Best Productivity Apps — page 8
The best-scoring productivity apps we have reviewed, ranked by our own score out of 10.
- Reviewed
- 205
- Average score
- 6.8
- Top score
- 7.1
- Free
- 15
Scores for this page’s rows
- 169EngrossEngross offers a capable suite of focus tools, particularly for those battling digital noise and executive dysfunction, though its task management fea...7.1Good
- 170Standard NotesStandard Notes is a privacy-first note-taking app built on end-to-end encryption and open-source principles, and it delivers on that promise. It asks ...7.1Good
- 171HabiticaHabitica gamifies your to-do list with the charm of a 16-bit RPG. It's an engaging motivator for a certain type of user, but its dense systems and nic...7.1Good
- 172AnkiAnki is a powerful, no-frills tool for long-term memorization built on a sophisticated spaced-repetition algorithm. Its power comes with a steep learn...7.1Good
- 173VikunjaVikunja is a solid, if unremarkable, self-hosted task manager: four views, real filters, and CalDAV sync at no cost if you run it yourself. The price ...7.0Good
- 174SpeechifySpeechify is a capable text-to-speech app with genuinely strong voice synthesis and useful accessibility features, but aggressive paywalling of its be...7.0Good
- 175FeedlyFeedly is a powerful RSS reader built for turning information chaos into order, and its design remains solid. But its most potent tools against digita...7.0Good
- 176TeamViewer Remote ControlTeamViewer Remote Control is a deep, professionally oriented remote access tool with an exhaustive feature set, but its aggressive commercial-use dete...7.0Good
- 177DropboxDropbox remains a dependable, well-designed cloud storage utility built around simple synchronization and link-based sharing. It trades flashy extras ...7.0Good
- 178SimplenoteSimplenote delivers stark minimalism for pure text capture, but its deliberate avoidance of rich-text features, multimedia support, and end-to-end enc...6.8Mixed
- 179JoplinJoplin hands you total ownership of your notes — open source, local-first, encrypted on request — but the Android app is a shrunken desktop port, and ...6.8Mixed
- 180Proton VPNProton VPN is a principled, security-first VPN whose free tier and privacy credentials are genuinely hard to beat — but its limited streaming utility,...6.8Mixed
- 181DumbifyDumbify is a stark, text-only intervention for the notification-addicted, but iOS's system constraints saddle it with redirect delays and setup fricti...6.7Mixed
- 182Microsoft OneNoteMicrosoft OneNote is a free, feature-rich digital notebook with a genuinely brilliant freeform canvas, but inconsistent mobile performance and a deman...6.7Mixed
- 183Microsoft To DoMicrosoft To Do is a free, dependable task manager that shines inside the Microsoft ecosystem but falls short for power users. For most people, its li...6.6Mixed
- 184LogseqLogseq is a profoundly powerful, privacy-first tool for networked thought that is built for the desktop. But its potential as a true life-organizer is...6.6Mixed
- 185Dashlane Password ManagerDashlane is a polished, thoughtfully designed password manager, but its premium pricing and feature gating make it hard to recommend for most people—e...6.6Mixed
- 186TinkercadTinkercad's shape-and-hole approach remains one of the best introductions to 3D design, but flaky sign-ins, buggy dimension entry and a cramped Androi...6.5Mixed
- 187Proton CalendarProton Calendar delivers genuine end-to-end encrypted scheduling, but its privacy-first architecture comes at a steep cost in features, interoperabili...6.5Mixed
- 188ExpressVPN · Secure & Fast VPNExpressVPN is a polished, security-focused VPN built for simplicity, but its premium price and limited configurability make it hard to recommend for m...6.5Mixed
- 189Adobe Acrobat Reader: Edit PDFAdobe Acrobat Reader is the industry-standard PDF utility, and its free annotation, form-filling, and signing tools are genuinely excellent. But the i...6.5Mixed
- 190FreeformFreeform is a free, well-designed whiteboard with a genuinely low-friction canvas—but its Apple-only walls, zero templates, and PDF-only export make i...6.4Mixed
- 191Roam ResearchA demanding, high-friction tool with genuinely powerful networked-thought features—but a dated interface, weak mobile apps, and a steep learning curve...6.4Mixed
- 192ClockifyClockify's generous free tier and solid core time tracking are genuinely valuable, but an outdated interface, structural reporting limitations, and a ...6.4Mixed
