Default Apps of 2023

Published: 16/11/2023

Everyone around me is making lists of their default apps. As a self-proclaimed lover of apps, I thought I'd jump on the trend too.

• Email: Spark Mail
• Notes: Apple Notes
• To-do: Things 3
• Photo shooting: Fujifilm XE-4, iPhone 12 mini
• Photo management: Apple AND Google Photos (yup...)
• Photo editing: Apple Photos
• Calendar: Cron
• Cloud storage: Google Drive
• RSS: N/A (want to try Reeder in 2024)
• Contact management: Google Contacts
• Browser: Arc on macOS, Safari on mobile
• Chat: WhatsApp, Discord, Instagram, Signal (in order of usage)
• Bookmarks: Folders on Arc
• Read later: Readwise Reader
• Spreadsheets: Google Sheets
• Word processing: iA Writer, sometimes Apple Pages
• Presentations: Apple Keynote
• Shopping list: Apple Notes
• Budgeting and finance: Google Sheets
• News: Instagram, YouTube, other people
• Music: Spotify
• Podcast: Pocket Casts
• Password management: 1Password
• Books: Kindle
• App launcher: Raycast
• Code editor: Android Studio and Sublime Text 4
• Terminal: iTerm 2
• Git client: Sublime Merge

If you want to see more, Robb Knight is collecting these lists here.