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Best Free Online Applications and Services

Updated 18. May 2013 - 4:29 by Jojoyee
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Best Free Online Applications and ServicesOnline applications (also known as web applications or webware) are getting more popular, particularly when broadband Internet access has become more common and readily available to more users. With online applications and services, you do not need to download and install them into your computer for using them—you just need to open up a browser and access them online.

Not only that you can save harddisk space as they do not need to be installed, but also you can work with files that are saved online from any computer anywhere, without the need to carry a storage device even a USB stick around with you.

Besides, you don't have to worry about different operating systems as these applications and services are cross-platform, running in your browser as a client. Neither do you need to keep updating your software versions, as you will get any new software updates and bug fixes automatically whenever you access them.

Like to use them? Here we have compiled a list for best free online applications and services—click on related links or product logos and you can start using them right away.

 
Summary

This list of Best Free Online Applications and Services now includes 230 items in 136 categories. To read brief descriptions of the applications, click a page number or a category icon below.

  • Page 1. What's New / Summary
  • Page 2. Home and Office
    Best Free Online Office Suite - Google Drive | Zoho Docs | Office Web Apps
    Best Free Online PDF Tools - 7-PDF Web Portal | PDFescape | ILovePDF | PDF-to-Word & PDF-to-Excel Converter | Web2PDF | DigiSigner
    Best Free Online Document Viewer and Sharing - Google Docs Viewer | Scribd | SlideShare | ShareText.org
    Best Free Online Document Collaboration - Crocodoc
    Best Free Online Document Optimizer - PocoDoc
    Best Free Online Calendar - Google Calendar
    Best Free Online Multiple Timezone World Clock - TimeAndDate.com | Time Zone Genius | Time.is
    Best Free Online Timesheet / Timer / Alarm Clock - Time Online | SlimTimer | Online-Stopwatch | Kuku Klok | Klokoo
    Best Free Online Notepad / Notebook / Notes Organizer - Zoho Notebook | Evernote | Springpad
    Best Free Online Reminder / To-Do List - Remember The Milk | Toodledo | TeuxDeux
    Best Free Online Sticky Note - Postica | Listhings
    Best Free Online Meeting Scheduler - Doodle | Needtomeet | ScheduleOnce
    Best Free Online Project Manager - ClockingIT
    Best Free Online Database - Soda db
    Best Free Online Timeline Generator - whenintime
    Best Free Online Room Planner / Floor Layout Plan - PlanningWiz3 | Autodesk Homestyler | ExhibitCore Floor Planner
    Best Free Online Personal Finance - OneBudget | Mint | Yahoo Finance | TaxACT
    Best Free Online E-commerce Business - PayPal
    Best Free Online Mind Mapping - Mind42
    Best Free Online Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Translator - Wikipedia | LDOCE | Wordnik | Thesaurus.com | Google Translate | Bing Translator
    Best Free Online Genealogy / Family Tree Applications - WeRelate
    Best Free Online Cooking Tools - Epicurious
    Best Free Online Answer Engine - Wolfram Alpha
    Best Free Online Calculator - Instacalc
    Best Free Online Grammar and Spell-Checker - SpellCheckPlus | PaperRater | After the Deadline
    Best Free Online Unit and Currency Converter - Digital Dutch Unit Converter | OANDA Currency Converter
    Best Free Online Optical Character Recognition - Free-OCR
    Best Free Online Text Formatting - Goformat | TextSlave | Aboqe Flip
  • Page 3. Image View and Edit
    Best Free Online Image Editor - Pixlr Editor | Sumopaint | FotoFlexer | Pixlr-o-matic | PicMonkey | AnyMaking Photo Editor
    Best Free Online Image Generator - PhotoFunia | FunPhotoBox | 3DPackage | Says-It.com | Cool Text
    Best Free Online Barcode or QR Code Image Generator - Barcoding | ZXing QR Code Generator | GOQR.ME
    Best Free Online Image Converter and Resizer - FixPicture
    Best Free Online Image Cropping and Customizing - CutMyPic
    Best Free Online Digital Image Stitcher - Dermandar
    Best Free Online Screen Capture Utility - Kwout | Thumbalizr
    Best Free Online Diagramming Tool - Cacoo | draw.io
    Best Free Online Chart Editor - Google Chart Editor
    Best Free Online Whiteboard - Board800
    Best Free Online Photo Management and Sharing - Flickr | Dropico | Minus
    Best Free Online Photo Collage - Photovisi
    Best Free Online GIF Animator - Picasion
    Best Free Online Poster / Tiled Printing - Block Posters
    Best Free Online Image Search - TinEye | RGBStock.com | Findicons
    Best Free Online Clip Art Library - Open Clip Art Library
  • Page 4. Multimedia
    Best Free Online Video Sharing - YouTube
    Best Free Online YouTube Audio Extractor - FullRip.net
    Best Free Online Music Sharing - Grooveshark
    Best Free Online Music Search Engine - BeeMP3
    Best Free Online Movie Resource - IMDb
    Best Free Online Radio Broadcasting - Streema
    Best Free Online TV Viewer - TOMA Internet TV
    Best Free Online MP3 Cutter - CutMP3.net
    Best Free Online Lyric Finder and Resource - LyricWiki
    Best Free Online Music Recognition - AudioTag.info | Midomi
    Best Free Online Text to MP3 Converter - Yakitome | vozMe
    Best Free Online Chords and Scales Finder - Chord House
    Best Free Online Slideshow Creator - 123-slideshow
    Best Free Online Comic Builder - Bitstrips
  • Page 5. Disk and File Tools
    Best Free Online Storage and Backup - Dropbox | Windows Live SkyDrive
    Best Free Online File Archiver / Zip Utility - ezyZip | ZipMyFiles | WOBZIP
    Best Free Online File Format Converter - Free File Converter | Zamzar | Bender Converter
    Best Free Online eBook Converter - Online eBook Converter
    Best Free Online File Encryption Utility - Encryptur
    Best Free Online File Comparison Tool - DiffNow
  • Page 6. Desktop and GUI
    Best Free Online Web Desktop - Glide
    Best Free Online Desktop Wallpaper Tool - Desktop Wallpaper Tool
    Best Free Online Icon Converter - iConvert
    Best Free Online Font Tools - FFonts | Identifont | FontStruct | FreeFontConverter
  • Page 7. Security and Privacy
    Best Free Online Anti-malware - Virustotal | Anubis
    Best Free Online Internet Safety - WOT | Online Link Scan | OpenDNS
    Best Free Online Private Note - Privnote
    Best Free Online Disposable Email Address - Spamgourmet
    Best Free Online Email Address Converter - Scrim
    Best Free Online URL Expander - URL X-ray
  • Page 8. Internet and eMail
    Best Free Online Webmail - GMX Mail | GMail | LetterMeLater
    Best Free Online Email Tracking - SpyPig
    Best Free Online Download Manager - KeepVid
    Best Free Online Instant Messaging - eBuddy
    Best Free Online News Reader or Feed Aggregator - Pulse
    Best Free Online Web Search - Google Search | Open Directory Project
    Best Free Online Poll and Survey - Micropoll
    Best Free Online Web Page Editor / Reader - PrintWhatYouLike | Readability
    Best Free Online Navigation - Google Maps
    Best Free Online Weather Monitoring - WeatherSpark
    Best Free Online Bookmark Manager - Delicious | Diigo | Pocket
    Best Free Online URL Shortener - bitly
    Best Free Online Password Manager - LastPass
    Best Free Online Connection Speed Test - Speedtest.net
    Best Free Online Browsing Tools - PageZipper
  • Page 9. Network, Website & Server
    Best Free Online Website Builder - Webnode | Wix
    Best Free Online Website Template Designer - Cool Template
    Best Free Online Web Hosting - Byet
    Best Free Online Domain Name Checker - KnowEm
    Best Free Online FTP Client - Net2ftp
    Best Free Online Blog Publishing - WordPress | Blogger
    Best Free Online Social Networking - Facebook | Google+ | Twitter
    Best Free Online Web Tools - CSS Sprite Generator | CSS Portal | Smush.it
    Best Free Online Web Information - Alexa
    Best Free Online Website Performance Measurement - WebPagetest | GTmetrix | Pingdom Tools | Show Slow
    Best Free Online Website Uptime Monitor - Monitor.Us | UptimeRobot
    Best Free Online Web Archive - Wayback Machine
    Best Free Online Favicon - Favicon.cc
  • Page 10. Programming
    Best Free Online Compiler and Debugger - Ideone
    Best Free Online Source Code Formatter - Pretty Printer
    Best Free Online HTML Editor - Online HTML Editor
    Best Free Online HTML Tools - WordOff | Text Fixer
    Best Free Online Code Editor - Codeanywhere
    Best Free Online Pastebin - Pastebin
    Best Free Online Color Picker - ColorExplorer | Color (in) HTML
  • Page 11. Education and The Arts
    Best Free Online E-learning Tool - Kubbu
    Best Free Online Lectures - Khan Academy | Academic Earth
    Best Free Online Talks - TED
    Best Free Online Articles and Answers - HowStuffWorks
    Best Free Online English Learning Resources - Perfectyourenglish | English Practice | Guide to Grammar and Writing
    Best Free Online Art Museums - Art Project
    Best Free Online Typing Tutor - TypingWeb
    Best Free Online Flashcard - Quizlet
    Best Free Online Printable Paper Generator - Incompetech
    Best Free Online Printable Coloring Page & Worksheet - Twisty Noodle | Kidopo
  • Page 12. Games
    Best Free Online Sandbox Game - Powder Game
    Best Free Online Chess - Little ChessPartner | ChessWhiz
    250 Best Free Online PC Games In One Place - Friv
    Best Free Online Physics Game - Angry Birds | Cut the Rope
    Best Free Online Match-2 Puzzle - Flow
    Best Free Online Match-3 Puzzle - Cradle of Rome
    Best Free Online Jigsaw Puzzle and Creator - Jigsaw Puzzle Gallery at JigZone | Jigsaw Planet
    Best Free Online Word Search Puzzle - JustWordSearch.com
    Best Free Online Strategy Game - Entanglement
    Best Free Online Lemmings - DHTML Lemmings
    Best Free Online Music Game - Isle of Tune
    Best Free Online Game of Go - Capture Go
    Best Free Online Tetris - Tetris N-Blox
    Best Free Online Sudoku - DKM Sudoku Online
    Best Free Online Reversi - Reversi Lounge | Othello Game
    Best Free Online Backgammon - Motif
    Best Free Online Games for Charity - FreeRice
 
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by kamera sistemleri (not verified) on 4. September 2011 - 21:08  (78999)

I have to admit that the idea of organising people into groups I find very compelling. Right at the moment I don't share my facebook page with business contacts. I suspect many others have the same issues that a facebook page is about your social life and you quite possibly don't want to mix that with your business life. I think there may be a cultural aspect to this as well. In the US I think there is less of a divide between private and business life, here in the UK I think we tend to have a firmer divide. Whether that's a good or bad thing who's to say but it does impact how we view applications like Facebook from a business standpoint.

I'm going to be signing up for a Google+ account because I think this is a bold experiment from Google and I'm fascinated to see how it turns out.

Best regards,
by syntax_error on 4. September 2011 - 23:04  (79002)

Web browsers usually have an option to display print in a larger size.

Perhaps you could ask this question in the Best Free Web Browser review section, mentioning which browser you use.
by seikena (not verified) on 5. September 2011 - 23:53  (79043)

Your recommendation for creating panoramas, Dermander,
creates truly impressive panoramas--better in many ways than Microsoft ICE.
But, it is temperamental about saving the final product to disk. Everything
goes well until you are asked to pick the file type of the panorama
to be saved but no choices are given and there is no way to designate
the file type. The final product becomes a text file and cannot be opened.

The mysterious part about this is that the first few times I saved
everything went well. But after day 1, panoramas could not be saved to disk.

Is God punishing me for voting the wrong way? (Joke)
Any help appreciated
by Wisdom (not verified) on 7. September 2011 - 13:12  (79135)

Thanks for pice of information.
by John Hansen (not verified) on 8. September 2011 - 5:22  (79180)

Nice listing... Please add http://www.fatpaint.com to the list. It is a free, online graphic design program.
by Jojoyee on 10. September 2011 - 4:28  (79346)

Thanks Seikena for your comment. No God is punishing anyone but it's just that Dermandar only allows you to save an equirectangular image of your panorama in jpg format while you're creating it. Once uploaded, the 360-degree or wide-angle interactive picture can only be viewed in the gallery. Right-clicking and saving an image only gets you an htm file for the webpage. Just my understanding when I tried it.
by Rich (not verified) on 11. September 2011 - 21:30  (79442)

"Bender Converter, an easy-to-use online application to convert videos directly from YouTube"

- Nope, not any more. Now it links you to download & install RealPlayer for that purpose.
by Rich (not verified) on 11. September 2011 - 21:32  (79443)

However, they *do* still let you upload a file of your own for them to convert.
by Kevin DeKuyper (not verified) on 11. September 2011 - 23:40  (79450)

A great online game site for the game of Bridge is http://www.bridgebase.com

You can kibitz (just watch) or play with your own partner or a pickup partner. You can play against bridge "robots". Some special tournaments do have an entry fee. Huge base of players from all over the world.
by Jojoyee on 12. September 2011 - 4:08  (79456)

Thanks for the info Rich. It's now updated in the list.
by Thomas (not verified) on 20. September 2011 - 14:12  (79957)

Hi, you could add maxvideoconverter.com to this great list. maxvideoconverter.com is a free online video converter it also downloads and converts YouTube videos to mp3, mp4, avi...
by Laura Patterson (not verified) on 23. September 2011 - 13:23  (80196)

I simply love Mejuba the best. From what I know Mejuba (mejuba.com) is THE only site that offers free and unrestricted uploads of videos and pictures without ANY restrictions on file size, video length or monthly traffic. And uploads your originals. No monthly limits or quotas. You can upload 1GB per upload. Pictures and videos are stored in their original formats and are kept unmodified for backup. I also like that you can geo-tag your stuff so it shows up on a map. And you can search for stuff on the map – that’s cool! Even Google Street View is now implemented - eat that Youtube, Vimeo etc!!! As the only site I know of it uses a Windows Explorer like navigation with folders – super easy to use – even has drag and drop! It’s free, fast, nice design as SO much better than the other video sites. Still missing a few features - but I am sure they will be added later.
by jmronet on 1. October 2011 - 22:21  (80710)

Best Free Online Webmail --> GMX Mail. Must be a joke, trying to create a new account with them goes nowhere, looks like they just want to access your facebook account.
by Jojoyee on 2. October 2011 - 1:19  (80715)

Unless you opt for logging in with a Facebook ID, you can create a new GMX account with a non-Facebook ID and password at your choice. I just tried it with no issue.
by jmronet on 2. October 2011 - 1:56  (80717)

Tried one more time with and without login to facebook, receive this message: "Your registration could not be processed at the moment. Please try again later. If the error persists, please contact us." Searching for this error shows that other people receive the same error.
by MidnightCowboy on 2. October 2011 - 6:20  (80722)

A lot of folks prefer GMX to Google for reasons of privacy, although I use both. GMX does have it's quirks though. In Linux, no matter how I tweak the settings, Evolution constantly throws up repeated requests to re-enter my password, although this doesn't happen with Thunderbird. There are also periods when I cannot access my GMX account at all.
by AnonymousEjaz`Mir (not verified) on 24. October 2011 - 8:03  (82046)

Is this a software for downloading or just a bit of script? can someone elaborate, please.
by Friv 3 (not verified) on 14. November 2011 - 4:42  (83240)

thanks!
Content very good.
by daniel hen (not verified) on 20. November 2011 - 3:58  (83577)

You guys should definitely try HomePaw (www.homepaw.com). It's a free service and it allows you to manage your favorite bookmarks by categories and by popularity as well as how often you visit them!
by Ronak Dhakan (not verified) on 7. December 2011 - 9:36  (84566)

The SimpleText.ws sync service is deprecated as of
October 31st, 2011.
by Jojoyee on 7. December 2011 - 10:03  (84568)

Thanks Ronak Dhakan for the info. It's now removed from the list.
by chesscanoe (not verified) on 7. December 2011 - 15:06  (84577)

There are lots of solutions to solve your problem. You don't mention your operating system (Windows 7?) or browser name (IE9?).
Try "Ctrl and "+" together to make the browser page bigger.
Check out Microsoft's Magnify solution.
Try Readability from arc90.
by Please Mr. Custer (not verified) on 7. December 2011 - 15:45  (84578)

Hold down your control key while rolling the mouse button forward to enlarge MOST things. ...easy stuff.
by Jimmy Porter (not verified) on 7. December 2011 - 15:59  (84579)

Wow! I cannot believe Gizmo's Freeware. My mind already hurt before I bookmarked it and now I am totally numb with all of the intelligence that exists for this medium. Totally numb. I do not know where to start, stop, use, throwaway! Wow, I think a college education could be replaced just reading Gizmo's web material.

Jimmy
by Nam (not verified) on 7. December 2011 - 19:52  (84592)

WebmasterGate's HTML / XHTML Beautifier is no longer available ;-(.
by etim (not verified) on 7. December 2011 - 22:46  (84601)

I would--and do-- advise folks to avoid GMX at all costs! I had a Mail.com account for over 10 years with minimal problems but since GMX bought "Mail.com" I have had nothing but problems. My contacts(who I kept exclusively on their servers) have been hacked and spammed twice. The pages are buggy as hell--I never know how the pages will work--when they work at all.
Complaints to them aren't properly addressed and their responses (the few that they gave) have, as often as not, made no sense at all. Spam has been flooding in--much of it from France.
Needless to say I'm migrating to a less incompetent service!
by Bobi on 8. December 2011 - 3:47  (84628)

Wow!! What an awesome list. Thanks so much for all your time and hard work in putting this together. Much appreciated.
by STEVE Nitchman (not verified) on 8. December 2011 - 11:21  (84647)

Regarding the best PC Games catagory, I'd like to suggest you check out Kongregate,com. Ad-free, hundreds of games with badges and points awarded on many games. It's the best I've seen yet!
by Jojoyee on 8. December 2011 - 13:16  (84650)

Thanks for the info Nam. It's now removed from the list.
by ehqhelp on 11. December 2011 - 5:10  (84796)

This may sound pretty self-centered of me, but have you guys tried Bob? It will fit perfectly under the education section of this site. It is a new site where students can go and ask for help or provide help to other students. But because it is new (less then a month old), there isn't much content on it yet.Stating that, it has had a promising start in my school. It's URL is [edited out]