Top 200 Tools by Category – Top Tools for Learning 2020

Here are the Top 200 tools categories as well as their place in the Google, Microsoft or Apple families . The top tool in each category appears in CAPITALS. Take a look at the PL100 | WL100 | Ed100 lists for further contextualisation.

Category	Google family	Microsoft family	Apple family	Adobe family	Others
OFFICE SUITES & TOOLS
Documents	Google Docs	WORD	Pages
Presentations	Google Slides	POWERPOINT \| Sway	Keynote.		Prezi
Spreadsheets	Google Sheets	EXCEL	Numbers
Data visualisation		POWERBI
CONTENT DEVELOPMENT
PDFs				ACROBAT PRO \| InDesign	ilovepdf.com
DTP		MS PUBLISHER
Image libraries					Unsplash \| Pixabay
Graphic design				Spark \| Illustrator	CANVA \| Genially \| Ominigraffel \| Piktochart
Screen capture		Snip & Sketch			SNAGIT
Photo editing				PHOTOSHOP
Audio		.		Audition	AUDACITY
Screen recording					CAMTASIA \| Screencast-O-Matic \| Loom \| Screencstify
Animation		.			VYOND \| Powtoon
Video			iMovie	PREMIERE PRO \| After Effects	Biteable \| Handbrake
Interactive media					HIHAHO \| H5P \| Thinglink
Streaming video		MS Stream
Live transcription					Otter
COURSE & LESSON AUTHORING				Captivate	ARTICULATE \| easygenerator \| iSpring \| Nearpod \| EdPuzzle \| Lectora \| isEazy \| Gomo Learning \| Evolve \| Adapt
Games and testing					QUIZLET \| Quizizz \| Factile \| Hot Potatoes
Forms & surveys	GOOGLE FORMS	MS Forms			SurveyMonkey
LEARNING PLATFORMS / LMS / COURSE MANAGEMENT
Workplace					aNewSpring \| Degreed \| Totara \| Axonify \| Thinkific \| AskDelphi \| Drillster \| Docebo \| edCast \| Open edX
Workplace/Education	GOOGLE CLASSROOM				Moodle \| Blackboard Learn
Education					Canvas
LIVE ENGAGEMENT TOOLS					KAHOOT \| Mentimeter \| Poll Everywhere \| Socrative \| Wooclap \| Plickers \| Gimkit \| AnswerGarden
BLOG & WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT	Google Sites \| Blogger \| Google Analytics				WORDPRESS \| Medium \| LearnDash
COLLABORATION PLATFORMS & TOOLS	G Suite \| Google Currents	MS TEAMS \| Yammer			Slack \| Trello \| Padlet \| SharePoint \| Workplace by Facebook \| ClickUp \| Asana
Online whiteboards	Jamboard	MS Whiteboard			MURAL \| Miro
Mindmapping tools					COGGLE \| Freemind \| MindMeister \| Ayoa \|
Digital notebooks	Google Keep	ONENOTE			Evernote \| Notability
File sharing	GOOGLE DRIVE	OneDrive			Dropbox \| WeTransfer
VIDEO MEETING PLATFORMS	Google Meet	MS Teams \| Flipgrid		Adobe Connect	ZOOM \| Whereby \| WebEx \| Jitsi Meet \| BigBlueButton \| WebinarGeek \| Blackboard Collaborate \| BlueJeans \| GoBrunch
Chat tools		Skype			WHATSAPP \| Telegram
Email	GMAIL	Outlook	Apple Mail		Mailchimp
ONLINE COURSES		LINKEDIN LEARNING \| MS Learn			Udemy \| Coursera.\| Duolingo \| edX \| Udacity \| FutureLearn \| Highbrow \| Pluralsight \| Mind Tools \| Khan Academy \| OpenLearn \| Masterclass
WEB RESOURCES
Videos & films	YOUTUBE				Vimeo \| Ted Talks \| Netflix
Podcasts (& players)			APPLE PODCASTS		Spotify \| Overcast \| Podcast Addict
E-books, audio bools & summaries					KINDLE \| Audible \| getAbstract \| Blinkist
Other	Google Arts & Culture				WIKIPEDIA \| Quora \| Slideshare
Social networks & communities		LINKEDIN			Twitter (& Tweetdeck) \| Facebook \| Instagram \| Stack Overflow \| Xing
News readers & alerts	Google Alerts				FEEDLY \| Inoreader \| Nuzzel
Curation tools					PINTEREST \| Pocket \| Wakelet \| Diigo \| AndersPink \| Flipboard \| Scoopit.
Online translators	GOOGLE TRANSLATE				DeepL
Search & research	GOOGLE \| Google Scholar	Bing			DuckDuckGo \| Zotero
WEB BROWSERS	GOOGLE CHROME	MS Edge	Safari		Firefox \| Brave
PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS & APPS	GOOGLE MAPS \| Google Calendar \| Google Lens				Grammarly \| IFTTT \| Zapier

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