Productivity — pay-once tools
Notes, habits, focus, reading and personal admin — calm desktop apps that keep working even if you never open your wallet again.
Personal software should be the calmest thing you own — instead it is where subscriptions quietly multiply. This category is desktop-first tools that keep working even if you never open your wallet again. Quillpad is fast local notes with wikilinks, backlinks and daily notes. Streakly tracks habits with a fair streak engine and heatmaps, Deepdesk runs Pomodoro focus sessions with generated ambient noise, and Feedloft is a self-hosted RSS reader in one SQLite file. Inkpress is a split-pane markdown editor with RSS and SEO built in. Renewcheck tracks your recurring subscriptions and renewal dates — your card numbers never touch a server. Snapreceipt scans receipts with on-device OCR, Ledgerlite Home does zero-based budgeting locally, and Timevault logs billable hours with one-click timers. Lessonforge is a self-hosted course platform with quizzes and certificates, and Quizcraft builds scored quizzes with lead capture. Your routines, notes and money data stay on your own machine.
11 apps in Productivity
Quillpad
Fast desktop notes with wikilinks, backlinks, tags, daily notes and global quick capture.
$12/mo per seat
Streakly
Local habit tracking with a fair streak engine, GitHub-style heatmaps and reminders.
$5/mo
Deepdesk
Pomodoro engine, session intents, floating mini timer, generated ambient noise & focus stats.
~$10/mo
Feedloft
Self-hosted Feedly alternative — folders, OPML, full-text search, one SQLite file.
$8/mo
Inkpress
Split-pane markdown editor, 3 themes, server-side highlighting, RSS & SEO — one SQLite file.
$9/mo
Renewcheck
Manual subscription tracker with renewal reminders, spend totals and category breakdowns — your card numbers never touch a server.
$6–12/mo (Premium)
Snapreceipt
Local receipt scanner and expense tracker: on-device OCR, categories, mileage, CSV and PDF exports.
$5–$9/user/mo
Ledgerlite Home
Local-first zero-based budgeting with CSV import, payee rules and net-worth tracking.
$14.99/mo
Lessonforge
Self-hosted LMS with modules, quizzes, progress tracking and PDF certificates — payments run through your own Stripe.
$39+/mo
Quizcraft
Self-hosted quiz builder with branching, server-side scoring, email-gate lead capture and CSV export.
$25+/mo
Timevault
Self-hosted time tracking — one-click timers, hourly rates, weekly timesheets, billable reports.
$10/user/mo
The whole suite, one payment
Every app on this page — plus the rest of the 102-app catalog — is in the OneTimeSuite bundle. The suite is $97 right now (the price rises $1 with every sale during the 100-days launch), and every app shipped later joins it for free.
Honest answers
Are these really one-time purchases?
Yes. Every app in Productivity is a single payment — prices on this page run from $15 to $79, once. No renewals, no per-seat fees, no usage meters.
Do I get updates?
Yes. Buying includes updates, and every app ships with MIT-licensed source on GitHub — so even the code is yours to keep, audit and build on. New apps added to the suite later never raise the price of what you already bought.
Self-hosted or desktop — what is the difference?
This category has 9 desktop apps and 2 self-hosted web apps. Desktop apps run locally on your machine — private, offline-capable, nothing uploaded. Self-hosted web apps run on your own server or VPS, so you and your team can reach them from anywhere while the data stays on hardware you control.