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The Leaderboard
January 6th, 2025
Habit busting

Happy Monday legends. It's officially time to start circling back, but not before you dive into today's edition of the Leaderboard. In today's issue: A click wheel for your map, a planner that could finally solve laziness, and a list app that stands out in a crowded market.

The shortest shortcut ever

Pie Menu: One shortcut to control all your Mac apps with a radial menu

Pie Menu feels like the kind of tool you didn’t know you needed until you use it. One shortcut brings up a radial menu around your cursor, customized for whatever app you’re in. It’s perfect for those of us who can’t remember shortcuts between apps (guilty). The idea of using spatial memory to speed things up over time is smart—it’s like muscle memory for your mouse. If you’ve ever wished for a faster, more intuitive way to navigate your Mac, this might be it.

Solution to lazy

Joi Planner: Calendar, todo list, habit tracker all in one app

I’ve never been able to consistently use habit tracking apps, probably because of some combination of lack of discipline and unwillingness to click into a single-function tracking app every day. Joi is an elegantly designed solution to my laziness. It bundles up three features that seem like they should be together — scheduling, tasks, and habits — into a single platform that also creates a brief summary of your day each morning. I could see this becoming the personal complement to my professional Google Calendar (which is still irreplaceable because of how easy it makes scheduling meetings with others).

Needle in a haystack of apps

Stacklist: An easy way to save and share your favorite things

There’s a surge in list apps right now, and many have nailed the UI—clean, simple, and visually appealing. This one seems perfect for sharing websites and URLs, especially for business or content purposes. But if they’re aiming to become a go-to for personal lists like books, movies, or restaurants, they might need to look at competitors with direct integrations (TMDB, Google Books, Google Maps, etc.). Being able to type a name and have the details autofill would save users from hunting down URLs and images manually. Collaboration mode is also a big miss at the moment, though it’s good to see it’s in the works.

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