Who makes this.
nosub is made by one developer — the same person who designs the apps, writes the code, and answers support emails. The “I” in the manifesto is a literal “I.”
Every app in this catalog runs on the Mac I use every day. That constraint isn't a limitation — it's the quality gate. If it's not good enough for my own workflow, it doesn't ship.
Why nosub exists.
I needed voice typing that ran on-device. I needed a screen recorder that didn't require an account. I kept finding tools that did the job well — until the pricing email arrived. A subscription is a lease: stop paying and your tool stops, your files become hostage to a billing relationship.
So I built the tools I needed. Then I kept building. Every app in this catalog started as something I actually wanted, was frustrated I couldn't own outright, and decided to build myself instead.
The catalog has one rule: native Mac, priced once, data stays on your machine. Not as a marketing position — as the actual constraints I design and code to. The manifesto is the full bar every app has to clear before it ships.
What's in the catalog.
Every app in the nosub catalog is native macOS — built with the Apple frameworks that run on your hardware directly: Apple Silicon speech recognition, ScreenCaptureKit, CoreAudio, CGEventTap. Nothing runs through a cloud server. Nothing phones home.
The catalog launched in 2026. It's grown to 9apps across voice, screen capture, network, git, audio, and keyboard tools. The free app (nosleep) ships alongside paid ones because that's how I think a catalog should work — earn trust before asking for money.
No subscriptions. No accounts. No cloud.
No subscriptionsmeans the price you see is the price you pay. Once. What you paid in 2026 is still what you paid in 2031. There's no “Pro tier” announced later, no “your plan is changing” email, no checkout flow I'm optimizing against you.
No accountsmeans you don't create a user profile, don't sign in to use the app, and don't depend on nosub's servers being alive to type a sentence or record your screen. Your license key is stored locally. The app runs locally.
No cloudmeans every app in this catalog processes your data on your machine. Voice transcription stays on your Mac. Screen recordings stay on your Mac. Network traffic data stays on your Mac. I don't collect telemetry, and I don't run analytics that watch what you do inside the app.
If you're not satisfied, the refund policy is 30 days, no questions. Email [email protected] and it happens.
Questions, feedback, or just want to say something?
— the developer