Default Apps: 2023 Edition
Everybody is making lists of the default apps they use in 2023. Being an inveterate trend-hopper, why should I be left behind?
- Email: Fastmail installed as PWA on macOS, default Fastmail app on iPhone
- Notes: Obsidian + Obsidian Sync, Apple Notes for quickly capturing rough ideas
- To-do: Things
- Photo shooting: iOS Camera
- Photo management: Apple Photos
- Photo editing: Apple Photos
- Calendar: Fastmail installed as PWA on macOS, default Fastmail app on iPhone
- Cloud storage: iCloud Drive
- RSS: Reeder + iCloud (currently trying Readwise Reader for 30 days)
- Contact management: Apple Contacts
- Browser: Safari for daily browsing, Firefox for the developer tools
- Chat: Telegram, WhatsApp, Instagram (in order of usage)
- Bookmarks: Raindrop.io
- Read later: Reeder + iCloud (currently trying Readwise Reader for 30 days)
- Spreadsheets: Microsoft Excel
- Word processing: iA Writer, sometimes Microsoft Word
- Presentations: Apple Keynote
- Shopping list: Things
- Budgeting and finance: Fold Money
- News: Mastodon, other people
- Music: Spotify
- Podcast: Overcast
- Password management: 1Password
- Books: Kindle and Apple Books on iPad Pro
- App launcher: Alfred
- Code editor: Visual Studio Code
- Terminal: iTerm
- Git client: Git Tower
If you want to see more, Robb Knight is collecting these lists on App Defaults.