10 best free alternatives to expensive applications for macOS

As Apple computers and software for them is not cheap. However, you can almost always save money by taking advantage of free counterparts expensive applications. Layfhaker tells of the ten most popular ones.

1. Microsoft Office ($ 149) → iWork

Pages, Numbers and Keynote are able all the same as their counterparts from the Microsoft Office package, but look much nicer and are stable. Recently, Apple has made the program from the package iWork free for all users, so it is now a matter of choice for many office applications is not worth it.

Download iWork →

2. Sketch (US $ 99) → Inkscape

Inkscape capacity is sufficient for processing vector graphics of any type, whether art illustration or technical drawings. The editor has all the usual tools for graphic processing, allowing you to create logos, business cards, vector templates for printing high quality, as well as all the graphics for the web.

Download Inkscape →

3. 1Password (64,99 dollar) → «bunch of keys"

As with 1Password, destiny "Keychain" to all your

4. Things (49,99 dollar) → Wunderlist

Things justifies its cost to the penny. The application is built with a paranoid attention to detail and allows you to literally put all your things on shelves. Wunderlist He knows how to do it as well, and in some ways even better because not only works on Apple's devices, but also on Android and Windows. In this case, the application looks almost like Things.

Download Wunderlist →

5. CleanMyMac (39,95 dollar) → OnyX

Unlike CleanMyMac, OnyX has a cool design, but with Mac clearing of debris of various system utility to cope not worse. In addition to cleaning, OnyX is also able to perform various operations on the Mac maintenance, including scheduled.

Download OnyX →

6. Pixelmator (29,99 dollar) → GIMP

Who would not say that, but to the level Photoshop GIMP still falls short. But the semi-professional Pixelmator it will be a good replacement. A rich set of tools for retouching, working with layers, support for graphics tablets and a large community of enthusiasts make GIMP worthy of attention. Especially for amateur designer.

Download GIMP →

7. Focused (29,99 dollar) → MacDown

Fashion is now minimalist text editors for all its simplicity are prohibitively expensive, but free equivalents to them in no way inferior. As Focused, MacDown can offer extensive support Markdown markup, a dozen different topics design, and also set the font settings and user-friendly layout preview is updated in real time.

Download MacDown →

8. Divvy (13,99 dollar) → Spectacle

Productive work with multiple applications on the screen is not possible without a window manager. Spectacle, of course, the easier one of the most popular tools in this category, but for some it is even a plus. The app will allow using hot keys to instantly resize the active window and move it to the selected area.

Download Spectacle →

9. DaisyDisk ($ 10) → Grand Perspective

You can find out where all the disappeared free disk spaceNot only through DaisyDisk. Grand Perspective looks quite austere, but completely cope with their tasks. After scanning the drive program provides a graphic visualization of disk space files. After that calculate the free space eaters - a trifling matter.

Download Grand Perspective →

10. Paste ($ 10) → CopyClip

In macOS Sierra Apple did clipboard versatile, allowing you to copy data on a Mac, paste on the iPhone, and vice versa, but that's a story in it and not added. Paste eliminates unnecessary routine, opening up access to unlimited stories up. The same makes and CopyClip. Maybe not so beautiful, from the usual pull-down menu, but still it does. And free.

Download CopyClip →

And what a decent alternative to expensive apps you know and use for Mac? Tell us in the comments!