Here you will find the Top 200 Tools for Learning 2017 list together with 3 sub-lists:
- Top 100 Tools for Personal & Professional Learning (PPL) 2017
- Top 100 Tools for Workplace Learning (WPL) 2017
- Top 100 Tools for Education (EDU) 2017
Below is a table listing the Top 200 Tools as well as their ranking on the 3 sublists. For each tool the bold figure shows where the most votes fell, which gives an indication of the context where it is most popular. Click the tool name for further information about the tool and why people chose it. For the rankings on the sub-lists, go to RANKINGS.
| Change since 2016 |
Top 200 Tools |
Tool | Top 100 PPL |
Top 100 WPL |
Top 100 EDU |
Brief description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| same | 1 | YouTube | 1 | 1 | 4 | Video sharing platform |
| same | 2 | Google Search | 2 | 3 | 5 | Web search engine |
| UP 1 | 3 | PowerPoint | 10 | 2 | 3 | Presentation tool |
| UP 1 | 4 | Google Docs/Drive | 4 | 4 | 1 | Cloud-based office suite/document storage |
| DOWN 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | Public social network | |
| UP 10 | 6 | Word | 7 | 5 | 2 | Word processing software |
| UP 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 | – | Professional social network | |
| DOWN 2 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 12 | Public social network | |
| same | 9 | WordPress | 8 | 8 | 11 | Blogging and website tool |
| UP 1 | 10 | Wikipedia | 9 | 9 | 7 | Collaborative encyclopedia |
| DOWN 4 | 11 | Skype | 15 | 11 | 26 | Messaging app (text and video) |
| UP 8 | 12 | Slack | 20 | 10 | 73 | Team collaboration tool |
| same | 13 | 11 | 30 | 14 | Messaging app | |
| DOWN 2 | 14 | Yammer | 24 | 12 | – | Enterprise social network |
| UP 2 | 15 | Evernote | 13 | 15 | 27 | Personal information system |
| DOWN 6 | 16 | Dropbox | 12 | 13 | 13 | Cloud-based document storage |
| UP 29 | 17 | Excel | 16 | 16 | 6 | Spreadsheeting tool |
| UP 5 | 18 | Feedly | 14 | 17 | – | RSS and news reader/aggregator |
| DOWN 5 | 19 | Prezi | 17 | 18 | 8 | Presentation tool |
| DOWN 5 | 20 | Kahoot | – | 40 | 10 | Classroom response tool |
| DOWN 2 | 21 | OneNote | 21 | 29 | 15 | Personal information system |
| UP 21 | 22 | Trello | 28 | 19 | 74 | Team project tracker |
| UP 3 | 23 | Snagit | – | 20 | 51 | Screen capture tool |
| same | 24 | Camtasia | – | 21 | 28 | Screencasting tool |
| same | 25 | Articulate | – | 22 | – | E-learning authoring tool |
| DOWN 8 | 26 | Slideshare | 18 | 31 | 52 | Presentation sharing platform |
| UP 2 | 27 | 19 | 48 | 29 | Visual bookmarking tool | |
| UP 38 | 28 | Zoom | 40 | 23 | 30 | Video meeting tool |
| DOWN 7 | 29 | Powtoon | – | 24 | 53 | Animated explainer tool |
| DOWN 2 | 30 | Audacity | – | 32 | 16 | Audio editing software |
| DOWN 10 | 31 | TED Talks & TED Ed | 22 | 33 | 24 | Inspirational videos & video mixing app |
| DOWN 2 | 32 | Coursera | 23 | 62 | – | Online courses |
| UP 18 | 33 | EasyGenerator | – | 25 | 31 | E-learning authoring tool |
| UP 42 | 34 | 25 | – | – | Photo sharing social network | |
| DOWN 8 | 35 | Moodle | – | 34 | 17 | Course management system |
| DOWN 1 | 36 | Padlet | – | 54 | 18 | Online discussion board |
| UP 20 | 37 | Canva | 33 | 41 | 19 | Graphic design tool |
| UP 1 | 38 | Adobe Captivate | – | 26 | – | E-learning authoring tool |
| DOWN 7 | 39 | Gmail | 26 | 35 | 32 | Cloud based email |
| UP 20 | 40 | Google Scholar | 31 | – | 20 | Scholarly search engine |
| DOWN 3 | 41 | SharePoint | – | 27 | – | Social intranet platform |
| DOWN 8 | 42 | Google Forms | – | 63 | 21 | Forms and survey tool |
| UP 11 | 43 | Diigo | 27 | – | 33 | Social bookmarking tool |
| DOWN 4 | 44 | Google Suite | 38 | 36 | 25 | (Prev Google Apps) customisable Google tools |
| UP 4 | 45 | Google Maps | 29 | 42 | 54 | Online mapping tool |
| UP 2 | 46 | Adobe Photoshop | – | 28 | 55 | Image editing software |
| same | 47 | 30 | – | – | Save it for later tool | |
| DOWN 4 | 48 | iSpring | – | 37 | 56 | E-learning authoring tool |
| DOWN 12 | 49 | Lynda | 32 | 84 | – | Online courses |
| UP 20 | 50 | SurveyMonkey | – | 38 | 57 | Survey tool |
| DOWN 1 | 51 | Outlook | 34 | 39 | 38 | Email client |
| UP 23 | 52 | Vimeo | 69 | 49 | 22 | Video sharing platform |
| UP 48 | 53 | Pixabay | 70 | 43 | – | Photo image collection |
| DOWN 1 | 54 | Quizlet | – | – | 23 | Quizzing tool |
| NEW | 55 | Typeform | – | 44 | 60 | Forms and survey tool |
| UP 16 | 56 | Scoopit | 35 | 64 | 59 | Curation tool |
| UP 30 | 57 | Adobe Acrobat Pro | – | 45 | 75 | PDF converter |
| UP 70 | 58 | Grammarly | 36 | – | 76 | Grammar checker & plagiarism checker |
| same | 59 | Sway | – | 85 | 34 | Web presentation tool |
| DOWN 24 | 60 | WebEx | – | 46 | – | Web conferencing platform |
| DOWN 28 | 61 | Google Chrome | 37 | – | 40 | Web browser |
| UP 12 | 62 | Duolingo | 39 | – | – | Language learning app |
| DOWN 21 | 63 | Office Mix | – | 86 | 35 | PowerPoint enhancement tool |
| UP 18 | 64 | Tweetdeck | 41 | – | – | Twitter client |
| UP 8 | 65 | Udemy | 42 | – | – | Online courses |
| DOWN 4 | 66 | Adobe Connect | – | 47 | 61 | Web conferencing platform |
| UP 12 | 67 | Kindle (& Reader App) | 43 | – | – | eBook reader |
| UP 21 | 68 | GoAnimate | – | 50 | – | Aanimated explainer tool |
| UP 11 | 69 | Google Classroom | – | – | 36 | Classroom management tool |
| DOWN 14 | 70 | Blogger | 44 | 96 | 62 | Blogging tool |
| UP 7 | 71 | Videoscribe | – | 51 | – | Animated explainer tool |
| DOWN 8 | 72 | Apple Keynote | 45 | 65 | – | Presentation tool |
| DOWN 42 | 73 | Screencast-O-matic | – | 66 | 37 | Screencasting tool |
| UP 22 | 74 | Google Sites | 84 | – | 39 | Website tool |
| UP 11 | 75 | Edmodo | – | – | 41 | Learning platform for schools |
| UP 40 | 76 | Adobe Premiere | – | 52 | – | Video editing software |
| Up 36 | 77 | Branchtrack | – | 53 | – | Scenario-based e-learning tool |
| DOWN 7 | 78 | iPhone & Apps | 46 | 67 | – | Apple smartphone and apps |
| NEW | 79 | Microsoft Teams | – | 55 | 77 | Team collaboration tool |
| UP 11 | 80 | 47 | – | – | Curate your own social news magazine | |
| UP 53 | 81 | Google Calendar | 48 | – | – | Online calendar |
| NEW | 82 | ActExs (Action Extracts) | 49 | 56 | – | Productivity app |
| same | 83 | Lectora | – | 57 | – | E-learning authoring tool |
| DOWN 32 | 84 | Khan Academy | 50 | – | 78 | Online courses |
| DOWN 44 | 85 | Google Hangouts | 51 | 58 | 58 | Video meeting tool |
| UP 11 | 86 | Teamviewer | – | 59 | – | Online meeting and support tool |
| NEW | 87 | H5P | – | 60 | 92 | HTML5 content creator |
| NEW | 88 | 52 | – | – | Public social network | |
| NEW | 89 | Screenflow | – | – | 42 | Screencasting tool |
| UP 29 | 90 | GoToMeeting | – | 61 | – | Web conferencing tool |
| DOWN 24 | 91 | Canvas | – | – | 43 | Course management system for schols |
| UP 6 | 92 | SoundCloud | 53 | 68 | – | Cloud-based audio storage |
| DOWN 38 | 93 | Socrative | – | – | 44 | Student response system |
| UP 18 | 94 | Wix | – | – | 45 | Website tool |
| UP 12 | 95 | Adobe Illustrator | – | 69 | – | Image editing software |
| DOWN 35 | 96 | Udutu | – | 70 | – | E-learning authoring tool |
| NEW | 97 | Google Keep | 54 | – | – | Personal information organizer |
| DOWN 53 | 98 | Google Plus | 55 | – | – | Public social network |
| DOWN 34 | 99 | Firefox | 56 | – | 46 | Web browser |
| UP 2 | 100 | Confluence | – | 71 | – | Team collaboration tool |
| UP 42 | 101 | Audible | 57 | – | – | Audiobooks from Amazon |
| UP 2 | 102 | MindManager | 58 | 72 | – | Mind mapping tool |
| UP 41 | 103 | Apple Watch | 59 | – | – | Smartwatch |
| DOWN 1 | 104 | OneDrive | 60 | 98 | 87 | Cloud-based document storage |
| UP 64 | 105 | Snapchat | 61 | – | – | Photo sharing social network |
| DOWN 1 | 106 | FutureLearn | 62 | 73 | – | Online courses |
| NEW | 107 | Quizizz | – | – | 47 | Quizzing tool |
| NEW | 108 | HiHaHo | – | 74 | – | Interactive video platform |
| NEW | 109 | Thinkific | – | 75 | – | Learning platform |
| DOWN 11 | 110 | Blackboard | – | – | 48 | Course management system |
| NEW | 111 | Cite This For Me | 63 | – | 49 | Citation generator |
| UP 10 | 112 | Mentimeter | – | 76 | 90 | Audience response tool |
| NEW | 113 | Flipgrid | – | – | 50 | Video discussion platform |
| UP 50 | 114 | Codecademy | 64 | – | – | Online coding courses |
| UP 56 | 115 | MindMeister | 65 | – | – | Mind mapping tool |
| NEW | 116 | MailChimp | – | 77 | – | Create email campaigns |
| UP 12 | 117 | Adobe InDesign | – | 78 | 79 | Interactive PDF editor |
| DOWN 60 | 118 | iPad & Apps | 66 | 79 | 63 | Apple tablet and apps |
| NEW | 119 | Nuzzel | 67 | – | – | Personal news discovery |
| DOWN 51 | 120 | Apple iMovie | 68 | – | – | Video editing software |
| BACK | 121 | Google Alerts | 71 | – | – | Web monitoring service |
| DOWN 2 | 122 | Adapt | – | 80 | – | E-learning authoring tool |
| NEW | 123 | Wisemapping | 72 | – | – | Mind mapping tool |
| UP 52 | 124 | Franz | 73 | – | – | Message tool aggregator |
| UP 8 | 125 | Totara Learn | – | 81 | – | Course management system |
| NEW | 126 | Anders Pink | – | 82 | – | Curation platform |
| DOWN 42 | 127 | Piktochart | – | – | 64 | Infographic tool |
| UP 71 | 128 | Unsplash | – | – | 65 | Photo image collection |
| NEW | 129 | Vivaldi | 74 | – | – | Web browser |
| UP 26 | 130 | Moovly | – | – | 66 | Animated explainer tool |
| NEW | 131 | Threema | 75 | – | – | Communication security encryption |
| DOWN 11 | 132 | Adobe AfterEffects | – | 83 | – | Video effects software |
| UP 6 | 133 | Degreed | 76 | 87 | – | Lifelong learning platform |
| UP 46 | 134 | Omnigraffle | 77 | – | – | Diagramming tool |
| UP 6 | 135 | Scrivener | 78 | – | – | Document creation tool |
| DOWN 41 | 136 | Explain Everything | – | – | 67 | Animated explainer tool |
| DOWN 44 | 137 | Google Translate | 79 | – | – | Online translator |
| BACK | 138 | IFTTT | 80 | – | – | Connect data and services |
| DOWN 30 | 139 | Jing | – | 88 | 68 | Screen capture and screencasting tool |
| DOWN 29 | 140 | Wordle | – | – | 69 | Word cloud generator |
| DOWN 16 | 141 | Adobe Audition | – | 89 | – | Audio editing software |
| DOWN 74 | 142 | Poll Everywhere | – | 90 | – | Audience response tool |
| DOWN 55 | 143 | Weebly | – | – | 70 | Website/Blogging tool |
| NEW | 144 | Office Lens | 81 | – | 71 | Makes photos of whiteboards readable |
| same | 145 | Apple Pages | 82 | – | – | Word processing tool |
| NEW | 146 | Go Conqr | – | – | 72 | Learning environment |
| same | 147 | Medium | 83 | – | – | Blogging tool |
| NEW | 148 | Infogram | – | – | 80 | Infographic tool |
| BACK | 149 | Basecamp | – | 91 | – | Project management tool |
| NEW | 150 | Lessonly | – | 92 | – | LMS for sales/support teams |
| NEW | 151 | BlueJeans | – | 93 | – | Web conferencing platform |
| BACK | 152 | Hootsuite | 85 | – | – | Social media dashboard |
| same | 153 | aNewSpring | – | 94 | – | Learning management system |
| NEW | 154 | Adobe Spark | – | 95 | – | Graphics design tool |
| NEW | 155 | Tableau | – | 97 | – | Interactive data visualisation tool |
| DOWN 93 | 156 | iTunes & iTunesU | 86 | – | – | Podcast and course player |
| DOWN 73 | 157 | edX | 87 | – | – | Online courses |
| UP 14 | 158 | Axonify | – | 99 | – | Micro-learning platform |
| DOWN 44 | 159 | Animoto | – | – | 81 | Video slideshow maker |
| DOWN 52 | 160 | Desire2Learn (D2L) | – | – | 82 | Course management system |
| NEW | 161 | PebblePad | 88 | – | 83 | Personal learning space |
| DOWN 24 | 162 | Appear.In | – | – | 84 | Video meeting tool |
| NEW | 163 | Aurasma | – | 100 | – | Augmented Reality app |
| NEW | 164 | Blinkist | 89 | – | – | Book abstracts |
| NEW | 165 | Alison | 90 | – | – | Online courses |
| DOWN 72 | 166 | TodaysMeet | – | 85 | Private backchannel service | |
| NEW | 167 | Smartup | – | x | – | Micro-learning platform |
| same | 168 | Inoreader | 91 | – | – | RSS and news reader |
| NEW | 169 | Jive | – | x | – | Enterprise collaboration platform |
| DOWN 52 | 170 | FreeMind | 92 | – | – | Mind mapping tool |
| NEW | 171 | ENTiTi | – | x | – | AR & VR content creation tool |
| NEW | 172 | Viddyoze | – | – | 86 | Animation software |
| DOWN 3 | 173 | Join.me | – | – | 88 | Video meeting tool |
| DOWN 13 | 174 | WeVideo | – | – | 89 | Video editing software |
| UP 2 | 175 | Curatr | – | x | – | Learning platform |
| DOWN 22 | 176 | Bing | 93 | – | – | Web search engine |
| DOWN 31 | 177 | BigBlueButton | – | – | 91 | Web conferencing platform |
| NEW | 178 | GoodReader | 94 | – | – | PDF reader |
| NEW | 179 | Quick Scan | 95 | – | – | QR code reader |
| NEW | 180 | Hemingway App | 96 | – | – | Writing improvement app |
| DOWN 21 | 181 | Remind | – | – | 93 | Messaging app for schools |
| NEW | 182 | Reeder3 | 97 | – | – | RSS and news reader |
| NEW | 183 | Typorama | – | – | 94 | Typographic design editor |
| NEW | 184 | Zeef | 98 | – | – | Directory of curated links |
| NEW | 185 | Stitcher | 99 | – | – | Radio and podcast shows |
| NEW | 186 | Talkbook | 100 | – | – | Lead generation platform for presenters |
| NEW | 187 | My Study Life | x | – | – | Study planner app |
| DOWN 38 | 188 | Schoology | – | – | 95 | Course management system |
| NEW | 189 | Asana | – | x | – | Team collaboration tool |
| NEW | 190 | Talkwalker Alerts | x | – | – | Web monitoring service |
| NEW | 191 | Citavi | x | – | 96 | Reference management & task planning |
| NEW | 192 | LICEcap | – | – | 97 | Screen capture tool |
| NEW | 193 | Zapier | x | – | – | Service to connect data and tools |
| DOWN 1 | 194 | Voicethread | – | – | 98 | Collaborative presentation tool |
| NEW | 195 | Ultra Hal Assistant | – | x | 99 | Chatbot system |
| NEW | 196 | Mozello | – | – | 100 | Website tool |
| NEW | 197 | Seesaw | – | – | x | Personal portfolio tools for students |
| NEW | 198 | DeepL Translator | x | – | x | Online translator |
| NEW | 199 | Kizoa | – | – | x | Video editing software |
| DOWN 2 | 200 | Wolfram Alpha | x | – | – | Computational knowledge engine |