Three Mac apps for days full of calls and writing. Each fixes one snag, then gets out of your way.
Pay once. No account. Nothing watches you.
Free for 14 days, no card. Launch offer: 50% off for the first 100 buyers.
A calendar sidebar that keeps its strip of screen like the Dock, so no window can cover it. Meeting notes become Markdown files, and one click joins the call.
Free for 14 days, then €12.99 once (50% off for the first 100 buyers). macOS 13 or later.
Dictation is only faster for the words you actually speak. TalkRemind notices a long stretch of typing and nudges you to the dictation app you already own. It never reads what you type.
Free for 14 days, then €9.99 once (50% off for the first 100 buyers). macOS 14 or later.
A menu bar app that picks your microphone and speakers by situation: a dock, a calendar meeting, an open app. It tells you why it switched, and you can undo it.
Free for 14 days, then €9.99 once (50% off for the first 100 buyers). macOS 13 or later.
What each one does, where it lives and what it costs.
| SideSchedule |
TalkRemind |
ToneCue |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Does | Keeps your calendar on screen | Nudges you to dictate | Picks the right mic and speakers |
| Lives in | A sidebar at the screen edge | The menu bar | The menu bar |
| Price | €12.99 onceafter 14 free days | €9.99 onceafter 14 free days | €9.99 onceafter 14 free days |
| Macs per license | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Needs | macOS 13 or later | macOS 14 or later | macOS 13 or later |
| Homebrew | Yes | No | Yes |
| Links | Learn more | Learn more | Learn more |
Price
No subscription. After 14 free days the license is yours, for up to three Macs.
Account
Nothing to sign up for. You enter a license key and that’s it.
Privacy
No analytics, no telemetry in any app. The only network calls are license and update checks, plus a diagnostic report if you choose to send one. Details in the SideSchedule, TalkRemind and ToneCue privacy notes.
Install
Notarized by Apple, updated through Sparkle. Or use Homebrew:
brew install --cask 4ingoj/tap/sideschedulebrew install --cask 4ingoj/tap/tonecueThe newest release of each app.
Hide single events from the collapsed strip, a soft background when a window is docked next to it, and back to back meetings counted as one block.
Alerts before events, quick add in six languages, and shortcuts that run when a meeting starts or ends.
Apple Reminders in the sidebar, click an empty spot to add an event, smooth dragging.
“At the next pause” works as a timing option for any reminder style, with clearer timing controls.
A new “At a pause” style, onboarding with a practice field, every timing rule adjustable.
Optional iCloud sync for statistics and settings, off by default.
@tonecue in Raycast which scene is active and why ToneCue switched.No. You pay once per app: €12.99 for SideSchedule, €9.99 each for TalkRemind and ToneCue.
Every app runs for 14 days with every feature switched on. No account and no card.
On up to three Macs, with every app.
macOS 13 or later for SideSchedule and ToneCue, macOS 14 or later for TalkRemind.
A license check and an update check. A diagnostic report only if you choose to send one. No analytics, no tracking, no telemetry.
There is no refund promise, because the 14 day trial has every feature switched on. Use it properly before you buy.
It is in your receipt email. If that is gone too, write to hello@didact.digital from the address you bought with.
Inside the app, through Sparkle. SideSchedule and ToneCue are also on Homebrew.
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