Productivity & Notes

Access: Secure Passwords Companion

• Description: Companion app for Apple Passwords that adds secure notes storage, filling the gap Apple's built-in app leaves.
• Price: Paid

AnyList

• Description: Recipe collection and shopping list app; reviewed alongside Paprika and Mela for organizing recipes from the web.
• Price: Freemium

Apple Password App

• Description: Review of Apple's built-in Passwords app after several weeks of use; concluded it works but lacks secure notes.
• Price: Free (built-in)

AppRaven

• Description: App Store browser with App Store access, price drop alerts, and apps-gone-free tracking for both Mac and iOS.
• Price: Free

Battle of the Bookmark Managers

• Description: Comparison of Goodlinks, Bookmarks, One Bookmark, and Raindrop.io for collecting and organizing web bookmarks.
• Price: Varies

Bridges Link Sharing

• Description: Tool for collecting and formatting link lists for sharing on Reddit, blogs, or newsletters.
• Price: Paid

Cheatsheet

• Description: Personal cheat sheet app for storing PIN codes, hotel room numbers, contact info, and other things you need to remember.
• Price: Paid

Clipboard Fusion

• Description: Cross-platform clipboard manager bridging Windows and iOS/Mac workflows; reviewed for non-Apple-ecosystem users.
• Price: Paid

Battle of the Clipboard Managers

• Description: Head-to-head comparison of Mac clipboard managers including Unclutter, PastePal, Paste, and others.
• Price: Varies

Collections Database

• Description: User-friendly database app for Mac and universal platforms by Matteo D'Ignazio; not for SQL experts but great for personal databases.
• Price: Paid

Daily

• Description: Free, dead-simple daily task manager; reviewed as a minimal alternative to complex project management apps.
• Price: Free

Dato

• Description: Powerful multi-featured menu bar calendar by Sindre Sorhus that complements Fantastical and BusyCal with world clocks and event details.
• Price: Free

Day One

• Description: Popular journaling app by Bloom Built; 15 million downloads, 200K five-star reviews; reviewed after years of use.
• Price: Freemium (subscription for sync)

DEVONagent Lite

• Description: Free research tool with keyboard access to 17 reference categories for in-depth research beyond Google.
• Price: Free

Drafts (2024)

• Description: Universal quick-capture and automation app that serves as the starting point for most of the author's text-based workflows.
• Price: Paid (subscription)

Due

• Description: Hybrid reminders and alarm clock app that nags you until tasks are completed; for time-sensitive one-off reminders.
• Price: Paid

EagleFiler (first review)

• Description: Personal digital archive for storing email, documents, web pages, and files in a searchable database; first review.
• Price: Paid

EagleFiler (deep dive)

• Description: Deep dive on building a complete personal digital archive dating back to the early 1990s using EagleFiler from C-Command Software.
• Price: Paid
• Workflow Tips: Yes — detailed archive-building workflow.

Flyleaf

• Description: Elegant read-it-later app that doesn't require an account; stores saved articles locally with iCloud sync.
• Price: Paid

Fmail2 for Fastmail

• Description: Dedicated Mac client for Fastmail email service; reviewed as part of switching from Gmail.
• Price: Paid

GoodLinks

• Description: Dual-purpose bookmark manager and read-it-later app; one-time $9.99 purchase, no account required, iCloud sync.
• Price: Paid — $9.99

How to Get the Most from Raycast

• Description: Comprehensive tips for Raycast after three years of use; covers extensions, Quicklinks, AI, notes, and automation.
• Price: Freemium
• Workflow Tips: Yes — extensive Raycast workflow tips.

In Search of the Perfect Quotes App

• Description: Exploration of quote collection apps; describes desired features while comparing available options.
• Price: Varies

Inoreader

• Description: RSS service with new browser extension features for saving and organizing web content; comprehensive RSS platform.
• Price: Freemium

Joplin

• Description: Free and open-source cross-platform notes app used as a reference database; E2E encrypted sync via Joplin Cloud (France servers).
• Price: Freemium (free local; paid sync)

KeyKeeper

• Description: Software license tracker for managing serial numbers, download links, and upgrade policies for purchased apps.
• Price: Paid

KIWIX

• Description: Free app for downloading and accessing Wikipedia and other reference resources completely offline.
• Price: Free / Open Source

Listy

• Description: Private list manager with customizable templates; no account, no tracking, no cloud upload.
• Price: Free

Mail Archiver X

• Description: Email archiving app; reviewed and not recommended; fails to live up to its $49.95 price.
• Price: Paid — $49.95

Making App Wishlists

• Description: How-to post on using various apps to build and manage wishlists for software shopping.
• Price: Free

Mind Node

• Description: Mind mapping app for Mac and iPadOS used for 10 years; covers project planning, workflow mapping, and brainstorming.
• Price: Freemium (subscription)

Obsidian: Many Uses

• Description: Comprehensive look at unconventional Obsidian applications beyond note-taking with the plugin ecosystem.
• Price: Free / Open Source

Omnivore

• Description: Free open-source read-it-later app with highlighting, tagging, and Obsidian integration.
• Price: Free / Open Source

Quotemarks

• Description: Quote collection app for saving memorable lines from books, movies, and music with tagging and export.
• Price: Paid

Raindrop.io

• Description: Bookmark service with Mac, iOS, and Safari extension clients; review covers a significant new feature update.
• Price: Freemium (subscription for advanced features)

Raycast New Notes Feature

• Description: Covers Raycast's upgraded floating notes feature replacing the earlier implementation.
• Price: Freemium

Scratchpad

• Description: Floating notes app that improves on Raycast's built-in note feature with better formatting and persistence.
• Price: Paid

Scrap Paper

• Description: Ultimate scratch pad for macOS and iOS; quick hotkey access to a persistent text scratchpad in the menu bar.
• Price: Paid

Setapp

• Description: Monthly app subscription service ($9.99/month, ~240 apps); author's first-look review after subscribing.
• Price: Paid — $9.99/month

Setapp Goodness and Tips

• Description: Tips for getting the most from Setapp, including underused apps and management strategies.
• Price: Paid — $9.99/month
• Workflow Tips: Yes — tips for maximizing Setapp value.

Stickier

• Description: Free sticky notes app with iCloud sync, custom hotkey, and power user features.
• Price: Free

Surfed

• Description: Internet history and bookmarking tool reviewed at v3.0; found to have declined from its earlier potential.
• Price: Paid

The Best App for Subscription Tracking

• Description: Reviews the author's preferred app for tracking subscription costs, renewal dates, and total spending.
• Price: Paid

Things 3

• Description: Task manager reviewed as possibly the pinnacle of app design; compared with OmniFocus, Reminders, and others.
• Price: Paid (one-time per platform)

Trickster

• Description: Tracks and surfaces recently accessed files in a floating panel; useful for managing active project files.
• Price: Paid

Turning AppAddict into a Searchable Archive

• Description: Workflow post on building a fully searchable archive of the AppAddict blog using Integrity, Raindrop.io, and EagleFiler.
• Price: Varies
• Workflow Tips: Yes — complete archive-building workflow.

Twos App

• Description: Simple note and list app with a passionate user community; structured around quick "things" rather than traditional notes.
• Price: Freemium

Two Apps for Apple Reminders Users

• Description: Reviews two apps that enhance Apple Reminders: a menu bar access app and a widget enhancement.
• Price: Free

Zotero

• Description: Free PDF library manager and research tool; used to catalog, annotate, and search PDF collections.
• Price: Free / Open Source