📚 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 365¹
• 📝 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 Drive¹ & iCloud¹
• 📖 RSS: Readwise Reader
• 🙍🏻‍♂️ Contacts: Samsung Contacts & Contacts.app²
• 🌐 Browser: Chrome, Safari
• 💬 Chat: Meta’s Messenger, Signal, Viber
• 🔖 Bookmarks: Raindrop.io
• 📑 Read It Later: Readwise Reader¹
• 📜 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: Spotify¹, Google Music¹
• 🎤 Podcasts: Apple Podcasts & Spotify
• 🔐 Password Management: 1password
• 🤖 Code editing: Visual studio Code & Visual Studio
• 📚 Books: Kindle on iPad
• 🎧 Audiobooks: Audible¹

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.