NanoApps for Mac.
Tiny on purpose.
A family of focused macOS utilities for the small workflows you run all day: clipboard history, snippets, dictation, meeting notes, and menu bar notes.
No bloated suites. No accounts. No subscriptions. Just native Mac apps that feel fast, private, and close to the keyboard.
NanoClip
Clipboard, snippets, and flows for macOS
- Find anything you copied
- Expand shortcuts into reusable text
- Run flows for OCR, URLs, and AI
NanoVoice
Keyboard dictation for macOS
- ⌃⌘W dictate · ⌃⌘M meetings · ⌃⌘R history
- Apple Speech free on-device
- Meetings + Whisper with Lifetime
NanoPad
Minimal notes for macOS
- Folders & sticky notes
- Markdown support
- Multiple themes
What is NanoApps?
NanoApps is an independent studio building small, focused macOS utilities. Every app is built around one idea: a single tool you actually use every day, faster and quieter than the alternatives, without a subscription.
NanoClip is a Mac productivity app for clipboard history, smart snippets, iCloud sync, and automation flows — a one-time purchase alternative to Paste, Maccy, and TextExpander combined. Read the best Mac clipboard manager guide or compare NanoClip alternatives. NanoPad (coming soon) is a minimal markdown notes app that lives in your menu bar: folders, sticky notes, and themes, with iCloud sync and no AI in sight. NanoVoice is keyboard-first dictation: ⌃⌘W to dictate, ⌃⌘M for private meeting notes, Return to paste at your cursor, on-device Apple Speech on the free tier, and a one-time Lifetime license for Meeting Mode, Whisper, templates, themes, Ollama, and cloud BYOK.
They share a small framework (NanoKit) for keyboard-first interactions, theming, and floating panel windows — which is why they feel like siblings.
Local-first. No accounts. No data collection. No subscriptions. Native macOS apps that respect your machine and your time.