Find the Best Mac Apps for Your Work
Discover curated, powerful applications that enhance your productivity, creativity, and workflow on macOS.
Ardour
Ardour is a professional-grade, open-source digital audio workstation (DAW) that runs natively on macOS. It's designed for recording, editing, and mixing multi-track audio, offering features comparable to industry-standard DAWs like Pro Tools and Nuendo. It caters to musicians, audio engineers, and sound designers for music production, soundtrack mixing, and experimenting with sound.
Audacity
Audacity is a free, open-source, cross-platform audio software for multi-track recording and editing. Available for Windows, macOS, Linux, and other operating systems, it's praised for its comprehensive features and ease of use in audio projects.
Cubase
Cubase is a powerful and versatile digital audio workstation (DAW) for macOS used for music and MIDI recording, arranging, editing, mixing, and mastering. It caters to various musical genres, offering professional-grade tools for songwriters, bands, producers, and engineers, from initial song ideas to final production.
Cubasis
Cubasis 3 is a multi-award winning mobile DAW and music production studio for iPad and iPhone. It is designed for quick and easy operation, Cubasis makes recording, editing and mixing a breeze. Capture your musical ideas and turn them into professional-sounding songs, wherever you are.
GarageBand
GarageBand is a fully equipped music creation studio right inside your Mac with a complete sound library that includes instruments, presets for guitar and voice, and an incredible selection of session drummers and percussionists. With an intuitive, modern design, it's easy to learn, play, record, create, and share your hits worldwide.
Nuendo
Nuendo is an advanced audio post-production software solution, ideal for film, TV, game audio, and immersive sound. It offers tools for recording, arranging, editing, and post-production, with a focus on dialogue recording, editing, and mixing, as well as features for sound design and integration with video.
Reaper
REAPER is a complete digital audio workstation for macOS, Windows, and Linux. It offers a full multitrack audio and MIDI recording, editing, processing, mixing, and mastering environment. REAPER is highly customizable, efficient, and supports a wide range of plugins and hardware.