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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Links and Show Notes:
Get Moretex – More Cortex, with no ads. (relay.fm/cortex/join)
Submit Feedback (relay.fm/cortex/feedback)
Todoist (todoist.com)
Things (culturedcode.com/things)
Due (dueapp.com)
Timery (timeryapp.com)
OmniFocus (omnigroup.com/omnifocus)
Working With Templates - Things (culturedcode.com/things/support/articles/2693493)
Timelines (timelines.app)
Multitimer (multitimer.net)
Spark (sparkmailapp.com)
Slack (slack.com/intl/en-gb)
Notion (notion.so)
Figma (figma.com)
Obsidian (obsidian.md)
ChatGPT (chatgpt.com)
Descript (descript.com)
Claude (claude.ai/login?returnTo=%2F%3F)
Freeform (apps.apple.com/gb/app/freeform/id6443742539)
Darkroom (darkroom.co)
Halide (halide.cam)
Audio Hijack (rogueamoeba.com/audiohijack)
Logic Pro (apple.com/uk/logic-pro)
Fission (rogueamoeba.com/fission)
Forecast (overcast.fm/forecast)
Overcast (overcast.fm)
Feedbin (feedbin.com)
Unread (goldenhillsoftware.com/unread)
Marvel Unlimited (marvel.com/unlimited)
Balatro (playbalatro.com)
Delta (apps.apple.com/gb/app/delta-game-emulator/id10…)
GB Operator (epilogue.co/product/gb-operator)
GameTrack (gametrack.app)
Fitbod (fitbod.me/cortex)
AllTrails (alltrails.com)
Foodnoms (foodnoms.com)
AutoSleep (autosleepapp.tantsissa.com)
Sleep++ (sleepplusplus.app)
Whoop (whoop.com/gb/en)
Charty (chartyios.app)
Adobe Acrobat (adobe.com/uk/acrobat.html)
PowerPhotos (fatcatsoftware.com/powerphotos)
Croissant (croissantapp.com)
Focus for YouTube (apps.apple.com/gb/app/focus-for-youtube/id1514…)
Dark Reader (darkreader.org)
Duolingo (duolingo.com)
Mosaic (lightpillar.com/mosaic.html)
Widgetsmith (widgetsmith.app)
Hand Mirror (handmirror.app)
iStat Menus (bjango.com/mac/istatmenus)
Overlap (moleskinestudio.com/support/overlap/introducti…)
Quitter (marco.org/2016/05/02/quitter)
Shareshot (shareshot.app)
Logger (shortcutslogger.dev)
Myke - Standard Home Screen (relayfm.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/Cortex/Episode…)
Peak (apps.apple.com/gb/app/peak-fitness-widgets/id6…)
Myke - Standard Watch Face (s3.amazonaws.com/relayfm/assets/Cortex/Episode…)
Myke - Recording Home Screen (relayfm.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/Cortex/Episode…)
Myke - Weekend Home Screen (s3.amazonaws.com/relayfm/assets/Cortex/Episode…)
Myke - Sleep Home Screen (s3.amazonaws.com/relayfm/assets/Cortex/Episode…)
Myke - Travel Home Screen (s3.amazonaws.com/relayfm/assets/Cortex/Episode…)
Flighty (flighty.com)
Tripsy (tripsy.app)
Myke - Travel Watch Face (s3.amazonaws.com/relayfm/assets/Cortex/Episode…)
Myke - Vacation Home Screen (s3.amazonaws.com/relayfm/assets/Cortex/Episode…)
Grey - Home Screen Flow Chart (s3.amazonaws.com/relayfm/assets/Cortex/Episode…)
Grey - Closed Home Screens (s3.amazonaws.com/relayfm/assets/Cortex/Episode…)
Grey - Open and Closed Home Screens (s3.amazonaws.com/relayfm/assets/Cortex/Episode…)
Grey - Open Home Screens (s3.amazonaws.com/relayfm/assets/Cortex/Episode…)
Endel (endel.io)