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title: "My App Defaults"
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# My App Defaults

In the [recent episode](https://listen.hemisphericviews.com/097) of the [Hemispheric Views](https://hemisphericviews.com/) podcast [Andrew](https://canion.omg.lol/), [Martin](https://loungeruminator.net/) & [Jason](https://grepjason.sh/) talk about their default apps in several categories. This has prompted some bloggers to share their default apps as well, which [Robb](https://rknight.me/) is now [collecting over here](https://defaults.rknight.me/).

I really enjoyed hearing about their app usage and reading these posts as well, so I thought I’ll share my default apps, too:[1](https://eay.cc/2023/my-app-defaults/#footnote_0_38907 "The last time I did this for my macOS apps was in 2014 – back when it was still called Mac OS X. 😳")

- **Mail Client:** [Spark](https://sparkmailapp.com/de)
- **Mail Server:** GSuite (or whatever they are calling it right now)
- **Notes:** [Drafts](https://getdrafts.com/) and [Notion](https://eay.li/notion) as a personal and work related wiki
- **To-Do:** [Things](https://culturedcode.com/things/) and Apple’s Reminders for tasks shared with my wife
- **iPhone Photo Shooting:** Apple’s Camera app
- **Photo Management:** Apple’s Photos app
- **Calendar:** [Fantastical](https://flexibits.com/fantastical)
- **Cloud file storage:** iCloud+ with family sharing, Dropbox with a family plan, Google Drive
- **RSS:** [Feedbin](https://feedbin.com/) with [Reeder](https://www.reederapp.com/)
- **Contacts:** [Cardhop](https://flexibits.com/cardhop) synced with GSuite
- **Browser:** Safari on iOS, [Arc](https://eay.cc/2023/arc-der-neue-etwas-andere-browser-ist-in-version-1-0-erschienen-und-nun-ohne-invite-verfuegbar/) on macOS
- **Chat:** iMessage, WhatsApp, Signal, Threema and Slack; also some clients are forcing me to use Teams
- **Bookmarks:** [Anybox](https://anybox.app/)
- **Read It Later:** [GoodLinks](https://goodlinks.app/) and [Omnivore](https://omnivore.app/) because of it’s read-aloud voices; also testing it for newsletters right now
- **Word Processing:** Apple’s Pages (since Pages 09!)
- **Spreadsheets:** Good Old Excel
- **Presentations:** [iA Presenter](https://ia.net/presenter)
- **Shopping Lists:** [Drafts](https://getdrafts.com/)
- **Meal Planning:** –
- **Budgeting & Personal Finance:** [AirTable](https://airtable.com/invite/r/Ka4tMA7q) and custom [Scriptable](https://scriptable.app/) widgets; planning to switch to a Notion database soon
- **News:** [Tagesschau](https://apps.apple.com/de/app/tagesschau-nachrichten/id401644893) and [Artifact](https://artifact.news/)
- **Music:** Apple Music plus saved, not yet listened to tracks in [MusicBox](https://apps.apple.com/app/id1614730313)
- **Podcasts:** [Pocket Casts](https://pocketcasts.com/) (syncs on all my devices including my Google Automotive powered car)
- **Password Management:** [1Password](https://1password.com/de)

1. The last time I did this for my macOS apps [was in 2014](https://eay.cc/2014/meine-mac-essentials/) – back when it was still called Mac OS X. 😳 \[[↩](https://eay.cc/2023/my-app-defaults/#identifier_0_38907)\]