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Tiong Creative is a suite of macOS desktop apps developed by David Tiong. Rather than a typical cloud SaaS product, it is positioned as a “local-first” set of personal productivity and content tools. Its current key products include Lists & Notes, Content Checker Pro, Mindful Reader, and the upcoming Client Manager. The core philosophy is one-time purchase, no subscriptions, no cloud account, no tracking, and keeping user data on the user’s Mac as much as possible.
Lists & Notes is the product with the most complete information available on its page. It provides offline note-taking and to-do list management. Users can create prioritized lists, organize content with categories and subcategories, and write in a Markdown editor with live preview, tables, code blocks, and checklist syntax. Export options include PDF, Word/DOCX, text, and JSON, making it suitable for meeting notes, research notes, personal planning, and lightweight document output. The app also offers daily automatic backups, 15 rolling backups, version saving before AI edits, a trash bin, and light/dark themes.
AI features are optional and rely on the user’s own Anthropic Claude or OpenAI API key. They can be used for TLDR summaries, grammar and spelling checks, writing improvements, counterargument generation, list suggestions, and task expansion. API keys are encrypted and stored locally; relevant notes or list content is sent to the selected AI provider only when the user actively triggers an AI action. Apart from AI, update checks, web scraping, and payment/form processing, product data is not uploaded to Tiong Creative by default. Payments are handled by Gumroad, contact forms by Basin, the website is hosted on Cloudflare Pages, and it uses cookie-free, privacy-first analytics.
Tiong Creative uses a one-time purchase model: Lists & Notes costs 15 AUD, Content Checker Pro costs 14.50 AUD, and Mindful Reader costs 10 AUD. The pages state that AUD pricing is for reference only, with actual billing handled by Gumroad in USD based on exchange rates. Lists & Notes offers a 14-day money-back guarantee, but no free version or free trial is mentioned. AI usage costs are not included in the software price; users need to pay their own OpenAI or Anthropic API fees.
The advantages are clear: privacy-friendly, no account required, offline access, low pricing, and open file formats. It is well suited to macOS users, writers, students, researchers, and individual professionals who dislike subscriptions and cloud sync. The drawbacks are equally clear: it currently supports macOS only, with no team collaboration, permission management, audit features, SSO, or enterprise administration. There is no cloud sync, so it is not ideal for multi-user collaboration or heavy cross-device use. Free updates are provided at the developer’s discretion, and future features are not guaranteed.
The text does not provide information about access from mainland China. Since the product is a local macOS app, purchase and download may mainly depend on the official website and Gumroad; AI features depend on whether OpenAI or Anthropic APIs are available in the user’s local network and payment environment. If you need a Chinese-language ecosystem, multi-device sync, or team collaboration, alternatives such as Notion, Evernote, Obsidian, Apple Notes, Bear, Typora, and Todoist may be worth considering.
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