Apple Picks

Apple App Picks

The apps we'd actually keep on our home screen, organized by category. Each list is a multi-week test, not a thirty-second skim.

The five we'd actually keep on our home screen — picked from forty-plus we've tested over the past three years.

Five apps that will quietly stay on your iPhone for years.

Five money apps we'd actually trust with our checking account.

Five apps to actually finish what you started.

Five apps for the actual habit, not the aesthetic.

Five apps that actually move the needle on a real language.

Five apps for a real practice, not for the marketing of one.

Five apps for actual notes, not for productivity theatre.

Five apps for people who actually listen.

Five apps for actual reading.

Five apps for runners who actually run.

Five apps for understanding what actually happens at night.

Five apps for actual studying, not for studying about studying.

Five task managers for people who actually finish things.

Five apps for actual lifting, not for posting.