Apps
Every app on the site
Software discussed, used or recommended.
77 entries · ordered by how many of 62 stacks contain each one, then A to Z
Counts include everyone on record: people who use or recommend an item, and people who discuss it, including critics. They measure neither agreement nor effectiveness.
- $$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.01On record from 5 of 62 tracked people: 5 do itclaude.ai (opens in a new tab)
- $$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.02
Readwise
Syncs your highlights and resurfaces them a few at a time
On record from 4 of 62 tracked people: 3 do it, 1 recommends itreadwise.io (opens in a new tab) - $$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.03
Website and app blocker
Software that makes distracting sites genuinely unavailable on a schedule
On record from 4 of 62 tracked people: 2 do it, 2 recommend it - $$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.04
Headspace
Guided meditation app built around ten-minute sessions, voiced by Andy Puddicombe
On record from 3 of 62 tracked people: 2 do it, 1 recommends itheadspace.com (opens in a new tab) - FREE, no cost05
Notion
Flexible workspace used as a second brain, wiki and task system
On record from 3 of 62 tracked people: 3 do itnotion.so (opens in a new tab) - $$$Mid: Roughly $50 to $500, or up to $50/month.06
Adobe Premiere Pro
Adobe's video editor, the default in most professional edit bays
On record from 2 of 62 tracked people: 2 do itadobe.com (opens in a new tab) - FREE, no cost07
Apple Notes
The note app that ships on every Mac, iPhone and iPad, synced through iCloud
On record from 2 of 62 tracked people: 2 do it - $$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.08
Calm
Meditation and sleep app with guided sessions, sleep stories and soundscapes
On record from 2 of 62 tracked people: 2 do itcalm.com (opens in a new tab) - $$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.09On record from 2 of 62 tracked people: 2 do itchatgpt.com (opens in a new tab)
- $$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.10On record from 2 of 62 tracked people: 2 do itdevelopers.openai.com (opens in a new tab)
- $$$Mid: Roughly $50 to $500, or up to $50/month.11
DEVONthink
DEVONtechnologies
Document and information manager for Mac and iOS with local, indexed databases
On record from 2 of 62 tracked people: 2 do itdevontechnologies.com (opens in a new tab) - $$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.12On record from 2 of 62 tracked people: 2 do itgemini.google.com (opens in a new tab)
- FREE, no cost13
Google Docs
Browser word processor that syncs across devices
On record from 2 of 62 tracked people: 2 do itdocs.google.com (opens in a new tab) - $$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.14
Grok
Chat assistant with live access to what people are posting on X
On record from 2 of 62 tracked people: 2 do itgrok.com (opens in a new tab) - $$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.15
Perplexity
A search tool that answers in prose and cites the pages it read
On record from 2 of 62 tracked people: 2 do itperplexity.ai (opens in a new tab) - FREE, no cost16On record from 2 of 62 tracked people: 2 do itsupport.apple.com (opens in a new tab)
- $$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.17
TrainingPeaks
Training log and calendar shared between endurance coaches and athletes
On record from 2 of 62 tracked people: 1 does it, 1 has discussed ittrainingpeaks.com (opens in a new tab) - $$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.18
Waking Up
Sam Harris's meditation course, heavy on the theory as well as practice
On record from 2 of 62 tracked people: 1 does it, 1 recommends itwakingup.com (opens in a new tab) - $$$Mid: Roughly $50 to $500, or up to $50/month.19
Zwift
Indoor cycling app where riders train and race on virtual courses
On record from 2 of 62 tracked people: 2 do itzwift.com (opens in a new tab) On record from 1 of 62 people · 58 entries, A to Z
- $$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.
Alfred
Mac launcher with system-wide search, clipboard history and text snippets
On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 does italfredapp.com (opens in a new tab) - FREE, no cost
Anki
Free, open-source flashcards that schedule reviews just before you would forget
On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 does itapps.ankiweb.net (opens in a new tab) - FREE, no costOn record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 does itmacstories.net (opens in a new tab)
- $$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.
Audible
Audiobook service sold as monthly credits or a subscription library
On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 does itaudible.com (opens in a new tab) - $$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 does itrogueamoeba.com (opens in a new tab)
- $$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 does itpositivegrid.com (opens in a new tab)
- $$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.
Carbon Diet Coach
Subscription nutrition app that sets macros and adjusts them from your weekly check-ins
On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 recommends itjoincarbon.com (opens in a new tab) - $$$Mid: Roughly $50 to $500, or up to $50/month.
Centr
Chris Hemsworth's training, nutrition and meditation app, built with his own team
On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 recommends itcentr.com (opens in a new tab) - $$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.
Cursor
AI code editor built on VS Code that edits inside the file
On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 does itcursor.com (opens in a new tab) - $$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.
Day One
Journaling app for Apple platforms, Android and the web with encrypted sync
On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 does itdayoneapp.com (opens in a new tab) - $$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.
ElevenLabs
Voice tools: text read aloud, and speech turned into text
On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 does itelevenlabs.io (opens in a new tab) - $$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.
Evernote
Long-running notes app built around clipping and searching everything
On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 does itevernote.com (opens in a new tab) - $$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 does itflexibits.com (opens in a new tab)
- $$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.
Fitbod
Generates each gym session from what you lifted last time
On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 does itfitbod.me (opens in a new tab) - FREE, no cost
Garmin Connect
Garmin's companion app for building workouts and reviewing training data
On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 does itconnect.garmin.com (opens in a new tab) - FREE, no cost
GitHub
Where code and its review history live
On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 does itgithub.com (opens in a new tab) - $$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.
Hallow
Catholic prayer and meditation app with guided sessions, Lent challenges and sleep prayers
On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 recommends ithallow.com (opens in a new tab) - $$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 does itnoodlesoft.com (opens in a new tab)
- $$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.
iA Writer
Plain-text markdown editor with almost nothing on screen
On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 does itia.net (opens in a new tab) - FREE, no cost
Insight Timer
Meditation app built around a configurable timer and interval bells
On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 does itinsighttimer.com (opens in a new tab) - FREE, no cost
Instapaper
Save articles now and read them later on a plain, offline page
On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 does itinstapaper.com (opens in a new tab) - $$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.
Kagi
Paid search engine with no ads, where you can rank or block domains yourself
On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 does itkagi.com (opens in a new tab) - $$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.
Keyboard Maestro
Stairways Software
macOS macro tool that fires multi-step actions from a hotkey or typed string
On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 does itkeyboardmaestro.com (opens in a new tab) - FREE, no costOn record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 does itapple.com (opens in a new tab)
- $$$Mid: Roughly $50 to $500, or up to $50/month.On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 does itapple.com (opens in a new tab)
- $$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.
MacroFactor
Nutrition tracker that adjusts calorie targets from weekly weight and intake data
On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 recommends itmacrofactor.com (opens in a new tab) - $$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 does itmindnode.com (opens in a new tab)
- FREE, no costOn record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 does itnotebooklm.google.com (opens in a new tab)
- FREE, no cost
Obsidian
Markdown note app that stores linked plain-text files in a folder you own
On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 has discussed itobsidian.md (opens in a new tab) - $$$Mid: Roughly $50 to $500, or up to $50/month.
OmniFocus
The Omni Group
Task manager for Apple devices built on projects, tags and saved perspectives
On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 does itomnigroup.com (opens in a new tab) - $$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.
OSTEO-GAINS
Guided jump-landing programs for bone density, under five minutes a day
On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 recommends it - $$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.
Othership
Guided breathwork app with sessions sorted by the state you want to reach
On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 does it - FREE, no cost
Overcast
iPhone podcast player with speed control and silence trimming
On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 does itovercast.fm (opens in a new tab) - FREE, no costOn record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 does itpedometer.app (opens in a new tab)
- $$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.
Pocket Casts
Podcast player with speed control, silence trimming and a queue that syncs
On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 does it - $$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.
ReadKit
RSS and read-later client for Mac, iPhone and iPad
On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 does itreadkit.app (opens in a new tab) - $$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.
Readwise Reader
Read-later app holding articles, PDFs, newsletters and RSS in one queue
On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 does it - FREE, no costOn record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 does it
- $$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.
Reveri
Self-hypnosis sessions for sleep, stress and pain
On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 recommends itreveri.com (opens in a new tab) - $$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.
RP Hypertrophy App
Renaissance Periodization
Renaissance Periodization's app for written, auto-adjusting lifting programs
On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 recommends itrpstrength.com (opens in a new tab) - $$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 does itliteratureandlatte.com (opens in a new tab)
- FREE, no costOn record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 does it
- FREE, no costOn record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 does itsleepplusplus.app (opens in a new tab)
- $$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.
Spotify
Music streaming, and the training playlist people build inside it
On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 does itspotify.com (opens in a new tab) - $$$Mid: Roughly $50 to $500, or up to $50/month.
STNDRD app
Chris Bumstead's own training app: his programs, daily workouts, nutrition log, coaching
On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 recommends itstndrd.app (opens in a new tab) - $$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.
Strava
Social training log where rides and runs are shared and segments ranked
On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 does itstrava.com (opens in a new tab) - $$$Mid: Roughly $50 to $500, or up to $50/month.
Talkspace
Online therapy by messaging and video with a licensed therapist
On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 does ittalkspace.com (opens in a new tab) - $$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.
The Great Courses
Recorded lecture series on history, science and economics, on disc or by subscription
On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 does itplus.thegreatcourses.com (opens in a new tab) - $$$Mid: Roughly $50 to $500, or up to $50/month.
The Pump Club app
Arnold's Pump Club
Arnold Schwarzenegger's training app: programs, nutrition tracking and community
On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 recommends itarnoldspumpclub.com (opens in a new tab) - $$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 does itculturedcode.com (opens in a new tab)
- $$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.
Timery
Time tracker for Toggl, built around saved timers, widgets and Shortcuts
On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 does it - FREE, no costOn record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 does ittodoist.com (opens in a new tab)
- $$$Mid: Roughly $50 to $500, or up to $50/month.
TrainerRoad
Structured indoor cycling plans holding the trainer at target watts
On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 does ittrainerroad.com (opens in a new tab) - FREE, no cost
Trello
Board and card app for tracking tasks and projects
On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 does ittrello.com (opens in a new tab) - $$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.
WILD.AI
Cycle-aware training app that shifts sessions and fueling by hormone phase
On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 has discussed it - FREE, no cost
Wordle
The daily five-letter word puzzle, one game a day, scores shared with friends
On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 does itnytimes.com (opens in a new tab) - $$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.
Working Copy
Git client for iPhone and iPad, with an editor and a diff view
On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 does it - FREE, no cost
X (Twitter)
Short public posts, used by some people as a thinking tool
On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 does itx.com (opens in a new tab)
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