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This Apple Pencil Pro deal means you, too, could be making amazing art on your iPad. Photo: Apple/Cult of Mac
Apple Pencil Pro is the best iPad stylus on the market, and a new deal knocks 25% off the regular cost. It’s packed with high-end features, including pressure sensitivity, Find My support and more.
And for those who don’t need all the bells and whistles of the Pencil Pro, the basic Apple Pencil (USB-C) is currently $69.99.
Edit PDFs without getting locked out of advanced features with Systweak PDF Editor Pro. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
We love a good PDF editor that works on Mac, and Systweak PDF Editor Pro handles editing, converting, signing and locking down PDFs without touching the cloud.
Keep all your Apple devices safe with a low one-time payment. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
The more devices you own, the more difficult it becomes to protect your privacy from malicious actors and sanctioned snoops. This heavily discounted FastestVPN lifetime license guards up to 10 of your devices, from your MacBook to your iPhone, for just $22.50 with code AUG25.
Access multiple AI apps with a lifetime subscription to ChatPlayground AI. Image: BoliviaInteligente/Unsplash License
ChatPlayground AI gives you easy access to more than 20 of the top AI models, all in one place — and all for one low price. It includes big names like ChatGPT, Claude, DeepSeek, Llama, Perplexity and Gemini, and it lets you send one prompt to multiple AIs simultaneously.
Make your AI-generated writing sound ... human! Image: Cult of Mac Deals
AI writing tools work wonders, but AI detectors can flag your content if it leans too heavily on robo-prose. If you want your AI writing to be undetectable, you must edit all that content yourself, but it takes time to add the human touch. Sometimes, there just isn’t room in the schedule, but that’s OK. There’s a robot for that, too. You can use an AI humanizer like Undetectable Humanizer.
The Undetectable Humanizer transforms your AI-generated text into natural, human-like prose to help it bypass AI detection systems. This tool is a great get for writers, content creators and business owners who need to save as much time as they can when creating engaging content. A lifetime subscription to this effective AI humanizer’s pro plan is on sale now for $139.99 (regularly $2,880).
This affordable bundle of indie apps gives your Mac superpowers (with zero recurring fees). Image: Cult of Mac Deals
Tired of renting your software? The 27-App Lifetime Mac Bundle gives you permanent licenses to nearly every type of tool a Mac user could want, from design and productivity to developer tools and file utilities, with no monthly fees attached.
Built by indie developer Yanis Zafiropulos, who has been making Mac software since 2010, the bundle contains 27 native macOS apps that skip the bloat you would get from bigger, subscription-based suites.
Every app comes with free updates through its next major version and two Mac activations per app, so you can run the whole collection on a second machine too. And you can get the entire 27-App Lifetime Mac Bundle for just $29.99 (regularly $390).
Get certified with a professional e-degree in Claude. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
Looking for Claude AI training? The Claude AI Professional E-Degree consists of four courses, with more than 100 lectures, practical projects, automation training, integrations and AI workflow skills.
This hands-on educational bundle will teach you how to make the most of Anthropic’s popular AI — it’s on sale for just $14 with code COURSE30 (regularly $159).
Host as many websites as you like — forever! — for one low price with this unlimited deal. Image: Midjourney/Cult of Mac
When it comes to affordable website hosting, how much is enough? This discounted Hostdeal Unlimited Plan lets you host unlimited websites, with unlimited NVMe SSD storage, and 54 free domains for life.
Transform YouTube videos, podcast audio and unwieldy documents into info you can use. Image: Midjourney/Cult of Mac
GitMind turns PDFs, videos, podcasts, websites and notes into visual mind maps, summaries and diagrams. This AI-powered workspace turns information overload into something you can understand and digest much more easily.
It can produce instant summaries and transcripts of YouTube videos and audio content like podcasts, so you save time and walk away with an ordered list of key concepts. And right now, a lifetime subscription to GitMind costs just $49.99 (MSRP $169).
In contrast to many other cloud platforms, Scramble Cloud really leans into personal privacy. Encryption happens on your device before anything gets uploaded, so your files never exist in an unencrypted state on someone else’s server. Scramble uses zero-knowledge architecture, which means even their own team can’t read what you’ve stored.
All-in-one streaming video downloader Keeprix makes it easy to watch offline. Photo: Vitaly Gariev/Pexels
Streaming is great until you want to watch something offline, save a show before it disappears, or avoid the limits most platforms put on downloads — that’s when you need a streaming downloader like Keeprix.
It works with Netflix, YouTube and other major streaming services, letting you save the videos you care about so you can watch them whenever you want. That means no dealing with ads, expiration timers or unreliable Wi-Fi. And a lifetime subscription to Keeprix is on sale for $95.99 (regularly $159.99).
Creating a book doesn't need to be a time-consuming nightmare. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
If you have a hard drive full of journal entries, blog posts or lecture notes that you’ve always thought could become a book, the Concepts of a Book AI Book Architect gives you a structured way to turn them into one.
Beat ATS with DashResume and land the right job for you. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
Built for job hunters looking to land a new position fast, DashResume can blast out ATS-friendly resumes, optimize applications for specific positions, and create unlimited cover letters.
This time-saving tool can give you a leg up on the competition, at a time when you need all the advantages you can get. Even better, this affordable resume maker gives you all those job-seeking tools for a one-time payment of just $39.99 (regularly $139).
Learn to manage your money with this comprehensive financial literacy course. Illustration: Midjourney/Cult of Mac
If your financial education is lacking, you can turn things around with the Prosper Financial Success System. This comprehensive financial literacy bundle provides lifetime access to financial courses (with more than 150 lessons and counting), plus AI-powered coaching and weekly sessions with a veteran investor.
Discover great AirPods deals. Upgrade your audio experience today! Image: Apple/Cult of Mac
A pair of AirPods 4 is quite a deal at $99 — that’s 23% below the regular cost. This is a great choice for people who want Apple’s latest earbuds with excellent sound quality and seamless pairing with iPhone, iPad and more, without paying for features you may never use.
There’s also a version that adds Active Noise Cancellation that is currently 19% off at $144.99 .
Save big on a lifetime upgrade license to MacMagic, a great app that will fine-tune your Mac. Image: Cult of Mac Deals
MacMagic is the Swiss Army knife of Mac utilities: It can perform scores of optimization tasks, from clearing gigabytes of storage to batch processing hundreds of files.
For a limited time, you can pick up a MacMagic lifetime upgrades license on sale for just $22.98 with code MACSAVE.
See what Windows 11 can do for you with this limited-time price drop. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
Not every Cult of Mac reader is all Mac, all the time. We know many of you use PCs for various reasons — and here’s the big Windows 11 sale you’ve been waiting for.
Grab a refurbished sixth-gen iPad mini at a great price. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
With this refurbished iPad mini 6 deal, you can pick up a tiny Apple tablet for less than 300 bucks. That’s less than half the price of the latest model, the seventh-generation iPad mini, which now starts at $599 after Apple’s recent price hikes.
This sixth-gen iPad mini is slightly older, and it’s used. But if you want a solid slate for less, this is a great buy. Grab a refurbished iPad mini 6 for just $294.99 before they sell out.
Save on essential Microsoft software for Mac or PC. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
Not a fan of monthly fees for software like Microsoft 365? This deal lands you a lifetime license to Microsoft Office Home & Business 2024 for Mac or PC.
This heavily discounted lifetime subscription gives you access to top AI tools for any task. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
Finding good AI tools isn’t the problem. Even the free version of ChatGPT can do a lot. The real frustration is that if you want good results for generating copy, creating images, transcribing text and doing a myriad of other AI tasks, you often need a whole pile of subscriptions, and those costs add up. The alternative is to get an all-in-one tool that brings top AI models together in one interface. Enter 1minAI.
The major benefits of 1minAI are organizational and financial. It gives you access to ChatGPT, Gemini Pro, Llama, Mistral AI and more. So you get all your AI tools in one place, and you don’t need to pay for a subscription to each one separately. For a limited time, you can get a lifetime sub to 1minAI for just $24.97.
Get PDF Expert, an Apple Editor's Choice winner, at an amazing price. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
PDFs are arguably one of the most-used document formats by professionals, students and casual users alike. However, while they might be the best way to transmit documents, they’re not entirely easy to work with unless you own a capable PDF editor for Mac like PDF Expert.