Le schede restano nella lingua in cui i loro creatori le hanno scritte.

Best AI apps for Mac

Updated Nov 8, 2026, from what MacPip lists today.

Risposta breve

MacPip elenca 15 app per Mac nella categoria «AI» e una persona ne ha verificate 4.12 di esse hanno una versione gratuita.7 di queste si acquistano con una licenza una tantum.6 di queste sono in abbonamento.There is no single best AI app for everyone, so MacPip does not rank them.Se la vuoi gratis, inizia da UsageBeacon.

Apps a person checked come first, newest check first. Never ordered by payment.

"AI app" covers a lot of ground in 2026. On MacPip, the 15 AI apps include usage meters for Claude, Codex and Cursor, an Activity Monitor for AI tools, a local voice and music studio, open source video generation on Apple silicon, and a tool that turns slide decks into talk tracks and quizzes.

The most important difference between them is not the model. It is where your data goes: some apps run models on your Mac, others send what you type or say to a server. Each profile says what its listing says.

What these 15 apps offer, by their listings. An app can offer several, so the bars do not add up to 15.

Versione gratuita12 di 15

Pay once7 di 15

Abbonamento6 di 15

Native to Apple silicon10 di 15

Open source5 di 15

Funziona offline4 di 15

Verificate da una persona4 di 15

Compared

App	Che cosa fa	Prezzo	Gratis o a pagamento	Apple silicon	Open source	Realizzato da	Verificata
UsageBeacon	See your remaining Cursor, Claude, and Codex usage budgets right in the Mac menu bar.	Gratuito e open source	Versione gratuita	Non indicato	Sì	David Cohen	3 nov
Cortex	Cortex is The Activity Monitor for the AI era.	$5 once (first 100), then $19	Una tantum	Non indicato	No	Non indicato	3 nov
Kepo	Kepo turns any website, RSS feed	Gratis	Versione gratuita	Non indicato	No	Kepo	3 nov
Espresso	Espresso is the Everything-style file search app for Mac	Free for personal use, Pro €19 once	Versione gratuitaUna tantum	Sì, e anche su Intel, secondo il suo creatore	No	Moka Solutions	3 nov
ScreenVerb	The screenshot app built around AI. Capture, mark up, and paste AI answers in three keys.	Gratis, Pro disponibile	Versione gratuitaUna tantum	Sì, solo Apple silicon, secondo il suo creatore	No	David Tran	In sospeso
Interview Roo	Native Mac workspace for coding interview preparation	$5/24h; $20/month; $99/year	Una tantumAbbonamento	Sì, solo Apple silicon, secondo il suo creatore	No	Qelumo LLC	In sospeso
ActionClip	Turn selected text into actions and create your own Mac workflows	Gratis, Pro from $12 once	Versione gratuitaUna tantum	Sì, solo Apple silicon, secondo il suo creatore	No	Advait Vaidya	In sospeso
MacVisor	Virtualization Platform for Apple Silicon Macs	$59 for 1 Mac, $79 for 2 Macs	Una tantum	Sì, solo Apple silicon, secondo il suo creatore	No	ScaleNinja Software	In sospeso
Phosphene AI	Free, open-source AI video with sound, images and songs on Apple Silicon Macs.	Gratuito e open source	Versione gratuitaUna tantumAbbonamento	Sì, solo Apple silicon, secondo il suo creatore	Sì	Mr Bizarro	In sospeso
yovoice	Open-source, local-first AI voice cloning, speech, and music creation studio for Mac	Gratuito e open source	Versione gratuita	Sì, solo Apple silicon, secondo il suo creatore	Sì	leemysw	In sospeso
Orkas	Turn goals and project files into reports, slides, videos and code with a desktop AI team.	Free core; model/service costs extra	Versione gratuitaAbbonamento	Sì, e anche su Intel, secondo il suo creatore	Sì	Orkas	In sospeso
AutoRouter	Coding agent app for Mac	Free; Pro $50/month	Versione gratuitaAbbonamento	Non indicato	No	Non indicato	In sospeso
Lectern AI	Turns slide decks into instructor talk tracks, labs, quizzes and handouts	Gratis, Pro $29.99/yr	Versione gratuitaAbbonamento	Non indicato	No	Ian Trimble	In sospeso
Raydo Agent OS	The AI agent operating system for real work	Free, Cloud from $20/mo	Versione gratuitaAbbonamento	Sì, solo Apple silicon, secondo il suo creatore	No	Rolitt Inc.	In sospeso
Pulse	Floating usage rings Claude Code, Codex, Antigravity, and Grok.	Gratis	Versione gratuita	Sì, solo Apple silicon, secondo il suo creatore	Sì	Non indicato	In sospeso

12 of them, up close

The 12 below come first in the table: apps a person checked, newest check first. The other 3 are in the table above.

UsageBeacon

See your remaining Cursor, Claude, and Codex usage budgets right in the Mac menu bar.

Versione gratuitaOpen sourceVerificata il 3 nov

Realizzato da David CohenSito web

UsageBeacon turns your Cursor, Claude and Codex usage into remaining percentages, budgets and reset windows in the menu bar, so you know before you hit a limit. It is free and open source, and needs macOS 14 Sonoma or later.

Prezzo: Gratuito e open source
Needs: macOS 14 Sonoma o successivo
Its maker says it replaces: SessionWatcher

UsageBeacon on MacPip More Menu Bar apps

Cortex

Cortex is The Activity Monitor for the AI era.

Pay onceVerificata il 3 nov

Sito web On X

From its maker: The Activity Monitor for the AI era. Cortex turns a thousand processes into the sixty apps you actually run, remembers the last 30 days, and shows what your Neural Engine and local models are doing.

Prezzo: $5 once (first 100), then $19
Needs: macOS 15 Sequoia o successivo
Its maker says it replaces: Activity Monitor, Vitals, iStat Menu 7

Cortex on MacPip Altre app AI

Kepo

Kepo turns any website, RSS feed

Versione gratuitaVerificata il 3 nov

Realizzato da KepoSito web

From its maker: Kepo turns any website, RSS feed, social account, market data or internal page into custom Mac widgets built with AI, in one shortcut-ready panel.

Prezzo: Gratis
Needs: macOS 14 o successivo

Kepo on MacPip Altre app AI

Espresso

Espresso is the Everything-style file search app for Mac

Versione gratuitaPay onceApple siliconFunziona offlineVerificata il 3 nov

Realizzato da Moka SolutionsSito web On X

From its maker: Espresso is the Everything-style file search app per Mac: every file on every disk as you type, even disks that aren’t connected. Native, private, free for personal use.

Prezzo: Free for personal use, Pro €19 once
Needs: macOS 14 Sonoma o successivo

Espresso on MacPip More Files and Storage apps

ScreenVerb

The screenshot app built around AI. Capture, mark up, and paste AI answers in three keys.

Versione gratuitaPay onceApple silicon

Realizzato da David TranSito web On X

From its maker: ScreenVerb is a screenshot app for Mac built around AI. Snap a window, drag a pixel-exact region or grab a full scrolling page with one shortcut, then press a number key to run an AI action.

Offerta: 50% off Lifetime, until Dec 5
Prezzo: Gratis, Pro disponibile
Needs: macOS 14 Sonoma o successivo
Its maker says it replaces: CleanShot X, Shottr, Xnapper

ScreenVerb on MacPip More Productivity apps

Interview Roo

Native Mac workspace for coding interview preparation

Pay onceAbbonamentoApple silicon

Realizzato da Qelumo LLCSito web

From its maker: Interview Roo is a native Mac workspace for coding interview preparation. Combine up to five screenshots per question, follow live audio transcripts, ask contextual AI follow-up questions, and review or export saved sessions.

Prezzo: $5/24h; $20/month; $99/year
Needs: macOS 14 Sonoma o successivo

Interview Roo on MacPip More Education apps

ActionClip

Turn selected text into actions and create your own Mac workflows

Versione gratuitaPay onceApple silicon

Realizzato da Advait VaidyaSito web On X

ActionClip puts a small action menu beside text you select: copy, rewrite, translate, search or run a saved workflow. You can describe a new action and it builds one using AI prompts, JavaScript, AppleScript or shell commands. Free for 30 actions a day, with lifetime licenses from $12. It is a native Swift app for Apple silicon with macOS 15 or later.

Prezzo: Gratis, Pro from $12 once
Needs: macOS 15 Sequoia o successivo
Its maker says it replaces: PopClip

ActionClip on MacPip More Clipboard and Text apps

MacVisor

Virtualization Platform for Apple Silicon Macs

Pay onceApple siliconFunziona offline

Realizzato da ScaleNinja SoftwareSito web On X On GitHub

From its maker: MacVisor turns an Apple Silicon Mac into a virtualization host for developers, admins, and teams who need desktop and always-on headless VMs. What it does: - Runs macOS, Linux, FreeBSD, and Windows 11 VMs natively on Apple Silicon - Takes live or disk snapshots, makes instant linked clones, and manages backups and reusable templates.

Offerta: $10 off, until Nov 30
Prezzo: $59 for 1 Mac, $79 for 2 Macs
Needs: macOS 27 o successivo
Its maker says it replaces: Parallels, UTM, VMware Fusion, VirtualBuddy, Tart

MacVisor on MacPip More Productivity apps

Phosphene AI

Free, open-source AI video with sound, images and songs on Apple Silicon Macs.

Versione gratuitaPay onceAbbonamentoApple siliconOpen sourceFunziona offline

Realizzato da Mr BizarroGitHub repo On X

From its maker: Free, open-source AI video generator for Mac. Run LTX-2.5 and MiniMax H3 (Hailuo) locally on Apple Silicon: text-to-video and image-to-video with sound, lip-sync, character LoRA training, songs fro...

Prezzo: Gratuito e open source
Needs: macOS 13 Ventura o successivo
Its maker says it replaces: Runway, Draw Things, ComfyUI, DiffusionBee

Phosphene AI on MacPip Altre app AI

yovoice

Open-source, local-first AI voice cloning, speech, and music creation studio for Mac

Versione gratuitaApple siliconOpen sourceFunziona offline

Realizzato da leemyswSito web On X On GitHub

From its maker: yovoice is an open-source, local-first audio and music creation studio for macOS, Windows and Linux. Turn text into expressive speech, natural cloned voices, complete vocal songs, and multi-track scores right on your machine.

Prezzo: Gratuito e open source
Needs: macOS 14 Sonoma o successivo
Its maker says it replaces: ElevenLabs, Suno, Udio, Descript, Murf AI, Speechify, VoiceBox, VoiceStudio

yovoice on MacPip Altre app AI

Orkas

Turn goals and project files into reports, slides, videos and code with a desktop AI team.

Versione gratuitaAbbonamentoApple siliconOpen source

Realizzato da OrkasSito web GitHub repo

From its maker: Give Orkas a goal and your project files to receive research reports, presentations, videos or code in one desktop workspace. Commander coordinates specialist agents so solo founders and small teams can carry findings into usable deliverables with fewer handoffs.

Prezzo: Free core; model/service costs extra

Orkas on MacPip Altre app AI

AutoRouter

Coding agent app for Mac

Versione gratuitaAbbonamento

Sito web On X

From its maker: AutoRouter is a Mac app for Codex and Claude Code that automatically picks the right AI model for each task, using the plans you already pay for first. Save up to 50% on AI usage.

Prezzo: Free; Pro $50/month
Needs: macOS 14 Sonoma o successivo

AutoRouter on MacPip More Coding Agents apps

How to choose an AI app for Mac

On-device or cloud? On-device is private and works offline, cloud models are usually stronger. Pick per task.
Your keys or theirs? Some apps let you bring your own API key, so you pay the provider directly.
What it can touch. An app that reads your screen, files or terminal should say exactly what it does with them.

Quale scegliere

Scegli UsageBeacon se la vuoi gratis.
Scegli Cortex se preferisci pagare una volta sola invece di abbonarti.
Scegli Espresso se vuoi che giri in modo nativo su Apple silicon.
Scegli Espresso se ti serve che funzioni offline, come dichiara il suo creatore.
Scegli UsageBeacon se vuoi il codice open source.

Domande

What is the best AI app for Mac?

There is no single best one for everyone. MacPip lists 15: UsageBeacon, Cortex, Kepo, Espresso, ScreenVerb, Interview Roo, ActionClip, MacVisor, Phosphene AI, yovoice, Orkas, AutoRouter and 3 more. If you want it free, look at UsageBeacon. If you would rather pay once than subscribe, look at Cortex. If you want it to run natively on Apple silicon, look at Espresso. If you need it to work offline, as its maker says it does, look at Espresso. If you want open source code, look at UsageBeacon.

Esistono app gratuite della categoria «AI» per Mac?

Sì. Con una versione gratuita su MacPip: UsageBeacon, Kepo, Espresso, ScreenVerb, ActionClip, Phosphene AI, yovoice, Orkas, AutoRouter, Lectern AI, Raydo Agent OS, Pulse.

Quali app per Mac della categoria «AI» hanno un prezzo una tantum?

Con un'opzione una tantum, così puoi evitare l'abbonamento: Cortex, Espresso, ScreenVerb, Interview Roo, ActionClip, MacVisor, Phosphene AI.

Which AI apps run natively on Apple silicon?

Secondo i loro creatori o secondo la nostra verifica: Espresso, ScreenVerb, Interview Roo, ActionClip, MacVisor, Phosphene AI, yovoice, Orkas, Raydo Agent OS, Pulse.

Quali app della categoria «AI» sono state verificate da una persona?

Ognuna ha un report con la data sulla sua pagina: UsageBeacon, Cortex, Kepo, Espresso.

Come ordina MacPip queste app?

Prima ci sono le app che una persona ha verificato, con la verifica più recente in cima, poi le altre in base a quando sono state aggiunte. Il pagamento non cambia mai l'ordine, e le righe sponsorizzate sono etichettate e tenute separate.