Applications I Use On MacOS and iOS/iPadOS

I’ve compiled a list (excluding core MacOS and iOS applications) of the essential software that drives my workflow as a physician and tech nerd.

This post was last updated 10/1/2019.

MacOS

MacOS Mojave powers my workhorse desktop (dubbed “Odin“) as well as my MacBook Pro (dubbed “Leviathan”). I essentially run the same suite of applications on both devices, but use Odin for more processor/GPU intense tasks like rendering, gaming, and XCode simulators. Here are the applications I routinely use that are not already built into MacOS:

AppCleaner (application uninstall utility)
Attributed String Creator (attributed string Swift generator for EchoTools)
Bookends (reference manager)
Boom 3D (volume booster and equalizer)
Carbon Copy Cloner (backup utility)
Coda 2 (web programming, SSH, FTP)
Fantastical 2 (calendar/reminder app)
Final Cut Pro (video editing)
Flume (desktop Instagram app)
GAget (Google Analytics notification center tool)
Google Chrome (web browser)
IINA (modern MacOS media player)
ImageOptim (image compression utility)
JPEGmini Pro (image compression utility)
Jump Desktop (remote desktop)
Logic Pro X (digital audio workstation)
Magnet (window manager)
Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, and Word office suite)
PDF Expert (cross-platform PDF viewer)
PDF Squeezer (PDF file compression)
Pixelmator Pro (image editing tools)
Spotify Premium (digital music)
Steam (gaming hub – Counter-Strike Global Offensive, Rocket League, Team Fortress 2)
The Unarchiver (compressed media utility)
Transmit (FTP client)
Xcode (the integrated developer environment I use to create my iOS app).

iOS/iPadOS

My iPhone XS Max and iPad Pro are running iOS 13. Here are the applications I use on both devices listed by their folder categories. Keep in mind that some apps are only compatible with the iPhone and others only with the iPad. I’ve also excluded applications that are built into the core of iOS.

Main Screen: Bookends, Dark Sky, EchoTools, Fantastical, Instagram, PDF Expert, Tesla, YouTube
Buy & Explore: Amazon, DoorDash, Groupon, GrubHub, JetBlue, Lyft, OpenTable, Sky Guide, Uber
Games: FROST, Hungry Shark, LIMBO, Alto’s Odyssey, The Room – Old Sins
Google: Analytics, Drive, Gboard, Google, Google Home, Google Maps, Google Photos, Google Wifi, PhotoScan, Voice
Medical: 3D Medical Complete Heart, AutoSleep, Butterfly iQ, Doximity, Figure 1, MDCalc, MOCA Minute, UpToDate
Photo & Video: Afterlight, Layout, mematic, Phonto, Pixelmator, Plex, Vidstitch, Vont
Productivity: GoodNotes, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, My Cloud, Robinhood
Social: 23andMe, Facebook, Facebook Page, IGTV, LinkedIn, Twitter, WhatsApp, YT Studio
Utilities: Authy, Bitwarden, Bank of America, Jump Desktop, Scanner Pro, Shazam, 1.1.1.1, Direct Energy, Sony Headphones, RoboKiller