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# Apps and digital tools I liked in 2025
- URL: https://journal.jatan.space/default-apps-2025/
- Published: 2025-12-30T12:38:31.000Z
- Updated: 2026-01-21T15:42:55.000Z
- Description: And you might too. 💻
- Author: Jatan
- Tags: Essays & Musings, Explore

So [Robb Knight](https://rknight.me) started [this trend](https://defaults.rknight.me/) wherein people list apps they use or prefer for various purposes. Here are the apps and digital services I used and mostly liked in 2025, grouped by category for convenience and linked for curiosity & context. Hope you find something interesting or useful in here to improve your digital life.

### People

- 📨 Mail, Calendar, and Contacts: [iCloud](https://www.icloud.com)
- 💬 Chat & Messaging: [WhatsApp](https://jatan.space/whatsapp), [Signal](https://jatan.space/signal) and [Slack](https://slack.com)
- 🤡 Social media: [Obviously none](https://journal.jatan.space/an-internet-without-intent/), just read [my blogs](https://jatan.space/blogs/)

### The Web

- 🌐 Browser & Passwords: [Safari](https://www.apple.com/safari/) and [Firefox](https://www.firefox.com)
- 🔍 Search engine: [Kagi](https://kagi.com)
- 🧩 Extensions: [AdGuard](https://adguard.com/en/adguard-mac/overview.html), [Open Access Helper](https://www.oahelper.org), [StopTheMadness](https://underpassapp.com/StopTheMadness/) and [Wayback Machine](https://web.archive.org)
- 🛜 VPN: [Mullvad](https://mullvad.net/en) and [Proton](https://protonvpn.com)

**Related:* [**App subscriptions and Yoghurt*](https://journal.jatan.space/app-subscriptions-and-yoghurt/)

### Work

- 💻 Laptop: [MacBook Air M1](https://support.apple.com/en-us/111883), the trusty
- 📁 Files & Media: [Finder](https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/mac-studio/apddf030866a/mac) and [iCloud](https://www.icloud.com)
- 📄 PDFs & Images: [Apple Preview](https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/preview/welcome/mac)
- 🤓 Productivity: [macOS Spotlight](https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/mac-help/mchlp1008/mac), [Supercharge](https://sindresorhus.com/supercharge) and [Maccy](https://maccy.app)
- 📊 Spreadsheets, Slides, and Documents: [Apple iWork](https://www.apple.com/iwork/) and [ONLYOFFICE](https://www.onlyoffice.com/desktop)

### Reading

- 📖 Longform: [Kindle Paperwhite](https://ebookfriendly.com/kindle-paperwhite-6-8-2021-specs-comparisons/#regular-specs)
- 📰 The Web and News: [Feedbin](https://feedbin.com), the best (please [use RSS](https://journal.jatan.space/why-use-rss/) too)
- 🔤 Dictionary: [Apple](https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/dictionary/welcome/mac) (English, Thesaurus, Hindi-English, Chinese-English)
- 📑 Read articles later: [Instapaper](https://instapaper.com)
- 📚 Bookshelf: [Goodreads](https://www.goodreads.com/moonmehta)

### Writing

- ✍🏼 Drafts: [My blogs](https://jatan.space/blogs/) and [Google Docs](https://docs.google.com)
- 📝 Notes and To-Dos: [Bear](https://journal.jatan.space/in-praise-of-bear/)
- ‣ Outliner: [Workflowy](https://journal.jatan.space/how-i-organize-notes-for-writing-an-article/) (get more storage with [my referral](https://workflowy.com/invite/7de5cf84.lnx))
- ✨ To publish [my poetry](https://jatan.space/seven-uni-verses-poetry/): A combination of [Apple Pages](https://www.apple.com/apps/#pages), [isbn.gov.in](https://isbn.gov.in/), [IngramSpark](https://www.ingramspark.com), [Draft2Digital](https://draft2digital.com), [Pothi](https://pothi.com), [Google Play Books](https://play.google.com/books/publish/), [Internet Archive](https://archive.org), and more.
- ⤵️ Notes importer: [Klib](https://en.toolinbox.net/Klib/)

### Blogging

- 🛰️ [Space](https://jatan.space/about) and [Personal](https://journal.jatan.space/about) Blogs: [Ghost](https://ghost.org), via [MagicPages](https://jatan.space/ghostreferral) (referral link because I [use it happily](https://jatan.space/about))
- 📈 Website stats: [Umami](https://umami.is/) (privacy respecting)
- 🕸️ Domain: [BigRock](https://www.bigrock.in/)
- 📇 DNS: [Cloudflare](https://www.cloudflare.com/application-services/products/dns/)

**Related:* [**Why get a blog*](https://journal.jatan.space/start-a-blog-and-get-a-domain/) | **Here’s a* [**list to start one*](https://journal.jatan.space/good-enough-blogging-platforms/) :) 

### Etc.

- 🎶 Music: [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com)
- 🎙️ Podcasts: None (here’s [why](https://journal.jatan.space/podcasts-vs-articles/))
- 🚈 Local life (pun intended for Mumbaikars): [PhonePe](https://www.phonepe.com), [Rapido](https://www.rapido.bike/Home), [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps), [](https://www.uber.com/in/en/)[Playo](https://playo.co), [](https://www.uber.com/in/en/)[DigiLocker](https://www.digilocker.gov.in), and [Mumbai One](https://apps.apple.com/in/app/mumbai-one/id6478221525)
- 🛫 Travel: [MakeMyTrip](https://www.makemytrip.com) and [Booking.com](https://www.booking.com)

So that was my digital lifeOS for 2025\. Blog about yours! Did you particularly enjoy an app or web service this year or found something in this list useful? [Let me know](https://jatan.space/connect).