Best Apps: Dec '22 Edition

A quick roundup of some of the interesting apps on Android, iOS and the web...

1. Browse the web - Arc, SigmaOS, Stack
2. Block popups and dark patterns on the web - Banish
3. Budget tracking - MoneyCoach
4. Check news - all InfoSec news, Big News, Every, Substack, Upstract
5. Cookie and recipe organiser - Pestle
6. Create mind maps - MindMeister, Mindomo, SimpleMind, XMind
7. Digital canvas for collaboration - Padlet
8. Emerging social media - CounterSocial, Geneva, Post
9. Enable dark mode on websites - Noir
10. Explore ideas - Deepstash, STEMpump
11. Find lyrics to songs - Musixmatch
12. Improve screen reading experience - Google Reading mode
13. Learn coding with Swift - Unwrap
14. Music player - Aimi, Metro, Music Player GO, Odio, Oto Music
15. Online word game - Wordle
16. PDF scanner - Google Stack
17. Privacy-oriented Reddit client - Stealth
18. Private and secure email and docs - Skiff
19. Read-it-later - Matter, Omnivore
20. Reminders and to-do lists - Forest, GoJournal, Do!, NoteCircle, Structured
21. Revisit ebook and article highlights - Readwise
22. Save articles and music for later - MusicBox, Upnext
23. Seamless clipboard across devices - Clipt
24. Search engine - Brave Search, Neeva
25. Social cataloguing for books - Copper Books
26. Take down notes - Logseq, Notally, Obsidian, Runestone
27. Tools and utilities - 123apps, Calculator Soup, Convertio, iLovePDF, Kaleidoscope, Online Text Tools, TinyWow, Web Whiteboard
28. Track habits - (Not Boring) Habits
29. Track weather - DINA
30. Trip planning - Tripsy
31. Two-factor authentication - Aegis, Raivo OTP