Most apps have stayed the same since my last year’s list. The main thing that changed this year for me is to use a proper task manager app instead of storing todos in Obsidian and needing access to it all the time (I don’t have Obsidian on my iPhone). I like Obsidian for note taking, storing permanent notes, or creating drafts, but setting reminders, deadlines, or quickly capturing tasks felt overwhelming. To replace this, and after trying three different apps, I returned to an old app I’ve used: Things 3.
The list below is mostly a revision from last year.
- 📨 Mail Client: Gmail
- 📮 Mail Server: Google
- 📝 Notes: Obsidian
- ✅ To-Do: Things 3 (I keep coming back to it after trying 3 different apps in this calendar year)
- 📷 Photo Shooting: iPhone 12 mini Camera app
- 🟦 Photo Management: Locally backing up in external drive on monthly basis
- 📆 Calendar: Apple Calendar and Google Calendar (professionally)
- 📁 Cloud File Storage: iCloud for some applications to sync between both phone and laptop
- 📖 RSS: N/A
- 🙍🏻♂️ Contacts: Contacts
- 🌐 Browser: Chrome professionally on desktop and iOS, Brave and Safari personal
- 💬 Chat: Slack, Telegram
- 🔖 Bookmarks: Obsidian
- 📑 Read It Later: Obsidian
- 📜 Word Processing: Google Docs
- 📈 Spreadsheets: Google Sheets and Numbers
- 📊 Presentations: (rarely) Google Slides
- 🛒 Shopping Lists: Things 3
- 🍴 Meal Planning: N/A
- 💰 Budgeting and Personal Finance: N/A
- 📰 News: N/A
- 🎵 Music: Spotify
- 🎤 Podcasts: Spotify
- 🔐 Password Management: 1Password
Now, there are a few categories I want to add myself:
- 🧑💻 Code Editor: VS Code
- 👾 Terminal Emulator: iTerm
- 🌌 (Annotated) Screenshots and quick videos: CleanShot X
- 🌤️ Weather: Weather by Apple on iOS and macOS
This covers app the list of apps that I use almost daily either for work or for personal use.