Best apps

Browsers and blockers that cut tracking, each with the thing it does not do.

Note apps that are well rated and still maintained, whatever they cost, each with its catch.

Travel apps that are well rated and still maintained, each with its catch.

Shopping and savings apps that are well rated and still maintained, with what each one gets wrong.

Scanning apps that are well rated and still maintained, with what each one gets wrong.

Running and workout apps that are well rated and still maintained, with what each gets wrong.

Reading apps that are well rated and still maintained, each with its catch.

Photo editors that are well rated and still maintained, each with its catch.

Navigation apps that are well rated and still maintained, with the reason you might not want each.

Learning apps for children that are well rated and still maintained, each with its catch.

Calendar apps that are well rated and still maintained, with the reason you might not want each.

Money apps that are well rated, still maintained, and not reported broken — with what each one gets wrong.

Podcast apps that are well rated and still maintained, with the reason you might not want each.

Recipe and meal-planning apps that are well rated and still maintained, each with its catch.

Sleep trackers that are well rated and still maintained, with what each one gets wrong.

Meditation and breathing apps that are well rated and still maintained, each with its catch.

Language apps that are well rated and still maintained, with the reason you might not want each.

Habit and routine trackers that are well rated and still maintained, each with its catch.

Email clients that are well rated and still maintained, with what each one gets wrong.

Budgeting and expense apps that are well rated and still maintained, each with its catch.

Weather apps that are well rated, still maintained, and not reported broken — with what each one gets wrong.

Paid apps still on sale years after their last update.

Spaced-repetition and flashcard apps that charge a single price, with the catch on each.

Maps that work with no signal and charge once instead of monthly, each with its catch.

Offline dictionaries and thesauruses that charge a single price, with what each one misses.

White noise and sleep sound apps that charge once, each with its catch.

Manual camera apps that charge once instead of monthly, each with the reason you might not want it.

Tuners, metronomes and practice tools that charge a single price, with what each gets wrong.

Sky maps and planetarium apps that charge once instead of monthly, each with its catch.

Readers and annotators with no monthly charge.

Password vaults with no yearly fee.

Scientific and graphing calculators, bought once.

To-do and reminder apps with no subscription.

Writing and note apps with no monthly charge.

Content blockers for Safari with no yearly fee.

Forecast and radar apps with no monthly charge.