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