Which productivity apps should you use?

Calendars, task apps, browsers, launchers, email apps.

Answers by date: 5 records in 4 sources, newest first; the answers above are the current ones. shift and revise mean the advice changed; tension — speakers disagree.

date	who	answer	source
2020-06-03	Ali	Todoist is Ali's to-do list app of choice; he checks it a couple of times a day for anything urgent.	All the Apps I Use in a Day 00:02:26
2020-06-03	Ali	shift: Asked why he moved from Things 3 to Todoist, Ali says Todoist is cross-platform and works well with teams, while Things 3 is nicer.	All the Apps I Use in a Day creator comment
2018-05-21	Ali	Ali manages his study time with the Forest app: a tree grows for 25 minutes and dies if you use your phone, a regimented way to do the Pomodoro method of 25 minutes' work and five minutes' rest.	Study with me + More revision tips - Cambridge University medical student VLOG #34 00:01:57
2018-03-07	Ali	Ali uses the Mac launcher Alfred, or Spotlight, with equivalents on Windows, and has written about it on his blog aliabdaal.com.	Monthly Favourites #2 - Ali Abdaal 00:05:38
2018-02-14	Ali	Ali recommends Feedly, an RSS feed aggregator, for reading all the blogs you follow: instead of visiting each blog, you browse the new articles each day on your phone or iPad.	Monthly Favourites #1 - Ali Abdaal 00:03:59