[iainmerrick]

Using apps is generally great on a Mac.

It’s very nice for command-line development too as it’s a decent Unix under the hood.

Developing Mac apps can even be pleasant! Xcode has its good points and the APIs are mostly very nice.

The hassle of distributing Mac apps is the only big downside. It’s the same on iOS, but there you don’t have a command line and scripting available.