Apps that made 2017

A cross-platform vector graphics tool, runs as desktop application and in-browser too.

MEGA, the successor of MegaUpload , is a cloud storage and file hosting service produced by Mega Limited. This cloud-storage solution claims to protect your privacy with end-to-end encryption and offers a "Secure Collaboration" feature.

AlternativeTo is a website which lists alternatives to web-based software, desktop computer software, and mobile apps.

Whether you’re part of a school club, a gaming group, a worldwide art community, or just a handful of friends that want to spend time together, Discord makes it easy to talk every day and hang out more often.
Create an invite-only place.

• Discord servers are organized into topic-based channels where you can collaborate, share, and just talk about your day without clogging up a group chat.

• Voice channels make hanging out easy. Grab a seat in a voice channel when you’re free. Friends can see you’re around and pop in to talk, without having to call.

• Reliable tech for staying close. Low latency voice and video feels like you’re in the same room.
STAY CLOSE WITH TEXT, VOICE, AND VIDEO

• Wave hello over video, watch friends stream their games, or gather up and have a drawing session with screen share.

• Turn any image into your own custom emojis and share them with friends.

• Share anything from a funny video to your latest group photos, and pin your favorites to remember later.

FOR A FEW OR A FANDOM

• Custom moderation tools and permission levels can group up your friends, organize your local book club, or bring together music fans from around the world.

• Create moderators, give special members access to private channels, and much more.

Uplet is an easy-to-use bulk Instagram uploader for Mac. It enables you to upload and post any number of photos to your Instagram account in one go, in their original quality and size. It does not matter what device was used for taking photos.

Spotify is a freemium music streaming service providing digital rights management-restricted content from record labels including Sony, EMI, Warner Music Group and Universal.

Music can be browsed by artist, album, genre, playlist, or record label, as well as by direct searches. On computers, a link allows the listener to purchase selected material via partner retailers.

Spotify music streaming is available on all mobile devices and on desktop computers for unlimited durations. Features like offline listening and ad-free playback are only available for Premium subscribers of the service.

Photos is a digital photograph manipulation application developed by Apple, intended to be less complex than its predecessor iPhoto .
Photos are organised by "moment", a combination of time and location metadata attached to the photo. Photos includes editing tools that, while easy-to-use, are more robust than those of iPhoto and "reward curiosity and additional clicks with ever more granular manipulation capabilities". A one-click enhance button is available, making subtle adjustments to pictures automatically. iCloud Photo Library is heavily integrated into the program, keeping photos and videos in sync with various Apple devices designated by the user (such as Macs, iPhones, iPads, and Apple Watches), including edits and album structures. Like its predecessor, Photos includes a number of options for professional printing of photos, which can then optionally be turned into books or calendars and mailed to an address. With Photos, Apple has added new types of prints, including square sizes and the ability to print panoramas.

Facebook's media-focused social network for sharing and discovering stories through photo and video content.

Online social photo and short video sharing community. Flickr helps you organize that huge mass of photos you have and offers a way for you, your friends and family to tell stories about them.

CopyClip 2 is the slickest and most efficient premium clipboard manager for your Mac. Running discreetly from your menu bar, the app stores all that you have copied or cut in the past, allowing you to quickly find that snippet of text you've been looking for.

[A previous version (v.1.9) can be downloaded and used for free from https://apps.apple.com/app/copyclip-clipboard-history/id595191960 ]

KEY FEATURES:

• Ability to store up to 230 clippings
• Option to paste clippings with the original formatting if desired
• Ability to search through clippings using the embedded search bar
• Keyboard shortcuts to paste clippings
• Right-click option to ‘pin’ chosen clippings to the top of the list
• You can exclude apps you wish not to copy clippings from
• Option to edit and delete individual clippings, as well as delete all clippings at once
• Toggle between Dark/Light user interface themes
• Works on both the menubar and the Dock

YouTube video downloader for Mac with the possibility to convert videos to MP3 files.

Twitter is an online social networking service that enables users to send and read short 280-character messages called "tweets".

Registered users can read and post tweets, but those who are unregistered can only read them. Users access Twitter through the website interface, SMS or mobile device apps.

In countries all around the world, people follow the sources most relevant to them and access information via Twitter as it happens—from breaking world news to updates from friends.

Medium is a new place on the Internet where people share ideas and stories that are longer than 140 characters and not just for friends. It’s designed for little stories that make your day better and manifestos that change the world. It’s used by everyone from professional journalists to amateur cooks. It’s simple, beautiful, collaborative, and it helps you find the right audience for whatever you have to say.

SelfControl is a free and open-source application for Mac OS X that lets you block your own access to distracting websites, your mail servers, or anything else on the Internet. Just set a period of time to block for, add sites to your blacklist, and click "Start." Until that timer expires, you will be unable to access those sites--even if you restart your computer or delete the application.

Dropzone is a productivity app for the Mac that makes it faster and easier to move and copy files, launch applications, upload to many different services, and more.

With iMovie for iOS and macOS, you can enjoy your videos like never before. It’s easy to browse your clips and create Hollywood-style trailers and stunning 4K-resolution movies. You can even start editing on iPhone or iPad, then finish on your Mac. And when you’re ready to premiere your movie on all your devices, iMovie Theater rolls out the red carpet.

Mainly used to optimize my Mac and to remove all the apps that didn't make this list.

Product Hunt is a curation of the best new products, every day. Discover the latest mobile apps, websites, and technology products that everyone's talking about.

The super fast color palettes generator.

Use Notes to capture a quick thought, create checklists, sketch ideas, and more. And with iCloud, you can keep your notes up to date across all your devices.

With Notes in iOS and macOS, you can turn a list into an interactive checklist with a single tap. Or easily add a photo, map, or URL to a note. You can even draw a sketch with your finger on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. And thanks to iCloud, everything in your Notes are kept up to date across all your devices. So you can create a note on your Mac and check it on your iPhone when you’re on the go.

A free web browser developed by Google from the open source Chromium project with a focus on speed and minimalism. Chrome offers fast start-up and web page loading, supports a minimalist user interface, automatically updates in the background, and offers syncing of browser bookmarks, extensions, passwords, and history between multiple computers by your Google account.

Additionally, Chrome has PDF support built into the browser for better speed and security.

Chrome Web Apps and Extensions are available on Chrome Web Store .

Available in more than 50 languages.

Jingle Punks is one of the largest providers of music for media in the world. With a catalog of nearly 500k songs, a staff of music supervisors, composers, technologists and creatives, Jingle Punks offers best-in-class customer service.

With Reminders, you can keep track of all of life’s to-dos—when and where you need to do them.
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Modern email and calendar apps for Mac, iOS, Android, Slack and Alexa, powered by Artificial Intelligence. Astro keeps you focused on what's most important.