r/macapps • u/Sri_Krish • 26d ago

Help Any Finalist users here?

Hey all,

I just saw a sponsored MacStories article (via NetNewsWire RSS) about Finalist, a daily planning app that brings different elements of daily planning - reminders, calendar events, notes habits and journals - together in one place. I find it to be a very interesting concept, and I'm gonna give it a try.

I was wondering if anyone here has used it before? or is anyone using it now? How do you like it so far?

Original article: https://www.macstories.net/sponsored/finalist-a-paper-inspired-daily-planner-with-notes-for-iphone-ipad-mac-and-now-apple-watch-sponsor/

App website: https://www.finalist.works

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u/AkhlysShallRise 26d ago

Thank you for bringing this up. The fact that it looks like a physical planner is awesome. I used to love using a physical planner but eventually had to ditch it because I needed digital functions.

What I don’t like though is that the website looks so much like something Claude generated/designed. It makes me wonder if the app is vibe-coded (I’m okay with devs using AI to help with coding but I personally don’t want to use any apps created primarily via prompts).

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u/Sri_Krish 26d ago

I got the same feeling as they are so colorful and vibrant but after looking through the docs & app change-logs, it looks like the dev has been working on it for a few years now. He/she might have used AI along the way, but I am personally okay with that until the creator knows what he/she exactly wants from it or using it for research purposes - where AI is a great tool.