PopAir is built around a simple observation: the AI you need is usually one app-switch away. Rather than being another destination, it plugs into your existing workflow on macOS through a floating bar that appears when you select text, an always-available sidebar, and global keyboard shortcuts. From there you can rewrite a paragraph, translate a message, extract text from a screenshot, or ask a question about the window in front of you.
The app bundles capabilities that would otherwise require several separate subscriptions. Multi-model chat covers ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok and others with web search, file uploads, and comparison views. The Image Studio handles generation, editing, upscaling, background removal, and outpainting. The Meet Summary tool records meetings, produces transcripts with speaker detection, and generates summaries you can query afterward. A memory layer learns your preferences and projects so you repeat yourself less.
Under the hood, PopAir is written in SwiftUI rather than wrapping a website, which the developer highlights for its low memory footprint (under 50MB), instant launch, and better battery behavior than Electron-based alternatives. It requires macOS 14 or later. Pricing is freemium, with a single subscription starting from $10 per month that is pitched as replacing roughly $110 per month of separate AI subscriptions.
