If you want to balance your checkbook the Mac way, Quicken is the only way to go. The bad news: the developer recently switched to a subscription model, so you’ll have fork over cash each year. Updates are frequent now though, which is good news.
Website: Quicken
Price: Quicken Deluxe: $44.99/yr.
Notion is a remarkable newcomer with a highly pliant interface that like Coda and Quip allows you to blend text and tables to create sophisticated, collaborative documents, such as business or marketing plans. Notion goes one step further by offering a Chrome web clipper that, much like Evernote, quickly captures web pages and lets you save clippings to specific folders. We really like its elegant folder interface that can be customized with emoji, a very cool feature. More importantly, if a table includes dates, you can change views to show Kanban boards or calendars.
Notion comes bundled with pre-made templates, including Movie List, Recipes, Yearly Goals, Travel Plans and “Lightweight To-do’s.” Best of all, Notion offers both an iPhone app and a Mac desktop application, making this a surefire hit in the making. Well worth your time exploring.
Website: Notion.so
Price: Free; Basic (1 user, unlimited uploads): $4.00/member/mo.; Team (unlimited users, unlimited uploads): $8.00/member/mo.
Figma is a relative newcomer that has taken the world of the design by storm. Its ability to keep up with a global development team is detailed in this case study: “Design At Scale: One Year With Figma.”
Website: Figma
Price: Starter: Free (2 members); Pro (1 editor, unlimited members): $15.00/editor/mo.; Organization (unlimited teams, private projects): $45.00/editor/mo.
This Aussie company has a better idea about how design should work. Investors have signed on, giving the company a $2.5 billion valuation. Wow! Canva lets you easily create beautiful brochures, social media posts and other design documents. Use Canva’s drag-and-drop feature and professional layouts to design consistently stunning graphics.
Website: Canva
Price: Free; Pro: $12.95/mo.