Default Apps in November 2023
Mail Client
Mail.app is my mail client of choice.
Mail Server
Fastmail.
Notes
Notes.app and Bear.I've been a Notes users for years. But recently I've started to migrate my personal notes to Bear, keeping only the shared family notes in Notes.app.
To-Do
Reminders and Things. I use Things for all of my personal and work to-dos. But nothing beats Reminders for shared tasks in the family.
iPhone Photo Shooting
Camera.app.
Photo Management
Photos.app.
Calendar
Fantastical.
Cloud file storage
ICloud. I was sceptical moving from Dropbox, but I have no regrets.
RSS
NetNewsWire.
Contacts
Contacts.app.
Browser
Safari.
Chat
iMessage.
Bookmarks
Safari.
Read It Later
Omnivore.
Word Processing
iA Writer. I'm lost without it.
Spreadsheets
Numbers.
Presentations
iA Presenter. The new king!
Shopping Lists
Reminders and Buy me a Pie. Reminders is used within the family for wish lists. For Christmas etc. Buy me a Pie is shared between my and my wife for grocery shopping.
Meal Planning
Notes. Shared note in the family.
Budgeting and Personal Finance
My bank app and website. I chose my current bank based on how good their web app and iOS app are!
News
NRK.no.A sort of “Norwegian BBC”. Solid source, mostly.
Music
Apple Music.
Podcasts
Overcast.
Password Management
1 Password. But I really dislike the current verison, and have started to consider migrating to Keychain.