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AppTela

Organize your apps, your way

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AppTela is a macOS app launcher that does things differently. App icons have depth and dimension. Build your layout using Screens, Categories, Groups and Stacks. Stacks let you visually pile apps on top of each other and expand them with a click, or create Launch Stacks that open multiple apps at once. The whole interface is dynamic: change window styles, apply glass mode, set custom wallpapers, gradient backgrounds or ones designed for AppTela, adjust icon sizes and colours. Shadow Time adds real-time directional shadows on icons that follow the clock. Built in Swift. 10 languages. $4.99 one-time on the Mac App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6752568197

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