# How many apps you really need for basic simple life needs

## on the phone
- calling app
- texting app
- browser app *
- bank app
- email app
- text notes app
- camera/calendar/alarm app (usually included in the phone OS)
- maps app

* Everything below browser are not really needed, maybe banking.
Browser app can replace many functional apps if they exist as online services (web apps).

## on the computer
- storage management app (own OS's file explorer/terminal)
- server apps (not for everybody) such as webserver, file server, media server **
- browser app
- office apps such as spreadsheet
- local music player app

** the use of these services are obvious, but not for everybody due to some configuration complexity.

The lists above seem biased towards a geeky user, but they makes sense to me, for a simplified digital life free from corporations.
I should mention that each app can (and it should) be open source, baking is an excused exception.