The collection
Every app here earned its place: chosen by hand for craft, care and beautiful design. No rankings, no ads, no filler.
Four picks from the front window this week.
Considered stacks for the way you actually work.
Mac Dept. is a hand-picked directory of the finest Mac apps, curated by Theodore HQ for craft, care and beautiful design. Every app is chosen by hand, with no rankings, no ads and no filler.
Each app is reviewed for feeling native to macOS, being beautifully designed down to the smallest detail, staying actively maintained, and having honest pricing with no dark patterns. Inclusion is editorial, never paid.
They are the best of what has been reviewed and let through, not an exhaustive ranking of every app on the Mac. The directory stays small on purpose, so every entry has actually earned its place.
Browsing Mac Dept. is completely free, and no developer pays to be listed. Every inclusion is an editorial decision, kept separate from the apps' own pricing, which ranges from free to one-time purchases and subscriptions.
New apps are added as they earn their place, and the New & Noteworthy collection tracks the latest arrivals, so it is worth checking back every so often.
Yes. Use the Submit an App page to tell us about it. We look for native-feeling, beautifully designed, actively maintained apps with no dark patterns, and every submission is reviewed personally.