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 365
  • 📝 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 Drive & iCloud
  • 📖 RSS: Readwise Reader
  • 🙍🏻‍♂️ Contacts: Samsung Contacts & Contacts.app (backed up with Google Contacts)
  • 🌐 Browser: Chrome, Safari
  • 💬 Chat: Meta’s Messenger, Signal, Viber
  • 🔖 Bookmarks: Raindrop.io
  • 📑 Read It Later: Readwise Reader
  • 📜 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: Spotify, Google Music
  • 🎤 Podcasts: Apple Podcasts & Spotify
  • 🔐 Password Management: 1password
  • 🤖 Code editing: Visual studio Code & Visual Studio
  • 📚 Books: Kindle on iPad
  • 🎧 Audiobooks: Audible

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.