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Alternatives to Press record on anything your Mac plays.
Press record on anything your Mac plays.: plain — a Git-native CMS: the repo is the database, static files are the API, AI is the admin. Vanilla, one dependency, under 2,500 lines. These are 6 more in Audio. 6 listed: 3 free and 3 paid. Of those, 3 with a free trial.
6 apps
- About Lyrimuse
Lyrimuse, opens the developer's site in a new tab
Word-synced desktop and menu-bar lyrics for Apple Music, Spotify, QQ Music, NetEase Cloud Music, Kugou and YouTube Music / Spotify Web in the browser — with translation, romanization and Last.fm scrobbling. Free and open source (GPL-3.0).
Free - About NowWave
NowWave, opens the developer's site in a new tab A floating now-playing widget for TIDAL, Spotify and Apple Music, with favorites, sharing and themes.
The track playing on TIDAL, Spotify or Apple Music in your menu bar, with a player one click away.
Free - About Roadie
Roadie, opens the developer's site in a new tab
Stop macOS from choosing the wrong microphone or speakers. Set your priorities once and Roadie handles every reconnect, wake-up, and device change.
$9.99 7-day trial - About Peekabop
Peekabop, opens the developer's site in a new tab Every song. Every word. Right under your camera. Karaoke lyrics for your Mac.
Karaoke lyrics for your Mac: whatever you play in Spotify, Apple Music or the browser lights up word by word in the notch, a floating pill, subtitles or full screen. No account, no analytics, microphone never used.
€9.99 7-day trial - About Aloud
Aloud, opens the developer's site in a new tab Select text, a PDF or a screenshot and hear it read out loud. All on your Mac. $19 once.
Aloud is a native macOS app that reads selected text, PDFs, screenshots and web articles aloud with natural on-device voices (Apple and Kokoro), from a notch player, menu bar, Services menu or a hotkey. Optional ElevenLabs/Cartesia with your own key. No account, no subscription: $19 one-time with a 3-day free trial.
$19 3-day trial - About NotchMuse
NotchMuse, opens the developer's site in a new tab Show synced lyrics on your Mac desktop or in the menu bar. Works with Spotify, Apple Music and more. Free to download. No account required.
Free, open-source Mac app that shows synced lyrics from Spotify, Apple Music, NetEase, QQ Music & Soda Music in the menu bar, beside the notch or above the Dock.
Free
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