I Tried Some of Apple’s Default Apps for a Week and I’m Sold!

These apps are surprisingly good!

Dom Kwolczak
5 min readJan 28, 2024

After being away from the Apple ecosystem for around 2 years, I’ve completely forgotten how good the default Apple Apps are.

I’m talking about apps like Reminders, Apple Notes, Calendar and so on.

I don’t know what it is about these apps, but in a world where there is an app for everything, I don’t think they get enough recognition.

That’s why I decided to use Reminders, Apple Notes, Calendar and Safari as my default apps for a week and share my experience with you.

On a separate note, it’s been a month since I switched from Windows and Android to MacOS and iOS and I’ve tried many apps to find which work better for me.

The surprising thing is that it’s not the apps I remember using before switching to Android around 2 years ago!

Reminders

I think it’s fair to say that this app surprised me the most, in the past I spoke a lot about my all-time favourite to-do list app, Things 3.

However for some reason and I don’t know how to explain it, the app just isn’t working for me at the moment.

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Dom Kwolczak

I'm Dom, a tech and productivity enthusiast living in the UK. I share stories about my experience with tech, reviews, tips and more. www.beacons.ai/techwithdom