Indie Software I Pay For

“What’s tech/software/app that is (a) run by indie devs/small co and (b) that you feel great paying for? ¶ two of mine: ¶ @BearNotesApp @OvercastFM” – @hunterwalk

I guarantee I’m forgetting some stuff. This might be updated in the future.

Web & iOS

• Innologica: Inoreader. RSS for power-users. This is how I consume everything from email newsletters and blogs to giant feeds of SEC filings.

iOS

• Overcast: Podcasts.
• GoodNotes: Digital notebook that pairs well with Apple Pencil.
• CARROT: Weather, mostly for the sassy bot as a shell for DarkSky

MacOS

• Omnigroup: OmniOutliner
• Smile Software: TextExpander
• Devon Technologies: DEVONagent (web browser with very deep search and topic network visualization I use for research), DEVONthink (Like locally-hosted Evernote, but terrifyingly more flexible. I use this for researching big projects and managing different knowledge bases.)

Apple: Cross-platform

• Information Architects: iA Writer, IMO the best minimalist Markdown editor experience (with lots of great keyboard shortcuts), but it has some bugs with syncs and versioning
• Agile Turtle: Drafts 5, the MacOS beta of which was so compelling that I upgraded to Mojave from Sierra just to try it.
• Omnigroup: OmniFocus Pro (yes, OmniOutliner is also available on iOS but I don’t use it there)
• Tapbots: Tweetbot, for twitter list tracking