Choose Permute if
- A very polished, simple media converter with hardware-accelerated encoding
- Merge files, presets and on-device transcription to SRT
- A low one-time price; pairs well with Downie
OneMacTools vs Permute
Permute is a drag-and-drop Mac converter for video, audio and images. OneMacTools is one native Mac app with 138 on-device tools for video, PDFs, images, audio and files, plus Mac Clean Up, Mac Health, Dev & Agents and AI Space. Choose Permute for a very polished, simple media converter with hardware-accelerated encoding; choose OneMacTools if you want media plus full PDF tools, on-device AI, files and screen tools in one app.
| OneMacTools | Permute | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Native Mac app, 138 tools | Media converter |
| Price | Free download; a licence is $19 once for 1 Mac (launch price $9), or $39, $79 or $99 for 5, 15 or 25 Macs | $14.99 once (up to 3 activations); also in Setapp and the Mac App Store (their pricing) |
| Runs on | Mac (macOS 26 or later) | Mac (Permute 4 needs macOS 26 and Apple silicon) |
| Your files | Processed on your Mac | On your Mac |
| Compress video to a target size | ✓ | ✓ |
| Convert video formats | ✓ | ✓ |
| Convert and compress images (incl. HEIC) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Transcribe audio to text | ✓ | ✓ |
| Works from Finder (Quick Actions) | ✓ | Partly |
| Shortcuts actions | ✓ | ✓ |
| Merge, split and compress PDFs | ✓ | Partly |
| Make scanned PDFs searchable (OCR) | ✓ | Not listed |
| Redact PDFs | ✓ | — |
| Edit the text inside a PDF | — | — |
| Find duplicate files | ✓ | — |
| Disk space map / storage breakdown | ✓ | — |
| Clean up junk and leftovers | ✓ | — |
| Per-app CPU and memory | ✓ | — |
| System stats in the menu bar | ✓ | — |
| Battery health | ✓ | — |
| Dev servers and ports | ✓ | — |
| AI apps' disk use (caches, models, chats) | ✓ | — |
| AI assistants can use it (MCP) | ✓ | Not listed |
| Works offline, files stay on your Mac | ✓ | ✓ |
Choose OneMacTools if
- Media plus full PDF tools, on-device AI, files and screen tools in one app
- Social presets, subtitles burned in, GIFs and watermarks
- Plus Mac Clean Up and Mac Health
How we compared: from Permute's own website and documentation, checked 14 October 2026. “Not listed” means we couldn't confirm it there, not that it's missing. Prices change; check theirs. Sources: software.charliemonroe.net. Something out of date? Tell us.
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