I would love to know what other people consider essential apps. What are some cool apps that not many people are using? 
Weawow for weather OTP Auth CheapCharts Cryptomator Fakespot Infuse Hoopla Libby Noir (safari extension) QuakeFeed Wefwef
Hevy is my go to workout app. Previously used Strong but decided to give Hevy a go and I am now converted.
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.
TechniCalc - https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/technicalc-calculator/id1504965415
As the developer of this, I can confirm it’s fantastic
Music Tracker is a good app for scanning your Apple Music library and telling you when songs have been added, deleted, or upgraded to Spatial Audio.
Most of the apps I use for my personal life exist for both iOS and macOS
- Ghostery as an AdBlocker
- Reeder 5 RSS client syncing over iCloud
- DayOne journaling app
- Omnifocus GTD app
On smartphone only
- Wikipedia, because most of the search I make on iPhone are knowledge related
- WefWef! Because you know why
Does the save function work for you in wefwef?
Wefwef looks great but has been buggy for me. Can’t save anything, comments often don’t load, and I’ll see errors loading my feeds.
Ps as for obsidian:
it is said to be comparable, but Obsidian was too confusing and limited for me. Logseq is intuitive for me and that’s what I need for my addled brain 😊
- Photosync - Handles transfers of photos and videos from the phone to any platform you can think of with ease, can automatically convert HEIC and HEVC files to jpg and mp4, can rename in multiple formats or make your own (I name mine as YYMMDD-HHMMSS). Probably my favorite app ever. A total media swiss army knife.
- Goodreader - For reading any kind of document or consuming media files. Supports using extra AES file encryption on top of regular Apple encryption.
- Layout - Good for making small photo layouts for posting to social media
- Tailor - Stitches screenshots together into a single large photo
- Censor (App store link is down, probably because they haven’t updated their privacy policy yet). Allows you to obscure faces or any other information you want to redact from photos.
- Signal, because it’s an awesome and secure messaging app for people without iPhones.
Those are my most commonly used apps that aren’t “big names”.
Very much Tailor. Been using it for over a year, maybe two, use it regularly, it’s a great utility app.
Photosync is phenomenal. I use it to sync my photos to my self hosted photo gallery nightly.
It’s the only thing I trust with getting photos of my kids from my phone to my server for storage and backup. It’s very reliable and easy to configure for any backup target you can think of.
- 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.
Since I’m so into photography, pixelmator photo, and affinity photo are amazing for me. Those 2, and luma fusion are all great creativity apps.
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.
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.
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.
Apple bots made it to Lemmy real quick
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)Is Logseq a desktop app? How does it compare to Obsidian?
It’s cross platform, for desktop and mobile. I run it on my Linux box, my Mac and my iPhone.
To synchronise you have to pay 5 dollars a month, but it’s worth it, as it’s the first time I found something that just fit with how my brain works.
You can run it stand alone for free on either platform to try it out, that’s how I started. if you would like to know more, don’t hesitate to ask
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
Much appreciated!
