Dropbox is a cloud storage and file sync platform founded in 2007 in San Francisco, with over 700 million registered users, 2GB free and 2TB paid plans, and an ecosystem spanning Paper, Sign, Capture and AI search, listed on NASDAQ in 2018.
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TickTick was launched by Appest in 2013 starting from the China market, an all-in-one cross-platform productivity app integrating to-dos, Pomodoro, habit tracking, calendar, kanban and notes, with tens of millions of users and Premium around $35.99/year.
ClickUp is an all-in-one productivity platform founded in San Diego, USA, in 2017, combining tasks, docs, goals, time tracking, and AI; it serves over 800,000 teams with unlimited tasks and 100 automations on the free plan.
Notion is officially "The AI workspace that works for you": build custom agents, search across all your apps, and automate busywork in one workspace where teams get more done faster.
Obsidian is the local-first knowledge management app from Ottawa, Canada, released in 2020, storing notes as plain-text Markdown with bidirectional links, graph view and 2000+ community plugins; core features are free forever.
Todoist is the task management app launched by Doist in 2007, serving 30M+ users worldwide. The free plan includes 5 private projects, and Pro at $5/user/month unlocks 300 projects with natural language quick add, making it the top cross-platform task management choice for individuals and small teams.
Evernote is a cross-platform note-taking and knowledge management app founded in 1997 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, acquired by Bending Spoons in 2022, with 50 notes on Free and 1,000 notes plus AI features on Starter.
Google Docs is Google's cloud-based online document tool launched in 2006, serving more than 1 billion users. It supports real-time collaboration for up to 100 editors with auto-save and version history, forming the core of Google Workspace document collaboration.
Superhuman is a lightning-fast email client from San Francisco, founded in 2015 by Rahul Vohra, built around millisecond search and full keyboard operation. Superhuman AI adds writing and summarization, with subscriptions around $30/month and a 30-day free trial.
Things is a premium Apple-ecosystem task manager from Cultured Code in Germany; Things 3 won the Apple Design Award in 2017, sells for about $49.99 one-time on macOS and is known for GTD hierarchy and minimal design.
Coda is a "documents that think" collaboration platform from San Francisco, USA, blending docs, tables, and apps with 400+ Packs integrations and built-in AI for knowledge management and workflows.
Microsoft To Do is a free task management app launched by Microsoft in 2017, deeply integrated with Microsoft 365 and Outlook, available across 5 platforms at no cost — the handiest to-do tool for Microsoft ecosystem users.
Nimbus Note is a feature-rich note and team knowledge base app supporting web clipping, PDF annotation, nested documents, and kanban boards, with a free plan for personal knowledge management and team collaboration.
Any.do is a cross-platform to-do app known for minimalist design and smart reminders, serving tens of millions of users globally across iOS, Android, Web, and more, with a free tier and Premium from about $3/month.
Bear is an Apple-ecosystem Markdown notes app from Italian developer Shiny Frog, winner of the 2017 Apple Design Award, known for minimalist design and nested tags, with Pro at about $29.99/year.
Logseq is an open-source local-first note-taking app launched in 2021 by a US team, built around outlining and bidirectional links; notes are stored as Markdown files locally with PDF annotation and whiteboard support, a popular choice for building personal knowledge bases.
Craft is a modern document and knowledge base tool by Luki Labs, native on macOS, iOS and iPadOS with a web version. It is usable on the free plan with Pro from $4.99/user/mo, combining card-based editing, Markdown and Craft AI for personal and team knowledge management.
Joplin is an open-source note and to-do app initiated in 2016 by French developer Laurent Cozic, supporting Markdown, end-to-end encryption and multi-platform sync with data servers in Paris, France (GDPR), 45,000+ GitHub stars, and optional Joplin Cloud from EUR 2.99/month.
Amplenote is an all-in-one notes, tasks, and calendar productivity tool known for nested tags and bullet journal style, with a free tier and paid plans around $8/month, ideal for time-focused knowledge workers.
Mem is an AI-first note and knowledge management tool founded by a US team in 2020, fully rebuilt with Mem 2.0 in 2023, supporting auto-organization, Mem Chat, and AI search, a representative product in the AI note-taking space.
Microsoft Word, first released in 1983, has become the world's dominant word processor with over 1.5 billion monthly active users, supporting 5 platforms, real-time collaboration, and Copilot AI writing — the de facto standard for document processing.
Clockify is a free time tracking platform launched in 2017 by a Serbian team, with core timers, timesheets, and reports completely free and unlimited by users; it surpassed 5 million users by 2026 and is one of the most widely used time management tools globally.
Harvest is a time tracking and invoicing platform founded in New York City in 2006, serving over 70,000 paying customers. Its closed loop of time, expenses, and invoicing with project budget and profitability analysis makes it a benchmark tool for freelancers and service businesses that bill by the hour.
Hubstaff is a remote team time tracking and productivity monitoring platform founded in Indianapolis in 2012, with 140,000+ global users; it combines automatic timers, screenshots, GPS, payroll and project budgets, with Starter at $4.99/seat/month.
Toggl is a time tracking tool founded in 2006 in Tallinn, Estonia, with over 2 million users. One-click timing and a 100+ integration ecosystem are its core strengths; the free plan supports 5 users and Starter starts at $9/user/month, making it the top choice for freelancers and remote teams.
Homebase is an employee scheduling and time clock platform founded in San Francisco in 2013, serving 150,000+ small businesses and supporting 3.5 million+ hourly workers logging 1.2 billion+ hours in 2025, with scheduling, time clocks and payroll in one app.
QuickBooks Time (formerly TSheets) is Intuit's enterprise time tracking and attendance platform built around GPS clock-in, geofencing, scheduling, and seamless QuickBooks integration, serving 50,000+ businesses with 4,000+ app integrations.
Sunsama is a daily planning tool from San Francisco, launched in 2017, that consolidates calendar, tasks, email, and Slack into one daily plan. It offers a 14-day free trial with subscriptions around $16-20/month for professionals and teams.
My Hours is a time tracking platform for SMBs and freelancers with a free plan for up to 5 active users, over 250,000 global users and 1.6 billion logged hours, and a Pro plan at about $8 per user per month billed annually.
Toggl Track is the flagship time tracking product of the Toggl brand, built in Estonia with over 600,000 active users and millions of global users. A one-click timer combined with project, tag, client, and task management and 100+ integrations make it a common choice for hourly accounting and billing.
GoodDay is an integrated work management platform used by more than 100000 organizations, with 20+ views, unlimited project hierarchies and modules for projects, goals, resources and collaboration.
Timely is an AI-driven automatic time tracking platform where Memory AI builds a private timeline in the background and AutoSheet fills timesheets automatically, serving 5,000+ businesses in 160 countries with a 4.8 G2 rating.
Tana is a new-generation structured AI note-taking and knowledge management tool from San Francisco, launched in beta in 2023, built around Supertags and Tana AI. It offers a free plan with subscriptions around $10-15/month for structured personal knowledge bases.
Taskwarrior is an open-source command-line task management tool born around 2009, free under GPL, supporting priorities, projects, tags, and custom reports. Data is stored locally and pairs with Timewarrior for time tracking, ideal for terminal power users.
Super Productivity is an open-source (GPL) local-first task management and time tracking app with a built-in Pomodoro timer, time tracking, and Jira integration, storing data locally by default. It is free with no subscription.
Trilium Notes was created in 2018 by Czech developer Adam P., an AGPLv3 open-source, self-hosted hierarchical note app. Unlimited hierarchical trees, relation maps, script extensions, and end-to-end encrypted sync suit personal knowledge management users with high privacy requirements.