Applications

PC Apps

Ninite is useful tool to batch download the following

• Brave - Private Browser. See Extensions See here

• ShareX - Screenshots. See here

• Steam - Gaming

• Everything - Way better than Windows search

• Discord - Messaging

• LibreOffice - Free Microsoft Office alternative. See here

• VLC - Lightweight video player

• Spotify - Music

• HandBrake - Video converter/compressor. See here

• RevoUninstaller - Actually uninstall apps. See here

Other

• PowerToys - Official Windows tools. See here

  • Advanced Paste (remap to Ctrl+Shift+V)

  • Always on Top

  • Color Picker

  • FancyZones

  • Image Resizer

  • PowerRename

  • Text Extractor (remap to Win+T)

  • Keyboard Manager 

• OBS Studio - Record & Stream

• VM VirtualBox - Virtual machine

• Proton - Free VPN, Password Manager, etc.

• OneNote or Obsidian - Note taking

• Epic Games - Gaming

• Sysinternals ZoomIt - Draw on Screen

• MakeMKV - CD ripper

• Jellyfin Media Player - NAS media player

• AMD Ryzen Master - Temps (for AMD only)

• Cinebench  - Benchmark test 

Android Apps

• Brave - Browser - blocks ads

• Firefox - Extensions on mobile

• Signal - E2EE messenger. See here 

• Proton Pass, Drive, VPN, & Mail

• Ente Auth

• Ente Photos (code JRHCC5 for +10GB)

• Privacy.com - Private virtual cards

• Obsidian - notetaking app

• Grayjay - Ad-free YouTube

• Google Voice - Free junk phone number - MySudo ($)

• ReadEra - PDF book reader

• FUTO Keyboard

• Canva - Design tool

• Snapseed - Photo editor

• Blue Letter Bible - Bible: In depth

• YouVersion - Bible: simple

• stats.fm - Spotify stats ($5 lifetime)

• Jellyfin - NAS media player

• GuitarTuna - Guitar tuner

• AnkiPro - Study (or Obsidian w/ addon)

• Seterra - Geography games

• Chess.com - Chess

• Chess Clock - Check timer

• Hungry Horses - Knight practice

• Chessable - Chess lessons

• HoursTracker - Free time tracker

• Calc84 - TI-84

• Scandit - Scan any QR code, bar code, etc.

• Olauncher - Digital Minimalism

• Screenzen - Timer to open apps

• Atlas obscura - Obscure landmarks

• LocalSend - Cross platform AirDrop/Nearby Share

• Organic Maps - Google maps alternative

• Netguard - Block Apps from connecting to the internet

• Regrid - See who owns property

• Dazz Cam - Camera filters

F-Droid is an alternative to Google Play

• Qr alarm - Scan QR code to stop alarm

• Memetastic - Meme maker

• Image pipe - Image editor and metadata scraper

• Warden - See trackers