Your life is about to get a serious upgrade, and the best part? It won’t cost you a penny! Join us as Reddit users unveil a list of 11 incredibly useful apps that can be used by absolutely anyone for free…
11. DaVinci Resolve
“Professional grade video editor and it’s free! Better than anything Adobe has put out.”
“Davinci Resolve blows premiere out of the water. They also have a perpetual license model that is reasonably affordable. I couldn’t believe when I first came across it that it was free. The learning curve is steep but well worth the effort.”
10. Google Translate
“That…still feels like getting a taste of the future, and it’s been a functional application for at least 5 years.”
“The phone app has a conversation mode. You pick the two languages, and then it’ll listen for both and automatically translate without hitting any other buttons. You gotta pause after talking so it knows you’re done talking, then it’ll translate what you said, so it’s not like Star Trek universal translator, but it’s getting there.”
9. Blender
“Extremely powerful 3D modeling and animation software comparable to the software the industry uses. Completely free, no ads.”
“I seriously don’t get how Blender manages to be so good. I wouldn’t say it’s displacing proprietary software, but it is professional in a way that Gimp, Inkscape, Krita, etc. aren’t.”
8. Copy Me That
“Copy Me That. Get the recipe. Cut the long-winded blog post about the leaves changing color and how the author’s nana had a one-eyed cat named Buster….”
“Love it. I can’t believe it’s still free; keep waiting for the person who runs it to start charging. And I would pay. I just checked, and I have 575 recipes on there. Wow.”
7. Wikipedia
“It’s actually free in all senses of the word. If you want to nitpick that it’s a website and not software, well, it’s a software, too. You can download the Wikimedia software, set it up with no hassle, download all of Wikipedia, and set it up in your instance of Wikimedia. So now you have your very own Wikipedia.”
“Wikipedia is just such a cool thing to exist.”
6. VLC Media Player
“Plays anything you throw at it. Download VLC Remote for your phone, and your computer now works like a Firestick. You’re welcome.”
“The VLC creator is a French guy and a Redditor. He explained that he always was a big open-source advocate, and he’s been denying dozens of millions of euros/dollars, again and again, and again over the last 20 years, from companies who either wanted to buy VLC or to put ads on it.”
5. Google Maps
“I have no sense of direction whatsoever; literally changed my life.”
“Offline Google Maps is, like, a cool human achievement.”
“Street View to me is still incredible. Being able to look up an address and then scope out what the place looks like from ground level, where the entry is, if there’s any parking etc beforehand makes it so much easier when you’re bad with directions like I am.”
4. Merlin Bird ID
“It’s basically Shazam for birds. I’m becoming a bird nerd as I get older, and this app has only enabled my transition.”
“What is it about getting older and birds? Me and every single one of my friends is now a fledgling bird nerd after a lifetime of not caring about them one tiny little bit. We all have Merlin!”
3. Libby
“…for library ebooks and audiobooks.”
“Important to remember that this is free because of your library service. Shout out to libraries for being ****** awesome!”
“I came here to say this. I use it every day. I’m so addicted I now have a 5-month-old kitten named Libby.”
2. Shazam
“Impressive accuracy and speed for a real problem.”
“Shazam felt like magic when it first came out.”
“Apple bought Shazam so asking Siri to “name that tune” will do the trick without opening up any apps.”
1. Tunity
“If you’re at a loud bar/party and want to watch the game/movie/show, it just scans the TV and gives you audio for your earbuds.”
“So I can hear a movie through my headphones while my kids sleep? This is a game changer.”
“How to look totally unapproachable at a bar. I use it all the time hahah.”
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