Start with your case file.
Write a title, explain the proposal and, if useful, add a goal. Bring up to three sources with excerpts, or import material from a local PDF or text file. Drafts save automatically on your Mac.
Inside Trial
One idea. A whole crew.
Trial helps you examine an idea before investing time and resources. Its court follows five stages of questions, objections, evidence and a final judgment.
What it does
What you can do with Trial.
Bring a personal project, a product concept or a startup idea. Trial organises a case file and asks its court to examine the proposal from different roles. You get strengths, weak assumptions, reasons behind each vote and practical checks to try next.
An AI opinion is not proof. Trial does not verify sources on the web, certify calculations or replace professional advice. You stay in charge of the decision.
The journey
Here is what happens inside.
Grand Jury
Five members check clarity, completeness, usefulness, initial feasibility and the goal. Is there enough here to discuss?
3 / 5Favourable votes to proceedProsecution
Four members look for risks, missing resources, fragile assumptions and contradictions. Where could the idea break?
3 / 4Favourable votes to proceedAnalysts
Three members examine evidence, reasoning, measurability and the practicality of the proposed checks. What still needs testing?
2 / 3Favourable votes to proceedGrand Council
Ten members revisit the arguments and objections, weighing sustainability, accessibility, alternatives and responsibility. Is the case ready for judgment?
8 / 10Favourable votes to proceedDexter’s verdict
After all four quorums pass, Dexter reads the case file and saved opinions. He accepts or rejects the idea, explains the main risk and suggests a next step.
A separate final judgment
One member, one vote. Each stage waits for every opinion, even if its quorum is already reached. Members do not see other opinions from the same stage. Some characters return later with a new role.
The tools
Archive, revisions and exports.
Read every point of view.
Each opinion includes a strength, a voting explanation, a weak point and a next check. Follow progress, interrupt an analysis and resume with saved opinions preserved.
Give ideas a history.
Search the local archive, add tags and favourites, and compare linked revisions. Find what changed without overwriting the original proposal.
Take the next step.
Use the operational summary and its checklist. Export reports as PDF or text, or keep a reimportable JSON backup of your case files.
Make it feel like your Mac.
Choose one of five official atmospheres, switch to reading mode or pause motion. The app is available in English, Italian, French, German, Spanish and Portuguese.
The court’s engine
Two ways to run the court.
Apple Intelligence
The model built into macOS, available when Apple Intelligence is enabled. Trial downloads no additional models: the mascots share the same engine.
Local AI · Multi-model court
A package of 6 different models distributed among the mascots: some serve more than one member. Dexter uses the largest compatible model. Internet is needed for the initial download; analysis then stays local, even without Apple Intelligence.
Neither mode sends your proposals to an external AI service. Different roles or models can still agree; they are perspectives, not guarantees of independent truth.
The characters
Meet your court.
These are the original pixel-art characters you will meet in Trial. Twenty personalities, 22 opinions across four voting stages, then Dexter’s verdict. A returning character keeps its identity—and its assigned model in the multi-model court.
Tail
Grand Jury
Brings the first question into focus: what problem are you solving, and for whom?
Courtney
Grand Jury
Checks that the proposal is complete enough to understand what you actually want to build.
Mike
Grand Jury
Looks at initial feasibility: can the idea take a first practical step with the resources described?
Prod
Grand Jury
Keeps the intended people in view, asking whether the idea offers them something genuinely useful.
Spyro
Grand JuryGrand Council
Checks the fit between proposal and goal, then returns to examine the case’s overall coherence.
Kyle
Prosecution
Explores operational risks and failure scenarios before the real world puts them to the test.
Wopp
Prosecution
Looks for underestimated costs and missing resources. Enthusiasm still needs a workable budget.
James
Prosecution
Questions fragile assumptions and considers alternatives that could change the decision.
Mixa
ProsecutionGrand Council
Finds contradictions and unintended consequences, then revisits the risks left unresolved.
Tame
AnalystsGrand Council
Examines the quality and limits of the evidence, returning later to assess how robust it really is.
Tyler
Analysts
Checks the logic of estimates and whether the results you expect can actually be measured.
Todd
Analysts
Turns attention to practical feasibility and field checks: what can you test outside the case file?
Patrick
Grand Council
Looks at operational sustainability: can this keep working after the first burst of enthusiasm?
Jane
Grand Council
Examines usefulness and accessibility, asking who benefits and who might be left out.
Micheal
Grand Council
Puts costs and benefits side by side, checking whether the effort is proportionate to the value.
Lundy
Grand Council
Looks closely at proposed tests: will the next check tell you something that matters?
Brian
Grand Council
Considers practical alternatives, including simpler ways to reach the same goal.
Deb-Deb
Grand Council
Examines impacts and responsibility, keeping consequences for other people in the discussion.
Isaac
Grand Council
Checks readiness for judgment: are the essential questions clear enough for the final decision?
Dexter
Dexter’s verdict
Has the final word after all four quorums pass: an explained verdict, a main risk and a next step.
The group photo
Trial’s crew.
From the first question to the final word: everyone has a place in the picture, and a part to play in your next idea.
