The best compression app around. Handles everything, and does it with maximum options and minimal bloat.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- PortableApps.com
- ReactOS
The best plain text editor, hands-down. I find it absolutely crucial for any kind of light coding or scripting (Python, CSS, HTML, etc)
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Windows
- PortableApps.com
+10
Not quite as nice as Adobe Photoshop, but nothing really is. It's nearly as good though, and for free. Hard to beat that.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Snapcraft
- Flathub
- PortableApps.com
- Haiku
- Flatpak
- AmigaOS
+5
When Microsoft finally gets rid of MS Paint, this will be the best replacement. More features, but not too much to deal with for quick edits.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application types
Platforms
- Windows
- .NET Framework
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android Tablet
- KDE Plasma
- Epic Games Store
- PortableApps.com
- Steam
- F-Droid
+3
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Windows
- PortableApps.com
- Steam
+29
My favorite note-taking app. It's may quicker and easier to work with than MS OneNote, and that's maybe the most important part of a quick note-taking tool. Evernote is a close second though.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Chrome OS
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Google Chrome
- Android Wear
I would be lost without this thing. Free with limited features, but $12 a year is absolutely cheap for all the features.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- BSD
- iPad
- Microsoft Edge
- Internet Explorer
- Vivaldi
- Google Chrome
- Maxthon Cloud Browser
- Opera
- Mozilla Firefox
+6
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- PortableApps.com
- ReactOS
- Haiku
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application types
Platforms
- Windows
- Android
- Android Tablet
+4
The best app for listening to and downloading podcasts. Android app is a few dollars, and it can connect to their web app to sync across systems or play in your browser.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Chrome OS
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Apple Watch
- Android Auto
- Android Wear
- Apple Car Play
Quick and bloat-free image viewer, with useful editing tools for basic resizing, cropping, converting, etc.
Cost / License
- Free Personal
- Proprietary
Application types
Platforms
- Windows
- PortableApps.com
+33
Windows' built-in copy/move utility is surprisingly bad. This will give you more options and make some transfers (especially to flash storage) much faster. Free version has all the features you probably need.
+3
Sometimes you've got two files, and you need to know what's different between them. Works on folders too.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Python
- GTK
+5
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Windows
- PortableApps.com
+14
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Okay, I'll be the first! First off, i'm not going to down talk your list, because that is what you use and its your honest opinion, That would be rude! Right now, I have installed on my pc: gimp, krita and 7 zip. There free and 7zip is way easy to use, but I mainly use artweaver, for drawing, and winrar for decompression, daemon tools for virtual mountable drives for ISOs, Mainly because there all free and i'm a poor-mo-fo. I use krita on occasion mostly because its more about making comics(among other stuff) and i am no good at drawing comics, more at free hand stuff, plus artweaver is by far way easier to use for me. Other than that i haven't used the other app/software you've listed, but will look into them. One thing before I go, that app lastpass, what does it do, you've expertly described every app but that one. I for one am interested.Thanks for the great list! later! Skintech