I recently ran across a blog post from Jose Munoz talking about what apps he uses instead of the stock apps provided by Apple. Turns out this is a bit of a trend in the blogging space, and if you’re interested what other people are using, check out this huge list.
Here’s my list:
- 📨 Mail Client: Spark
- I’m still using the classic version of spark, which dodges the monthly subscription fee
- 📮 Mail Server: Gmail
- 📝 Notes: Bear & Notion
- I tend to use bear for quick notes that don’t need fancy organization, and Notion for meeting notes.
- ✅ To-Do: Things
- I love everything about this app, and run most of my life through it.
- 📷 iPhone Photo Shooting: Apple Camera
- 🌅 Photo Management: Apple Photos / Synology NAS
- The photos app is used to store all my iPhone photos, but I use my Synology for all my RAW files.
- 📆 Calendar: Fantastical
- 📖 RSS: Feedly and Reeder
- 🙍🏻♂️ Contacts: Apple Contacts
- 🌐 Browser: Arc / Chrome
- 💬 Chat: Messages and Slack
- 🔖 Bookmarks: Notion
- This is a bit of a dumping ground. I find that once I bookmark something, I rarely visit it again.
- 📑 Read It Later: Matter
- 🚀 Launcher: Raycast
- I was an Alfred user for many many years, but I’ve recently made the switch and have no complaints.
- 📜 Word Processing: Google Docs
- 📈 Spreadsheets: Google Sheets
- 📊 Presentations: Figma
- 🛒 Grocery Lists: Reminders
- 🍴 Meal Planning: Crouton / Mela
- I’ve been a Crouton sub for a while, but Melo offers the same thing for free and has a pretty nice design. I’m debating switching over.
- 💰 Budgeting and Personal Finance: Lunchmoney
- 📰 News: Arc/Reddit
- 🎵 Music: Spotify
- 🎙️ Podcasts: Pocketcasts
- 🔐 Password Management: 1Password
- 🤖 Code Editing: Visual Studio
- 📚 Books: Kobo
- 📖 Journal: Day One
- 🌎 Blogging: WordPress / Webflow
- 📷 Screenshots: Cleanshot X
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