The 50 Free Apps We're Most Thankful For

Whitson Gordon

It's the time of year where we all give thanks, and among many other things, we here at Lifehacker are thankful for all the free apps out there that improve our lives (and the developers that make them!). Here are 50 of our favorites.
Every year we ask you which free apps you're most thankful for, and every year you offer a ton of suggestions both classic and new. Here, we've taken your votes (and added a few of our own) and ranked our 50 apps using those votes as a guide. So without further ado, here are 50 free apps for your downloading feast.

The 50 Free Apps We're Most Thankful For

Dropbox
Category: Cloud Storage
See also Top 10 Clever Uses for Dropbox, The Cheapskate's Guide to Getting Free Dropbox Space, How to Supercharge Your Dropbox with Wappwolf, and more Dropbox coverage
Google Chrome
Category: Web Browsers
See also Chrome vs. Firefox, The Best Chrome Apps You're (Probably) Not Using, Lifehacker Pack for Chrome 2013, and more Chrome coverage
Firefox
Category: Web Browsers
See also The Always Up-to-Date Power User's Guide to Firefox, Chrome vs. Firefox, The Best About:Config Tweaks for Making Firefox Better, Lifehacker Pack for Firefox 2013, and more Firefox coverage
Evernote
Category: Notes
See also I've Been Using Evernote All Wrong. Here's Why It's Actually Amazing, What's All the Fuss About Evernote? Should I Be Using It?, Note Taking Styles Compared: Evernote vs Plain Text vs Pen and Paper, Should I Use Springpad or Evernote?, and more Evernote coverage
Alternatives: Springpad, Simplenote
Pocket
Category: Bookmarking
See also The Best Way to Save All the Useful Articles You Come Across Online and more Pocket Coverage
Alternatives: Instapaper and Readability
Skype
Category: VoIP
See also: Disable Skype's Ads
Google Maps
Category: Maps
See also How to Set Up the Ultimate Personal Google Maps, Make your GPS App Give You Better Directions, Wean Yourself Off Your GPS Dependency, and more Google Maps coverage
Gmail
Category: Email
See also: Top 10 Clever Tricks Built Right Into Gmail
Google Voice
Category: Communication
See also Phone-ify Your Computer for Considerably Improved At-Home Calls and Texts
Instagram
Category: Photos
See also Know Which Shots Work Best with Each Instagram Filter
Spotify
Category: Music Streaming
Feedly
Category: News Readers
Google Drive
Category: Cloud Storage/Office Suites
See also 8 Extensions That Make Google Drive More Powerful than Dropbox
Google Calendar
Category: Calendars
Google Play Music
Category: Music Streaming
Google Now
Category: Personal Assistant
Dolphin
Category: Web Browsers

Ubuntu (and other Linux Distros)

Category: Operating System

Monday, 2 December 2013

Free Apps

The 50 Free Apps We're Most Thankful For

The 50 Free Apps We're Most Thankful For

Ubuntu (and other Linux Distros)

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