App Defaults

07 Dec 2023 - Johannes Ebeling

Inspired by Hemispheric Views 097 - Duel of the Defaults! and this post by Robb Knight.

This list was last updated on the 5th of September 2026.

📨 Mail Client

• Mail.app

📮 Mail Server

• iCloud

📝 Notes

• Craft

✅ To-Do

• Things 3

📷 iPhone Photo Shooting

• Halide

🟦 Photo Management

• Photos.app

📆 Calendar

• Calendar.app

📁 Cloud File Storage

• iCloud

🌐 Browser

• Zen

💬 Chat

• Messages.app
• Signal
• Beeper

🔖 Bookmarks / Read It Later

• Shortcut that adds stuff to a self-hosted Linkding instance
• Current

🛒 Shopping Lists

• Bring!

🍴 Meal Planning

• Paprika

💰 Budgeting and Personal Finance

• MoneyMoney

🎵 Music

• Music.app

🎤 Podcasts

• Overcast

🔐 Password Management

• 1Password