Absolutely. I’ve been through a lot of productivity apps over the last year, since discovering Zettelkasten and various forums. I’ve wasted a lot of time (and some money), but in fairness it was fun… so maybe not such a waste.
Right now I’ve shifted my note taking and journaling to Apple Notes… it is a pretty powerful bit of software. I like to handwrite some notes (on iPad) and type others, and occasionally scan documents. It works well for all of them, and tagging is effective alongside simple folders. I keep having to resist going back to Obsidian, Logseq or something new…. But actually I realise the functionality is good enough and often better for what I need.
I use the stock apps for PDF annotation, Reminders for tasks and the built in calendar. They’re not 100% perfect, but neither were the apps I was using before.
I still use Word/Zotero for academic stuff and Ulysses for writing, although I’m tempted to give Pages a proper go for non-academic work. I don’t like the Apple podcast app. I do use some utility apps, like Hook on the Mac to allow linking and Eaglefiler for my archived documents/articles.
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