10 Most Popular Web Apps 2022: Are you planning to start a new project which needs all your resources or the fear of your offline exams doesn’t let you have a sound sleep? Or have you got your new year resolution to increase your productivity and do wonders this year? Doesn’t matter if you belong any of the above categories, but if you are looking to boost your productivity then put on your timer and give this blog on most popular web apps a read.

Without wasting any further of your precious time, let’s start with the blog. The first step to doing any good is by walking past all the distractions which consume your time and energy and hence, hold you back. This brings to the first app of this blog:

1. Freedom app as a Distraction Blocker

It is not new that we start using Youtube to learn something informative, but after some time we get engrossed in some fan theories of our favorite show/movie or some episode which you have been waiting to see from a long time on Netflix. Or sometimes, it also happens that we fire up our laptop just so that we can use social media on our phone and our laptop can stare at us sarcastically!!

That’s where the Freedom app comes in. It has cross platform functionality and lets you sync your devices too. Meaning, you can block the distraction from getting you on all of your devices and boom the productivity!!

Some features of Freedom app which makes people from reputed universities and companies use it are:

• Block websites on your browser
• Block apps
• Block the internet
• Blocklist of popular distractive websites
• Sync your devices
• Lock mode, to get over your will power when you have low motivation

Now since the distractions are no more in your schedule, the next thing you need to focus is on the optimal usage of your time and to make the most of it. what better app to do it than google calendar?

2. Google calendar for managing your schedule

Google calendar app helps you schedule your work along with your work meets. You can create a group calendar and also a meeting schedule on the basis of the availability of your colleagues, which again can be seen by a peek through of your colleagues’ calendar. It also has a reminder system to remind and prepare you of your pre scheduled work. It integrates easily with google drive, contacts and google meet to provide you the best experience.

Being able to work with google calendar on both – your laptop and your phone is a cherry on the cake. Few features of google calendar which makes it ahead of other calendar web application are:

• Let’s you tell your colleagues when you will be available
• Gives a better understanding of things with a year view
• Helps track time with world clock feature

Having the meeting on google meet or microsoft teams and having to commmunicateHaving the meeting on google meet or microsoft teams and having to commmunicate about it to other people through whatsapp or email seems like a tedious task. Doesn’t it? That’s where discord enters the list.

3. Discord as a team building and communication platform

Discord is a VoIP, instant messaging and digital distribution platform. Users communicate with voice calls, video calls, text messaging, media and files in private chats or as part of communities called “servers”. A server is a collection of persistent chat rooms and voice chat channels which can be accessed via invite links.

Often discord is used for gaming purposes, making it not much preferred for professional purposes. But the features and services make discord an equally good platform for discussions, meetings and closed room meetings and sessions. One can create various channels in a server making it a great platform for voice / video meetings, hosting events, promoting ideas and community help. Some of the features why discord is preferred are:

• Special discord integrations which some of the common apps
• Key shortcuts, making the work easier
• Bots
• One can control the voice levels of them or the person who speaks
• Discord developer mode

Meetings are of no use if one can not jort down the main agenda of the meeting and can can a simple breakdown of the meeting for his/her personal use. This brings us to the next app, which is Evernote.

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4. Evernote as a note making app

Evernote is an app designed for note taking, organizing, task management, and archiving. It is developed by the Evernote Corporation, headquartered in Redwood City, California. The app allows users to create notes, which can be text, drawings, photographs, audio, or saved web content. Notes are stored in notebooks and can be tagged, annotated, edited, searched, given attachments, and exported. This makes it a great app for not just professional purposes, but personal use too!! Some of the well appreciated features of Evernote are:

• Sync and Organize, Keep your notes handy.
• Web Clipper. A save button for the web.
• Tasks. Bring notes & to-dos together.
• Calendar. Connect schedules and notes.
• Templates. Create better notes, faster.

Meetings are as more important to the speaker than the listeners. Sometimes, meetings also involve making a presentation to provide a better understanding to the colleagues. Making a presentation might sound like an easy task for many, but what if you could make much better, animated presentations without putting in much effort? If the last sentence made your eyes wide open, then this blog got you covered.

5. Genially for making presentations

Genially is a media creation platform focused on designing and sharing media creations and presentations of all kinds. From the dashboard, users can start from blank or pre-designed templates organized into 12 types, including videos, infographics, interactive images, quizzes, real-time animation and more. Users can work alone or collaborate with others to design presentations to fit an assignment’s guidelines.

Some students may opt for simpler designs that include images, text, and video links, while others will choose more complex elements, such as animations, interactivity, or music.  Either way, users will have to invest some time learning the features of each of the site’s different creation tools. The best part of genially is that it has tutorials for your help if you get stuck at any moment! Some features of genially are:

• One can make animated presentations easily without much effort
• Ready to use templates
• Tutorials, to get well known with the features

Presentations are not just about having some texts and images from the internet, but much more than that. Sometimes, one might even need to add a video in GIF form or do some minimal photoshopping for the presentation. For all of this and much more, tinywow.com is the  best place.

6. Tinywow.com as an all rounder

Tinywow.com is an online website which provides free online tools to make your life easier. Whether it be converting a file from one format to other, or working with PDFs or some other office work, tinywow and it’s awesome online tools got it all covered. Adding to it, all the files uploaded (irrespective of whether they are processed or not) are deleted after 15 minutes, which eliminates any fear regarding your files getting leaked. Some features of tinywow are:

• Good interface
• Easy to use

No meeting is possible if the colleagues forget about it or the speaker forgets to make the presentation ready. To not put yourself in such an embarrassing position, one should prefer using Pinnit app

7. Pinnit app as a reminder

You might have come across reminder apps which give you reminders about the event enough time prior so that you can prepare yourself for it. Some other productivity apps might allow you to pin it on your lock screen too. But what if you can pin your reminders on the notification panel? Yes, this is what makes pinnitt stand apart from other reminder apps present in the market. Having a reminder in your notification panel comes out to be more efficient as for every notification you receive it also grabs your attention towards the scheduled work and hence, prevents you from wasting time on your device. Some new features in the latest version of pinnit are:

• Scheduled notifications
• Added option to delete notifications from the notification shade
• Google action support

All of the above tools are useless if the project on which you are working or leading is not properly managed. To make sure that things always stay on track, Notion is the place you go.

8. Notion as a project management app

Notion is a collaboration platform with modified markdown support that integrates Kanban boards, tasks, wikis, and databases. The company claims that it is an all-in-one workspace for note-taking, knowledge and data management, and project and task management. It is described as a file management tool offering a unified workspace, allowing users to comment on ongoing projects, participate in discussions, and receive feedback. In addition to cross-platform apps, it can be accessed via most web browsers.

The software includes a tool for “clipping” content from webpages. Notion helps users schedule tasks, manage files, save documents, set reminders, keep agendas, and organize their work. Notion allows writing & pasting equations in the form of blocks or inline, as it supports LaTeX. Users can also embed online content in their Notion pages using Embed.ly, in this way notes can also be efficiently typed down alongside an embedded video playing in PiP mode. Some features of notion which make it a good choice for your project management are:

• A fully customizable database able to track your entire life.
• A generous free plan.
• Docs, Wikis, and Relational Databases.

Having put in this much effort, you wouldn’t want to lose your project, files and other stuff right? You might also want to access these files from different devices without having fear of losing them or getting leaked. To cope up with your expectations, google drive comes to your rescue.

9. Google drive for backup

Google Drive is a file storage and synchronization service developed by Google. Google Drive allows users to store files in the cloud (on Google’s servers), synchronize files across devices, and share files. In addition to a web interface, Google Drive offers apps with offline capabilities for Windows and macOS computers, and Android and iOS smartphones and tablets. Google Drive encompasses Google Docs, Google Sheets, and Google Slides, which are a part of the Google Docs Editors office suite that permits collaborative editing of documents, spreadsheets, presentations, drawings, forms, and more. Files created and edited through the Google Docs suite are saved in Google Drive. Some features of google drive that add to your productivity are:

• Quick Access
• Encryption
• Metadata

Concentration gives a huge contribution in increasing your productivity. For some, just having a quiet place to study is enough. But for others, they might need some music to concentrate but at the same time, they start enjoying music after sometime instead of working. To prevent yourself from falling prey to this again, brain.fm is the best option.

10. Brain.fm for increasing concentration

Brain.fm is a collaboration between scientists, musicians and developers who each believe that the best approach to functional music is not curation of existing music, but through research, testing, and in every way crafting music with function first. A perfect music can change the mood of an individual from not having the urge to do nothing to doing more than he expected.  And through scientists and developers in the same boat, brain.fm does this in the best possible manner. If you are still confused about using it, then below are some features of brain.fm:

• Patented Technology
• Tested on Brain and Behavior
• Preferred by many reputed individuals to control their state of mind

These are the most popular web apps that can be used by a wide range of users, whether you are a student, a team member, a freelancer or some normal person working on his/ her desktop. The above mentioned apps will help you manage your workflow, ensure efficient time management, make sure you are up to date with your due dates. Adding to it, these web apps are very easy to access, without consuming much time.

All you need is a Gmail, Facebook or a Twitter to access these apps or their browser extension. Apart from these, there are also some easy access web apps available on open-source, which can be used on your mac or pc to get some additional features in your hand. There are many productivity apps on the internet, but using the best combination of those apps is what will help you to work more in less time. With that being said, I hope reading this blog about 10 most popular web apps was worth your time and adds value to your work.

All the best!

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