Productivity

Linear costs $10-16/user/month and is the project management tool engineering teams recommend unprompted. Here's who it genuinely helps — and who's buying a beautiful distraction.

Superhuman costs $25/month and promises to make email fast. The keyboard shortcuts are real. The gap between what it does and what Gmail does for free is shrinking.

Zoom's 40-minute cap exists to sell you Pro. If you host calls that regularly run long, pay it. If you're mostly a guest or already use Google Meet, keep your $192/year.

You're renting 250 apps to use 4 of them. Whether that's genius or insanity depends on which 4 apps you'd buy otherwise. We did the subscription math.

Standing desks won't fix your back, your posture, or your life. But they might stop you from dying slightly faster. Here's the honest math on whether to buy one.

Airtable is $20/user/month and scales your bill faster than your team. Under 5 people it's great. Above that, Notion or Google Sheets win on cost.

Alfred Powerpack is £34 once — no subscription. You'll use it 100+ times a day. But Raycast is free and catching up fast. Here's how to choose.

A once-great app now tarnished by a shady acquisition and sneaky telemetry Here's our honest take on whether Bartender at $16 one-time delivers real value.

Bear Pro is the prettiest notes app you will ever use, but it locks you inside Apple forever. No Windows, no Android, no web — just gorgeous isolation.

Craft won an Apple Design Award and that is basically its entire resume. Strip away the animations and you get a weaker Notion that only works on Apple.

A beautiful calendar app that's been devalued by a subscription and a free competitor that finally caught up.

A ridiculously complex task manager for people who love organizing their to-do lists more than doing the actual work.

A rare productivity app that doesn't suck your bank account dry while actually making you productive.

Todoist's cheaper, more functional cousin that dares to be a little uglier We break down the real cost, alternatives, and who should skip TickTick Premium.

A $8/month sync service for people who think iCloud is too mainstream Here's our honest take on whether Obsidian Sync at $8/month delivers real value.

Only if Raycast is already in your daily flow. Otherwise, it's a nice-to-have We break down the real cost, alternatives, and who should skip Raycast Pro.

No — skip it. Evernote is a legacy product. Better alternatives exist at lower prices We break down the real cost, alternatives, and who should skip Evernote.

Grammarly Free catches 90% of your mistakes. Premium costs $144/year for tone tweaks and rewrites. But ChatGPT does the same thing for free. Who actually needs this?

LinkedIn Premium costs $30-60/month to see who viewed your profile and send InMails nobody reads. Only active job seekers get their money's worth.

No — for most individuals. The free tier is generous enough. Paid only makes sense for teams Is Notion worth $10-18/month? We did the math so you don't have to.

Only if you need reminders and hit the free tier limits. Most people don't We break down the real cost, alternatives, and who should skip Todoist Premium.