What we weigh

Fit before novelty

The best tool is the one you can use safely and consistently, not the newest or most impressive one.

Safety and privacy

We weigh how a tool handles your data, what it does with inputs, and whether its defaults protect you.

Simplicity

Fewer tools, well understood, beat a sprawl of subscriptions nobody maintains.

Accounts you own

Wherever possible, software is purchased in an account you control, so you're never locked to us.

Our promises on software

  • Software is priced separately from our services
  • You approve every paid subscription before it's purchased
  • You keep the right to decline any recommendation
  • We disclose any ownership, reseller arrangement or compensation before recommending
  • We don't accept undisclosed commissions that could influence advice

On disclosure