Donkey

Thoughtful design in both the beauty and simplicity of the UI and the overall user experience. Genuinely a creative and unique idea executed really well.

Performance can be an issue, but can easily be fixed with a few minor tweaks to the code.

User input is key to motivating users to keep coming back and to keep the pressure off the builder. The only drawback will be moderation. The builder should also consider this from a legal perspective — where do they stand legally. Do they have permission to share this, will it face publisher resistance?

They're different products. This summary is a lot more interactive, parsable and doesn't include audio. Both of them have a place. There's no charge for this product now, which is good, but I expect there'll be some aim of monetisation, even if it is just to support the settling of maintenance costs.

It's super powerful, completely configurable and extremely effective at correcting any issues that may come up from time-to-time that effect speed or performance. It's created and maintained by just one guy and has been since 2003. The best thing is that it's completely free.

The UI is very 2003, so some mightn't be so enamoured with its appearance. But I personally find it has a certain charm. It's no-frills design gives me faith that the time's been invested primarily in the product.

Others are often heavy-handed with MacOS. They're resource-intensive, intrusive and they don't actually do much work. Onyx is lightweight, runs only when you want it to and actually does more than any paid product.

Simple, but really effective with lots of different high quality soundscape options.

Sometimes the audio will stop and start, like it's a long, already rendered sound rather than a generated sound.

It can have issues when you switch between devices.

I didn't really find something that quite matches Noizio in its UI and UX. It was exactly what I was looking for.

• Lightweight

• Supports markdown, which is faster than using cursor-based text changes

• Supports a variety of command-based interactions, which is preferable

• It's free

• Community plug-ins

• Wide customizability

• File structure isn't always the easiest way to interact with vault

• UI can get cluttered when you use a lot of community plug-ins

Markdown language acceptance, preference for keyboard control of applications, command-centred UI, scale for customisation and community plug-ins