Everything happens on your Mac
Your Downloads folder
isn’t going to sort itself.
Nook opens each file, works out what it actually is, and gives it a name you’d still recognise in six months. You press an arrow key. That’s your half of the deal.
30 files freePay oncemacOS 26 · Apple silicon
Top row: your Downloads folder. Bottom row: the same files, after.
Go on. Arrow keys, or just drag it.
The real thing
That was a toy. This is the app.
Ten files, one take, nothing cut. Watch the screenshot go in as Screenshot 2026-06-02 at 09.41.18.png and come out described. Nook looked at the picture.
How it works
Three keys. That’s the whole interface.
No rules to write, nothing to configure. Nook proposes, you decide.
File it
Renamed, moved, done. It won’t overwrite anything already sitting there.
Trash it
To the system Trash, where it sulks until you empty it. Nothing is ever really gone.
Keep it
Stays exactly where it is. And ⌘Z undoes the last one, for when you get trigger-happy.
Privacy
There is no server.
The model that reads your files ships inside macOS. Your files never leave the Mac, because there is nowhere for them to go.
One thing leaves, once: the licence key. After that Nook works with the Wi-Fi off.
Inside
It reads the file. Not the filename.
That’s the entire trick. A scanned invoice has no text layer and a name nobody could decode. Nook opens it, reads it, and calls it what it is.
Scanned pages too
No text layer? Nook renders the page and reads it. Scanned invoices are the whole point.
Never overwrites
Same name already there? The new one gets a number. Sorting can’t cost you anything.
In batches
Ten, twenty-five, a hundred, or the lot. It stops for a summary so you can go and do something else.
Your folders
Downloads and Desktop out of the box. Point it at anything else you like.
Only what you asked for
Just the videos. Just the screenshots. Just the things over 100 MB, which is where your disk went.
It admits when it’s lost
If Nook isn’t sure, it doesn’t guess. It leaves the file alone and tells you why.
Honestly
Things Nook doesn’t do.
Cheaper to read now than to find out after paying.
No daemon, no menu bar icon. You open it when things get bad, and you quit it.
If you want «every .zip from this sender into that folder, forever», you want Hazel. Nook asks every time.
PDFs, images and text it reads. The rest it judges by type, size and date, and says so on the card.
Only the folders you point it at, on this Mac’s disk. Your photo library is safe from both of us.
The key works on three. Each one sorts its own mess.
So macOS pulls a face the first time you open it. Two clicks, once. Full story below.
Pricing
€3.99
Once. Then it’s yours.
- 3 Macs, one key
- ∞ free updates
- 30 files free first
macOS 26 · Apple silicon · check yours
Requirements
Will it run on your Mac?
▸ Apple menu › About This Mac.
▸ Same window. If it says Intel, don’t buy it.
▸ System Settings. A free macOS feature, not a subscription.
Not sure? Sort your 30 free files first. Nook says on screen whether it’s reading contents or just filenames.
Install
Not on the App Store. Yet.
macOS pulls a face the first time. Two clicks, once, then never again.
Open the .zip and drag Nook into Applications.
Open it. macOS says it can’t verify it. Click OK.
Privacy & Security → scroll down → Open Anyway.
Done. Nook asks to see Downloads and Desktop.
Why the warning. Apple charges $99 a year to sign an app; Nook costs €3.99. It means «I can’t verify who made this», not «this is dangerous». The rest is on the support page →
Questions
Before you buy.
Can it delete something of mine?
No. Discarded files go to the system Trash, nothing moves without your approval, and ⌘Z undoes it.
How does the trial work?
Thirty of your own files. No payment, no email, no expiry date.
What if it gets a name wrong?
You see the name, the folder and the reason before anything moves. Press ↓ and nothing happens. Approve it and regret it, ⌘Z puts it back.
I have an Intel Mac. Should I buy it?
No, and I’d rather say it here than refund you later. The model that reads your files is part of Apple silicon. On Intel, Nook can only sort by type and filename.
Is any of this sent anywhere?
No analytics, no account, no server. Two network requests exist: activating your key, and a daily check for a new version. The long version →
What if something breaks?
You write to me and I answer, usually the same day. The common snags are written up on the support page.
Your Downloads folder
has waited long enough.
30 files free. No account, no email.