App Reduction Guide for AI Engineer | Generated by AI
Based on your profile — AI engineer, terminal-first, uses custom CLI tools, values efficiency — here’s my analysis:
DELETE — Redundant AI Apps (keep 2-3 max, you have 18):
You have ChatGPT, Claude, DeepSeek, Gemini, Grok, Kimi, Perplexity, Poe, Comet, ChatNow, Answer.AI, Character.AI, Manus, Genspark, Le Chat, 智谱清言, NotebookLM, Meta AI.
Keep: ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity (best for search/research) Delete the other 15. You already use OpenRouter via ww and build your own agents — these apps are just interfaces you don’t need on mobile.
DELETE — Redundant AI Video/Image (keep 1-2 max, you have 7):
Sora, Runway, KLINGAI, Pikaffects, Hailuo AI, AI Mirror, Anime Art Keep: Sora + one other (Runway or KLINGAI). The rest are novelty.
DELETE — Redundant Shopping (you have 14!):
Keep: Taobao, 闲鱼, Amazon (covers China + resale + international) Delete: JD, Pinduoduo, 唯品会, Temu, Walmart, eBay, AliExpress, 天猫精灵, 爱回收, 转转, 洋码头 — unless you actively use specific ones.
DELETE — Redundant Social (keep 3-4 max, you have 18):
Keep: WeChat (essential), X, Reddit, Telegram Delete: Threads (X clone), Mastodon (niche), Bluesky (niche), TruthSocial (niche), Facebook + Messenger (dead weight), MOMO陌陌 (dating spam), 即刻 (niche)
DELETE — Redundant News (keep 2-3 max, you have 12):
Keep: Bloomberg (finance), BBC or Reuters (global), SCMP (HK/China) Delete: 日経, 朝日新聞, 联合早报, 澳門日報, 纽约时报, Google News, Flipboard, Business Insider, TODAY — unless you read these daily.
DELETE — Redundant Banking (review which you actually use):
8 Chinese bank apps + 4 HK bank apps. Delete any bank you don’t have an active account with. You don’t need 中国银行 + 中国农业银行 + 中国建设银行 + 招商银行 unless you have accounts at all four.
DELETE — Low-value / One-off apps:
- BSCS CA (quiz app for computer architecture — student leftover?)
- Makeup Master (game?)
- Mahjong 4 Friends + Vita Mahjong (two mahjong games?)
- Buffalo Wild Wings (restaurant app — use web)
- Walgreens (pharmacy — use web)
- Forever 21 (fashion — use web)
- McDonald’s (use web or mini-program)
- Starbucks (use web)
- Eye Measure (one-time use?)
- Bus Traveling System (macau bus — use web)
- 小猪民宿 (Airbnb alternative — use web when needed)
- 安居家园 (real estate — use web)
- Hinata Life (niche Japanese lifestyle?)
- 神州租车 (car rental — install when needed)
- 华为 AI Life (Huawei app — you use Xiaomi ecosystem)
- Btelo Coding (niche coding app?)
- Pastel (color picker?)
- Darker (screen dimmer?)
- StitchShot + StitchPics + PicSplit + GridPost (image utils — use your ww image tools or one app max)
- LotusMind, Aphrodite (unclear utility)
- DramaBox (drama streaming?)
- Outline VPN client (if you use Shadowrocket/Surge already)
DELETE — Redundant Utility:
- Authenticator apps: keep Microsoft Authenticator + Google Authenticator, delete RSA SecurID unless required by work
- Yahoo Mail (use Outlook or Gmail)
- Grammarly keyboard (you write in terminal mostly)
- 微信输入法 (keyboard — unless you prefer it)
- Zapya (file sharing — use AirDrop/iCloud)
- Gauth (math solver — student app?)
- Question.AI (math solver — same)
- Wordtune (AI writing — you have Claude/ChatGPT)
SUMMARY — Recommended cleanup:
Before: ~286 apps Delete: ~80-100 apps After: ~190 apps (still a lot, but more focused)
The biggest wins: AI app consolidation (save 15 app slots), shopping cleanup (save 10+), social media cleanup (save 8+), and removing all the “install once, never open again” apps.