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.
✅ Productivity
Compare 97 productivity tools covering notes, tasks, time tracking, and knowledge management.
Todoist is a leading task management app developed by Doist, founded in 2007 with 30M+ users, featuring cross-platform natural language input, with Pro from about $4-5/month and Business from about $6-8/user/month.
Notion is an all-in-one workspace from San Francisco, combining notes, databases, wikis and project management with over 100 million users. A free plan is available, Plus costs about $10 per member per month, and it is a popular choice for personal and team knowledge management.
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 70,000+ companies with one-click timers, automatic invoices and profitability reports, with Teams at $9/seat/month (annual).
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 an Estonia-based time tracking brand founded in 2006, known for one-click timing and clear time reports, serving millions of users worldwide with 600k+ active users officially, integrating with 100+ tools from about $9-18 per user per month.
Google Workspace (formerly G Suite) is Google's enterprise office suite integrating Docs, Sheets, Slides, Gmail, Drive, and Meet for over 3 billion users. Real-time collaboration, a 99.9% SLA, and deep AI make it the leading alternative to Microsoft 365.
Microsoft 365 is Microsoft's cloud productivity suite covering Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, and OneDrive, with 400M+ commercial paid seats and 300M+ Teams monthly active users, one of the most comprehensive office solutions.
Obsidian is a local-first Markdown note-taking app developed by a Canadian team. The core app is free and it is known for bidirectional links and the knowledge graph. With 1000+ community plugins and paid Sync/Publish add-ons, it is a popular choice for personal knowledge management and a second brain.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Evernote is a veteran cross-platform note app released in 2008, headquartered in Redwood City, USA, with over 200 million peak users; acquired by Bending Spoons in 2022, it underwent a performance rebuild and introduced AI features, with a 60MB monthly upload limit on the free plan.
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.
Focusmate is a virtual body-doubling focus platform founded in San Francisco that pairs users in live video sessions to get work done. It has completed 12M+ focus sessions across 150+ countries, with 3 free sessions per week.
Forest is a gamified focus app developed by Korea's SEEKRTECH that plants a tree as you stay focused and kills it if you leave the app. With 60M+ downloads, a 4.8 App Store rating, and 2.1M+ real trees planted, it is one of the most popular focus apps across platforms.
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.
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.