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# My app defaults in 2025 (a few days late)
- URL: https://birchtree.me/blog/my-app-defaults-in-2025-a-few-days-late/
- Published: 2026-01-07T22:01:06.000Z
- Updated: 2026-01-07T22:01:06.000Z
- Author: Matt Birchler
- Tags: Links

Robb Knight: [App Defaults 2026](https://rknight.me/blog/app-defaults-2026/?ref=birchtree.me)

> It's been a couple of years since my first post in this series. In 2024 I did an "updates only" list but I think it's worth going for a full list again this time.

It's back! I did mine back in [2023](https://birchtree.me/blog/my-default-apps-at-the-end-of-2023/) and [2024](https://birchtree.me/blog/my-default-apps-of-2024/), and while I'm late, here's my 2025 list:

- ✉️ Mail service: [Gmail](https://gmail.com/?ref=birchtree.me)
- 📬 Mail client(s): [Mimestream](https://mimestream.com/?ref=birchtree.me) on Mac and iPhone, Gmail on Android, and Mail on the iPad
- ✅ Tasks: [Things 3](https://culturedcode.com/things/?ref=birchtree.me)
- 📰 RSS service: [Inoreader](https://www.inoreader.com/?ref=birchtree.me)
- 🗞️ RSS client: [Reeder Classic](https://www.reederapp.com/?ref=birchtree.me)
- ⌨️ Launcher: [Raycast](https://www.raycast.com/?ref=birchtree.me)
- ☁️ Cloud storage: iCloud
- 🌅 Photo library: iCloud
- 🤳🏻 Photo editing: [Adobe Lightroom](https://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop-lightroom.html?ref=birchtree.me)
- 🌐 Web browser: [Helium](https://helium.computer/?ref=birchtree.me) on Mac, Safari on iPhone and iPad
- 📆 Calendar: [Notion Calendar](https://www.notion.com/product/calendar?ref=birchtree.me)
- 📖 Reading: [matter](https://web.getmatter.com/?ref=birchtree.me)
- 🌤️ Weather: [Carrot Weather](https://www.meetcarrot.com/weather/?ref=birchtree.me)
- 🎙️ Podcasts: [Overcast](https://overcast.fm/?ref=birchtree.me)
- 🎶 Music: Apple Music
- 🛹 Clipboard manager: [Raycast](https://www.raycast.com/?ref=birchtree.me)
- 🔐 Passwords: [1Password](https://1password.com/?ref=birchtree.me)
- 💸 Budgeting: [Google Sheets](https://sheets.google.com/?ref=birchtree.me)
- 💬 Transcriptions: [Quick Subtitles](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/quick-subtitles/id6747410609?ref=birchtree.me)
- 🐘 Mastodon: [Ivory](https://tapbots.com/ivory/?ref=birchtree.me)
- 🍿 Movie discovery/tracking: [Letterboxd](https://letterboxd.com/?ref=birchtree.me)
- 💁🏻‍♂️ Social: [Mastodon](https://joinmastodon.org/?ref=birchtree.me) and [Threads](https://threads.net/?ref=birchtree.me)
- 🎮 First game I play each morning: [Puzzmo](https://www.puzzmo.com/today/?ref=birchtree.me)
- 🖼️ Screenshots: [CleanShot X](https://cleanshot.com/?ref=birchtree.me)
- 🎞️ Video editing: [Final Cut Pro](https://www.apple.com/final-cut-pro/?ref=birchtree.me), [ScreenFlow](https://www.telestream.net/screenflow/overview.htm?ref=birchtree.me), and [Screen Studio](https://screen.studio/?ref=birchtree.me)
- 📝 Notes: [Obsidian](https://obsidian.md/?ref=birchtree.me)
- 🧮 Code Editor: [Zed](https://zed.dev/?ref=birchtree.me)
- 👨🏻‍💻 AI Code Assistant: [Claude Code](https://www.claude.com/product/claude-code?ref=birchtree.me)
- 👨🏻‍💻 Terminal: [Ghostty](https://ghostty.org//?ref=birchtree.me)
- 🔎 Search: [Google](https://google.com/?ref=birchtree.me)
- ✈️ Flight tracking: [Flighty](https://www.flightyapp.com/?ref=birchtree.me)
- 📦 Package tracking: Nothing at all…I open the tracking sites in the browser and just refresh
- ✨ AI chatbot: [Gemini](https://gemini.google.com/?ref=birchtree.me)