Picks

The AI that actually helps you write better, not just faster. We use this ourselves.

Powerful and flexible — but there's a real learning curve if you're starting from scratch.

The note-taking app for people who are serious about keeping their thinking organised long-term.

The free tier is genuinely enough for most people. The paid plan is fine but not essential.

The best read-later app we've used, by some margin. But you do have to pay for it.

Is Perplexity actually better than Google for research? In some situations, yes — in most, not quite.

The most opinionated browser available. Some will love it. Some will go back to Chrome in a week.

Meeting transcription that works well enough to actually use. The free tier has real limits, though.

The easiest way to connect apps without code. The free plan covers basic use; paid gets expensive quickly.

Useful for catching errors you genuinely miss. But it also introduces its own problems, especially on the free plan.