- What do I need to run it?
- macOS 15 (Sequoia) or newer, on Apple Silicon or Intel. The build is a universal binary and takes about 90 MB on disk.
- How do I install it?
- Open the downloaded .dmg and drag Aspects to /Applications, then double-click it. Aspects is signed and notarised by Apple, so a current build opens without a warning. If macOS says the app cannot be checked, you have an older download: get it again from this page rather than working around the warning.
- What does the $19 app fee cover?
- It's a single purchase that gives you the macOS app forever, with no recurring part and nothing to cancel. Buy it on its own, or start with a cloud tier and it rides along on your first invoice so you only check out once. The iPhone app comes with a tier rather than the $19, because it has nothing to show until your exports are in the cloud.
- How do the AI features work?
- Aspects can translate a passage, rewrite one, and fit text to the frame it has to sit in. That runs on prepaid credits you buy inside the app, not a subscription: nothing renews and credits do not expire. It needs the app and nothing else, so it works on app-only just as it does on a cloud tier, and it is off until you use it.
- Can an assistant control Aspects?
- Yes. Aspects ships an MCP server inside the app, so Claude Code and other assistants can read your library, find an export and start a render. Reading needs no permission and works with Aspects closed; anything that acts is off until you turn it on in Settings, and nothing deletes.
- Can I fetch my assets over an API?
- Yes. Aspects serves your final assets over a read-only HTTP API, so a build script, a CMS or an agent can list them and fetch one by URL. Keys are made on your account page, shown once and revocable, and nothing with a key can change or delete anything. It reads from cloud storage, so it needs a cloud plan: any plan, and it is the same API on all three.
- Does it make presentations?
- Yes. Decks are built from named layouts rather than a blank canvas, set in the same text engine the exporter uses, so the PDF cannot reflow away from what you saw. You can export a press-ready PDF or publish to an unlisted link that can be password-protected and revoked.
- What else is in the app besides the tools?
- Presentations and Notes, in the same library as your artboards, plus a menu-bar shelf holding your last screenshots, screen recordings, exports and final assets. Notes is deliberately plain: one size, no formatting.
- Do I need a cloud tier?
- No. The $19 purchase is yours for good, and capture, framing, rendering and export all happen locally on your Mac. A tier adds cloud storage, the iPhone app, publishing from your iPhone, and the Assets API. Take one when you want that, cancel when you don't.
- Can I switch tiers later?
- Yes. Open the Stripe customer portal from the Aspects account menu (or the web /account page) and switch any time, with the difference prorated.
- How long do my exports stay in the cloud?
- As long as you keep them. Exports don't expire, so clean up the history yourself when something's no longer useful. Local copies on your Mac stay put either way.
- Refunds?
- All sales final, and in the EU and UK you waive the 14 day withdrawal right at checkout so the download can start immediately. We deliberately don't run trials, because the price points are low enough to start small and upgrade as you go.
