2024 App Defaults
A list of the apps I use
Since November, I’ve watched with interest as hundreds of bloggers have listed their default apps. I’m an early adopter and opinionated about the tools I use, so I thought I’d join in by listing my own. I’m using the same categories as Carl Barenbrug did here. This is an update of a post I made almost exactly four years ago.
- Mail server: Google Workspace
- Mail client: Mimestream
- Writing (notes, longform, everything): Obsidian
- Photography: Obscura
- Photo management: Apple Photos, Darkroom
- Calendar: Cron
- Cloud file storage: Sync.com
- RSS: Feedbin (with Reeder on iOS)
- Contacts: Apple Contacts
- Launcher: Alfred 5
- Browser: Safari
- Chat: Apple Messages, Signal, WhatsApp
- Bookmarks: Eagle, Are.na
- Read It Later: Readwise Reader (and Matter, for podcast transcripts)
- Collaborative Word Processing: Google Docs, Microsoft Word
- Spreadsheets: Notion, Airtable, Google Sheets
- Shopping Lists: Apple Reminders
- Budgeting: Notion
- News: Feedbin, Feeeed
- Music: Apple Music, MP3s, Last.fm
- Podcasts: Pocket Casts
- Password Management: 1Password
- VPN: Mullvad
- Code Editor: Nova
- Maps: Apple Maps
- AI Assistant: Not yet