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Best Free Online Applications and Services

Updated 18. May 2013 - 4:29 by Jojoyee
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Introduction

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 Jojoyee on 9. May 2010 - 1:57  (49382)

Thanks for the update.
by J_L on 9. May 2010 - 19:50  (49424)

I believe autodetect wasn't a recent feature, it was added in May 8, 2008 (http://lifehacker.com/388526/google-translate-automatically-detects-and-...).

Also need to mention the uploading documents feature again, which even works for PDF files (http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2009/07/google-translates-documents.html).

Seriously, please at least reply this time Jojoyee.
by Anonymous on 10. May 2010 - 4:11  (49442)

Bing Maps has more accurate map data and better directions than Google Maps. Google Maps has gotten me lost many times trying to take me down roads that do not exist or hit a dead end. Bing has never failed me. Bing has a nicer interface, better satellite photos, plus birds eye view from a plane and it's not even mentioned?
by Jojoyee on 10. May 2010 - 4:36  (49443)

Thanks for the resources. Google Translate indeed is a good service.
by Anonymous on 10. May 2010 - 23:19  (49505)

Its actually even worse than you have quoted. Not only do you lose your copywrite to anything you post, but your information, down to your physical address is likely to be 'shared' with partners who may set tracking cookies on your computer. I understand the site's service is free simply because its just bait for its real business of marketing.
http://www.paperrater.com/privacy
by Anonymous on 10. May 2010 - 23:24  (49506)

I got one too! Thanks.
by Anonymous on 12. May 2010 - 12:20  (49635)

Cometdocs.com is one I use every day for PDF conversion.
by Anonymous on 22. May 2010 - 0:55  (50081)

SlimTimer tracks your task times in real time and creates daily, weekly and monthly reports with the data. I used it once when I was working on another company. When I checked again my account, my old tasks where still there after 2 years.
I think this one should be under Timer / Alarm Clock
by Jojoyee on 22. May 2010 - 3:27  (50084)

That's a good idea, it's now in the list.
by Anonymous on 28. May 2010 - 14:18  (50501)

In PDF converter section where is missing one service which do all documents to PDF and also support PDF to Word conversion. It is http://www.freepdfconvert.com
by Anonymous on 29. May 2010 - 4:46  (50545)

You should have typed in a German sentence to test the English results. Tsk tsk. :S
by Anonymous on 31. May 2010 - 1:23  (50666)

wave.google.com
by Saki on 31. May 2010 - 12:01  (50697)

Great list. :) Good work in compiling it. I would suggest Cometdocs and Zamzar in PDF tools. I use them every day and they are pretty much good and widespread.
by Saki on 31. May 2010 - 12:03  (50698)

oh, that is a good one too.
by mocky on 31. May 2010 - 21:12  (50738)

Best Free Sudoku online

For me, one of the best free sudoku, kakuro and others, is www.puzzlemix.com from Dr Gareth Moore. It contains many different games, daily subscription, set of puzzles ...
You can record games, view the intermediate times, your time to complete each game, add comments, add an assessment of difficulty ...
Very comprehensive!

This is my first comment, but I visit this site for over a year and am very happy with the work. Gizmo and collaborators keep it up;)
by Anupam on 31. May 2010 - 21:21  (50741)

Thanks for the suggestion, and for the comment :). Please do keep posting :)
by Jojoyee on 1. June 2010 - 3:38  (50757)

Thanks for mentioning Puzzlemix which looks good to me. I'll try it a few more rounds to see its strengths.
by Anonymous on 7. June 2010 - 17:29  (51569)

As a web host, byet sucks. I wanted to try everything on this page but thought I'd get the hosting to put it online as I went. Can't.
Google docs won't let me paste and after jumping through all the hoops byet won't either. Useless to me.

Moderator's Comment : Deleted personal information including passwords, regarding byet account. Please do not post such sensitive, and personal information on such public places. We do not allow this.
by Anonymous on 13. June 2010 - 11:20  (52019)

Hi!

I use http://e.ggtimer.com/ which is nice, try it.
Your site, with all this links, is one of the few interesting site I use, congrats!
After CHROME OS will appear on market I think your site will be fire up!
by Anonymous on 18. June 2010 - 4:45  (52369)

Just wanted to give a shout out to Toodledo for being the best online To-Do list. I find it superior then RememberTheMilk

http://toodledo.com
by 26Dolphins on 18. June 2010 - 14:01  (52400)

Hi,
Under "Best Free PDF Tools", I found out about:
1. www.mergepdf.net
2. www.splitpdf.net
If you need to merge/ split a PDF once in a while, they can be useful. No registration is required.
The copyright notice at the bottom each site is old, but they work.

Merge limits: 10 files & 5MB/ file.
Split limits: 20MB/ file.
by HeWhoRocks (not verified) on 6. July 2010 - 22:06  (53869)

An excellent free online learning service. You have to sign up for it but if there's a catch i've yet to find it:)

http://alison.com/
by knookie on 12. July 2010 - 11:00  (54144)

Webnode appears to be a 30 day trial only after which you have to purchase the premium package...

From the registration email i rec'd...
Do you like your new website? During these 30 days you can try for free. If you want to use after that period, you can buy the premium package in the Premium Services .
by joseph (not verified) on 12. July 2010 - 12:51  (54147)

My registration was successful, without saying a 30-day trial. The email I received after registration:

"Congratulations! Registration of project xxx.webnode.com was successful
Your project xxx.webnode.com has been successfuly registered. Here is an overview of important login data:

Project: ...
Project's administration: ...
Login name: ...
Password (without quotes): "xxx"

Enjoy Your new website with Webnode system!

Webnode development team."
by Jojoyee on 12. July 2010 - 13:03  (54149)

This link might be helpful.
http://support.webnode.com/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kba...
by FrankO on 9. August 2010 - 10:08  (55676)

Very impressive list. Thanks Jojoyee!
by Ande (not verified) on 9. August 2010 - 13:34  (55685)

I've found that the best free fast translator is Reverso.

link is http://www.reverso.net/text_translation.aspx?lang=EN

change lang to your language.
by JF (not verified) on 9. August 2010 - 14:57  (55687)

"Gmail ... filtering out exe and zip files."

Gmail filters out exe files but not zip files (unless they contain exe files). But this can be circumvented by encrypting the zip file.
by TB995 (not verified) on 9. August 2010 - 19:47  (55696)

freepdfconvert.com is not FREE.
It truncates docs to two page max.

If you want more, you must buy a membership.
by Jojoyee on 10. August 2010 - 1:40  (55704)

You're spot on JF and appreciated your feedback.