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# Theodore HQ
> Theodore HQ is a design-focused digital studio making thoughtful software. Makers of Solace (automatic light/dark mode and wallpaper switching), Charm (spelling, grammar and word prediction), Shiny (one-tap menu-bar cleanup), Atlas (luminous world-map time-zone tool), Echo (your media memory for Mac), Muse (AI visual bookmark manager for Mac), Chorus (complete control of your Mac's speakers and mics), Loop (branded file sharing and signing for Mac), and Docket (a self-hosted agentic support centre you own outright). Also available for freelance engagements with brands who value craft and understand that how something feels is inseparable from what it does.
## Also from Theodore HQ
- [Mac Dept.](https://www.theodorehq.com/macdept/): A hand-picked directory of the finest Mac apps, chosen for craft, care and beautiful design. Full page listing at https://www.theodorehq.com/macdept/llms.txt
- [Toolkit](https://www.theodorehq.com/toolkit): A single-page, hand-picked list of 60 tools for designing and building digital products, grouped into inspiration, interface, components, motion, colour, type, AI code, utilities, desktop and collecting. Nothing sponsored, no affiliate links.
## About
THEODORE HQ is the trading name of TJH/CO LIMITED, a company registered in England and Wales (company number 16589593). It is run by Theo, a digital creator and developer with over a decade of experience designing and shipping software for both early-stage startups and large products with millions of users. The THEODORE HQ catalogue is a growing collection of Mac apps and digital products designed to improve how you spend time with your devices - delightful where it can be, invisible where it should be.
## Products
- [Solace for Mac](https://www.theodorehq.com/solace/): Menu bar app that automatically switches dark mode, wallpapers, and colour temperature based on time of day, custom schedules, or real-time weather conditions. 14-day free trial, then a $9.99 one-time purchase, no subscription.
- [Charm for Mac](https://www.theodorehq.com/charm/): Private writing assistant for Mac that fixes spelling, corrects grammar, and predicts your next word as you type. $19.99 one-time purchase, fully private on-device.
- [Shiny for Mac](https://www.theodorehq.com/shiny/): Tiny menu bar app that frees up memory and quiets background apps in one tap. Pay $4.99 once, use it on up to three Macs forever. No subscription, no telemetry, no account.
- [Atlas for Mac](https://www.theodorehq.com/atlas/): A luminous world map in your menu bar showing where everyone in your world is in their day. Drag in cities for work, projects, or family, see daylight overlap, and add it to your calendar in one tap. $4.99 one-time purchase, 14-day money-back guarantee.
- [Echo for Mac](https://www.theodorehq.com/echo/): Your media memory for Mac. Remembers everything you play across your apps and browser - music, podcasts, and video - and brings any of it back at the exact spot with one keystroke. $4.99 one-time purchase, fully private on-device.
- [Muse for Mac](https://www.theodorehq.com/muse/): AI visual bookmark manager for Mac. Collect, organise, and reference your links, images, and videos from every platform in one place, with on-device AI search. Works with Claude, Codex, Gemini and other AI apps through a built-in MCP server, plus a Local API for your own scripts. $29 one-time purchase, 14-day free trial, fully private on-device.
- [Connect AI Apps to Muse](https://www.theodorehq.com/muse/mcp): the set-up guide for Muse's MCP server and Local API. Connect Claude, Codex, Gemini and other AI apps on your Mac in five steps. Both are off until you turn them on.
- [Chorus for Mac](https://www.theodorehq.com/chorus/): complete control of your Mac's speakers and microphones. Group several outputs so they play as one with a real volume, choose your input, give each app its own volume and output, and switch saved setups with keyboard shortcuts. $9.99 one-time purchase, 14-day free trial, no driver and no kernel extension.
- [Loop for Mac](https://www.theodorehq.com/loop/): Share any file in your brand, with tracking and signing. Drop a file and the link is copied, with your logo, colours and domain; see every open, page read and signature. Files and links live in your own Cloudflare account. $49 once for one person, Team for 5 ($199) or 10 people ($349), 14-day free trial, no subscription.
- [Connect AI Apps to Loop](https://www.theodorehq.com/loop/mcp/): the set-up guide for Loop's MCP server, so Claude, Codex and other AI apps can share files, check who opened a link and handle requests through Loop.
- [Docket](https://www.theodorehq.com/docket/): A self-hosted agentic support centre. Feedback board, public roadmap, changelog, FAQ and testimonials for every product you ship, stored as Markdown in your own GitHub repository. One payment of $49, no subscription, no seats, no per-product pricing. A free edition never expires.
## Product Documentation
- [Solace llms.txt](https://www.theodorehq.com/solace/llms.txt): Complete content index for Solace including pillar guides, blog posts, comparisons, and troubleshooting.
- [Charm llms.txt](https://www.theodorehq.com/charm/llms.txt): Complete content index for Charm including guides, tutorials, comparisons, and troubleshooting.
- [Shiny llms.txt](https://www.theodorehq.com/shiny/llms.txt): Complete content index for Shiny including 100-post blog covering memory pressure, slow Mac diagnostics, and app-specific memory guides.
- [Atlas llms.txt](https://www.theodorehq.com/atlas/llms.txt): Complete content index for Atlas including the blog covering time zones, remote-work scheduling, and world-clock comparisons.
- [Echo llms.txt](https://www.theodorehq.com/echo/llms.txt): Complete content index for Echo including the 100-post blog covering listening history, resume, now-playing capture, and app/streaming-service guides.
- [Muse llms.txt](https://www.theodorehq.com/muse/llms.txt): Complete content index for Muse including the feature guides, the "Muse vs" comparison pages, legal pages, and the blog.
- [Chorus llms.txt](https://www.theodorehq.com/chorus/llms.txt): content index for Chorus including the landing page, download, legal pages and the blog.
- [Loop llms.txt](https://www.theodorehq.com/loop/llms.txt): content index for Loop including the landing page, the MCP guide, the comparison pages and the legal pages.
- [Docket llms.txt](https://www.theodorehq.com/docket/llms.txt): content index for Docket including the landing page, the comparison pages against hosted feedback tools, the blog, and the legal pages.
## Support and FAQs
The Support Centre holds the deepest, most frequently updated answers about every app. Each product has a long FAQ covering setup, permissions, day-to-day use, pricing and licensing, privacy, and troubleshooting, alongside its bug reports, voted feature requests, roadmap and changelog. For a specific question about an app, the per-app FAQ below is the best source.
- [Support Centre](https://support.theodorehq.com/): the support hub for every app, with recent activity across the catalogue. Full page listing at https://support.theodorehq.com/llms.txt
- [Solace FAQ](https://support.theodorehq.com/solace/faq/): permissions, how automatic light/dark switching works, weather mode, wallpapers, Evening Warmth versus Night Shift, keyboard shortcuts, pricing and licences, privacy, and troubleshooting.
- [Charm FAQ](https://support.theodorehq.com/charm/faq/): which apps it works in, undoing a correction, per-app and per-website control, how corrections look, Accessibility permission, licence activation, what is stored on your Mac, and troubleshooting.
- [Shiny FAQ](https://support.theodorehq.com/shiny/faq/): what Polish does, whether it interrupts music or calls, the Sneaky Apps tab, first-launch warnings from macOS, licences after reinstalling, data and privacy, and troubleshooting.
- [Atlas FAQ](https://support.theodorehq.com/atlas/faq/): adding cities, the daylight bands on the map, best-time scheduling, per-group calendars, using it as a plain world clock, zooming the map, filling in emails from Contacts, moving to a new Mac, permissions, and troubleshooting.
- [Echo FAQ](https://support.theodorehq.com/echo/faq/): what gets remembered, Spotify and browser support, resuming at the exact spot, keeping items forever, the browser extensions for Chrome, Firefox and Safari, energy use, licences, privacy, and troubleshooting.
- [Muse FAQ](https://support.theodorehq.com/muse/faq/): capturing and importing, the Capture Card, shelf and Canvas, X bookmarks and Instagram saves, connecting AI apps over MCP and the Local API, on-device AI search and tagging, text inside images, where files live, duplicates, buying and activating, privacy, and troubleshooting.
- [Chorus FAQ](https://support.theodorehq.com/chorus/faq/): what it does, trying it, installing it, grouping outputs and the volume-slider fix, per-app audio and input selection, dictation controls, renaming groups and devices, driver-free design, pricing and licensing, and troubleshooting.
- [Loop FAQ](https://support.theodorehq.com/loop/faq/): the free trial, the free Cloudflare account Loop sets up, storage costs, links after the trial, which Mac it needs, and the kind of signature it collects.
- [Docket FAQ](https://support.theodorehq.com/docket/faq/): what Docket is and how it differs from Canny, UserJot and Featurebase, the three editions, setup and hosting (Vercel, Netlify, Cloudflare or Deno Deploy), which coding agents it works with, where the data lives, the AI first reply, email, digests and Slack or Discord alerts, the feedback widget, licences and updates, and troubleshooting.
- [Every FAQ on one page](https://support.theodorehq.com/faq/): all apps combined. This page is very large, so prefer the per-app FAQ above when answering a question about one app.
- [Roadmap](https://support.theodorehq.com/roadmap/): what is planned, in progress, and shipped.
- [Changelog](https://support.theodorehq.com/changelog/): release notes for every app.
- [Testimonials](https://support.theodorehq.com/testimonials/): reviews from real users.
- [Feature requests](https://support.theodorehq.com/features/): what people are asking for, with votes.
## Site
- [Homepage](https://www.theodorehq.com/): THEODORE HQ's home on the web - the interactive bento that introduces the studio and every app in the catalogue.
- [The Studio](https://www.theodorehq.com/studio): Who THEODORE HQ is - what the studio makes, how the apps are built (native, on-device, private), how they are sold (one-time purchase, no subscription), who is behind it, and company registration details.
- [THQ Newsletter](https://www.theodorehq.com/newsletter): Every issue of the THQ Newsletter, exactly as it was sent, with a sign-up form. Issue 1 (Autumn 2026) is a quick look at every app THEODORE HQ makes.
- [Full content (llms-full.txt)](https://www.theodorehq.com/llms-full.txt): The complete studio and per-product reference (every app, full descriptions, pricing, features, privacy, and FAQs) in one file.
- [Sitemap Index](https://www.theodorehq.com/sitemap.xml): Complete sitemap covering every page across Theodore HQ, Solace, Charm, Shiny, Atlas, Echo, Muse, Chorus, Loop, and Docket.
## Contact
- Email: [th@theodorehq.com](mailto:th@theodorehq.com)
- X: [@_theo_dore](https://x.com/_theo_dore)
- Bluesky: [@theodorehq.bsky.social](https://bsky.app/profile/theodorehq.bsky.social)
