Default apps for 2023

There have been a bunch of “what apps am I using?” blog posts recently, inspired by an episode of Hemispheric Views. Robb Knight has a page with links to other people’s posts.

Here’s my list:

  • 📨 Mail Client: Hey
  • 📮 Mail Server: Fastmail and Hey
  • 📝 Notes: Ulysses
  • ✅ To-Do: Basecamp, GitHub, and Ulysses
  • 📷 iPhone Photo Shooting: Apple Camera
  • 🌅 Photo Management: Apple Photos and Dropbox
  • 📆 Calendar: Fantastical (iOS) and Apple Calendar (macOS)
  • 📁 Cloud File Storage: Dropbox
  • 📖 RSS: NetNewsWire and Feedbin
  • 🙍🏻‍♂️ Contacts: Apple Contacts
  • 🌐 Browser: Safari
  • 💬 Chat: Messages and Slack
  • 🔖 Bookmarks: Micro.blog
  • 📑 Read It Later: Micro.blog
  • 📜 Word Processing: Pages and Google Docs
  • 📈 Spreadsheets: Numbers and Google Sheets
  • 📊 Presentations: Keynote
  • 🛒 Shopping Lists: none
  • 🍴 Meal Planning: none
  • 💰 Budgeting and Personal Finance: Numbers
  • 📰 News: Safari and YouTube TV
  • 🎵 Music: Spotify
  • 🎙️ Podcasts: Overcast
  • 🔐 Password Management: 1Password
  • 🤖 Code Editing: Nova and Xcode
  • 📚 Books: Kindle
  • 🌎 Blogging: Micro.blog

I added a few at the end that I’ve seen other folks use even if they weren’t in the original list. There is scoring too, but I don’t understand how it works. 🙂

Manton Reece @manton