Back to blog
Jul 21, 2024
2 min read

App Defaults for 2024

Sharing my list of go-to apps, idea inspired by Robb Knight.

So I just found out about the podcast Hemispheric Views, and Episode 097 - Duel of the Defaults! inspired me to share my list of default apps Iโ€™m using now. Template shamelessly stolen from Robb Knight:

  • ๐Ÿ“จ Mail Client: Spark
  • ๐Ÿ“ฎ Mail Server: Zoho Mail
  • ๐Ÿ“ Notes: Notesnook and Nextcloud Notes
  • โœ… To-Do: Workflowy and Nextcloud Deck
  • ๐Ÿ“ท Photo Shooting: Stock Samsung camera app
  • ๐ŸŸฆ Photo Management: Nextcloud Photos and Google Photos
  • ๐Ÿ“† Calendar: Google Calendar
  • ๐Ÿ“ Cloud File Storage: Nextcloud (self-hosted)
  • ๐Ÿ“– RSS: Fluent Reader
  • ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ Contacts: Google Contacts
  • ๐ŸŒ Browser: Firefox and Brave
  • ๐Ÿ’ฌ Chat: Discord, Facebook Messenger, Telegram, Zalo
  • ๐Ÿ”– Bookmarks: Browsersโ€™ manager
  • ๐Ÿ“‘ Read It Later: Notesnook
  • ๐Ÿ“œ Word Processing: LibreOffice, Google Docs at work/uni
  • ๐Ÿ“ˆ Spreadsheets: Google Sheets
  • ๐Ÿ“Š Presentations: PowerPoint at work, Canva at uni
  • ๐Ÿ›’ Shopping Lists: Notesnook
  • ๐Ÿด Meal Planning: Nextcloud Cookbook
  • ๐Ÿ’ฐ Budgeting and Personal Finance: Money Lover, Google Sheets
  • ๐Ÿ“ฐ News: Google News, Zalo
  • ๐ŸŽต Music: YouTube Music
  • ๐ŸŽค Podcasts: YouTube Podcasts
  • ๐Ÿ” Password Management: Bitwarden (self-hosted)
  • ๐Ÿ“ฑ Android Launcher: Niagara Launcher
  • ๐ŸŒŒ Screenshot: GNOME Screenshot (Linux), ShareX (Windows)
  • ๐Ÿ“‹ Clipboard Manager: Clipboard Indicator (GNOME Extension)

See more from other people here!