I would love to know what other people consider essential apps. What are some cool apps that not many people are using? 
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the fact that super agent required a subscription now really ruined it…
I switched to Consent-O-Matic, it works even better for many sites (there is even an option to minimize the popup so you can start using the site while it’s doing it’s thing).
It sadly stuggles with google, which I use a lot.
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I’m still using the Super Agent extension, but the constant nagging to subscribe is really starting to annoy me!
If Safari extensions worked in 3rd party iOS browsers that would be great. I’m using Vivaldi (in beta) and like it a lot.
Well, that answers my question. StopTheMadness sounds great, but I use Firefox.
you pay so much just to block a bunch of ads. You could achieve the same for free with a Raspberry Pi in your home and PiHole.
In the end it doesn’t matter, the result is the same
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Apologies, indeed, I didn’t go through all the apps, just quickly skimmed them.
6€ is a reasonable price to pay in that case 🙌
Bitwarden for password management.
Anki for learning anything that can be made into a flashcard.
Infuse for connecting to my Plex server or for watching local content I loaded myself.
Sleep Cycle for tracking my sleep and being my alarm clock.
Trakt for tracking movies and TV shows.
MyAniList for tracking specifically anime and manga.
AppRaven for setting up price/updates/release alerts for apps in the App Store.
Sentinel 2FA Authenticator is my 2FA choice since it syncs with iCloud and I’m well into the Apple ecosystem.
AdGuard for adblocking and DNS filtering.
DeepL is my my choice of translator app.
GoodNotes 5 for taking notes on my iPad.
Overcast for listening to podcasts. I also use it to listen to audiobooks so that I have the same features for speeding up and removing quiet portions, but this requires uploading mp3 files through a web portal and requires the subscription to have more space available.
Paprika 3 for managing cooking recipes.
TechniCalc for my calculator.
Zotero is my reference manager since I’m in academia.
StopTheMadness is such a powerful safari extension.
Here are the apps I used that I’m not seeing.
- FoodNoms for calorie counting
- Waking Up for guided meditation
- Finch for gamified general mental health
- Future for asynchronous virtual training
- Tripsy for travel tracking
- Organic Maps for offline mapping
- Transit for navigating most US cities via public transit
- Fastmail for personal email (Apple Mail for work email)
- 1Password for password management
- Elaho for browsing Gemini
- Tidal for music
- Vellum for cool backgrounds
- SwiftScan for scanning documents
- iPlum for a cheap business phone number
- Kagi Search to set the Kagi search engine as the default in Safari
- Parcel for package tracking
- Mona for Mastodon
And I’ll second some others.
- Overcast
- Bookplayer
- Reeder
- AnyList
- Sleep Cycle
- Signal
- Obsidian
- Vinegar
- Noir
- Feedly for RSS feeds
- Pocket to save everything I want to tag as wanting to read later (super useful for recipes, tech blogs for work…) I use this with Feedly.
- AnyList for all my lists
- Tody to track household chores with rest of family
- Libby for library e books
- Yousician for guitar lessons
- Sketches Pro and Canva for doodling and creative design
- Day Organizer for combined calendar, to do list and habit tracker. (https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/day-organizer-schedule-planner/id1385049326)
- JustWatch to track movies and tv shows
I have answered so many of these posts with just one app: Apollo. Mighty sad it’s gone. Therefore I’d pick Reeder, I think.
- Reeder for RSS (connected to FreshRSS)
- Overcast for podcasts
- Linkthing for reading list/saved links (connected to linkding)
- Bookplayer for audiobooks (can airdrop a folder of audio files to ingest)
- MyNetDiary for diet tracking
- WebSSH for ssh client
- Infuse for all things video (connected to Jellyfin)
- FE File Explorer for connecting to SMB shares
- Bitwarden for passwords
- DailyArt widget for nice art on home screen
- Shockwave to kill Google amp
I often use the built in Files.app for connectivity to SMB shares. Is there additional functionality that FE File Explorer offers?
more file compatibility for previewing, verbose transfers, a web server, to name a few. but I mostly just like how it handles shares.
Thanks for the info, I’ll check it out.
I know this is sort of the opposite of the answer you’re looking for , but I think it’s interesting there’s all of these apps listed and my app usage is 99% Apple’s includes apps and YouTube with a tiny bit of Instagram tossed in.
I’ll say one of my all time favourite apps that I do use quite often is Konvert.
Wipr : No fuss ad blocker, one time payment. StopTheMadness : Native video player on the web (+YT) and many general web improvements. Sequel : Media tracking app (Movies, Shows, Games, Books) with a nice UI. It has a subscription, but the free version has worked well enough for me.
Logseq (my everything app)
Ulysses (for all my writing)
Procreate (for drawing)
Raindrop.io (for links)
Bend (stretching app, great for creating my own routines based on health status)
Antistress (app with all sorts of low stress games for when anxiety goes through the roof)
wefwef, vernissage and mona (fediverse)There are two apps named antistress in the AppStore, do you mind linking the one you use?
Certainly! It’s this one: https://apps.apple.com/nl/app/antistress-relaxing-games/id1207565651?l=en
Is Logseq a desktop app? How does it compare to Obsidian?
TechniCalc - https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/technicalc-calculator/id1504965415
As the developer of this, I can confirm it’s fantastic
Overcast - https://overcast.fm/
Reeder - https://reederapp.com/
1Password - password and vital secret mgmt
Quicken- finance apps with all banking apps
Signal - private messaging
Telegram - messaging plus Ukraine war news
Todoist - task manager
Hey! On FARK - replacing Apollo
wefwef - replacing Apollo
Octal - replacing Apollo
Hack - replacing Apollo
Dystopia - replacing Apollo
Inoreader - rss aggregator
Libby - library books and audiobooks
Kindle - books
Goodreads - books
Downcast - podcasts
Zillow - buying a home
HOMES - buying a home, most like MLS
realtor.com - buying a home but has flood and noise maps
MyFitnessPal - food tracking
Minecraft - fun with the kiddos
Sofa and Up Ahead are my two favourites. Neither of them fulfill an essential “function” and they both have subscriptions but they bring a ton of joy to my life.
Bitwarden, Firefox, Proton Mail, Proton Calendar, Maps. I try not to over-app myself – if I can use the website in Firefox comfortably, I default to that.
