site: pick of the day — Say hey (Message Memory)

daily-finds.log.md

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 Category: music (existing).
 Fact-check (maker site audiofile.engineering + App Store id416135376): confirmed bit-perfect/exclusive-mode playback, three out-of-process Audio Unit slots in the listening path, "HeadSpace" headphone crossfeed, and precise signal controls (Reference SRC, 9th-order Pro Dither). Two corrections to the find: (1) "shipped fresh this month" is wrong — the ground-up rewrite (Fidelia 2.0, new C++ engine) relaunched April 2026; what landed this week (v2.9.7, Jul 6) was an incremental internet-radio update plus the TidBITS coverage. (2) "new ownership" is old news — Patrick Krekelberg acquired Audiofile Engineering in 2017. Pricing corrected/tightened: free download + 14-day trial, then a one-time $49.99 "Full License" IAP (rising to $69.99 soon), Mac App Store only; macOS 14+. Noted the honest caveat that Fidelia 1 owners don't get a free upgrade. Repointed the review's canonical link from the TidBITS article to the App Store listing. Not vaporware — actively shipping/supported.
 Amazon: n-a (software).
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+## 2026-07-07 — pick of the day: say-hey-message-memory
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+Chosen over Fidelia for breadth and tile legibility. "An app that reads your iMessages — on your Mac, never leaving it — to remind you who you've drifted from" lands on any visitor in one line, and the hero shows the actual daily list. Fidelia is the more polished, more proven product (v2.9.7 vs. say-hey's v0.0.2), but its audiophile virtue — bit-perfect playback, Audio Unit hosting — presumes the visitor already cares; a narrower tile. Caveat flagged for the operator: say-hey is brand-new/pre-1.0 with no user reviews, so if the pick should favor a proven product, Fidelia is the ready alternative. (Previous pick, analogtv-full-simulation, has had its day since 2026-07-06.)