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Productivity software

27 products matching your filters. Each one described on the same fields, so two tools can be read against each other rather than against their own marketing.

Showing 1–24 of 27

  • Anvil logo

    Anvil

    PDF workflow tools for developers

    Free plan, then $99/mo

    4 alternatives · 3 questions answered

  • Bear logo

    Bear

    Markdown notes for Apple devices

    Free plan, then $2.99/mo

    4 alternatives · 3 questions answered

  • Bear Notes logo

    Bear Notes

    Beautiful note-taking app for Apple devices

    Free plan, then $1.99/mo
    • macOS
    • iOS

    4 alternatives · 5 questions answered

  • Circleback logo

    Circleback

    AI meeting notes that join calls from your calendar and push action items into other tools

    Free plan, then $20.83/mo

    4 alternatives · 4 questions answered

  • Coggle logo

    Coggle

    Simple, Fast, and Powerful Mind Maps. Just Coggle it!

    Free plan, then $5/mo

    4 alternatives · 4 questions answered

  • DeskTime logo

    DeskTime

    Automatic computer activity tracking and productivity analytics

    Free plan, then $9/mo
    • Web
    • iOS
    • Android
    • +3

    4 alternatives · 4 questions answered

  • DocuSeal logo

    DocuSeal

    Open source document signing platform

    Free plan, then $20/mo

    4 alternatives · 3 questions answered

  • FigJam logo

    FigJam

    Free online whiteboard for teams

    Free plan available
    • Web
    • Windows
    • macOS
    • +2

    4 alternatives · 4 questions answered

  • Focus@Will logo

    Focus@Will

    Subscription streaming of instrumental music channels intended to be worked to rather than listened to

    Free plan, then $4.95/mo
    • Web
    • iOS
    • Android
    • +2

    4 alternatives · 4 questions answered

  • Focusmate logo

    Focusmate

    Virtual co-working platform for accountability and productivity

    Free plan, then $8/mo
    • Web
    • iOS
    • Android

    4 alternatives · 3 questions answered

  • Google Slides logo

    Google Slides

    Google's browser presentation editor, free with a Google account and included in every Workspace edition

    Free plan, then €4.76/mo

    3 alternatives · 4 questions answered

  • Granola logo

    Granola

    AI notepad that transcribes meetings and merges transcripts with user notes

    Free plan, then $14/mo
    • macOS
    • Windows
    • iOS
    • +1
    7 integrations

    4 alternatives · 4 questions answered

  • Habitica logo

    Habitica

    Open source task manager that runs your habits, dailies and to-dos as a role-playing game

    Free plan, then $4.99/mo
    • Web
    • iOS
    • Android

    4 alternatives · 4 questions answered

  • iLovePDF logo

    iLovePDF

    Browser toolbox for merging, splitting, compressing and converting PDFs, processed on the vendor's servers

    Free plan, then $7/mo

    4 alternatives · 4 questions answered

  • Kami logo

    Kami

    The ultimate document annotation and collaboration tool

    Free plan, then $12/mo
    • Web
    • Browser extension
    • iOS
    • +1

    4 alternatives · 4 questions answered

  • Lazy logo

    Lazy

    Simple task management that actually works

    Free plan, then $4/mo
    • Web
    • iOS

    3 alternatives · 1 question answered

  • Microsoft OneNote logo

    Microsoft OneNote

    Microsoft's free-form notebook, free with a Microsoft account and synced through OneDrive

    Free plan available
    • Web
    • iOS
    • Android
    • +2

    4 alternatives · 4 questions answered

  • Milanote logo

    Milanote

    Board-based visual workspace for creative planning, free up to 100 items for the whole account

    Free plan, then $9.99/mo

    4 alternatives · 4 questions answered

  • MindMeister logo

    MindMeister

    Collaborative online mind mapping, free for three maps in total

    Free plan, then $6/mo

    4 alternatives · 4 questions answered

  • Pitch logo

    Pitch

    A complete presentation workspace

    Free plan available

    3 alternatives · 4 questions answered

  • RemNote logo

    RemNote

    Note-taking where lines become spaced repetition flashcards as you write them

    Free plan, then $8/mo

    4 alternatives · 4 questions answered

  • Rows logo

    Rows

    Browser spreadsheet whose formulas call live data from analytics, CRM and payment services

    Free plan available

    4 alternatives · 4 questions answered

  • Sejda logo

    Sejda

    Browser based access to all PDF tools

    Free plan, then $5/week

    4 alternatives · 3 questions answered

  • SignWell logo

    SignWell

    Electronic signature service priced per sender, with unlimited documents on paid plans

    Free plan, then $10/mo

    4 alternatives · 4 questions answered

Head to head

Productivity tools, compared

Pairings from this slice of the directory, each one checked by two reviewers who agreed a buyer would weigh the two against each other.

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Where does this data come from?

Pricing, platforms and feature lists are taken from each vendor's own pages. Limitations, answered questions and alternatives are researched separately and carry a source URL on the page that states them. Every product is described on the same fields, so two tools can be read against each other rather than against their own marketing.

Why are there no star ratings?

Because we did not collect any. Softwr hosts no reviews, and a rating aggregated from somewhere else is not ours to publish as though it were an assessment we made. What is shown instead is what a tool costs, where it runs, and what it is concretely bad at.

How are alternatives chosen?

A researcher proposes them, then two independent reviewers judge one question each: would a buyer evaluating this product seriously consider that one instead. 225 of 1,841 candidates failed and were deleted, including a font inspector matched to a dark mode extension. Only pairings that survived both rounds are published.

Do vendors pay to appear here?

Not to be listed. A vendor can buy a place in the results on the home page, on a category listing or on the catalogue, and where they do the result carries a Sponsored label. Everything not carrying that label is ordered on the same criteria as everything else, and a paid place never changes where an unpaid one lands: the editorial order flows around it. Where a link earns a commission that is disclosed on the page carrying it.

How current is it?

Prices and plan limits move without notice, so treat anything with a number on it as a starting point and check the vendor before you buy. Where a claim could go stale it carries the source it came from, which is the fastest way to tell.