This simple app lets you watch your favorite streaming videos offline. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
When it comes to videos, the internet is like Scrooge McDuck’s vault: Full of endless riches to swim through. But with streaming video, no internet connection means being stuck with whatever’s on your hard drive.
NetSpot lets you create a 'heat map' of your Wi-Fi connections, along with tools for fixing the weak spots. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
Because we live and work on Wi-Fi, we notice right away when the signal goes weak. Even though wireless signals are invisible, it’s amazing how sensitive we can become to where the blind spots are.
This app is part VPN, part tracker blocker, and a great way to enhance your online security. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
More and more people are concerned about their online security and anonymity. That might explain the popularity of Disconnect, a mobile app that’s part VPN, part tracker blocker. Like Signal or Tails, it’s becoming a go-to app for security-minded mobile users. And right now, you can get Disconnect for just $49 at Cult of Mac Deals.
G-Boom's take on the boombox is tough, modern, and sounds great. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
Boomboxes were a big deal when they first came out. Suddenly, anyone could take big sound around wherever they went. Even now in the age of Bluetooth and streaming, it’s hard to go wrong with a solid portable speaker.
This app can add a surprising level of depth to your common Mac speakers and headphones Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
It’s a common joke to say that our Mac’s built-in speakers sound better than you’d expect. They actually don’t, but we do consume a lot of music on our Macs, and especially with Macbooks. Listening through built-in speakers or earpods can feel limiting as far as audio quality.
This pair of courses is for anybody who wants to master the Microsoft Office staple, Excel. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
If you work in an office, you probably work with Microsoft Office. Their productivity software suite has become a staple of work environments around the world. Learning Word or PowerPoint is useful for any professional. But few are as useful to master as Excel, which is one of the most widely used professional applications.
Building a proper business plan is never easy, which is why it pays to have help. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
Today’s entrepreneurial environment is always changing, and there’s just no way forward without a solid business plan. Whatever your idea, it has to be framed with an eye to what investors really expect.
Get great new gear for mobile devices, digital photography, and Mac productivity. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
Summer’s finally here! Along with the warm weather has come bunch of hot new deals in the Cult of Mac Store. This round, we’ve got a bundle of top shelf Mac apps that you can name your price for. There’s also a universal mount and grip for any mobile camera, and an iPhone case that can survive almost any fall. We’ve even got a powerful backup battery that you’ll never lose thanks to a built-in Bluetooth tracker.
Master Corel's many creative facets with this bundle of comprehensive lessons. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
Since the very beginning, Corel has been at the forefront of digital publishing, design and illustration. Their suite of creative tools are powerful tools for creatives of all levels and types. Their flagship application, Corel Paint, is an essential tool for countless digital creatives.
This roundup includes brand new ways of ensuring your devices get the charge they need. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
There are so many ways to run out of battery at just the wrong moment. Maybe you underestimated the lifespan of your backup battery, forgot your cable, or mistook them for your Lightning headphone cables. Whatever the case, it pays to have options, and that’s why we’ve rounded up these great deals on charging accessories that can save the day when the juice runs low.
The world is constantly growing more connected. That means there’s more value than ever in learning a new language. Of course, at the same time, people are more busy than ever, which makes it hard to find the time for a new language.
This bundle of almost a dozen premium Mac apps will upgrade the creativity, productivity, and entertainment value of your prized machine. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
You’ve got a Mac, which is one of the finest computing machines money can buy. But it’s really only as useful as the applications you put in it. When you’ve already dropped serious coin on a new computer, it can hurt to fork out even more for a bunch of apps.
Add new levels of quality and flexibility to your mobile photography with these premium accessories. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
If you’ve got an iPhone, you have one of the best mobile cameras out there. But having a good camera and a good eye isn’t enough to make the most of your iPhone’s photo potential. That’s why we’ve rounded up these deals on tools for taking your mobile image-making to the next level. We’ve got phone and tablet stands that fold into the size of a credit card, a hand-held stabilizer, a grippy tripod mount, and case that includes a wide-angle lens upgrade. Read on for more details:
This great deal will land you powerful VPN protection for up to 5 devices at once. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
At this point, if you’re not browsing the web through a VPN, you’re doing it wrong. The internet is a scary place after all, full of snoops, data thieves, and headaches like location restrictions on streaming content. One of the first steps to take in protecting against these things is a virtual private network.
This week's best deals will turn your phone into a mindfulness tool, make your PDFs more flexible, and more. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
It’s getting hot out there. But it’s still nowhere near as hot as the new deals coming into the Cult of Mac Store. This week we’ve added an app that’ll change how you work with PDFs, and a set of future-ready Bluetooth earbuds. There’s also a comprehensive set of courses in Apple’s Swift coding language, and an app that turns your phone into a mindfulness tool. Most are discounted by half or more, read on for more details:
Aura is one of the rare apps that can make your phone helpful to your health. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
Smartphones have basically become a synonym for distraction. With so many people staring into their glowing rectangles, it’s hard to believe they could help someone become more present in the moment. Turns out it might actually be true.
These phone cases are tough enough to survive a drop from 45 feet as though it never happened. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
Our iPhones are beautiful and fragile devices. If you’re not crazy, you protect yours with a sturdy case. But even with a ‘premium’ case, you can never be quite sure that your phone won’t break into pieces when the big drop comes.
This is the camera you need to fix the problems you can't see. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
Surgeons, plumbers, mechanics – they all need an inside view of hard-to-reach places where their eyeballs can’t reach. You’ve probably seen endoscopic cameras on TV, the ones that look like skinny snakes with light bulbs for eyes. But instead of feeding on mice, these cameras feed images back to their users. And they offer a view behind whatever is blocking the view of what you need to work on.
This 2015 App of the Year will transform the way you work and collaborate with digital documents. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
PDFs are a great digital document format, one that crosses our desktops almost every day. But what’s the difference between a PDF and a piece of paper if all you can do is sign them? With the right tool, you can take the padlock off your PDFs.
These courses will help you become fluent in Apple's latest coding language for iOS, Swift 3. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
iOS is still a vibrant and growing platform for some of the most exciting applications, and a great market to break into. But you can’t do that if you don’t sprechen Swift, the coding language that underpins iOS. Like any language, it’s best to learn through immersion.
This mini drone makes HD FPV flight a total breeze. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
One of the coolest parts of owning a drone is the opportunity to fly from a first person view, or FPV straight from your iPhone When thinking about the drones that can shoot HD video and allow for FPV, you probably imagine one of the massive platforms that come with price tags too big to consider. That’s what makes this nano drone exciting.
This week's best deals include a time saving typing assistant, a Wi-Fi optimizer, and lots more. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
It’s finally starting to get hot out there, but few things are as hot as the new deals in the Cult of Mac Store. The best of this week’s batch include a game-changing tool for mapping and optimizing Wi-Fi connections, and an app that’ll save you time by shortcutting your typing habits. There’s also a massive certification bundle covering all of Microsoft Office, and a top shelf Bluetooth speaker. Everything is discounted by 60 percent or more, read on for more details:
This is no ordinary watch, it's also a feature-rich fitness tracker. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
Fitness trackers are great for anyone looking to get in shape and see their progress in more than just the mirror. Unfortunately though a hot pink bracelet isn’t the most stylish accessory. Unless that’s your thing of course, in which case more power to you.
With Instaread, you can cut down on needlessly lengthy reads and get straight to the heart of bestselling books. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
It’s a lot easier to create a reading list than it is to make progress on one. For many people, the time and energy to get through a book is harder and harder to find. Luckily, you don’t always need to read every word of a book to catch its meaning.
Instaread has rolled this principle into a popular app. It provides summaries of more than 500 New York Times Bestseller books, condensing them into digestible overviews with key takeaways that can be consumed in just minutes, by reading or listening. And for the last time, you can get a lifetime subscription to Instaread for $49.99 at Cult of Mac Deals.
This popular app offers a range of tools that makes it much more versatile than iTunes for iOS management. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
For all the use we get out of our iDevices, iTunes doesn’t offer much choice in how we manage their data. Whether it’s hidden files eating up storage, or the complex dance required to move a single song from one place to another, it can be more hassle than convenience. There’s just has to be a better way. And of course, there is.
iMazing 2 is a popular app that offers a spread of tools for moving and managing every category of iOS data. No wonder this app calls itself the Swiss Army Knife of iPhone, iPad, and iPod management. Easily browse and manage backups, extract and print text messages, drag and drop songs from one device to another, all without jailbreaking or other trickery. And right now is your last chance to get iMazing 2 for just $24.99 at Cult of Mac Deals.