Celebrating The Best Apps of The Year

This week, Federico and John introduce the fourth annual MacStories Selects award winners and interview the first MacStories Selects Lifetime Achievement award winner, James Thomson, the creator of PCalc.

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Links and Show Notes

The 2021 MacStories Selects Awards

Other MacStories Selects Awards Coverage

MacStories Selects 2021: Recognizing the Best Apps of the Year
The MacStories Selects 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award
Club MacStories+ Live Town Hall, coming to the Club MacStories Discord community on Tuesday, December 14 at 12:30 PM Eastern Time

The MacStories Selects Award Winners

Best New App: Noir

Noir website

Noir on the App Store
MacStories article

Best New App Runner-Up: Mela

Mela website
Mela on the App Store: (iPhone/iPad and Mac)
The MacStories Review

Best App Update: Tweetbot 6

Tweetbot website

Tweetbot 6 on the App Store
MacStories article

Best App Update Runner-Up: Sofa 3

Sofa website
Sofa on the App Store
The MacStories Review

Best New Feature: BetterTouchTool’s Shortcuts for Mac Integration

BetterTouchTool website
Recent MacStories Coverage

How to Batch Convert Shortcuts for Use Throughout Monterey and with Other Automation Apps
Shortcuts for Mac: 27 of Our Favorite Third-Party Integrations

Best New Feature Runner-Up: Yoink

Yoink website

Yoink on the App Store
MacStories article

Best Watch App: Streaks

Streaks website

Streaks on the App Stores

Best Watch App Runner-Up: Drafts

Drafts website
Drafts on the App Store

Best Mac App: Bartender 4

Bartender 4 website

The MacStories Review

Best Mac App Runner-Up: Doppler

Doppler website

The MacStories Review

Best Design: Mela

Mela website
Mela on the App Store: (iPhone/iPad and Mac)
The MacStories Review

Best Design Runner-Up: Craft

Craft’s website
Craft on the App Store
The MacStories Review

Readers’ Choice Award: Craft

Craft’s website
Craft on the App Store
The MacStories Review

App of The Year: Obsidian

Obsidian website
Obsidian mobile on the App Store
Club MacStories coverage:

My Obsidian Setup, Part 1: Sync, Core Plugins, Workspaces, and Other Settings
My Obsidian Setup, Part 2: Themes, Mobile Quick Action and Toolbar, and Third-Party Plugins
My Obsidian Setup, Part 3: My ‘Dashboard’ Note for Quick Links, Todoist Tasks, Saving Ideas, and Keeping Track of Current Projects
My Obsidian Setup, Part 4: Templates for Weekly Posts and Custom Mobile Toolbar
My Obsidian Setup, Part 5: Appending Text and Webpage Links to Specific Sections of My ‘Dashboard’ Note

AppStories Series:

Obsidian In Depth: The Basics (Part 1)
Obsidian In Depth: Core Plugins (Part 2)

App of the Year Runner-Up: Craft

Craft’s website
Craft on the App Store
The MacStories Review

Lifetime Achievement Award: PCalc

PCalc website
PCalc on the App Store (iPhone/iPad and Mac)
A Selection of MacStories and AppStories Coverage

PCalc 3.9 Adds Dark Mode and the Latest Shortcuts Features, Expanding the App’s Automation Capabilities
PCalc 3.8 Adds Support for iOS 12’s Siri Shortcuts, Including Powerful Clipboard Commands
PCalc’s Delightfully Insane About Screen
Apple Asks PCalc Developer to Remove iOS 8 Widget
PCalc for Apple Watch
AppStories, Episode 38 – An Interview with James Thomson, Creator of PCalc and DragThing



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