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Application Awesome

My favourite collection of useful applications that I have used to optimise productivity, research, study, and personal life.

💥 Essential

Adguard

Adguard

Blocks ads, trackers, phishing, and web annoyances

$19.99 LifetimeMulti-platform★★★★☆

Fantastical

Fantastical

A powerful calendar app with natural language input, tasks, event schedule

20% off (for Education)macOS, iOS, iPadOS★★★★☆

Microsoft Edge

Microsoft Edge

High-performance, clean, and powerful web browser

FreeMulti-platform★★★★★

Momentum

Momentum

A simple, personalized, and inspirational new tab page with Pomodoro

Free (+ Premium)Multi-platform★★★★☆

📝 Productivity

Notion

Notion

All-in-one workspace for notes, wikis, and databases

Free (for Education)Multi-platform★★★★☆

Goodnotes

Goodnotes

A powerful note-taking, sketching, and audio recording app for iPad

Free (+ Premium)Multi-platform★★★★☆

Agenda

Agenda

A lightweight and versatile note-taking app

Free (+ Premium)macOS, iOS, iPadOS★★★★★

Ulysses

Ulysses

A simple, distraction-free writing, blogging app

$10.99/6 months (for Students)macOS, iOS, iPadOS★★★★☆

🙇🏻 Research

Zotero

Zotero

A powerful, free, and open-source reference management tool

Free (+ Premium)Multi-platform★★★★☆

Diagrams (formerly draw.io)

Diagrams (formerly draw.io)

A web-based diagramming tool for creating flowcharts, and diagrams

FreeMulti-platform★★★★☆

Overleaf

Overleaf

A web-based collaborative LaTeX editor and project management platform

Free (+ Premium)Multi-platform★★★★★

XMind

XMind

A versatile mind-mapping and brainstorming tool

$34.99/year for EducationMulti-platform★★★★★

🧠 Mindfulness

Elevate

Elevate

A brain training app with personalized daily exercises to build communication and analytical skills

Free (+ Premium)iOS, Android★★★★☆

Blinkist

Blinkist

The best book summaries and audio book to learn key ideas from books faster

Free (+ Premium)Web, iOS, Android★★★★★

Balance

Balance

A meditation and mindfulness app with personalized routines

Free 1st year (+ Premium)Multi-platform★★★★★

one sec

one sec

An effective app to keep focus and make distracting app less appealing

Free (+ Premium)iOS, Android★★★★★

㌖ Language Learning

Busuu

Busuu

A comprehensive language learning application, focusing on grammar and feedback from community

Free (+ Premium)Web, iOS, Android★★★★☆

Falou

Falou

An interactive language learning app that focuses on speaking skill

Free (+ Premium)iOS, Android★★★★★

ELSA Speak

ELSA Speak

An AI-based English learning app focuses on correcting and enhancing pronunciation skills

Free (+ Premium)iOS, Android★★★★☆

Duolingo

Duolingo

A game-style language learning application that focusing on vocabulary (I’m using to learn Chinese)

Free (+ Premium)Web, iOS, Android★★★★★

Mochimochi

Mochimochi

A language learning app that uses the Golden Time technique to support better memorisation of vocabulary.

Free (+ Premium)iOS, Android★★★★☆