📚 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.