Categories

73 sections across 13 shelves. 38 are live today — a section becomes its own page once it has 5 verified listings and enough real demand to be worth writing. The rest are visible here so you can see where this is going.

Search volumes are measured, not guessed — US monthly searches from Ahrefs, August 2026. Roughly 29,440 searches a month across everything we're building toward.

Internet & Comms

VPNs A 3,600/mo 8 apps
Browsers A 1,700/mo 7 apps
Remote Access A 1,400/mo 7 apps
Chat & Messaging A 700/mo 7 apps
Downloads & Torrents B 450/mo 5 apps
RSS Readers C 80/mo building
Network Monitors C 70/mo building
Password Managers D 0/mo building

Play

Games A 3,300/mo 5 apps
Screensavers & Wallpaper B 150/mo 4 apps building
Emulators B 100/mo 5 apps
Desktop Toys C 20/mo building

Video & Screen

Screen Recorders A 2,600/mo 9 apps
Video Editors A 800/mo 5 apps
Screenshot Apps B 250/mo 1 apps building
Video Converters B 150/mo 3 apps building
Teleprompters B 100/mo 2 apps building
Video Players C 90/mo 1 apps building

AI & Agents

AI Chat Apps A 2,200/mo 6 apps
AI Meeting Notes A 1,500/mo 5 apps
Local Models D 10/mo building
Coding Agents D 10/mo 5 apps building

Writing & Notes

PDF Editors A 1,800/mo 9 apps
Markdown Editors B 200/mo 7 apps
Note Taking B 150/mo 5 apps
Second Brain B 150/mo 1 apps building
Dictation & Transcription B 100/mo 5 apps
Read Later C 50/mo building
Office Suites D 0/mo building

Utilities & System

Virtualization A 1,300/mo 5 apps
Battery & Power B 350/mo 5 apps
Cleanup & Uninstall B 250/mo 5 apps
Display & Night Mode B 200/mo 5 apps
Windows on Mac B 150/mo 1 apps building
Tweaks & Customization C 40/mo 5 apps

Design & Photo

Photo Editors A 700/mo 5 apps
Color Pickers B 350/mo 5 apps
Font Managers C 60/mo building
Design & Prototyping C 30/mo building
3D & Illustration C 30/mo 1 apps building
Image Compressors C 20/mo building

Files, Backup & Cloud

Duplicate Finders A 700/mo 5 apps
Sync & Cloud B 200/mo 5 apps
Backup C 90/mo building
Finder Alternatives C 70/mo 1 apps building
Archives & Compression C 30/mo 1 apps building

Menu Bar & Notch

Clipboard Managers A 500/mo 6 apps
Notch Apps B 150/mo 19 apps
System Monitors B 100/mo 6 apps
Menu Bar Managers C 20/mo 5 apps
Now Playing D 0/mo 2 apps building

Work & Productivity

Window Managers B 450/mo 5 apps
Accounting & Invoicing B 400/mo 5 apps
Email Clients B 250/mo 5 apps
Calendar Apps B 100/mo 6 apps
Focus & Pomodoro C 50/mo 5 apps
To-Do Apps C 40/mo building
Launchers & Automation D 10/mo 2 apps building
Team Project Management D 0/mo building
Task Manager A 18,000/mo different intent

Developer Tools

Terminals B 250/mo 5 apps
Code Editors & IDEs B 150/mo 5 apps
SSH Clients B 150/mo 1 apps building
Dev Utilities C 70/mo 7 apps
Git Clients C 50/mo building
Database Clients C 40/mo 1 apps building

Music & Audio

DAWs & Production B 100/mo 5 apps
Audio Converters C 80/mo building
Music Players C 50/mo 1 apps building
Audio Routing C 20/mo building

Health & Home

Journaling B 100/mo 5 apps
Habit Trackers D 10/mo building
Breaks & Posture D 0/mo 3 apps building

Why some categories aren't pages

A directory that publishes a page for every label it can think of ends up with hundreds of near-empty pages that help nobody. We only build a section when there are enough verified apps to make a real recommendation and enough people actually looking for it.

One example of the second test: “task manager mac” gets 18,000 searches a month, which looks irresistible until you notice those people want Activity Monitor — the Windows Task Manager equivalent — not to-do software. Building a to-do page against that query would rank for an audience that leaves immediately. So we don't.