Alfred

What it is for

Alfred is a macOS launcher + workflows desk: you type p, land on Pixelmator Pro, and the app is £0 until you buy Powerpack. Use it when the job is a launcher you start at a public £, not when you need Raycast’s Free File Search only.

Soft-note: Free app + Powerpack Single License £34 + Mega Supporter £59 (lifetime upgrades). Distinct from Raycast and Warp.

What makes it unique: the cover is Alfred’s official results list (query p, selected Pixelmator Pro /Applications/Pixelmator Pro.app, System Preferences / Final Cut Pro / PaintCode / Vero Pepperrell / Preview) from the homepage results still — not a wordmark. The Pixelmator row itself is ops of results.

Key features

• Results list — query p + Pixelmator Pro (cover still; alfredapp.com). One desk. Cover Pixelmator Pro sits here.
• File / app search — /Applications/... paths on each row (cover). Search, not a Powerpack tile.
• Hotkeys — ⌘2–⌘6 on the cover rows (cover). Hotkeys, not a £34 meter.
• Custom searches — fallback + custom search (official video). Searches, not Get Powerpack.
• Clipboard History — Powerpack (homepage clipboard-history still). History, not Mega.
• Workflows — Powerpack canvas (homepage). Workflows, not Enterprise.

Buy Powerpack / Download are CTAs (not desks). Free / Powerpack / Mega tiles stay in Pricing. ChatGPT / DALL-E workflow stays off Key features as an AI extra.

Who it's for

Best fit: Mac users who will stay on the Free app at £0 while they launch Pixelmator Pro, then Powerpack at £34 when they need Clipboard History and Workflows — not Mega £59 first unless they want lifetime upgrades.

Pricing

Verified 2026-10-23 (Asia/Shanghai) from alfredapp.com/shop. Soft-note: shop prints £, not USD.

• Alfred (free app) — £0. Launcher, default results, web search.
• Powerpack Single License — £34. Clipboard History, snippets, workflows, file search extras. One-time.
• Mega Supporter — £59. Powerpack plus lifetime upgrades.
• Not a subscription. Confirm checkout; VAT may apply.

Limitations / costs

• Workflows and Clipboard History are Powerpack. Free is the launcher only.
• macOS only. There is no Windows build.
• A launcher, not Raycast’s Free $0 File Search + extensions. For that launcher see Raycast.
• The product is not OSS. We omit a GitHub CTA rather than invent a product repo.

Alternatives

• Raycast — a launcher when you want Free $0 / Pro $10, not Alfred’s p → Pixelmator Pro.
• Warp — an agentic terminal when you want Free $0 / Build $20, not a spotlight replacement.

Official tutorial

Official Alfred App channel video: Alfred - Creating your own Custom Searches (oEmbed author: Alfred App). First-party how-to; the results p / Pixelmator Pro still is the cover. We also resolved Using & Setting Your Fallback Searches (-jIMSWZz7wA) and Using the Thumbnail Navigation workflow (3mg5jA4uBH8) on the same channel. We searched @alfredapptv (200) and @alfredapp (404). We do not embed the ChatGPT / DALL-E workflow as the how-to.

Written path: alfredapp.com/shop plus the results still.

Website

https://www.alfredapp.com/

Source

Catalog row curated for AI Tools Nav. Cover is Alfred’s official results list (query p + Pixelmator Pro). Pounds checked on alfredapp.com/shop (Free app; Powerpack Single £34; Mega Supporter £59 lifetime upgrades). Tutorial oEmbed author: Alfred App (@alfredapptv; @alfredapp 404). No official product GitHub.

Last verified

2026-10-23 (Asia/Shanghai) editorial check.