App Defaults 2026
Inspired by the Duel of the Defaults episode of Hemispheric Views, plenty of bloggers have shared their default apps, and Robb Knight collects them all. Here are mine.
๐จ Mail Client: Missive
๐ฎ Mail Server: Google Workspace
๐ Notes: Octarine, with a paper notebook for quick capture
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To-Do: Things 3
๐ท iPhone Photo Shooting: iPhone Camera
๐ฆ Photo Management: Apple Photos
๐ Calendar: Google Calendar
๐ Cloud File Storage: Google Drive and iCloud Drive
๐ RSS: NetNewsWire (previously Readwise Reader)
๐๐ปโโ๏ธ Contacts: Apple Contacts
๐ Browser: Helium
๐ฌ Chat: iMessage and WhatsApp
๐ Bookmarks: Anybox
๐ Read It Later: GoodLinks (previously Readwise Reader)
๐ Word Processing: Google Docs
๐ Spreadsheets: Google Sheets
๐ Presentations: Google Slides
๐ Shopping Lists: Things 3
๐ด Meal Planning: ReciMe
๐ฐ Budgeting and Personal Finance: My bank's app and a spreadsheet
๐ฐ News: RSS, via NetNewsWire
๐ต Music: Apple Music
๐ค Podcasts: Snipd
๐ Password Management: Apple Passwords (moving over from Dashlane)
For the hardware and the reasons behind some of these, see my Uses page.