- All three affinity apps.
- Cold Turkey Blocker.
- Neptunes.
Hi, Rob!
I just bought it in the Mac App Store.
I just bought it in the Mac App Store.
BetterTouchTool is not available in the App Store (in my country).
Did you mean BetterSnapTool?
Rob, You’re right! LOL!!.
Better Touch Tool is not in the App Store.
I actually started with BST myself.
Using that purchase I could (also) use BTT for free for a while (promo from the author) and then I purchased the lifetime license.
Both great Apps! (BTT includes BST functionality; you don’t need to buy both)
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Does BBEdit count? I’ve paid for this “one time” app about a dozen times over the years, starting with version 4.5.1 on CD.
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Is that red one PDF expert? They really need to just use the iPad icon on the Mac. The Mac icon looks massive!
Yes, it is PDF Expert. I always have the Dock auto hide on the Mac as I always use Aflred to launch apps. I hide it on the iPad if that was an option. 
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My favorite one-time purchase apps:
Mac:
- Alfred
- Keyboard Maestro
- Affinity apps
- Logic Pro
- Final Cut
- OmniFocus
- ScreenFlow
- ABBYY FineReader
- Nova
- iA Writer
iOS:
- OmniFocus
- Grocery
- App in the Air
- ABBYY FineReader
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Dang, I’ve got to mention Pixelmator Pro just because no one else has (regular Pixelmator doesn’t count.) I use Affinity at work and Pixelmator Pro at home. I think Affinity may be the more productive piece of software as far as requirements-meeting output over time goes, but Pixelmator Pro is just a pleasure to use and more creative for me. I hope it’s selling well…
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ThanksI I saw the price on it and grabbed it!
But I am unable to hide windows and the windows are too small… even though I quit the application! I tried rebooting and that didn’t work.
I also bought Magnet last week maybe.
Both apps pretty much do the same thing.
Terrific topic, btw!
iPad
Procreate- I just love it! It’s for photos, art. I think the price is up to a grand total of $10.
iPad and Mac
Agenda (at least I can use it on a Mac.) I need to upgrade but “All in good time!” Works great as is.
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(Explanations for obvious or well-known apps and their platform availability info is skipped.)
Must haves
- Alfred
- BetterTouchTool
- Bartender
- iStat Menus
- Popclip
- Keyboard Maestro
- Daiysdisk
- Cursor Pro (highlight cursor)
- Keystroke Pro (display keypresses)
- iMazing Backup
Productivity and reminders
- Things 3
- GoodTask
- Streaks
- Timemator (time tracking, macOS, iOS, iPadOS)
- Soulver
- Countdown Widget Studio (iOS)
- Birthday Reminder Widget (iOS)
Documents and text
- DevonThink
- RocketTypist (text expansion on macOS)
- TextSniper (screenshot OCR to text on macOS)
- ScanThing (iOS document scanning on iOS)
- VoiceDream Reader (TTS on iOS)
- PDF Squeezer (macOS)
- Notability / GoodNotes (still can’t decide)
- Texpad (LaTeX editor macOS and iPadOS)
Design and media creation
- ColorSlurp (color picker macOS)
- Affinity Designer / Photo / Publisher (macOS and iPadOS)
- Procreate
- Concepts (unlimited canvas free-form drafting and manual mindmapping iPadOS)
- LumaFusion
- Micro Album (ad-hoc FaceID protected gallery from selected images on iOS)
HomeKit
- HomeRun (HomeKit controls on iOS/watchOS)
- iConnectHue (better Philips Hue controls iOS)
Exercise (all iOS and/or watchOS)
- Strong Workout Tracker
- Fitness View (custom Health data widgets)
- Zones (HealthKit data analysis for HR zones)
- Heart Analyzer (useful monthly reports)
- HRV4Training (hear rate variability analysis)
- AutoSleep
Casual games (all iOS)
- Good Sudoku
- Really Bad Chess
(no longer offered with a one-time payment)
1PasswordFantastical 2Noteplan 2Papers 3Airmail
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I notice that none of you listed SnagIt, which is my favorite screen capture, video screen capture tool, annotation tool for the Mac. Somehow, I like it more than the macOS included tool.
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Adding iOS apps to my list
Affinity Designer
Affinity Photo
LumaFusion
Ferrite pro
Paprika
Looom
Pixelmator Photo
Procreate
Reeder
Halide Camera
Filmic Pro
Brusfri
Just Press Record
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Affinity Photo
Soulver
Dark Noise
Marvin SxS (iPad apps running on M1 mac)
This is what I’m afraid of. Buying 3 apps each time a new version comes out
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@Katie I suppose its all a matter of perspective. When I was evaluating my task management needs, I considered Omnifocus, Todoist and Things. Four years later, I would spent more on Omnifocus and Todoist than I have on Things. From this perspective, it is a bargain for me. I understand paying for each platform can add up. However, a friend of mind only uses Things on the iPhone. So it worked out well for him. It seems unfair for him to pay the price of all three platforms if he is only going to use it on the iPhone.
cc @andy4222 Things v2 was launched August 9, 2012 and Things v3 was launched May 18, 2017. This may indicate that Things 4 may release next year… Either way, I think its good value consideirng how often they release a brand new version.
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