APPLE

Why I Stay Away From the Apple App Store

And why perhaps you should too

In a recent post about Apple Notes, Will J Murphy said, “I would rather not make that investment unless I can be certain the note-taking system will be there for the long haul.”

He was referring to his preference for Notes over third party note taking apps. That’s exactly how I feel about all the “mission critical” apps I use every day. While third party apps sometimes promise entrancing features, I stick with Apple’s built in apps for almost everything I do, and the “almost” disappears when the work is important.

Like Will, Apple Notes is my filing system and I have written a number of posts here explaining why:

• No More Shall I Wonder and Wander the House
• Store User Manuals in the Books App?
• Now I Have Yet Another Reason to Bring My iPhone When Grocery Shopping
• Why You Might Really Like the New Note to Note Linking in IOS 17

I have sometimes been tempted by third party apps, but I’ve always been somewhat wary of them as well. I blame Google for that because they arbitratily killed several of their products where I had heavily invested my time. But killing or abandoning apps is unfortunately quite common…