Here are my favorite apps at the moment, I highly recommend all of them:

• Directory Opus - file manager
• Beyond Compare - file comparison
• Sandboxie-Plus - app sandbox
• Portmaster - firewall
• KeePass - password manager
• Vivaldi - browser
• VMware Workstation - virtual machine hypervisor
• Houdini - 3D modelling, animation and tool development
• Affinity Photo/Designer/Publisher) - photo editing etc.
• Visual Studio Code - coding
• Joplin - note taking
• PowerShell - command-line shell and scripting language
• PowerToys - various utilities

What are your favorite apps? Let me know in the comments! :)