10 Powerful Free Tools to 9 x Your Productivity
Online creation tools that changed my (working) life
There are ten apps I just couldn’t live without as a Substack writer, online consultant and seller of digital products. And I couldn’t resist making a listicle about them. As you do.
This list contains a few of ‘the usual suspects’, plus a good number of hidden gems which you have probably never heard of. I hope it helps you find a new super-tool to make your working life a little easier.
The best thing about this list: all the apps are free!
1. ShareX
Share X is a screen-capture app that is fast to use, and makes mark-ups and borders easy.
Use keyboard shortcuts to take a screenshot, then add pixelations, arrows, stickers, shapes, text and borders in seconds, then save it straight to your clipboard, or file it for later.
My favorite feature: “smart erase”
Cost: free
Get it here: https://getsharex.com/
2. Paint.net
Paint.net lets you do stuff you can’t do in Canva. Like creating images with multiple layers, then editing just one layer at a time. Its magic wand eraser removes backgrounds for free (that’s a paid…
