@hallmarc A couple years ago I stopped using all Adobe stuff, except my legacy Lightroom. I used Photoshop Elements for a short time and then discovered the Affinty programs. Affinity Photo is very good and they just released V2 at a cost of about $40... for a lifetime license. You might check it out.
It's still offered at that price it turns out.
https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/photo/
@hallmarc Affinty Photo has no catalogue features.. Sorry.