Very opinionated list of best macOS apps. I use these daily, usually after considering and trying out a bunch of alternatives.

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• LaunchBar - tried so many times to switch over to something else (except for paid Alfred), but always came back; not perfect, but still might be the best

• Tyme - very polished app for tracking time and putting up basic invoices
• Pandan - minimalistic "time awareness" app (reminds to have a break)
• iSmartClock - nice minimalist desktop clock for Mac

• Ghostty - a terminal with a much better macOS support than, say, Alacritty (my previous go-to terminal); check out my config

• Keyboard Maestro
• BetterTouchTool (included with Setapp)

• Postico - recently got lots of great new features

• MailMate - no-BS email client that allows conveniently deleting all messages from the same sender, a time saver

• ReadKit

• Obsidian

• Shottr

• AlDente -- prevents battery from charging to 100% (included with Setapp)

• Bartender (included with Setapp)

• Stats -- open-source menu bar utils to monitor system activity

• Dash (included with Setapp)