📚 My App Defaults 2023 Edition
I just read Jose's blog post and decided to join the bandwagon. Here is my list:
- 📨 Mail Client: Apple Mail & Samsung Mail
- 📮 Mail Server: Fastmail & Microsoft 365[^subscription]
- 📝 Notes: Apple notes, Samsung Notes & Obsidian
- ✅ To-Do: Samsung Reminder, Apple Reminders & Microsoft To-do
- 📷 iPhone Photo Shooting: Camera & Obscura
- 🟦 Photo Management: Google Photos
- 📆 Calendar: Samsung Calendar & Apple Calendar
- 📁 Cloud File Storage: OneDrive (Family), Google Drive[^subscription] & iCloud[^subscription]
- 📖 RSS: Readwise Reader
- 🙍🏻♂️ Contacts: Samsung Contacts & Contacts.app[^1]
- 🌐 Browser: Chrome, Safari
- 💬 Chat: Meta's Messenger, Signal, Viber
- 🔖 Bookmarks: Raindrop.io
- 📑 Read It Later: Readwise Reader[^subscription]
- 📜 Word Processing: Microsoft Word
- 📈 Spreadsheets: Microsoft Excel
- 📊 Presentations: I don't make them
- 🛒 Shopping Lists: Google Keep / pen & paper
- 🍴 Meal Planning: n/a
- 💰 Budgeting and Personal Finance: Ynab
- 📰 News: n/a
- 🎵 Music: Spotify[^subscription], Google Music[^subscription]
- 🎤 Podcasts: Apple Podcasts & Spotify
- 🔐 Password Management: 1password
- 🤖 Code editing: Visual studio Code & Visual Studio
- 📚 Books: Kindle on iPad
- 🎧 Audiobooks: Audible[^subscription]
As you can see, I use quite a few duplicate applications - one of the drawbacks of using different platforms.
I like to read different lists and learn what others use, have and like. I like to try something new and find new applications and I always find someone and something interesting. If you are like me and want to see more lists like this list of mine, got o Robb Knight's page where he created list of people's blog posts that deals with their default applications.
[^1]: Backed up by Google [^subscription]: I paying subscription for using this, check [💰 On Subscriptions]({{< relref "on-subscriptions/index.md" >}}) post for more info.