My Default Apps: 2024

by Matt Fantinel
27 Dec 2024 - 2 min read
Apps
Open laptop with apps on screen

Last year, I jumped on the trend back then of posting my default apps i.e. the apps I use on a daily basis for most of my activities, both on the computer and phone.

I had kinda forgotten about it this year, until I saw some people posting their updated list of apps before the end of the year. So I decided to do the same! It'll be nice to look back at this list in ~5 years and see how much I've changed.

But, as I updated the list, it looks like... almost nothing changed. I think my time of hopping between apps all the time has ended (or is slowly fading away). I don't see many reasons to change something that works well, so thankfully most of them stayed the same.

I highlighted the services/apps that are new with the ✨ emoji.

  • 📧 Mail service: Fastmail
  • 📬 Mail client: Apple Mail
  • 📆 Calendar: Apple Calendar
  • ✅ Tasks: TickTick (in 2023, I used Notion as well)
  • 📝 Notes: Obsidian ✨
    • I wrote some of my reasoning for using Obsidian on this post.
  • 🌐 Web browser: Arc on Mac, Arc Search ✨ on iPhone (in 2023, I used Safari on iPhone)
  • 📰 RSS service: Readwise Reader
  • 📖 Reading: Readwise Reader
  • 🧮 Code Editor: Visual Studio Code
  • 👨🏻‍💻 Terminal: iTerm 2
  • 🔎 Search: Kagi
  • ⌨️ Launcher: Raycast
  • ☁️ Cloud storage: iCloud
  • 🌅 Photo library: iCloud
  • 🌤️ Weather: Apple Weather
  • 🎙️ Podcasts: Apple Podcasts / YouTube
  • 🎶 Music: Apple Music
  • 🛹 Clipboard manager: Maccy
  • 🔐 Passwords: 1Password
  • 💸 Budgeting: YNAB ✨
  • 💁🏻‍♂️ Social: Mastodon
  • 🐘 Mastodon: Ivory (Mac and iPhone)
  • 🎮 Gaming: PS5
  • 🖼️ Screenshots: CleanShot X

Written by

Matt Fantinel

I’m a web developer trying to figure out this weird thing called the internet. I write about development, the web, games, music, and whatever else I feel like writing about!

About

Newsletter? I have it!

I have a newsletter as another way to share what I write on this blog. The main goal is to be able to reach people who don't use RSS or just prefer getting their articles delivered straight into their inbox.

  • No fixed frequency, but at least once at month;
  • I do not plan on having content exclusive to the newsletter. Everything on it will also be on the blog;
  • I will never, ever ever ever, send you any form of spam.

You might also like

View blog

Give any website a two-pane layout with this new Vivaldi feature

3 min read

The new "Follower Tabs" in Vivaldi 7.9 makes navigating link-heavy pages way easier without losing your attention span.

Apps
Read

I have a new favorite coding font

2 min read

Maple Mono is free, easy to read, has ligatures, and most importantly is incredibly cute.

Apps
Read

The best Mastodon client now has an iOS version!

7 min read

Meet iPhanpy, the best way to use Phanpy on iOS.

Apps
Read

My Default Apps: 2025

2 min read

Updated list of my apps of choice for daily activities!

Apps
Read