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IOS

Communication

E-mail Clients

  • Canary - A free, open-source, and easy to use email client.
  • Protonmail - Protonmail is a free, open-source, and secure email service.
  • Spark - Effortless, beautiful, and collaborative email client.
  • Tutanota - Tutanota is a free, open-source, and secure email service.

Real-Time Communication

  • Element - Secure and independent communication, connected via matrix.
  • Signal - Privacy oriented messaging app.
  • Telegram - Cross platform messaging software.

Social Media

  • Apollo - Unofficial Reddit client, created specifically with iOS design guidelines in mind, beautiful and powerful. Apollo has been shutdown
  • Slide - Unofficial Open Sourced Reddit client, clean UI and smooth experience.

Files & System

File Managers

File Sync

  • Möbius Sync - Möbius Sync brings Syncthing to iOS, allowing you to synchronize files with Syncthing, without the need for any cloud service.
  • Resilio Sync - Sync is the a way to transfer files between your Mac, PC, NAS, and even server.
  • LocalSend - Share files to nearby devices. FOSS, cross-platform. (Like AirDrop)

Notes

  • Apple Freeform - Flexible canvas for notes, sketches, diagrams, and more, shareable within the ecosystem.
  • GoodNotes - GoodNotes 5 is a combination digital notepad and PDF markup tool. And it’s very good at both.
  • Joplin - Joplin is an open source note-taking app. Capture your thoughts and securely access them from any device.
  • Microsoft Whiteboard - Flexible canvas for notes, sketches, diagrams, and more, shareable with anyone.
  • Notability - Powerful, yet wonderfully simple note-taking and PDF annotation.
  • Notes Writer - Notes Writer is a comprehensive note-taking app & PDF annotator.
  • Obsidian - Obsidian is a powerful knowledge base on top of a local folder of plain text Markdown files.
  • Standard Notes - Standard Notes is a safe place for your notes, thoughts, and life's work.

To-Do Lists & Task Managers

Widgets

  • Widgetsmith - Widgetsmith lets you personalize your home screen and lock screen like never before.
  • Widgy Widgets - Widgy is a powerful widget editor, all the information you need can be easily surfaced through a widget that you designed or chose from the widget gallery. (Has strong community)

Internet

  • AdGuard - AdGuard is a free, open-source, browser-based, ad-blocking browser extension.
  • NextDNS - NextDNS is a free DNS server that provides a free, fast, and reliable DNS service.

Firewall

  • Little Snitch and Little Snitch Mini - MacOS App Little Snitch is a firewall that monitors the network traffic of your Mac and alerts you to any attempts to establish a network connection. see the comparison between both versions.

VPNs

  • Mullvad - Privacy oriented, fast and easy to use VPN.
  • NordVPN - Paid VPN service.
  • ProtonVPN - VPN service.
  • WireGuard - Simple yet fast and modern VPN that utilizes state-of-the-art cryptography.

Web Browsers

Check this PrivacyTests Chart for indepth comparison of browsers.

  • Brave - Chromium fork with ad blocking enhancements.
  • Orion - Safari (WebKit) based browser that supports Firefox and Chrome extensions.
  • DuckDuckGo - Privacy-oriented browser with tracking protection and content blocking.
  • Firefox - Free and open-source web browser developed by Mozilla.
  • Firefox Focus - Privacy-oriented browser with tracking protection and content blocking.
  • Tor Browser - Experience real private browsing without tracking, surveillance, or censorship.

Web Browsers Extensions

  • Hush - Block nags to accept cookies and privacy invasive tracking in Safari on Mac, iPhone and iPad.

Media

Anime

  • Aidoku - A free and open source manga reading application for iOS and iPadOS, with many sources.
  • AnimeNow - AnimeNow is a free, open-source, and ad-free anime streaming app. require sideloading such as AltStore
  • NineAnimator - a free and open source anime watching app for iOS and macOS. require sideloading such as AltStore
  • Soshiki - An open-source media browser and viewer for iOS 15+. (supports text, image and video).
  • PaperBack - An Ad-Free Komga client for iOS. Supports an extensive scripting API using TypeScript/JavaScript to extend the app functionality.

Music and Videos

  • DaVinci Resolve (Mac), iPad - DaVinci Resolve is a color grading, color correction, visual effects, and audio post-production video editing.
  • Final Cut Pro (Mac), iPad - Paid professional video editing app.
  • Logic Pro (Mac), iPad - Paid professional music creation app.
  • VLC - FOSS cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files.

Photos

  • Lightroom - Adobe's photo & video editor, powerful and easy to use.
  • Procreate - Paid app Procreate is the leading creative application made for iPad.
  • Snapseed - Snapseed is a complete and professional photo editor.

Passwords And Security

2FA and TOTP

  • Raivo OTP - A native, lightweight and secure OTP solution for users. Would NOT recommend anymore after some company purchased the app.
  • Tofu Authenticator - An easy-to-use, open-source two-factor authentication app designed specifically for iOS.
  • 2FAS Auth
  • BitWarden Authenticator - BitWarden's 2FA codes app.

Passwords Managers

  • 1Password - Paid Service Cross-platform password manager.
  • Bitwarden - Cross-platform password manager. (With paid subscription - can be used for 2FA too)

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