The last default apps post was posted towards end of 2023. While the list largely remains unchanged there are however few changes since I last posted.
I present to you the updated apps I use list for 2026:
Email: Mail.app(MacOS and iOS)
Code Editor+ Editor: VS Code/Emacs1/Vim
Mail service: iCloud/Gmail/Yahoo(yes I still use it for all my coupons)
Terminal: Terminal.app
RSS reader: Reeder 5(discovered from another default list) 2
Music: Apple Music/Spotify
Video: Youtube/Quick time player
Chat: Telegram, iMessages, Whatsapp, Discord
Browser: Safari for most part, development(Google Chrome)
Bookmarks: Raindrop.io/, default manager in Safari
Read Later: Read later in safari
Spreadsheets: Numbers/Google sheets
Word Processing: Pages.app
Presentation: Keynote.app
Reminders/Todo: Reminders app
Podcast: Apple Podcast
Password Management : Keychain access/Passwords.app
News: Apple News
Reading(Books): Kindle and Apple books
App Launcher: Spotlight
Git: git terminal
Contact Management: Contacts
Notes: Apple Notes, Notebook + pen/pencil, Post it!
Cloud Storage: Dropbox, Google Drive, iCloud
Journaling: Apple Journal
Hacker News App: Octal 3
You can checkout more of such posts curated by Robb Knight here. And hoping to add this to the list.