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Best Free Online Applications and Services

Updated 27. May 2013 - 1:21 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 229 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 - 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 Jaikrishna on 18. January 2010 - 2:45  (41364)

Nice article. Thanks.

I think you could also add WolframAlpha.com , a knowledge engine(they say)
I had found it useful a lot of times.
I also found sumopaint better than pixlr
by Bob on 18. January 2010 - 7:22  (41407)

Yes, very nice article in the making!

Another suggestion:
LinkExtend - For the Internet Safety category; though it also provides ready access to useful site statistics.
by louis058 on 2. February 2010 - 20:43  (42636)

You should add Grooveshark in a "music streaming" category. It's like Spotify, but has users uploading music from their computers instead. Don't worry, it's just as legal as Spotify.
by Jojoyee on 4. February 2010 - 3:58  (42744)

Appreciated your kind suggestion.
by Jojoyee on 4. February 2010 - 4:34  (42746)

Thanks for mentioning WolframAlpha, an innovative answer engine which is worth a try.
by MidnightCowboy on 5. February 2010 - 13:48  (42883)

Is this any good?
http://www.sumopaint.com/home/
(Apologies if it's already here somewhere)
by Jaikrishna on 6. February 2010 - 8:01  (42933)

I too suggest SumoPaint instead of Pixlr.
It has got a lot more options than Pixlr.
by Jojoyee on 6. February 2010 - 9:23  (42939)

Thanks for the good suggestions. Added in the list.
by Jaikrishna on 7. February 2010 - 14:40  (43054)

I think you could also add online vulnerability checker tools
(which determine whether a system is infected or not by scanning vulnerable areas)
But, I don't know which one is the best.
I think Symantec's is good.
Please check http://security.symantec.com/
Go there and click Continue to Symantec Security Check
by Jojoyee on 8. February 2010 - 4:07  (43089)

Thanks for the pointer. I'll give it a try.
by Jaikrishna on 9. February 2010 - 7:24  (43146)

Hi,
Today Cacoo website went down for sometime (I don't know the reason)
During that period this page was loading for ages.
That was because, it was trying to get its logo from Cacoo website (which was down)
I think this problem can be solved by moving the images to http://www.techsupportalert.com/files/images/
(That was how it was done in other articles)
by Jojoyee on 9. February 2010 - 9:03  (43148)

The Cacoo site is up now at this time. Its product logo shown in this article is now hosted on TSA.
by Anonymous on 10. February 2010 - 0:23  (43219)

I think Mozy beats Dropbox hands down for online backup. You get 2GB of free online backup that you can encrypt with your own password. It doesn't compete in the sync department yet, but I hear that Mozy is contemplating adding a sync feature in the future.

Mozy Free 2GB of Backup
by Anonymous on 10. February 2010 - 15:42  (43281)

Great article:

I'd suggest Time and Date as a good Time Zone or Date service. Includes many options and has extensive list of world cities. Check it out: http://timeanddate.com/
by Anonymous on 10. February 2010 - 16:59  (43286)

This raises a question in my old brain: what will happen to program-makers and vendors if all programs end up in the "cloud." A silly question I think, but I don't understand this new cloud concept too well! Bob B.

by Anonymous on 10. February 2010 - 17:55  (43292)

LinkExtend in combination with WOT can go a long way toward preventing one from going to a bad site. I have used them in combination for about a year and have yet to have a problem with any site.

by Anonymous on 10. February 2010 - 18:51  (43294)

Great list! I already use a bunch of these apps and services; now I'm excited to check out more.

I would campaign for Evernote to be added to the "Notebook" category--either alongside Zoho or in place of it.

I suppose it's not exclusively an online program, since there is a local app (that syncs seamlessly!), but the online version works just fine as a stand-alone.

Anyway, I really like it, and I thought some of you might too.
by jmaloney on 10. February 2010 - 21:28  (43308)

Thanks for the list!

I would add Google Search to the section "Unit and Currency Converter". I frequently convert units in the Google search box just by typing things like the following

41 degrees C in F
3.35 Euros in USD
48 sq m in sq ft
115 g in oz
MXVII in decimal

You don't even have to hit enter. Just type it in the Google search box and your answer is shown automatically.

Jon
by jmaloney on 10. February 2010 - 21:36  (43310)

In fact, the Google search box provides a lot of quick online services, including: time, weather, stock quotes, sports scores, synonyms, definitions, spell checking, package tracking, and many more. There's a list here: http://www.google.com/help/features.html

Jon
by Anonymous on 11. February 2010 - 2:01  (43345)

A few online calculators and math solvers

Instacalc http://instacalc.com/
Ecalc online http://www.ecalc.com/calculator/online
Mathway http://www.mathway.com/
Mathator http://www.mathator.com/

Moderators comment: As far as I can see, Ecalc offers nothing that windows calculator doesn't already have. The scientific mode offers only a link to a trial version download with no information regarding the terms of the trial. Not all of the free downloads have a freeware license so be sure to read what you are agreeing to if you install any of them.
by Anonymous on 11. February 2010 - 2:10  (43346)

The Dropbox links take you to Skydrive, the links need fixed.
by Jojoyee on 11. February 2010 - 3:26  (43351)

Thanks for the heads-up. The link has been fixed and it will take you to the log-in page of Dropbox now.
by Jojoyee on 11. February 2010 - 9:09  (43366)

Instacalc looks good. Thanks for the suggestion.
by rikmayell (not verified) on 11. February 2010 - 14:42  (43382)

Cloud Computing is a solution looking for a problem.

Unfortunately for the people that support this 'idea', big business doesn't have a problem. Entrusting vital data to some third party may at best be risky, and depending on where you live, illegal. Businesses and individuals within the UK should seek legal advice regarding such arrangements.

There have been numerous cases, big and small, in the last year and a half where data entrusted to 'The Cloud' has been lost, hacked, or stolen.

I may not be a world ranking security expert. but if anything is stolen from my home network I have nobody to blame but myself.

Like square wheels, hopefully it will run out of steam.

Rik Mayell - Category Editor, Best Free Windows 7 / Vista 64 bit Software
by Jojoyee on 12. February 2010 - 1:51  (43414)

Thanks for your kind comments. Evernote is now included in the list.
by Anonymous on 13. February 2010 - 6:11  (43484)

Depends on how you use it. I use Internet banking, i.e. cloud computing, with no issue.
by Jaikrishna on 16. February 2010 - 4:57  (43716)

Please see ezyZip at http://www.ezyzip.com/
It uses a java based application on local computer for faster Zip and Unzip.
It is very fast and there is no size limit.
by Anonymous on 16. February 2010 - 19:01  (43770)

Dropbox has 2GB free aswell! AND it syncs to pcs..
by Anonymous on 17. February 2010 - 16:20  (43833)

I have to suggest PIKNIK for photo editing, whith it tie in to picasa and flikr among other photo hosting sites and its sheer ease of use its the best I have used.

by Anonymous on 19. February 2010 - 13:24  (43954)

I've Java installed (version 6 Update 18). When going to ezyZip, encountered errors:

"The publisher cannot be verified by a trusted source.
Code will be treated as unsigned.

Name: Zipper
java.io.IOException: Response is unreliable: its validity is out-of-date."

After clicking OK, encountered errors again:

"The application failed to run."