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