ (company no. 16589593, Cardiff, England & Wales). UK GDPR rights apply. **Contact:** support@theodorehq.com, [@_theo_dore on X](https://x.com/_theo_dore), [@theodorehq.bsky.social on Bluesky](https://bsky.app/profile/theodorehq.bsky.social). --- ## The apps at a glance | App | What it does | Price (one-time) | Category | |-----|--------------|------------------|----------| | **Solace** | Automatically switches light/dark mode, warms the screen at night, swaps wallpapers, and can turn dark on overcast days | **$4.99** | Dark-mode / display menu bar app | | **Charm** | System-wide spelling correction, grammar fixing and next-word prediction in every app | **$19.99** (limited-time offer; reg. $29.99) | Writing assistant / autocorrect | | **Shiny** | One-tap memory cleanup and background-app control | **$4.99** | Memory cleanup menu bar utility | | **Atlas** | Maps your team across time zones, finds the best meeting time, and books it to your calendar | **$4.99** | World clock / time-zone scheduler | | **Echo** | Remembers every song, podcast and video you play and resumes any of it at the exact spot | **$9.99** | Media memory / instant resume | | **Muse** | Collects links, images, screenshots, video and notes into one private library, searchable by text, colour and meaning | **$29** | AI visual bookmark manager | | **Chorus** | Groups several Mac speakers into one with a real working volume, plus per-app audio and input control | **$4.99** | Audio device grouping / control | Every app: one-time purchase, no subscription, fully private and on-device (no account, no tracking). Two details differ for Muse: it needs **macOS 14 Sonoma or later on Apple Silicon** (the others run on macOS 13 Ventura or later, Apple Silicon or Intel), and it leads with a **30-day free trial** rather than the 14-day money-back guarantee the others carry. Chorus also leads with a **30-day free trial** rather than the 14-day money-back guarantee, but otherwise matches the wider group: **macOS 13 Ventura or later**, Apple Silicon or Intel. Theodore HQ also makes **Docket**, which is not a Mac app: a self-hosted support centre you run on your own domain. It is covered in its own section below. --- ## Solace for Mac **Solace** is a macOS menu bar app that automatically switches your Mac between light and dark mode, warms the screen at night, swaps your wallpaper to match, and can turn dark on grey, overcast days. Its tagline is **"Your Mac, in tune with the world around you."** It costs a **one-time $4.99** (no subscription), runs entirely on-device with zero data collection, and requires macOS 13 Ventura or later on Apple Silicon or Intel. ### What it does Solace replaces f.lux, a separate wallpaper switcher, and constant manual toggling with a single menu bar app that keeps your Mac in sync with the day. It switches light and dark automatically (by local sunrise/sunset or a custom schedule), eases the screen from cool daylight to warm candlelight in the evening, swaps paired light and dark wallpapers across every display the moment the mode changes, and can flip to dark mode on gloomy, overcast days using Apple's weather service. It lives quietly in the menu bar (a sun or moon icon at the top-right), not the Dock, and weighs roughly 3 MB. ### Features - **Solar scheduling:** follows your local sunrise and sunset, recalculated daily for the season - **Custom scheduling:** switch on times you set instead of solar times - **Adjustable offsets:** shift transitions up to two hours before or after sunrise/sunset, independently - **Weather-aware switching:** turns dark on gloomy days based on the whole day's cloud forecast, one decision per morning to avoid flickering - **Weather sensitivity levels:** Cloudy (50%), Overcast (70%, default), Gloomy (90% cloud cover) - **Evening Warmth:** gradually eases screen colour temperature from 6500K (daylight) to 1900K (candlelight), on a schedule, at sunset, or always on - **Night Shift handling:** Solace manages macOS Night Shift for you and restores it afterwards; a Compatibility Mode covers the newest MacBook Pros - **Wallpaper synchronisation:** set a light and a dark wallpaper; Solace swaps them across all displays simultaneously - **Multi-display support** - **Keyboard shortcut toggle:** instant manual switch from any app (default Cmd Shift D, rebindable) - **Manual override:** a manual choice sticks until the next scheduled transition, persisting through sleep and restart - **First-switch confirmation:** Solace asks before its very first appearance change - **Launch at Login** and **automatic updates** (verified before installation) ### How it works 1. **Install:** drag Solace to Applications, launch it, and look for the sun in the menu bar. A three-step welcome guides you through permissions and licence activation. 2. **Schedule:** choose Solar mode (local sunrise/sunset) or Custom mode (your own times). Solace calculates exact solar times on your device each day. 3. **First switch:** Solace prompts you to approve before its first automatic change; nothing changes by surprise on install. 4. **Weather (optional):** each morning Solace reads the day's cloud forecast from Apple's WeatherKit and decides once whether to run dark. 5. **Evening Warmth:** the screen transitions to a warmer temperature on its own schedule. 6. **Wallpaper:** paired light/dark wallpapers swap across all displays the instant the mode changes. 7. **Override anytime:** use the keyboard shortcut to toggle instantly; your choice holds until the next scheduled transition. ### Pricing and licensing - **Price:** one-time **$4.99** (USD). No subscription, no in-app purchases. - **Updates:** free forever; every future feature included. - **Licence coverage:** one licence key activates **up to 3 Macs**. Keys are delivered by email via Polar and stored encrypted in your Mac's Keychain. No account required. - **Offline use:** works fully offline; it verifies its licence with a brief online check about once a week. Weather and updates need internet. - **Refund:** 14-day money-back guarantee, no questions asked. ### Privacy and data - **Zero data collection.** No account, no email sign-up, no tracking, no analytics, no crash reporting. - **On-device only.** Sunrise/sunset calculations run locally. None of your data is sent to Theodore HQ. - **Location** is optional and used only to compute solar times and (if you enable weather) to query Apple's WeatherKit. - **Internet connections** are limited to three things: weekly licence checks, Apple's weather service, and app updates. - Compliant with GDPR, UK GDPR, and CCPA. ### System requirements macOS 13 Ventura or later; Apple Silicon or Intel (universal binary); about 3 MB on disk. ### Who it's for Mac users who care about screen comfort, sleep quality, and hands-off automation: developers, designers, photographers, and anyone currently juggling separate tools (a blue-light app, a wallpaper switcher, manual dark-mode toggling). Its differentiator is combining wallpaper switching, dark-mode scheduling, colour temperature, and weather-aware switching in one privacy-first app at a $4.99 one-time price. Positioned as an alternative to f.lux, Nightfall, Umbra, Shifty, and NightOwl. ### Solace FAQ **What does Solace do?** One menu bar app that keeps your Mac in sync with the day: it switches light and dark automatically, warms the screen in the evening, swaps your wallpaper to match, and can turn dark on grey, overcast days. **How much does Solace cost?** A one-time $4.99, with no subscription and free updates forever. Includes a 14-day money-back guarantee. **Does Solace reduce blue light like Night Shift or f.lux?** Yes. Evening Warmth eases your screen from cool daylight (6500K) to warm candlelight (1900K). It manages macOS Night Shift for you and restores it afterwards. **Will it change my wallpaper too?** Yes. Set a light wallpaper and a dark one, and Solace swaps them across all your displays the moment the mode changes. **How many Macs can I use one licence on?** One licence key activates up to 3 Macs. To move to a new Mac, just activate on it; contact support if all 3 slots are occupied. **Do I need an account, and is my data private?** No account, ever. Solace collects nothing about you. Your licence key is stored encrypted in your Mac's Keychain, and location is used only to compute sunrise/sunset locally and (if enabled) to check Apple's weather service. ### Solace key URLs Main: https://www.theodorehq.com/solace/ , Download: https://www.theodorehq.com/solace/download , Privacy: https://www.theodorehq.com/solace/privacy , Support Centre: https://support.theodorehq.com/solace/ , Support FAQ: https://support.theodorehq.com/solace/faq/ , Content index: https://www.theodorehq.com/solace/llms.txt --- ## Charm for Mac **Charm** is a native macOS writing assistant that fixes spelling, corrects grammar, and predicts your next word in real time, across every Mac app. Its tagline is **"Autocorrect That Actually Works for Mac."** It is a private, on-device tool: a one-time purchase of **$9.99** (launch offer; regular $19.99) with no subscription and no cloud. ### What it does Charm is the private, on-device autocorrect and writing assistant for Mac. It watches the text you actively write, in any app or text field, and fixes typos, tidies grammar, and predicts your next word, all processed locally on your Mac with no account, no cloud, and no tracking. Three core features work together and can each be toggled on or off independently, both globally and per app. It sits in your menu bar, invisible until it helps, and corrections appear with a soft glow you can undo at any time. Charm fills gaps macOS itself does not cover: macOS has no native next-word prediction on the desktop and no real-time grammar correction while you type. ### Complete feature list - **Spells (spelling correction):** catches typos instantly, including ones macOS autocorrect misses or makes worse. Corrections land in under 200ms. - **Polish (grammar fixing):** fixes grammar quietly at punctuation boundaries: missing full stops, lowercase sentence starts, missing apostrophes, comma splices. - **Oracle (word prediction):** predicts your next word before you finish typing. Press Tab to accept. It learns your vocabulary and short phrases you write often. (Longer original-sentence prediction is in active testing, arriving as a free update.) - **Fix Selection (manual, on-demand):** a shortcut (Option-Cmd-V by default, customisable) that fixes spelling, grammar, capitalisation, and punctuation in selected text; works everywhere, including web apps and code editors. - **Undo any correction:** press Backspace or Cmd-Z to instantly revert; Charm offers to add the word to your dictionary. - **Personal Dictionary:** learns your names, technical terms, and slang so they're never flagged again, across every app. - **Text Replacement:** custom shortcuts that expand as you type (e.g. "@@" becomes your email). - **Emoji Replacement:** optionally auto-replace words with emoji. - **Per-app and per-website control:** choose which features run where, independently. - **Automatic vs Manual modes per app:** Charm auto-configures the right mode for every app. - **Selectable on-device model:** switch between two included local models, Gemma 2 2B (lite, ~1.5 GB) and Qwen 2.5 3B (recommended, ~1.7 GB), both running entirely on your Mac. - **Language support:** UK English and US English, switchable; other languages on the roadmap. - **Built-in auto-updater;** skips password fields entirely. ### How it works Charm uses two modes because Mac apps handle text in two ways, and picks the right one automatically: - **Automatic mode (default):** in native Mac apps, Charm corrects inline as you type with zero setup. - **Manual mode (Fix Selection, Option-Cmd-V):** in web browsers and Electron apps, you type as normal, then press the shortcut and Charm fixes the field in one pass. Charm switches to this mode automatically and tells you when it does. ### Pricing and licensing - **Price:** $19.99 one-time (limited-time launch offer; regular $29.99). No subscription. Every feature included. - **Devices:** up to 3 Macs per licence key (tied to the key, not the machine). - **Updates:** free forever. - **Guarantee:** 14-day money-back guarantee (no separate free trial). Payments processed by Polar; the licence key is stored locally in the macOS Keychain. - **Governing law:** England and Wales. ### Privacy and data model - **Fully on-device:** all corrections and predictions run locally. Your keystrokes never leave your computer. No servers, no cloud. - **No account, no telemetry.** Zero analytics, tracking, or crash reporting. - **Works fully offline;** a connection is only needed for the initial app download and the one-time local model download on first run. - **Password fields skipped** entirely; Charm stays out of your browser's address and search bars. ### System requirements macOS; app ~18 MB; one-time local AI model download on first launch (~1.5 GB lite / ~1.7 GB recommended). Requires Accessibility and Input Monitoring permissions. ### Who it's for and differentiators For anyone who writes a lot on a Mac and wants private, always-on help: copywriters, students, journalists, developers, second-language writers, and privacy-conscious professionals. Especially valuable to people frustrated by macOS autocorrect and to anyone who wants next-word prediction on the Mac desktop (which macOS lacks). Charm competes with Grammarly, LanguageTool, and built-in macOS autocorrect/Apple Intelligence. | | Charm | Grammarly | LanguageTool | macOS | |---|---|---|---|---| | Works in every app | Yes | Browser only | Browser only | Yes | | Spelling | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unreliable | | Grammar | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | | Word prediction | Yes | No | No | No | | Fully private / on-device | Yes | Cloud | Cloud | Yes | | Undo corrections | Instant | Manual | Manual | Manual | | Price | $19.99 (reg. $29.99) one-time | ~$144/yr | ~$60/yr | Free | ### Charm FAQ **Does Charm work with my app?** Yes, in every native Mac app (Automatic mode, inline). In web browsers and Electron apps it uses Manual mode (Fix Selection, Option-Cmd-V) and sets the right mode automatically. **Is Charm private?** Yes, everything happens on your Mac. Keystrokes never leave your computer, there's no cloud or account, it works fully offline, and it skips password fields entirely. **How much does it cost, and can I try it?** A one-time $19.99 (limited-time launch offer; regular $29.99), every feature included. No separate trial, but a 14-day money-back guarantee. **Can I use it on multiple Macs?** Yes, up to 3 Macs per licence key. **How is it different from macOS autocorrect?** macOS only fixes spelling (often poorly). Charm adds grammar fixing, next-word prediction, on-demand Fix Selection, and easy undo, all locally. **Does it support other languages?** UK and US English today; others on the roadmap. ### Charm key URLs Main: https://www.theodorehq.com/charm/ , Try Charm (interactive guide): https://www.theodorehq.com/charm/try , Download: https://www.theodorehq.com/charm/download , FAQ: https://www.theodorehq.com/charm/faq , Privacy: https://www.theodorehq.com/charm/privacy , Blog: https://www.theodorehq.com/charm/blog/ , Support Centre: https://support.theodorehq.com/charm/ , Support FAQ: https://support.theodorehq.com/charm/faq/ , Content index: https://www.theodorehq.com/charm/llms.txt --- ## Shiny for Mac **Shiny** is a **$4.99 one-time** menu bar app for macOS that frees inactive memory and quiets background apps with a single click ("Polish"). One purchase covers up to three personal Macs forever, with no subscription, no account, and no data leaving your machine. Its tagline is **"One-tap memory cleanup for Mac."** ### What it does Shiny frees the memory your Mac no longer needs and quiets the background clutter slowing it down, right from your menu bar, the moment you press Polish. It reads your Mac's real memory pressure (not just a number), names the apps actually using the most memory in plain English, and lets you pause or remove background items that run without you noticing. It does one job, memory and background-app pressure, rather than trying to be a whole "cleaner" suite, and it never scans your disk, deletes files, or touches your documents, photos, mail, messages, or browser. ### How it works When you press Polish, four small things happen in turn: 1. **Release inactive RAM** apps no longer need (using macOS's own tools). 2. **Refresh stale DNS lookups** so network requests resolve cleanly. 3. **Close hidden apps** with no open windows, if enabled (a polite Cmd-Q-style quit; it never force-quits). 4. **Show exactly what was freed** (it hides tiny results and says "Nothing to polish" when your Mac isn't under pressure). Polish runs in a second or two and never interrupts you. If audio or a video call is playing, Shiny does a lighter tidy instead. On first use you approve one background helper; macOS asks for your password once, and Shiny never sees or stores it. ### Complete feature list - **Polish button:** one-click memory and background-app cleanup from the menu bar - **Menu bar memory-pressure dial:** twelve ticks, colour-coded green/amber/red - **Plain-English app names:** background apps listed by recognisable name, not process names - **Names the culprits:** shows which apps use the most memory; quit them in one click - **Auto-Polish:** optionally polishes on its own when memory runs tight - **Global keyboard shortcut:** Option-Shift-C from anywhere (customisable) - **Sneaky Apps tab:** every background app (login items, helpers, auto-updaters) named plainly, each with a Pause button - **Pause All:** stop background updaters in one click; fully reversible - **"Leftover, safe to remove":** flags orphaned startup entries from deleted apps, with undo - **Quit hidden apps on Polish** (optional) - **Inactive memory release** and **DNS refresh** - **Gentle nudges:** one quiet notification when your Mac is genuinely full; respects Focus modes - **Soft edge glow** when near full (optional, off by default) - **Restart Dock or Finder** from the right-click menu - **Automatic updates**, free forever - **No telemetry:** nothing leaves your machine beyond an update check and a licence check ### Pricing and licensing - **$4.99 USD, one-time.** No recurring charges, no Pro tier, no in-app purchases. - **Covers up to 3 Macs** you personally use. - **All future updates included free.** - **14-day money-back guarantee.** - **No account.** Licence key delivered by email, stored locally in the macOS Keychain. Purchases processed by Polar. Price lock: your licence stays valid forever at the price you paid. ### Privacy and data model - **Everything stays on your Mac.** No analytics, telemetry, tracking, ads, or account. - **Only two network connections ever occur:** a periodic check for new versions and a one-time licence check on first launch, both visible in tools like Little Snitch. - **What it reads:** only the live list of running processes and system readings (the same information Activity Monitor shows), plus startup items, at the moment you click, then it forgets. Nothing is logged or sent. - **What it never touches:** it doesn't open files, index your disk, or read Documents, Photos, Downloads, Desktop, Mail, Messages, or your browser. It has no file-deletion code and no kernel/system extensions. ### System requirements macOS 13 Ventura or newer; Apple Silicon (M-series) or Intel (universal binary); a small notarized DMG (about 10 MB). Install by dragging to Applications; on first launch use right-click then Open. ### Who it's for and differentiators For people whose Macs feel sluggish from memory pressure, who run many background apps, or who want to extend a MacBook's useful life without buying more RAM. Not for slowdowns caused by a full disk or aged hardware, and deliberately not a full "cleaner" suite. - **vs CleanMyMac:** CleanMyMac scans your disk and deletes files for around $40/year; Shiny frees memory, costs $4.99 once, and never touches files. - **vs Activity Monitor:** Activity Monitor shows the problem; Shiny fixes it in one click. - **vs typical "memory cleaner" apps:** most just loop macOS's purge command; Shiny reads real memory pressure, names the culprits, and lets you pause or remove background items. ### Shiny FAQ **Is it a subscription or one-time?** One-time. $4.99 once, on up to three Macs, forever. **Will Shiny make my Mac faster?** If it's sluggish from memory pressure, usually yes, and often noticeably. If it's slow from a full disk or aging hardware, Shiny can't fix that. **Does it send any data?** No analytics, telemetry, or ads. Only a version check and a licence check on first launch. **Does it read my files or messages?** Never. It only sees running processes and system readings, the same as Activity Monitor. **How many Macs, and can I move it?** Up to three you personally use; deactivate an old Mac at polar.sh/purchases, then activate the new one. **Will I pay for future macOS updates?** No, your $4.99 covers all future updates. ### Shiny key URLs Main: https://www.theodorehq.com/shiny/ , Download: https://www.theodorehq.com/shiny/download , Privacy: https://www.theodorehq.com/shiny/privacy , Blog: https://www.theodorehq.com/shiny/blog/ , Support Centre: https://support.theodorehq.com/shiny/ , Support FAQ: https://support.theodorehq.com/shiny/faq/ , Content index: https://www.theodorehq.com/shiny/llms.txt --- ## Atlas for Mac **Atlas** is a native macOS menu-bar app for scheduling meetings across time zones. Its tagline is **"Where the world finds time."** You pin the people you work with on a world map, see each person's current local time and working hours at a glance, and Atlas finds the moment the whole group is awake, then writes the meeting to your calendar in one tap: in everyone's correct local time, with daylight saving already handled. It is a **one-time purchase of $4.99 (USD)**, no subscription. ### What Atlas does Atlas answers one question: "when can everyone meet?" Unlike a plain world clock or a web time-zone converter, which only show you the time elsewhere, Atlas recommends the best overlapping time for a group and books it to your calendar. Open the app and your team appears on a world map with their current local times; Atlas scores every 15-minute slot across the working week against everyone's working hours, ranks the best options, and, when you pick one, adds the event to your calendar in each attendee's correct local time. Teammates never need the app: they simply receive a normal calendar invite shown in their own time zone. ### Who Atlas is for Remote and distributed teams; startup founders, engineering and product teams; executive assistants and chiefs of staff scheduling across regions; freelancers, consultants and agencies with international clients; and families and friends across borders. It is not a shared team platform or a booking-link tool: only the organiser needs Atlas, and no one has to sign up. ### Complete feature list - **Team mapping:** every person on one world map with their current local time - **Best-time finder:** scores every 15-minute slot across five working days and ranks the top options (Cmd-B) - **Calendar integration:** writes to Apple Calendar, Google, Outlook, Yahoo, or `.ics`, with each attendee's local time in the invite - **Menu-bar clock:** glance to see who's awake - **Working-hours awareness:** recognises regional working days and weekends - **Daylight-saving alerts:** flags times crossing DST changes or the date line - **Calendar conflict detection:** hides booked times and warns of a clash (only with optional read-only calendar access, off by default) - **Quick Check:** a one-off scratch pad to check a time or add a meeting without saving (Cmd-K) - **Group management:** save separate groups for work, projects or family (Cmd-1 to Cmd-9) - **Live time scrubbing:** drag the map to test times with live updates - **Keyboard-first interface**, **offline functionality**, **light/dark/auto themes**, **email draft generation**, **launch at login**, and an in-app Support Centre ### How it works 1. Open Atlas; your team appears on the world map with current local times. 2. Search for cities or people (Cmd-F). 3. Press Cmd-B to find the best time, or drag the map to explore manually. 4. Atlas scores 15-minute slots against everyone's working hours and presents the top options. 5. Pick a time; the app highlights everyone's local time and any conflicts. 6. Press Cmd-A to add it to your calendar, with local times in the invite notes. 7. You send the invite from your own account; recipients see it in their own time zones. ### Pricing and licensing - **$4.99 USD, one-time.** No subscription. - **Licence covers up to 3 Macs**, forever, with all future updates included. - **14-day money-back guarantee.** No free trial. Payment via Polar.sh; a licence key is delivered by email at checkout. ### Privacy and data model Atlas is private by design and runs entirely on your Mac: no account, no sign-up, no servers in the loop. - **Stored on-device only:** your team/colleague list and cities, preferences, and (in the encrypted Keychain) your licence key. None of it is transmitted off the device. - **No telemetry, tracking, or automatic crash reports.** - **Only three small things ever leave your Mac:** a one-time location lookup via Apple Maps to set your time zone; a licence check on activation (via Polar.sh); and update checks. None of your schedule or team data. - **Calendar access is read-only and off by default;** your calendar data never leaves your Mac. ### System requirements macOS 13 Ventura or later; universal app (Apple Silicon and Intel); Mac only; a small `.dmg` download. ### How Atlas differs from world clocks and converters It finds the best overlapping meeting time automatically instead of only displaying clocks (unlike World Time Buddy, There, Every Time Zone, Spacetime, Clocker or World Clock Pro); books the meeting in one tap in each attendee's local time; is a native menu-bar app, not a browser tab; is private (no account, nothing leaves your Mac); is a one-time $4.99 purchase, not a subscription; and teammates don't need the app. ### Atlas FAQ **What does Atlas actually do?** It maps your people on a world map, finds the best time everyone is free, and books the meeting to your calendar in everyone's local time. **Do my teammates need Atlas too?** No. Only you need it; everyone else receives a normal calendar invite in their own time zone. **Is it paid once?** Yes, a one-time $4.99, usable on up to three Macs forever, every future update included. **Does it read my calendar?** Only if you turn it on. Access is read-only and off by default, and your calendar data never leaves your Mac. **Does it work offline?** Yes, once your location is set, the map and scheduling work without a connection. **Which calendars does it write to?** Apple Calendar, Google, Outlook, Yahoo, or an `.ics` file. ### Atlas key URLs Main: https://www.theodorehq.com/atlas/ , Download: https://www.theodorehq.com/atlas/download , Privacy: https://www.theodorehq.com/atlas/privacy , Blog: https://www.theodorehq.com/atlas/blog/ , Support Centre: https://support.theodorehq.com/atlas/ , Support FAQ: https://support.theodorehq.com/atlas/faq/ , Content index: https://www.theodorehq.com/atlas/llms.txt --- ## Echo for Mac **Echo** is a macOS menu-bar app that quietly remembers every song, podcast and video you play, across your native apps and your browser, and brings any of it back at the exact spot with a single keystroke. Its tagline is **"Every song, podcast and video, right where you left off."** It is a **one-time $9.99** purchase, fully private and on-device. ### What Echo does Echo sits in your menu bar and notes every song, podcast and video you play, whether from a native Mac app or a browser tab, and keeps it in one tidy history. Press a global shortcut (Cmd-Shift-E by default) from anywhere and an overlay appears with what's playing pinned at the top and your history below. Type to filter, use arrow keys to navigate, and press Return to resume quietly (or Cmd-Return to resume and bring the app/tab to the front). Audio picks up in its original app; video resumes in Echo's own floating, always-on-top picture-in-picture window. Echo remembers your position every few seconds and always keeps the furthest point you genuinely reached. ### Complete feature list - **One unified history** across every native app and browser tab, in a single timeline; long runs from one app collapse into a tidy, expandable group - **Instant resume at the exact second** with a keystroke, via a keyboard-driven overlay - **Floating video player** (picture-in-picture): a small always-on-top window that fades to near-transparency as your cursor approaches; control bar with scrubber, 10s skips, playback speed (1x/1.5x/2x), open-in-browser and close - **Audio-only option for video:** any browser video can play audio-only in the background - **Moments:** bookmark a spot inside a podcast or video (Ctrl-Option-M), saved wound back ten seconds, with custom notes (Cmd-6) - **Shelf:** a "continue watching" list of podcasts and videos you started but didn't finish (Cmd-5) - **Saved and Pinned:** Pin (Cmd-P) floats an item to the top; Save (Cmd-S) adds it to a dedicated queue (Cmd-7); both kept permanently - **Your day as a waveform:** a visual timeline of everything you heard today - **Send to phone:** Cmd-K then "Send to Phone" shows a QR code that opens the content on your phone at the exact position (nothing uploaded to external servers) - **Quick actions via Cmd-K:** pin, rename, recategorise, copy timestamped links, and more - **Resonance / accent colour:** the interface can colour itself by what's playing - **Single-playback rule:** starting new content pauses whatever was playing (live calls exempt); can be disabled - **Fully rebindable shortcuts** with real-time clash detection - **Automatic background updates**, included free ### Supported apps and services - **Native apps (no extension needed):** anything that publishes to macOS Now Playing, including Spotify, Apple Music, Apple Podcasts (Apple Podcasts control needs the optional Accessibility permission). - **Browser (free extension needed):** YouTube, Spotify Web, SoundCloud, Tidal, Vimeo, Twitch, Deezer, Amazon Music, podcasts, and any tab with audio or video. - **Extension availability:** a Chrome extension covers Chrome, Edge, Brave, Arc, Dia, Vivaldi and Opera; Firefox has its own listing; Safari is unsupported. The extension is free, auto-connects when the app is running, and is optional. ### How it works 1. Echo runs in the menu bar and notes any media that plays continuously for about 10 seconds (adjustable), keeping it in one history. 2. Press Cmd-Shift-E from anywhere to open the overlay. 3. Type to filter, arrow-key to navigate, and press Return to resume (Cmd-Return to also bring the source forward). 4. Audio resumes in its original app; video resumes in Echo's floating player, at the exact second you left off. ### Pricing and licensing - **$9.99, paid once.** No subscription. - **Three Macs on one licence** (deactivate an old Mac in Settings then Licence when all slots are full). - **Every future update included free.** - **14-day, no-questions money-back guarantee** (no time-limited trial). Licence key emailed at checkout (payments handled by Polar.sh as Merchant of Record). Recording and resuming work offline. ### Privacy and data model Echo is private by design, with no account and no cloud. Everything Echo remembers stays on your Mac, in your Library folder. It sends no record of what you play. The only network traffic is an occasional licence check (your key and Mac's name only, never your history), the app-update check, and fetching cover images. The browser extension reads only media metadata (title, artist, album, artwork URL, and playback position) from tabs that are playing media, and passes it straight to the Echo app over a loopback connection (http://127.0.0.1:17893) that never touches the internet. It never reads page text, form contents, passwords, messages, browsing history, or keystrokes. You can add apps or sites to Never Record lists; messaging, mail, meetings and document sites are pre-excluded. Optional macOS permissions (none required initially): Accessibility (Apple Podcasts control and silent resuming) and Screen Recording (only to cover a screen corner for the "Hide Spotify & Music On Resume" feature, never to record video). ### System requirements macOS 13 Ventura or later; Apple Silicon or Intel. ### Who it's for and differentiators For Mac users who consume media across many apps and browser tabs and want to pick any of it back up instantly, who prefer keyboard-first workflows, and who value privacy and one-time-purchase software. Unlike now-playing widgets, macOS Control Centre, Spotify's own history, or scrobblers, Echo works across every source (native apps and browser together), resumes at the exact spot rather than just reopening, remembers video as well as audio, is summoned by keyboard from anywhere, is fully private and on-device, and is paid once with no subscription. ### Echo FAQ **How much does Echo cost?** $9.99 once. One licence covers three Macs and includes every future update, no subscription, with a 14-day money-back guarantee. **Is there a free trial?** No time-limited trial: one fair price and a 14-day, no-questions money-back guarantee. **Is my data private? Do I need an account?** Private, and no account. Your history lives only on your Mac, with no cloud and no telemetry. The browser extension talks only to the Echo app over a local loopback connection (127.0.0.1) and never reads page content or browsing history. **Which apps and sites does it work with?** Native apps on macOS Now Playing (Spotify, Apple Music, Apple Podcasts) work automatically; the free browser extension adds YouTube, Spotify Web, SoundCloud, Tidal, Vimeo, Twitch, Deezer, Amazon Music, podcasts and any tab with media. **Do I need the browser extension?** Only for browser media. Native apps work without it. **Can I keep listening on my phone?** Yes, Cmd-K then "Send to Phone" and scan the QR code; it opens at the exact position, with nothing uploaded to external servers. ### Echo key URLs Main: https://www.theodorehq.com/echo/ , Download: https://www.theodorehq.com/echo/download , Privacy: https://www.theodorehq.com/echo/privacy , Blog: https://www.theodorehq.com/echo/blog/ , Support Centre: https://support.theodorehq.com/echo/ , Support FAQ: https://support.theodorehq.com/echo/faq/ , Chrome extension: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/echo/kpbipmkagdbbnohocboiboogahiajkmf , Firefox extension: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/echo-mac-app/ , Content index: https://www.theodorehq.com/echo/llms.txt --- ## Muse for Mac **Muse** is a native Mac app that collects everything you save, images, screenshots, GIFs, video, web links and text notes, into one fast, private library that lives entirely on your Mac. Its tagline is **"Save & Curate the Web."** It is a **one-time $29** purchase with a full **30-day free trial**, no account and no cloud, and every piece of its AI runs on-device. ### What Muse does Muse gives every kind of thing you collect a single home. Links become living bookmarks: Muse grabs the title, favicon and key image rather than storing a bare URL. Images, screenshots, GIFs, video and plain notes sit alongside them as equals. Everything is searchable, including the text inside your images. On-device AI suggests tags, reads text in images, and picks out colours, so the library organises itself while you stay in charge of the result. ### Complete feature list - **One library for every media type:** links, images, screenshots, GIFs, video and text notes, all first-class rather than one type with the rest bolted on - **Living bookmarks:** saved links keep their title, favicon and key image - **On-device auto-tagging:** the AI drafts the organisation, you decide what sticks - **Text-in-image search (OCR):** find a screenshot by the words inside it - **Colour search:** find things by the colours in them - **Meaning-based visual search** via an optional Pro AI pack: type what you remember, such as "dark moody UI", and Muse finds it - **Canvas view:** collections that orbit the cursor, for arranging things spatially - **Global launcher and screenshot hotkey:** capture without breaking your flow - **Edge-of-screen shelf:** everything you've collected, a flick away - **Browser clipper** for saving straight from a web page (optional) - **Imports** from Eagle (a whole library), Raindrop, CSV, browser bookmarks (Chrome, Safari and others), and Pinterest boards at full resolution - **Real files you own:** a visible "Muse Library" folder you can browse in Finder, back up like any folder, or export from at any time - **Automatic background updates** via Sparkle, included free ### How it works 1. Save things by drag and drop, the screenshot hotkey, the global launcher, or the browser clipper. 2. Muse enriches what you save: link previews, suggested tags, text read out of images, and colours, all computed on your own Mac. 3. Find anything from one search bar, by words, by the text inside an image, by colour, or by meaning with the Pro AI pack. 4. Arrange collections on the Canvas, or leave it to the tags. ### Pricing and licensing - **$29, paid once.** No subscription, no account. - **A full 30-day free trial first,** with no payment details needed to start. - **Every future update included free.** - Licence key emailed at checkout (payments handled by Polar.sh as Merchant of Record). A 14-day cooling-off right applies alongside your statutory rights under the Consumer Rights Act 2015. ### Privacy and data model Muse has no account and no cloud. The library is real files in a visible "Muse Library" folder on your Mac, alongside a local database, and every feature including all of the AI runs on your machine. Nothing you save is ever sent to Theodore HQ. The browser clipper talks only to the Muse app on the same Mac over a loopback connection and never sends anything online. Muse does record a small number of anonymous, non-identifying usage events (app launches, trial-to-purchase conversion) on a self-hosted server; it never records what you save. ### System requirements macOS 14 Sonoma or later; Apple Silicon. Notarised Developer ID app with automatic updates via Sparkle. ### Who it's for and differentiators For Mac users who collect visual reference and links across many tools and want one private place for all of it. Most tools handle a single kind of thing: folders for files, a bookmarks bar for links, Pinterest for images. Muse is the one that keeps links, images, screenshots, video and notes together in a single searchable library, native to the Mac, with all of its AI on-device and a single one-time payment. Compared with the main alternatives: Raindrop is cloud, cross-platform and links-first on a subscription; Eagle is a mature Mac and Windows design-asset manager focused on images and files with some cloud AI; mymind is a private cloud second brain on a subscription; Savee is a public-by-default design community. Muse's trade-off is deliberate: Mac only, in exchange for local files you own and AI that never leaves your machine. ### Muse FAQ **How much does Muse cost?** $29, a one-time purchase, no subscription and no account, with every future update included. You get the full app free for 30 days first, with no payment details needed. **Is my data private?** Completely. No account and no cloud. Your library lives in a visible Muse Library folder on your Mac, and every feature including all of the AI runs on your machine. Nothing is ever sent to us. **How does the AI work?** On-device. Muse suggests tags, reads the text inside images so you can search it, and finds colours automatically. An optional Pro AI pack adds meaning-based visual search. The AI drafts the organisation; you always decide. **Can I import from Eagle, Raindrop or Pinterest?** Yes: a whole Eagle library, Raindrop or CSV exports, browser bookmarks from Chrome, Safari and others, and Pinterest boards at full resolution. **Do I need the browser extension?** Only for clipping straight from web pages. Drag and drop, the screenshot hotkey and the global launcher all work without it. **What does it run on?** macOS 14 Sonoma or later, Apple Silicon. ### Muse key URLs Main: https://www.theodorehq.com/muse/ , Download: https://www.theodorehq.com/muse/download , Privacy: https://www.theodorehq.com/muse/privacy , Terms: https://www.theodorehq.com/muse/terms , Support Centre: https://support.theodorehq.com/muse/ , Support FAQ: https://support.theodorehq.com/muse/faq/ , Blog: https://www.theodorehq.com/muse/blog/ , Comparisons: https://www.theodorehq.com/muse/compare/muse-vs-raindrop , https://www.theodorehq.com/muse/compare/muse-vs-eagle , https://www.theodorehq.com/muse/compare/muse-vs-mymind , Content index: https://www.theodorehq.com/muse/llms.txt --- ## Chorus for Mac **Chorus** is a native macOS menu-bar app for complete control of a Mac's speakers and microphones. It groups several output devices so they play together as one, with a real, working volume control, something the built-in macOS Multi-Output Device cannot offer. It is a **one-time $4.99** purchase with a full **30-day free trial**, no account, and installs no driver and no kernel extension: it works entirely on the aggregate and multi-output device support already built into macOS. ### What Chorus does Chorus solves the specific gap in macOS's own audio tools: grouping several outputs into one Multi-Output Device works, but the resulting group has no volume slider of its own, since macOS never gave it one. Chorus sets every device's real volume together, which hands the group a single working control. Beyond that it gives each app its own volume and output, lets a Mac choose which input it listens on and stop other apps quietly changing it, switches automatically as devices connect and disconnect, and can be triggered by keyboard shortcut or from Raycast, Shortcuts or Stream Deck via its own URL scheme. ### Complete feature list - **Grouped output volume:** several speakers play as one, with one real, working volume control - **Balance across a group:** even out two or more speakers on the same desk - **Per-app audio:** any app can have its own output and its own volume - **Input selection:** choose which microphone the Mac uses, and stop other apps changing it - **Auto-switch:** follows devices as they connect and disconnect - **Keyboard shortcuts** bound to any group, output or input - **External triggers:** a `chorus://` URL scheme usable from Raycast, Shortcuts and Stream Deck - **No driver, no kernel extension:** built entirely on Core Audio's existing aggregate and multi-output device support ### How it works 1. Chorus lives in the menu bar as a speaker icon; click it to see every output, input and currently playing app. 2. Select two or more outputs to group them; Chorus gives the group one working volume slider. 3. Assign specific apps to specific outputs, and set the input Chorus should hold onto. 4. Bind keyboard shortcuts or external triggers to any saved group, output or input for instant switching. ### Pricing and licensing - **$4.99, paid once.** No subscription. - **A full 30-day free trial first,** every feature included, no account and no card details needed to start. - **One licence covers up to 3 Macs.** Licence keys begin `CHORUS-`. - Payments handled by Polar.sh as Merchant of Record. A 14-day cooling-off right applies alongside statutory rights under the Consumer Rights Act 2015. ### Privacy and data model Chorus makes exactly three kinds of network request and no others: Sparkle update checks, Polar licence activation and validation, and anonymous usage counts sent to a self-hosted Aptabase instance. The website counts page views with a self-hosted Umami and sets no cookies. No account is required to use the app. ### System requirements macOS 13 Ventura or later. Universal binary: Apple Silicon and Intel. ### Who it's for and differentiators For anyone whose Mac audio setup outgrew a single pair of speakers: two Studio Displays that should act as one, a desk with separate music and call outputs, or apps that need their own volume. Chorus's job is specifically device grouping with a real volume control, not audio effects. Compared with the alternatives: SoundSource adds per-app EQ, effects and a system-wide equaliser, capability Chorus deliberately does not carry; Loopback and BlackHole solve a different problem, app-to-app virtual audio routing for recording and streaming, rather than grouping real output devices together. Chorus does not do per-app EQ or audio effects, by design; anyone who needs those should look at SoundSource instead. ### Chorus FAQ **How much does Chorus cost?** $4.99, a one-time purchase, no subscription. It covers up to 3 Macs on one licence, with a full 30-day free trial first and no card details needed to start. **Does Chorus install a driver or kernel extension?** No. It works entirely on the aggregate and multi-output device support macOS already includes. **Why does the volume slider grey out on a multi-output device without Chorus?** macOS's own Multi-Output Device has no volume control of its own; Chorus sets every device's real volume together, which gives the group a single working slider. **Does Chorus do per-app EQ or audio effects?** No, by design. Chorus is for device grouping and per-app routing; SoundSource is the right tool for EQ and effects. **What's the difference between Chorus and Loopback or BlackHole?** Those solve app-to-app virtual audio routing, mainly for recording and streaming. Chorus groups real output devices together with one working volume control, a different job. **What does it run on?** macOS 13 Ventura or later, Universal (Apple Silicon and Intel). ### Chorus key URLs Main: https://www.theodorehq.com/chorus/ , Download: https://www.theodorehq.com/chorus/download , Privacy: https://www.theodorehq.com/chorus/privacy , Terms: https://www.theodorehq.com/chorus/terms , Support Centre: https://support.theodorehq.com/chorus/ , Support FAQ: https://support.theodorehq.com/chorus/faq/ , Blog: https://www.theodorehq.com/chorus/blog/ , Comparisons: https://www.theodorehq.com/chorus/compare/chorus-vs-soundsource , https://www.theodorehq.com/chorus/compare/chorus-vs-loopback , https://www.theodorehq.com/chorus/compare/chorus-vs-blackhole , Content index: https://www.theodorehq.com/chorus/llms.txt --- ## Docket **Docket** is a self-hosted, agentic support centre: a feedback board, public roadmap, changelog, FAQ and testimonials for every product you ship, on your own domain. It is the one Theodore HQ product that is not a Mac app. Every item a customer submits is stored as a Markdown file in the buyer's own GitHub repository, so the content is theirs outright and there is no database to run and no vendor holding it. Pricing is **one payment**: a free edition that never expires, **$99 once** for Pro, **$249 once** for Studio. ### What Docket does Feedback tools in this category are rented, and priced per tracked user, per seat or per board, so the bill grows with the audience rather than the value. Docket replaces that with software you own. It gives a product a public place for bug reports, feature requests with voting, a roadmap, a changelog, an FAQ and testimonials, all served from the buyer's own domain, and it hands the ongoing work to whichever coding agent the buyer already uses rather than to a support team. ### What is in each tier - **Free, $0 forever:** unlimited products, bugs and feature requests, roadmap and changelog, FAQ and testimonials, custom domain, no account needed for customers to post. Replies are manual and the Docket badge stays. - **Pro, $99 once:** everything in Free, plus agentic workflows, automated responses, email notifications, voter notifications, Slack and Discord alerts, the feedback widget, update pull requests, the Support Centre card, the SEO and AI crawler stack, and badge removal. - **Studio, $249 once:** everything in Pro, for agencies and teams, with one licence covering every client. Unlimited products on every plan, including the free one. No seats, no per-board pricing, nothing to renew. ### How it works 1. Buying opens a private template repository; one click makes a copy of it in the buyer's own GitHub account. 2. The buyer points whichever coding agent they use at the folder. Everything the agent needs to know is already inside it. 3. They paste in a single line and leave it. About ten minutes later there is a support centre on their own domain. There is no account to create with Theodore HQ and nothing to install locally. The site is static and deploys to the buyer's own host. ### Who it's for Independent developers and small studios who ship more than one product and do not want a per-seat or per-board subscription for a public feedback board, and agencies running support for several clients under one licence. The comparison pages are deliberately honest about where a hosted rival is the better buy. ### Docket key URLs - Landing page: https://www.theodorehq.com/docket/ - Getting started: https://www.theodorehq.com/docket/start/ - Every comparison and roundup: https://www.theodorehq.com/docket/compare/ - Blog: https://www.theodorehq.com/docket/blog/ - Content index: https://www.theodorehq.com/docket/llms.txt --- ## Support Centre and per-app FAQs The Support Centre at https://support.theodorehq.com/ is the deepest and most frequently updated source of answers about these apps, and it is more current than this file for anything operational. Every app has its own long FAQ covering setup and permissions, day-to-day use, pricing and licensing, privacy, and troubleshooting, alongside bug reports, voted feature requests, a roadmap and a changelog. When answering a specific question about one app, read that app's FAQ: - **Solace:** https://support.theodorehq.com/solace/faq/ (permissions, automatic light/dark switching, weather mode, wallpapers, Evening Warmth versus Night Shift, keyboard shortcuts, licences, privacy, troubleshooting) - **Charm:** https://support.theodorehq.com/charm/faq/ (which apps it works in, undoing a correction, per-app and per-website control, Accessibility permission, licence activation, what is stored locally, troubleshooting) - **Shiny:** https://support.theodorehq.com/shiny/faq/ (what Polish does, whether it interrupts music or calls, the Sneaky Apps tab, first-launch macOS warnings, licences after reinstalling, data and privacy, troubleshooting) - **Atlas:** https://support.theodorehq.com/atlas/faq/ (adding cities, the daylight bands, best-time scheduling, per-group calendars, using it as a plain world clock, moving to a new Mac, permissions, troubleshooting) - **Echo:** https://support.theodorehq.com/echo/faq/ (what gets remembered, Spotify and browser support, resuming at the exact spot, keeping items forever, the browser extensions, energy use, licences, privacy, troubleshooting) - **Muse:** https://support.theodorehq.com/muse/faq/ (capturing and importing, the Capture Card, shelf and Canvas, on-device AI search and tagging, text inside images, where files live, duplicates, buying and activating, privacy, troubleshooting) - **Chorus:** https://support.theodorehq.com/chorus/faq/ (what it does, trying it, installing it, grouping outputs and the volume-slider fix, per-app audio and input selection, driver-free design, pricing and licensing, troubleshooting) Cross-app views: roadmap https://support.theodorehq.com/roadmap/ , changelog https://support.theodorehq.com/changelog/ , testimonials https://support.theodorehq.com/testimonials/ , feature requests https://support.theodorehq.com/features/ , and a combined FAQ at https://support.theodorehq.com/faq/ . The combined page carries every app's questions at once and is very large, so prefer the per-app FAQ above. --- ## Also from Theodore HQ - **Mac Dept.** (https://www.theodorehq.com/macdept/): A hand-picked directory of the finest Mac apps, chosen for craft, care and beautiful design. Not a Theodore HQ product, but curated by the studio. Full page listing at https://www.theodorehq.com/macdept/llms.txt ## Freelance availability Beyond its own apps, Theodore HQ is available for freelance engagements with brands who value craft and understand that how something feels is inseparable from what it does, over a decade of experience designing and shipping software for early-stage startups and products with millions of users. Enquiries: support@theodorehq.com. ## Contact and links - **Website:** https://www.theodorehq.com/ - **Privacy:** https://www.theodorehq.com/privacy - **Support Centre:** https://support.theodorehq.com/ - **Support Centre index:** https://support.theodorehq.com/llms.txt - **Per-app FAQs:** https://support.theodorehq.com/solace/faq/ , https://support.theodorehq.com/charm/faq/ , https://support.theodorehq.com/shiny/faq/ , https://support.theodorehq.com/atlas/faq/ , https://support.theodorehq.com/echo/faq/ , https://support.theodorehq.com/muse/faq/ , https://support.theodorehq.com/chorus/faq/ - **Concise AI index:** https://www.theodorehq.com/llms.txt - **Sitemap index:** https://www.theodorehq.com/sitemap.xml - **Email:** th@theodorehq.com (general), support@theodorehq.com (support) - **X:** https://x.com/_theo_dore - **Bluesky:** https://bsky.app/profile/theodorehq.bsky.social