First Row
MultiTimer - Multiple times and multiple types of timers (count up, down, stopwatch, interval) for all types of application
Apple Maps - how I get from here to there
DayOne - Daily journaling app, syncs with all my devices
ContactsXL - a better contacts manager
Second Row
OverCast - Trying this out for a while. I either use this or pocket casts
Apple Safari - web browser
Dictionary - free dictionary with all sorts of information
Numerical - the calculator with no equal
Third Row
Facebook - As a pastor I follow other pastors and churches, my relatives and a few people from high school
Twitterific - I follow news sources, companies and developers that produce software I like and pastors and churches
Study Bible - Logos, which is not Faithlife makes the most complete and useful bible software system out there. Works awesome on desktop machines and pretty good on mobile
Bear - This is awesome for writing. I am currently in a 500 Words per Day challenge and I use Bear. Some people say it is great for notes and will beat out Apple notes. I have not tried that yet. So I am still testing it.
Fourth Row
DEVONThink - Evernote got to the point where it was useless on mobile. So I switched to DEVONThink. This is app, I own the database. I can put it anywhere and use dropbox or any NAS to sync with mobile. It has a file structure like finder and it is much easier to use and organize than what Evernote has become
Scanbot - I can documents all the time. This will do a great job scanning then save it or share it any way I want
Buy Me a Pie! - This is the shared grocery store app my wife and I use
Slack - A communicate with several groups through slack a private tool for small groups or teams
Fifth Row
Apple Clock - This is my alarm clock and timer (when I only need to time one thing). I like this timer because it works with Siri
Forecast Bar - I switch weather apps every year. This year it is this one.
Unread - I still follow several tech blogs via RSS and this is the tool I use
Banktivity - Checkbook and bank account manager
Sixth Row
Drafts - The place where text starts. I am still trying to get this into my daily habit instead of going straight to iMessages
Pocket - My "Read it later" service. Also interfaces with IFTTT
1Password - The best password manager for IOS, I believe
Mic'd - A great voice memo recorder. works with Apple Watch too. Syncs everything via iCloud.
Dock
Informant - One of the best calendars for IOS. Informant 5 adds a great task manager. I am seeing if this can replace OmniFocus
Apple Messages - iMessages
Apple Phone App - After all this is still a phone. As a pastor I get many calls. I can be reached via 4 numbers on this phone. 1) The number that came with it; 2) Sideline app allows a second number; 3) Our church uses Vonage, so the main number can ring this phone; 4) I have my own extension through Vonage and it will ring this phone
Apple Mail - After trying Spark and Airmail and others, I am back to Apple Mail. I don't get much email (30 a week) and I get most of my email on my desktop machine, so Apple Mail is good enough for my purposes
Apple Watch: For me, any useful app must have an Apple Watch connection. Any app that has an Apple Watch app will also get noticed by me.
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