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160: State of the Apps 2025

2024/10/28
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Myke uses Todoist for personal and professional tasks, Reminders for family tasks shared with his wife, Things for checklists and templates, Due for simple personal reminders, Timery for time tracking, and Apple Notes for all notes except those related to Cortex.
  • Myke uses multiple apps for task management to keep different types of tasks separate.
  • Reminders is used for family tasks and has improved with column view.
  • Things is preferred for checklists due to its template and shortcut support.
  • Due is used for simple, persistent personal reminders.
  • Timery and Apple Notes are used for time tracking and note-taking respectively.

Shownotes Transcript

Subtitle: A Cortex Special

Grey and Myke discuss the tools they use to get work done, highlighting new additions and workflow changes. They also showcase their current home screens and reflect on how their work has evolved over the past year.

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Links and Show Notes:

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Submit Feedback)
The Subtle Range – Available for a Limited Time)
Todoist)
Things)
Due)
Timery)
OmniFocus)
Working With Templates - Things)
Timelines)
Multitimer)
Spark)
Slack)
Notion)
Figma)
Obsidian)
ChatGPT)
Descript)
Claude)
Freeform)
Darkroom)
Halide)
Audio Hijack)
Logic Pro)
Fission)
Forecast)
Overcast)
Feedbin)
Unread)
Marvel Unlimited)
Balatro)
Delta)
GB Operator)
GameTrack)
Fitbod)
AllTrails)
Foodnoms)
AutoSleep)
Sleep++)
Whoop)
Charty)
Adobe Acrobat)
PowerPhotos)
Croissant)
Focus for YouTube)
Dark Reader)
Duolingo)
Mosaic)
Widgetsmith)
Hand Mirror)
iStat Menus)
Overlap)
Quitter)
Shareshot)
Logger)
Myke - Standard Home Screen)
Peak)
Myke - Standard Watch Face)
Myke - Recording Home Screen)
Myke - Weekend Home Screen)
Myke - Sleep Home Screen)
Myke - Travel Home Screen)
Flighty)
Tripsy)
Myke - Travel Watch Face)
Myke - Vacation Home Screen)
Grey - Home Screen Flow Chart)
Grey - Closed Home Screens)
Grey - Open and Closed Home Screens)
Grey - Open Home Screens)
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