15 Most Useful Tools for Software Devs in 2021

This post was inspired by Wes Bos and his brilliant project - in which I recently participated. So, today, I would like to tell you about some tools and software that I use on a daily basis. Here we go, Top 15 Most Useful Tools in 2021. https://uses.tech/ 1) Notion I would like to start with Notion, which is almost an ideal tool for organizing things. It feels like Evernote on steroids. I could definitely recommend a to anyone who likes planning and getting duck in a row. Notion https://www.notion.so/ Mobile / Desktop Free / Paid 2) Todoist Simply the best todo app that I have ever tried so far. Runners-up: , , . Google Tasks Things Microsoft Todo https://todoist.com/ Mobile / Desktop Free / Paid 3) Spark I never really liked the standard Gmail app. I mean, it is ok, and I use it a lot, but on the other hand, I was always looking for a better alternative. I did use for a couple of years, but then it became paid, and I switched to Spark. That decision was just right. Newton https://sparkmailapp.com/ Mobile / Desktop Free 4) Endel For me, the Endel was an absolutely surprising and unexpected choice since I have never used any musical apps on a daily basis. Well-designed, energetic, but calming. https://endel.io/ Mobile / Desktop Free / Paid 5) Grammarly Grammarly improves the quality of my texts by . Must have for writers. Even the free version (that I actually use) is very impressive. a lot https://www.grammarly.com/ Mobile / Desktop Free / Paid 6) Pocket A Pocket is an ultimate tool for saving things for later. I have been using it for years. https://getpocket.com/ Mobile / Desktop Free / Paid 7) VS Code The one IDE to rule them all, I guess? https://code.visualstudio.com/ Desktop Free 8) Nova A new trendy IDE from creators of . Quite pricey, but absolutely adorable. Coda https://nova.app/ Desktop Paid 9) Pocket Casts I truly like podcasts, and I have tried a lot of podcast apps, like , , , and so on. Anyway, I feel that the Pocket Casts app is the most elegant, simple, and powerful. Google Podcasts Apple Podcasts Castbox https://www.pocketcasts.com/ Mobile / Desktop Free / Paid 10) Transmit "The gold standard of macOS file transfer apps" - as it described on its . By the way, it is made by the same company that created Nova. official website https://panic.com/transmit/ Desktop Paid 11) OneNote One of the best applications for handwriting on a tablet. A little bit too high an entry barrier at the beginning, but it is worth it. https://www.onenote.com/ Mobile / Desktop Free 12) Strava It is time for coming out. I am a statistics nerd, so I really love this kind of apps allowing you to record and store training data. Strava goes even further, it is more like Instagram for sports, not one more boring stats app. https://www.strava.com/athletes/42251423 Mobile / Desktop Free / Paid 13) Telegram The better WhatsApp. https://web.telegram.org Mobile / Desktop Free 14) Calendars 5 Respectively, the best calendar app. Unfortunately not available for desktop. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/calendars-5-by-readdle/id697927927 Mobile Free / Paid 15) Tweetbot I am an old user of Tweetbot, the first time I heard about it in 2011. I still have not found anything better. https://tapbots.com/tweetbot/mac/ Mobile Paid Also published on dev.to Check out my site and my GitHub profile https://villivald.com https://github.com/villivald