For me, that would be Secure CRT. I have yet to find a terminal emulator that matches its feature set. If you regularly manage hundreds of machines using various connection protocols (serial and ssh mostly in my case) It’s worth the $$$, and so far there hasn’t been any subscription nonsense. I liked using it at work so much I forked over the dough to have it at home.

None of the free alternatives do everything I need.

I’ll also mention a few iOS apps. One is Sun Surveyor. It’s an AR app that shows you the position of the sun, moon, and galactic center at any given time. The other would have to be Radarscope. It’s a weather radar app, but it’s a really good weather radar app.

EDIT:

This one’s debatable, but I use it all the time. Plasticity is 3D modelling software that attempts to bridge the gap between practical CAD programs and software meant for 3D artists like Blender. It’s not cheap considering Blender is free, but it’s buy once use forever, and at (I think) $150 it’s within reach of an individual hobbyist who knows what they want and is willing to pay for it.

  • MIDItheKID@lemmy.world
    64·
    2 days ago

    I don’t normally do the whole trolling thing, but I gotta say I was tempted to write “Windows” with no explanation just to see how poorly it would go.

  • theherk@lemmy.world
    21·
    2 days ago

    Anything that you like can be worth a cost. I prefer FOSS wherever possible, but really don’t mind paying for good stuff. One example is wooshy. This piece of software lets you use the keyboard in macOS for nearly everything, and it is the best use of the accessibility api’s I’ve ever seen. There are similar things but this software is unparalleled in my view.

  • eezeebee@lemmy.caEnglish
    5·
    2 days ago

    FL Studio, a DAW (Digital Audio Workstation). There are different tiers which you can upgrade from any time. You get free updates forever.

  • WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    2·
    1 day ago

    One is Sun Surveyor. It’s an AR app that shows you the position of the sun, moon, and galactic center at any given time.

    it doesn’t know the galactic center but otherwise check Trail Sense on f-droid. the astronomy tool has a 3d mode that shows where the sun and the moon is. oh it says there will be visible meteor showers in a few hours!

    https://f-droid.org/packages/com.kylecorry.trail_sense

  • jqubed@lemmy.world
    2·
    2 days ago

    I’ll give a +1 to RadarScope; it’s by far the most useful radar app I’ve used. The only thing I’ve seen surpass it are desktop software, most of which is also paid like GRLevelX or products more oriented towards professional meteorologists (and most meteorologists I know from a past career in TV still seem to use RadarScope on their phones when they don’t have access to their more powerful software at work).

    • early_riser@lemmy.worldOP
      1·
      2 days ago

      I watch archived news coverage of tornadoes on YT and I’ve seen it used live. Pretty sure it has some broadcasting-specific features especially when streamed to an Apple TV.

    • AmbiguousProps@lemmy.todayEnglish
      2·
      2 days ago

      I really like RadarOmega, and it also has a decent desktop app (even on Linux!). Although obviously GRLevelX is much more advanced.

      I changed to RadarOmega after Radarscope stopped working on my GrapheneOS phone.

  • thesohoriots@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    2 days ago

    Just a teensy iOS/macos extension, but Vinegar is awesome for watching YouTube.

    I would have said the Affinity suite of stuff, but they recently sold out to Canva, and fuuuuuuuck them.

  • Rhoeri@piefed.worldEnglish
    3·
    3 days ago

    Propellerhead’s Reason.

    It’s some of the best audio engineering software that exists and as I understand, impossible to pirate.

    • kindenough@kbin.earth
      10·
      3 days ago

      As a day one user since release in 2000 (and before that Rebirth and Recycle)…

      It can be pirated, lately eats resources, crashes a lot, overpriced plugins, audio crackling no matter what buffer settings after updates and to this day doesn’t have any ootb support for MIDI routing. After 20 years, and 400+ projects later I ditched that software. It became unreliable, used to be rock solid.

      Propellerhead got aquired by an investment company, and Ernst left…became Reason Studios and then went downhill slowly. Last version I bought was Reason 12 upgrade and got more and more disappointed, stopped using it almost 2 years ago after another crash losing ideas.

      Now on Studio One, also paid.

        • kindenough@kbin.earth
          3·
          2 days ago

          Didn’t have any issues with that either (from memory.) Lightweight and solid. Until version 8 Reason was pretty good.

          I only use Reason sometimes as a plugin now into Studio One. It does have some unique features I still like to use, but as a main sequencer I would not recommend any version later than 8, which you can’t buy.

          My advice for beginners to start with Reaper and it comes very cheap and full featured compared to most major DAW’s.

          I am from the Steinberg era back in the 80s with a C64/Amiga, 90s with Cubase on Atari and PC…that is why I switched to Studio One. Suits me best, and the Artist 5 version came free with the Presonus controller (that I did not need) for an extra 20€ on the normal software price.