Insanely Cool Tools - Substack Edition #18
Best tools in your pocket! 📱
Hello! 👋
Today I’m going to talk about 3 things. I will try to keep them brief:
1st: Finally, we (My colleague Simonas and I) launched our new tool, Invcly! 🎉
It’s a simple invoicing tool for freelancers and small businesses. The most important part is that it’s FREE and will always be FREE.
No cards, no payments, etc. Just free.
I was tired of paying $10–20 a month for an invoicing tool. All I needed was a simple tool to create PDF invoices, keep my client info, and have everything in one place.
IMPORTANT: We made it live yesterday, so it still has many small bugs.
But you can create an account, look around, and send me an email with bugs, plus what features you want and need. We can implement many things.
I already have a list of bugs that I need to fix next week, but more comments are welcome!
2nd: I’m sorry that this newsletter issue has many “Mac only” tools and apps.
I use a Mac myself, so I’m more interested in these tools, and I also can’t really test Windows apps or tools.
Do we have many Windows users here?
3rd: I’ve added two new friends below! 👇
Loio reached out to me and offered a deal for our community.
MentionPilot was launched by my friend on Friday, so he offered 30 days for free.
I hope you will enjoy both offers, and I will try to gather more and more!
We have new ones this week! 🚨
Loio
The all-in-one agreement workspace with 2,500+ lawyer-vetted templates, including NDAs, contractor agreements, MSAs, and more. Create, edit, sign, and send documents for signatures within one smooth workflow.
Promo code: ICT-TEMP20 — 20% off all plans, valid until June 7!
MentionPilot
A brand monitoring tool that tracks every mention across Google, YouTube, and Reddit. It sends you daily email digests with advanced filters and authority scoring. Perfect for marketers, PR teams, and agencies.
1 month for FREE. Code - ICT30
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Thank you for reading and for your support!
You can find me on LinkedIn & X. Let’s connect!
🔥Trending Tools
WordPress 7.0
I’m still using WordPress on many of my projects, and this is what I’m really excited about!
WordPress 7.0 marks the start of a new era for AI across the WordPress experience. It greets you with a modern, more intuitive dashboard and introduces enhanced customization and development tools that inspire creativity and unlock endless potential.
TestSprite
AI agent for frontend and backend software testing. It automates the entire testing workflow, from test planning and code generation to execution and debugging.
SocLeads
Helps you scrape emails from Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Google Maps by keyword or hashtag.
RetroMac (Mac Only)
Turns your modern Mac into a live retro machine: CRT, classic Macintosh, VHS, Game Boy, and more. Swap your Dock for classic Mac and Windows looks, and capture themed screenshots.
DynamicNotch (Mac Only)
Turns your MacBook notch into a live system surface for media, downloads, AirDrop, timers, screen recording, connectivity events, lock-screen transitions, and custom hardware HUDs.
FinderLock (Mac Only)
macOS file protection with Touch ID integration. Lock and unlock files directly in Finder with one click. No separate app needed.
TongueType (Mac Only)
macOS voice dictation app. No cloud, no accounts, no subscriptions. Hold a key, speak, release, and your words appear. Supports 12 languages and audio file transcription.
WarmIntro
Finds employees at any target company who share the most with your background: university, past employers, city, and title. So every intro starts from a place of genuine connection.
Slideshot
Describe the feature flow you want to show. Slideshot drives your web app, records the walkthrough, and returns a polished video.
ShotX
A screen capture tool that offers screenshots, screen recording, annotations, GIF export, and capture history.
📱Mobile Apps
Both (iOS + Android)
📍Smart Miles
Automatic trip tracking, smart classification, and tax-ready exports, so you never miss a deduction.
📍Ente Locker
Built for transmitting your important documents, passwords, and notes. Add your loved ones as trusted contacts, for when your spouse needs the property deed and you’re not around to send it.
📍Menu Dish
It transforms text-based menus into digital ones with real dish images. Supports multiple languages for seamless food discovery anywhere in the world.
📍NutriTracker
Helps you make better decisions about food, training, and habits through a daily conversation that understands your goals, preferences, routine, and real life.
📍CHLNG (iOS Only)
It brings the social element and internal competitions back to fitness and activities with friends.
📍Crystal (iOS Only)
Identify rocks, crystals, gemstones, and minerals from a photo. Just upload an image to get accurate AI-powered matches, geological facts, physical properties, rarity insights, and detailed information.
📍Tacet (Android Only)
It gives you a daily cognitive fitness score and tracks sleep quality, based on the rhythm of how you tap your phone.
📍VWFNDR (Android Only)
A camera built around real photographic capture: unprocessed Bayer RAW DNG and JPEG simultaneously, variable aspect ratios, priority modes, manual controls on a single screen, and C2PA Content Credentials embedded at capture.
🤪 Crazy/Fun/Cringe/Strange
iPromise (Mac Only)
iPromise is your AI buddy that lives in your Mac notch. It understands the context of your active window. When you drift into distractions, it gently nudges you back.
Rainbow (Mac Only)
Replaces the grey Apple logo in the menu bar with the classic six-colour rainbow Apple logo from 1977.
SizzleAir (Mac Only)
macOS thermal assistant built specifically for fanless MacBook Airs. It turns thermal pressure, workload context, external display or clamshell state, and top CPU usage into one clear status.
WhatCable (Mac Only)
Explains cable speed, charging limits, e-marker data, and connected devices.
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If you try anything from this list and it sticks, hit reply!
Always curious what actually makes it into people’s daily stack.
See you next week! 👋
Thank you for mentioning CHLNG. 🔥It’s very valuable and important.
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