We all use hundreds of tools, apps, websites, software and services to keep ourselves productive and creative.
Hence I have made a list of few categories and tools that I use.
You can find that which tool could be a good option for any specific category and what could be an alternative.
Hi everyone, I’m Ankit Upadhyay. A medical student, programmer, designer that doodle sometimes.
Before writing this post, I made a raw list of all the tools to get a rough idea of how long it could be and It went like this.

So here is the list of categories and tools I wrote in that paper.
Productivity tools
Apps, websites and services that I use to stay productive are listed here with categories.
Blogging
Code Editors
For desktop : Visual studio code, Sublime Text Editor, IntelliJ IDEA
For Smartphone (Android) : Spck code editor, Qouda code editor
Design
For desktop : Figma
For smartphone : Canva
Newsletter Service
Email services
Gmail, Outlook
Note taking tools
Samsung Notes : For short notes related to finance
Ankidroid : For flashcards and study notes
Planner / Journal tools
Browser
For desktop : Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Firefox, Opera
For Smartphone : Chrome, DuckDuckGo
Online Learning platform
YouTube, Sololearn(To learn coding) , Udemy, Coursera, edx, MIT Opencourseware
Share market
Upstox(For trading), YouTube and Internet (For knowledge)
Office work
Google office suit, Microsoft Office, WPS office (For smartphone)
Editing tools
For photo editing : Picsart
For Video editing : FIlmora (Desktop), Power Director (Smartphone)
Freelancing
Meetings
Cisco webex, Zoom, Google meet
Creativity tools
Sketching/Doodling/Drawing
Tayasui sketches, Snapchat, Autodesk sketchbook
Music player
Spotify, PowerAmp , YouTube
Camera
Smartphone camera (16 MP 😉
Book Reading
Google play books, iBooks, Moon reader pro
OTT (Streaming platform)
Telegram ;), Netflix, gogoanime
Social media
Instagram, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat, Clubhouse.
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Website Collection tools
Pocket and chrome bookmarks
Games
Minecraft, Mini militia, Special force group 2
Community
Discord, Slack, Github
I will Keep this list updated, and I want you to share your list as well so that I can find good alternatives for each category.
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