Leap AlternativesFile Search Utilities and other similar apps like Leap

Leap is described as 'With Leap you find things based on your natural memory of that file. “Hhmm it was a big photoshop file of a basketball court” or “Something I tagged important” or “A word document somewhere in my documents folder”' and is a File Search utility in the file management category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Leap for Mac, Windows and Linux. The best Leap alternative is TagFlow, which is free. Other great apps like Leap are Elyse, Tags, Tagger and Taglists.

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  1. TagFlow icon
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    TagFlow is a simple, intelligent and efficient files manager based on tags. It allows you to easily organize, find, share and backup all your files by tagging them. Organize and find your files is easily and will improve your file organisation.

    21 TagFlow alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    TagFlow Features

    1.  File Tagging
    2.  Tagging

    TagFlow VS Leap

     
    • TagFlow is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Leap.

    • TagFlow is the most popular free alternative to Leap.

    • TagFlow is Free and ProprietaryLeap is Paid and Proprietary
  2. Elyse icon
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    Because files can fit in many different categories and contexts, a tagging approach to managing them, like the kind we have for photos, bookmarks, and blog posts, makes sense. Elyse provides tag management for your files, with up to 30 tags in the free version.

    23 Elyse alternatives

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows

    Elyse Features

    1.  Tagging

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  3. Tags icon
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    Tags allows you to manage your files in a way far superior to folders. Work faster, and be more efficient.

    25 Tags alternatives

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    Country of Origin

    • SE flagSweden
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Tags Features

    1.  Tagging

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    • Tags is the most popular commercial alternative to Leap.

    • Tags is Paid and ProprietaryLeap is also Paid and Proprietary
  4. Tagger icon
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    Tagger is a small application for OS X that can be used for quickly adding arbitrary textual tags to files. It uses the OpenMeta system for saving tags, so the tags you add with it will be readable (and editable) by all the other applications that support OpenMeta.

    24 Tagger alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Discontinued

    Last update was on October 02, 2011. Source code is available.

    Tagger Features

    1.  File Tagging
    2.  Tagging

    Tagger VS Leap

     
    • Tagger is the most popular Open Source alternative to Leap.

    • Tagger is Free and Open SourceLeap is Paid and Proprietary
  5. Taglists icon
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    TagLists is a small application for OS X that allows you to quickly see which files you've tagged with particular tags. It uses the OpenMeta tagging system, which means that it finds files that have been tagged with any of the applications that support OpenMeta.

    22 Taglists alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac

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    Search a comprehensive, centralized cache of all text found in your documents and other text-based files, including database and package files.

    43 FoxTrot Professional Search alternatives

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    Country of Origin

    • CH flagSwitzerland

    Platforms

    • Mac

    FoxTrot Professional Search Features

    1.  Full-Text Search
    2.  In-document search
    3.  Search metadata
    4.  Spotlight
    5.  Category Filters

    FoxTrot Professional Search VS Leap

     
  7. HoudahSpot icon
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    Advanced File Search Utility for Mac OS X.

    39 HoudahSpot alternatives

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    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • LU flagLuxembourg
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac

    HoudahSpot Features

    1.  Spotlight

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  8. tag2find icon
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    Tag everything on your desktop like files, images, movies or music by simply using tags. 3 languages: english, german, espanol.

    24 tag2find alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

    Last version is v0.10.2.5 and it has not been updated since 2007

    tag2find Features

    1.  Tagging

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  9. TagoMan icon
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    TagoMan frees you from constrains of your folders.

    It helps you organize your files, links and notes using tags. As one can assign multiple tags to an entry, tags can be used to group entries in arbitrary and flexible way without moving documents around. It is also possible to l.

    19 TagoMan alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • NL flagNetherlands
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac

    TagoMan Features

    1.  Tagging
    2.  Spotlight

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  10. TagTower icon
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    TagTower is a personal file tagging utility that allows you to assign custom keywords (tags) to your files and then easily locate files by searching and browsing tags, without the need to remember the file’s name or location.

    8 TagTower alternatives

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    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • RU flagRussia

    Platforms

    • Windows

    TagTower Features

    1.  File Tagging
    2.  Tagging

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  11. NiftyBox icon
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    Nifty Box is a tagging application for the mac.

    Keep web bookmarks, classify pictures, and annotate documents. Organize with tags and let Nifty Box show you related information. Browse your library and find without searching.

    7 NiftyBox alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Discontinued

    According to the message on the official site the tool is discontinued.

    NiftyBox Features

    1.  Personal Information Manager (PIM)
    2.  Tagging

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    Ammonite provides an easy to use interface to find tagged files quickly. It works with macOS Finder tags, OpenMeta tags and DEVONthink Pro tags. Ammonite visualizes the tags used in a database or on your filesystem in a 'tag cloud': tags applied to many documents will...

    1 Soma-Zone Ammonite alternatives

    License model

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Soma-Zone Ammonite Features

    1.  File Tagging
    2.  Tagging
    3.  Tag cloud

    Soma-Zone Ammonite VS Leap

     
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