Alter

Alter is designed to bring AI smarts to your Apple experience with the technology built into several macOS apps. It's designed to boost your productivity by automatically retrieving context information about what you're doing so you don't have to spend so much time explaining what you want to do. Instead, you can focus on the task at hand.

Alter can be used in a variety of ways to improve your workflow in different apps, including Apple Mail and Keynote. With AppSense, you can link your apps together and retrieve information from text you select, files and folders in Finder, video transcripts and app content. The AI-powered actions are designed to be specific to the task you're performing, creating mnemonic shortcuts on the fly.

The service can use multiple providers, including OpenAI, Groq, Google, Claude and Together, so you can pick the best and fastest models. If you're concerned about privacy, you can use local models like Ollama so your data isn't shared with a third party.

Alter also offers AI experts on call 24/7 to help with marketing, technology and business. These co-intelligences can help you brainstorm ideas, evaluate them and then help you carry them out, acting as your on-call team.

The service has a pay-as-you-go pricing model:

• Forever Free: Use your own providers or free credits. Download the beta version to get started.
• $240/year: Includes 500 credits per month to pay for providers like OpenAI, Groq and others. Comes with a perpetual license.

Alter gives you the flexibility to completely customize your workflow. You can create and share your own AI actions, and even customize the contextual menu to suit your needs.

For those who want to use local models for privacy, Alter supports Ollama endpoints, so your data stays in your control. The app does not collect or record any sensitive information, and is designed with strict privacy in mind.

Published on June 14, 2024