I Tried 80+ Productivity Apps, These are the best (Tier List)

This is the ultimate tier list for productivity apps in 2024.

From project management, to knowledge management, note taking, calendars, email, video editing, course creation, social media, handwritten notes, browsers, graphic design, music, task management, AI, and more.

00:00 The ultimate tier list
00:41 Projects
03:46 Knowledge
10:53 Calendars
12:08 Email
13:15 Video Editing
16:37 Community & Courses
20:00 Social Media
24:09 Handwritten Notes
26:47 Web Browsers
27:45 Graphic Design
29:11 Music
31:57 Quick Videos
33:29 Mac Productivity
34:24 Tasks
35:32 AI
36:28 Tier list

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[eye.of.thestorm]

Not tried / used = It's sh*t

What about creating a new tier called "Haven't tried"?

[jording]

Guys, there is something poor here. You are ranking apps that you haven't touched in decade. If you are not willing to try maybe you shouldn't mention it, but even more rank it

[Saai_Arav]

Guys please don't think you're being productive by watching "Productivity Apps 2024, How to be extremely productive" sort of videos. They're very fun to watch and also feel like you are being "productive". It took me an absurd amount of time to get out of this, now I finally realise how stupid I was. Now I consciously choose what I do or see, it is extremely hard to get to this state but you will definitely get there. Make sure you frame reading productivity books, watching productivity videos on YouTube as breaks / self-care / relaxation...basically anything but the actual work you have to get done. Hope this helps someone

[soloreaderalone]

Chrome in A and Firefox in D 🙄, Guys if both of you dont know anything about Firefox, rather than giving it a D, dont even mention it. Firefox is one of the best open source Web browser..

[detritic]

I've tried so many things and found the more features the farther you get from your work. I gave Notion a solid shot for a long time, and I'm glad it's improved quite a bit. Overall though, everything ultimately just feels like a worse version of a notebook. Every new option for organizing and grouping is just a way to allow you to engage with the product more and pretend you're being productive when you're actually just wasting even more time. I see people with these giant webs and complex tagging systems and wonder how the hell they could ever lose anything if they spend so much time playing with them. They could probably find that one email they added 19 tags to in their sleep. It's like spending a week tackling a messy desk and ending up with even less space because you prioritized buying binders and trays instead of throwing things away.

[CairoBraga]

so among 80+ apps you guys only included 2 free open-source software? and then you say it's a definitive list? be serious.

[remigiuszbloch]

lol, Firefox in D tier, whats the point of grading if you not used the software? fake list just to put some icons in

[itscolll]

I know these kinds of lists are pretty subjective, but I don't think this list is really reliable, since I feel like you don't really have enough experience with each app to really do them justice. Firefox is a shining example, but also a lot of apps in B and some in C, which you only name a (few) characteristic(s) about.

[MotivMalik]

Edge in D tier!!
when its faster than chrome and runs on the same engine and
can use all the chrome extensions is wild

[emete]

The major gripes with this video is:
1) rating apps that you've never used;
2) rating everything in a single ratings list, web browsers with note taking apps.
3) left with a feeling that this whole a video was clickbait.

[maggew]

A tier Chrome... 😂🤣

I like how you merged everything into a list, nice share.

[sam]

Actually Edge is far better than before. I guess it should be S rank.
1. It is using chromium code base, yet it was far faster and less resource hungry than Chrome, which makes a better choice for laptops.
2. It supports all chrome extensions.
3. it works better with microsoft account.
4. it has copilot baked in.
5. It supports vertical tab (but not as good as Arc though)

[bobbastian]

Apple notes is B if you're 100% in the Apple ecysystem, otherwise C/D if you only have 1 Apple device.

[jaf]

why didn't you mention anytype? imo it's one of the best solutions if you don't want to set up loads of plugins just like in obsidian, but also care about your privacy, which notion isn't capable of

[big_t]

Me procrastinating school work, to watch a video about productivity.

[gerawan]

Silly, bad video. Apps haphazardly placed in categories even though they don't know much about those apps. Videos like this harm the credibility of the reviewers.

[Dokuzu]

Experts nowadays: Google Chrome in A tier :)

[ravendaveatienza]

Thank you, this is very helpful for choosing my go to app for my course

[sh]

Thank you! Can you also make a video on how to plan out the next year during summer vacation? My finals will be over tomorrow and vacation will start.

[Con-Pin-]

I love how this tier list is entirely based on functionality..
because otherwise chrome and gmail would be way lower because a lot of tier lists take security/privacy in mind
(which is kinda like, if you are paranoid about some company knowing you go to the doctor)
there are a few things I do want privacy/security, but that's mostly fixed by just getting a service for infinite aliases (spam mail because companies selling your email)