160: State of the Apps 2025

Subtitle: A Cortex Special

Grey and Myke discuss the tools they use to get work done, highlighting new additions and workflow changes. They also showcase their current home screens and reflect on how their work has evolved over the past year.

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Todoist

Things

Due

Timery

OmniFocus

Working With Templates - Things

Timelines

Multitimer

Spark

Slack

Notion

Figma

Obsidian

ChatGPT

Descript

Claude

Freeform

Darkroom

Halide

Audio Hijack

Logic Pro

Fission

Forecast

Overcast

Feedbin

Unread

Marvel Unlimited

Balatro

Delta

GB Operator

GameTrack

Fitbod

AllTrails

Foodnoms

AutoSleep

Sleep++

Whoop

Charty

Adobe Acrobat

PowerPhotos

Croissant

Focus for YouTube

Dark Reader

Duolingo

Mosaic

Widgetsmith

Hand Mirror

iStat Menus

Overlap

Quitter

Shareshot

Logger

Myke - Standard Home Screen

Peak

Myke - Standard Watch Face

Myke - Recording Home Screen

Myke - Weekend Home Screen

Myke - Sleep Home Screen

Myke - Travel Home Screen

Flighty

Tripsy

Myke - Travel Watch Face

Myke - Vacation Home Screen

Grey - Home Screen Flow Chart

Grey - Closed Home Screens

Grey - Open and Closed Home Screens

Grey - Open Home Screens

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