I’m looking for new apps to try out. I have a soft spot for apps that are written in Swift or at least follow Apple’s HIG. I’m also curious to know what you use these apps for!
Parcel (all platforms): the best shipment tracker you’ll ever use
Solves (all platforms): it’s basically identical to the built in calculator but is 1,000,000x better
Music Library Tracker (iOS, iPadOS): keeps track of the change in your Apple Music library and can automatically make a spatial audio playlist for you
Mlem (iOS, iPadOS): the best Lemmy client
Vinegar (all platforms): a Safari extension that makes YouTube use the native video player, adds PiP for free and removes ads!
Baking Soda (all platforms): replaces custom video players in other sites with the native one
Crouton (all platforms): a natively built recipe manager. I don’t use it much but it’s really well made
MacWhisper (macOS): uses openAI’s whisper model to create super accurate transcriptions of audio and video files
Monitor Control (macOS): allows you to control the brightness of external monitors (other than Apple’s)
Calipers Tape Measure (iOS): a super accurate set of Calipers for your iPhone
Cric Pulse (iOS): the only cricket app with live activities
- Bear - Markdown Notes
- Lemma - Lemmy client (very influenced by Apollo)
- Parcel - Track packages
- Craftbound - Idle Game
- 1Password - Password Manager
Here are my most-used apps:
- Libby
- Todoist
- Pocket Casts
- The Google and Office suite of apps are each pretty good, and I use them a good bit.
- Voyager (for Lemmy)
- Dropbox, AnyList, Acrobat for everyday stuff
- Volume Pro gives you much finer control of the volume
- Sleep Cycle helps with tracking sleep hygiene
Libby is awesome. I’d add Hoopla and Kanopy to that list as well.
For casual gaming:
- Threes
- Dots
- Wordament
- Sage Solitare
For news and reading:
- NPR one in the car
- NetNewsWire for RSS feeds
Oh, Kami and Kami 2 are my favorite puzzle games!!!
Signal
Authy :: for TOTP
YNAB (Financial, subscription required)
Lost It! (Calorie counting)
AdGuard Pro (Ad blocker)
mSecure (Password manager)
Pixelmator (Image editor)
Smart Photo (Photo widgets)
Night Sky & SkySafari (Astronomy apps)I Am Rich
Don’t ask why it’s my favorite. If you know the story, you’ll know why.
For_ me it will be: Organic maps for finding new tracks for walks plus Merlin Birds. Kindle - books, Mammoth and Voyager - mastodon and Lemmy, I love hue/I love hue too - simple games to kill the time.
as a parent, Chwazi.