iOS Apps

  • browser
    • standard: Safari
    • more features: Orion by Kagi
      • Chrome and Firefox extension support + customisable Safari-like gestures
    • more customisable: SnowHaze
      • the browser with the most settings to be customised I’ve seen on iOS!
  • email client: Apple Mail (or wait for Thunderbird for iOS)

Photos

  • camera app
    • standard: Camera
    • better: Halide (paid)
      • alternative: Obscura
  • image gallery: Photos
  • photo editor: Darkroom

Audio

  • music player: Foobar2000 (free) / Doppler (paid)
  • Navidrome client: Amperfy / substreamer
  • voice recorder: Voice Memos / Shure Motiv Audio

Productivity

  • todo.txt: 2do.txt (free) / Swiftodo (paid)
  • calendar: Calendar

other good calendar apps include Across (free), Creme (free), and Calendar 366 (paid)

Social

  • RSS reader: NetNewsWire
  • Mastodon: Ice Cubes / Mastoot
  • Lemmy: Mlem
  • Pixelfed: official app
  • YT frontend: BluePlayer / Yattee

Toot! looks like really nice Mastadon client with lots of features, but it’s a paid app. If you like it, support the dev by purchasing it!

Mammoth looks quite good with a “minimalist” look, but pushes their Mammoth Gold subscription and is a little buggy in my experience.

  • flight tracker: Flighty

Programming

  • code editor: Koder / Runestone
  • GUI git client: PolyGit / Working Copy

Security

  • local password manager: Strongbox
  • local 2FA: Tofu

Other

  • weather: Mercury Weather
  • translate: LiTranslate
  • calculator
    • cleaner design: Solves
    • more features: Uno Calc
  • clock: Clock
  • local AI: Private LLM (one-time purchase)

System

  • dialer: Phone
  • contacts: Contacts
  • SMS messenger: iMessage
  • file manager: FE File Explorer Pro (paid) / FileBrowser (paid) / Owlfiles (free)
    • alternative: Documents by Readdle
  • QR codes: Qewie