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12 Reddit source postsShowing 18 of 22 demands · Information & data

Collecting, structuring, finding, moving, and understanding information.

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Reddit / r/MacApps·u/GroggInTheCosmos·
Looking for a good feedly alternative

I'm ready to let go of feedly Any good recommendations for a native RSS reader? Thanks!

Need brief

User GroggInTheCosmos wants a native RSS reader as a replacement for Feedly, with affordable pricing (monthly subscription lower than $7-12) and the ability to import OPML from Feedly.

Product replacementTime costFinancial costSubscription burdenSave time
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Reddit / r/MacApps·u/swap_019·
Drooid: Unbiased News from All sides

Hello everyone, I built an AI news app that shows multiple sideses of the same story through short, clear summaries. It pulls information from 1000s of news sources, highlights their bias and reliability. Provide full breakdowns of stories that tells what happened, why it matters, and where sources disagree. Problem: People get news on social media platforms, social media platform give you news that conforms to your

Need brief

User requests improved Mac usability (window size and layout) and less intrusive subscription prompts in free mode.

UsabilityOtherSubscription burdenOtherReduce stress
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Reddit / r/MacApps·u/CAzkKoqarJFg6SzH·
“well over 1,000 submissions to the App Store every hour”

How are you all hanging in there? What are you doing to stand out? I assume most of those submissions are on iOS, but just a hunch.

Need brief

User wants a site that allows better browsing of the App Store to avoid low-quality apps.

New productPoor discoverabilityPoor qualitySave timeImprove quality
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Reddit / r/MacApps·u/RADWeatherMaker·
[MacOS] R.A.D. Weather for Mac - Multi-source forecasts, model confidence, RAD Atlas, and widgets

[Problem] Most weather apps show one forecast and leave you guessing how reliable it is. I built R.A.D. Weather to compare multiple forecast sources, show where they agree or disagree, and make the forecast feel easier to understand at a glance. [Compare] Compared with Apple Weather, Carrot, and Forecast Bar, R.A.D. Weather is more focused on model comparison, forecast confidence, customization, and a visual weather

Need brief

Fix the Mac app from hanging after onboarding and prevent requiring onboarding on every restart.

Bug fixPoor qualityImprove quality
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Reddit / r/MacApps·u/Easy-Cobbler-1631·
What are some cool news/ Reddit/ Media reader apps?

I'm looking for a news reader app that I can follow news, Reddit, and some keywords if possible. There's so many. What are everyones favorite current apps?

Need brief

Find a news reader app for macOS that can aggregate news, Reddit content, and track keywords.

OtherMissing capabilityTime costSave timeIncrease productivity
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Reddit / r/MacApps·u/soid·
PDF Owl now supports hierarchical ToC generation

It’s been over two years since we first introduced PDF Owl — a tool that generates tables of contents using on-device AI models. With the new 1.4 release, PDF Owl can now detect the hierarchy of chapters, sections, and subsections, automatically building a structured, hierarchical table of contents. As always, everything runs entirely on your device, and no data is ever sent to the cloud. It does not rely on the OCR

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User 'myogawa' demands a bug fix for PDF Owl's ToC generation not working on Federal statutes.

Bug fixPoor qualityImprove quality
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Reddit / r/MacApps·u/RADWeatherMaker·
[MacOS] R.A.D. Weather for Mac - Multi-source forecasts, model confidence, RAD Atlas, and widgets

[Problem] Most weather apps show one forecast and leave you guessing how reliable it is. I built R.A.D. Weather to compare multiple forecast sources, show where they agree or disagree, and make the forecast feel easier to understand at a glance. [Compare] Compared with Apple Weather, Carrot, and Forecast Bar, R.A.D. Weather is more focused on model comparison, forecast confidence, customization, and a visual weather

Need brief

Fix the onboarding to recognize that notifications have already been enabled and prevent repeated prompts.

Bug fixPoor qualityImprove quality
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Reddit / r/MacApps·u/swap_019·
Drooid: Unbiased News from All sides

Hello everyone, I built an AI news app that shows multiple sideses of the same story through short, clear summaries. It pulls information from 1000s of news sources, highlights their bias and reliability. Provide full breakdowns of stories that tells what happened, why it matters, and where sources disagree. Problem: People get news on social media platforms, social media platform give you news that conforms to your

Need brief

User requests that the Drooid website drooid.social be accessible and working.

Platform availabilityAvailabilityImprove reliability
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Reddit / r/MacApps·u/Downtown-Art2865·
Random new Mac directory I found on Twitter, some notes

macfolio.com showed up in my feed today. Decent looking site, covers apps, hardware, desk stuff, books. Spent some time on it. Noticed TypoTab is in the catalog. Same person who runs the directory built TypoTab. No "made by us" tag, no disclosure, just sitting in there next to everything else. The Featured section has a small "may include paid promotions" line, and outbound links route through their own shortener wit

Need brief

The user needs curation sites like macfolio.com to clearly disclose paid promotions and self-promotion, so that users can trust the recommendations.

Feature improvementLack of transparencyLack of trustImprove qualityReduce risk
1044value
Reddit / r/MacApps·u/soid·
PDF Owl now supports hierarchical ToC generation

It’s been over two years since we first introduced PDF Owl — a tool that generates tables of contents using on-device AI models. With the new 1.4 release, PDF Owl can now detect the hierarchy of chapters, sections, and subsections, automatically building a structured, hierarchical table of contents. As always, everything runs entirely on your device, and no data is ever sent to the cloud. It does not rely on the OCR

Need brief
Information & dataSolved manually

User 'kimrios07' demands removal of bookmarks from the PDF outline in PDF Owl, as they appear after generating the TOC.

Bug fixMissing capabilityPoor qualityImprove quality
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Reddit / r/MacApps·u/Mstormer·
[Megathread] The App Pile - June, 2026

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

Need brief
Information & dataNot applicable

User wants Informity AI to clarify its upper limit for documents/pages/tokens before reliability declines and to add clickable source citations that jump to the in-file paragraph.

Feature improvementMissing capabilityPoor accuracyImprove qualitySave time
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Reddit / r/MacApps·u/RADWeatherMaker·
[MacOS] R.A.D. Weather for Mac - Multi-source forecasts, model confidence, RAD Atlas, and widgets

[Problem] Most weather apps show one forecast and leave you guessing how reliable it is. I built R.A.D. Weather to compare multiple forecast sources, show where they agree or disagree, and make the forecast feel easier to understand at a glance. [Compare] Compared with Apple Weather, Carrot, and Forecast Bar, R.A.D. Weather is more focused on model comparison, forecast confidence, customization, and a visual weather

Need brief

Add the ability to see which weather stations are referenced and provide a dashboard for multiple locations, especially for prediction market users.

Missing featureMissing capabilityGain knowledge
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Reddit / r/MacApps·u/RADWeatherMaker·
[MacOS] R.A.D. Weather for Mac - Multi-source forecasts, model confidence, RAD Atlas, and widgets

[Problem] Most weather apps show one forecast and leave you guessing how reliable it is. I built R.A.D. Weather to compare multiple forecast sources, show where they agree or disagree, and make the forecast feel easier to understand at a glance. [Compare] Compared with Apple Weather, Carrot, and Forecast Bar, R.A.D. Weather is more focused on model comparison, forecast confidence, customization, and a visual weather

Need brief

Fix the Mac app dock icon to have correct size and rounded corners.

Bug fixPoor qualityImprove quality
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Reddit / r/MacApps·u/Capable_Place119·
[OS] Ice: The unmanaged menu bar manager that is still outperforming the competition

Hey everyone, for this week’s Silicon Thread feature, I took a deep dive into the menu bar ecosystem. There are a lot of new apps out there, but I wanted to talk about Ice. I know the community is aware that it’s no longer actively managed, but after extensive testing on macOS 26.4, it is still the slickest, most minimal option available. Here is the technical breakdown: The Good: The handling is incredibly easy, and

Need brief
Information & dataCandidates unverified

Add RSS feed to Silicon Thread website so users can follow new content without manually checking.

Missing featureMissing capabilitySave time
1538value
Reddit / r/MacApps·u/RADWeatherMaker·
[MacOS] R.A.D. Weather for Mac - Multi-source forecasts, model confidence, RAD Atlas, and widgets

[Problem] Most weather apps show one forecast and leave you guessing how reliable it is. I built R.A.D. Weather to compare multiple forecast sources, show where they agree or disagree, and make the forecast feel easier to understand at a glance. [Compare] Compared with Apple Weather, Carrot, and Forecast Bar, R.A.D. Weather is more focused on model comparison, forecast confidence, customization, and a visual weather

Need brief
Information & dataSolved by existing product

Add a menubar icon to the Mac app for quick access to weather information.

Missing featureMissing capabilitySave time
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Reddit / r/MacApps·u/andreshows·
Apps that I am not uninstalling, Part 8.

Like most Mac users who enjoy tinkering, I've installed more apps than I'd ever admit publicly. Most come and go. A few stick around. Here are some that have genuinely impressed me lately. Forecast Bar(Monthly Subscription):- I've always had a strange obsession with weather apps, particularly those that offer proper colour icons in the menu bar. Forecast Bar has been around for years, and after a period when it felt

Need brief

User demands that Forecast Bar display its subscription price on its website without requiring installation.

Missing featurePoor discoverabilitySave timeReduce steps
1731value
Reddit / r/MacApps·u/RADWeatherMaker·
[MacOS] R.A.D. Weather for Mac - Multi-source forecasts, model confidence, RAD Atlas, and widgets

[Problem] Most weather apps show one forecast and leave you guessing how reliable it is. I built R.A.D. Weather to compare multiple forecast sources, show where they agree or disagree, and make the forecast feel easier to understand at a glance. [Compare] Compared with Apple Weather, Carrot, and Forecast Bar, R.A.D. Weather is more focused on model comparison, forecast confidence, customization, and a visual weather

Need brief

Provide a Reddit promo code for the app.

Pricing or licensingFinancial costReduce cost
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Reddit / r/MacApps·u/soid·
PDF Owl now supports hierarchical ToC generation

It’s been over two years since we first introduced PDF Owl — a tool that generates tables of contents using on-device AI models. With the new 1.4 release, PDF Owl can now detect the hierarchy of chapters, sections, and subsections, automatically building a structured, hierarchical table of contents. As always, everything runs entirely on your device, and no data is ever sent to the cloud. It does not rely on the OCR

Need brief

User 'Fatiha90' suggests adding simple syncing functionality to PDF Owl.

IntegrationMissing capabilitySave timeIncrease productivity