Top 100 Tools for Learning 2024

Here are the Top 100 Tools for Learning 2024 generated from the 18th annual survey. Last year, ChatGPT jumped onto the list in 4th place and this year it has moved up to 2nd place. The highest new entry this year is another AI chat bot, Microsoft’s Copilot (in at 20th place) and there are 3 more AI chatbots new on the list – Perplexity (in at #47), Claude (in at #50) and Google’s Gemini (in at #53). AI has certainly taken off in 2024. More observations on this year’s list appear in the analysis, and the 100 tools have also been categorised into 4 key areas to provide some context.

change	rank	TOOL	Description
same	1	YouTube	video hosting and sharing platform
up 2	2	ChatGPT	AI chatbot that understands and generates natural language text
down 1	3	Google Search	search engine
up 1	4	PowerPoint	Microsoft’s presentation software
up 5	5	Zoom	video meeting platform
down 3	6	Microsoft Teams	enterprise collaboration platform
up 1	7	Word	Microsoft’s documentation software
down 2	8	LinkedIn	professional social network
up 2	9	Canva	graphics tool
down 3	10	Wikipedia	online encyclopaedia
down 2	11	Google Docs & Drive	office suite/file sharing platform
up 5	12	WhatsApp	messaging app
up 13	13	DeepL	online translation tool
up 2	14	Kahoot!	live engagement tool
down 3	15	Spotify	audio/podcast platform
up 5	16	Mentimeter	live engagement tool
down 3	17	Excel	Microsoft’s spreadsheet software
up 6	18	Grammarly	grammar checker
down 6	19	Instagram	photo sharing social network
NEW	20	Copilot	an AI chatbot developed by Microsoft
up 4	21	Padlet	organize content on a virtual corkboard
up 9	22	Slack	team collaboration platform
up 44	23	Google Scholar	Google’s academic search engine
up 11	24	Articulate	online course creation tool
up 16	25	WordPress	open source blogging and website platform
up 10	26	getAbstract	book summaries
up 10	27	Coursera	online course platform
up 23	28	Masterclass	streaming platform for video lessons
down 6	29	Outlook	email client
up 2	30	TED Talks	inspirational videos
up 3	31	Duolingo	language learning app
up 12	32	Quizlet	educational games and testing tool
up 6	33	Moodle	open source learning platform
down 15	34	Vimeo	video hosting and sharing platform
down 20	35	Google Classroom	educational learning platform
up 6	36	hihaho	interactive video tool
down 17	37	Netflix	documentaries/films
up 28	38	Pocket	personal curation tool
up 24	39	Notion	productivity and note-taking web app
up 5	40	Google Meet	Google’s video meeting platform
up 16	41	Camtasia	screencasting tool
up 19	42	Miro	online whiteboard
up 13	43	Trello	team and project tool
down 15	44	LinkedIn Learning	LinkedIn’s online course platform
down 27	45	Facebook	social network
down 19	46	TikTok	video sharing social network
NEW	47	Perplexity	AI-powered research and conversational search engine
down 20	48	Google Forms	Google’s online forms and survey tool
down 1	49	OneNote	Microsoft’s digital notebook
NEW	50	Claude	AI-powered research and conversational search engine
up 37	51	Google Maps	searchable, zoomable and custom maps
down 19	52	Flip	Microsoft’s educational video meeting platform
NEW	53	Gemini	AI chatbot developed by Google
down 24	54	Gmail	Google’s email client
BACK	55	Google Workspace	integrated suite of collaboration and productivity apps
down 2	56	Snagit	screen capture tool
down 14	57	Udemy	online course platform
up 15	58	Google Translate	Google’s online translation tool
up 3	59	Dropbox	file sharing platform
up 36	60	Jamboard	Google’s interactive and collaborative whiteboard
up 24	61	Adobe Acrobat Pro	create and control PDF documents
up 19	62	Vitero Inspire	webinar software
BACK	63	ClickUp	keep track of tasks, docs, chat, goals, etc in one place.
BACK	64	Asana	work management platform
up 7	65	Mural	online whiteboard
down 44	66	X	social network
down 17	67	Easygenerator	easy e-learning authoring tool
down 4	68	SharePoint	Microsoft’s enterprise collaboration platform
down 31	69	Wordwall	create educational teaching resources
down 11	70	Pinterest	curation platform
down 11	71	H5P	HTML5 authoring tool
BACK	72	Confluence	team collaboration software
down 8	73	Kindle Reader App	Amazon’s e-book reader
down 4	74	Genially	platform for interactive animated content
up 20	75	Synthesia	AI video generation platform
up 8	76	Edpuzzle	create interactive videos
up 17	77	Loom	screen recording tool
BACK	78	Socrative	student response tool for live engagement
same	79	Canvas	educational course management system
up 7	80	Nearpod	educational tool for interactive presentations
BACK	81	Feedly	RSS/news reader
BACK	82	Khan Academy	online course library
down 28	83	Whereby	video meeting platform
BACK	84	Firefox	web browser
down 45	85	Quizizz	educational games and testing tool
down 17	86	Prezi	online presentation tool
BACK	87	Raindrop	bookmark manager
BACK	88	Descript	audio and video editing tool
down 12	89	Adobe Premiere Pro	video creation and editing tool
down 44	90	Google Chrome	Google’s web browser
down 13	91	Audible	audio books and podcasts (from Amazon)
up 5	92	Google Calendar	Google’s online calendar and time management
BACK	93	Medium	blogging platform
NEW	94	Memrise	language learning platform
BACK	95	Affinity Designer	vector graphics editor
NEW	96	Clixie.ai	create interactive videos with AI
BACK	97	Pocket Casts	podcast player
down 9	98	aNewSpring	learning platform
down 17	99	Brave	web browser
BACK	100	Inoreader	RSS news reader

Analysis 2023 – Top Tools for Learning 2023

Here are the Top 100 Tools for Learning 2023 categorised into 5 key areas. Click the image on the right for a full graphical representation in PDF format.

1 – CONTENT (& APPS)

Video and films: 1 – YouTube | 19 – Vimeo | 20 – Netflix | 32 – TED Talks
Podcasts: 12 – Spotify | 68 – Apple Podcasts
E-books, audio books & summaries: 36 – getAbstract | 64 – Kindle Reader App | 78 – Audible
Presentations: 99 – Slideshare
Online courses and apps: 29- LinkedIn Learning | 34 -Duolingo | 37 – Coursera | 43 – Udemy | 51 – Masterclass

2 – CONTENT DEVELOPMENT

Documents, presentations, spreadsheets: 5- PowerPoint | 8 – Word | 9 – Google Docs | 14 – Excel | 69 – Prezi
PDFs: 85 – Adobe Acrobat Pro
Blogs and websites: 41 – WordPress | 75 – Google Sites
Screenshots and casts: 54 – Snagit | 57 – Camtasia | 91 – Acreencast-O-matic | 93 – Snip & Sketch | 94 – Loom
Graphics: 11 – Canva
Photo editing: 47 – Adobe Photoshop
Video and editing: 77 – Adobe Premiere Pro | 95 – Synthesia
Live video streaming: 74 – OBS Studio | 86 – Mediasite
Animation: 71 – Powtoon
Forms: 28 – Google Forms | 52 – Microsoft Forms
Quizzes: 40 – Quizizz | 44 – Quizlet
Interactive content: 42 – hihaho | 60 – H5P | 70 – Genially | 83 – Thinglink
Interactive educational content: 38 – Wordwall | 76 – Live Worksheets | 80 – ClassPoint | 84 – Edpuzzle | 87 – Nearpod | 100 – Wooclap
Courses: 35 – Articulate | 50 – Easygenerator
Live engagement: 16 – Kahoot | 21 – Mentimeter

3 – LEARNING PLATFORMS

Educational: 15 – Google Classroom | 39 – Moodle | 79 – Canvas
Corporate: 90 – aNewSpring

4 – COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION

Email: 23 – Outlook | 30 -Gmail
Messaging : 17 – WhatsApp | 58 – Telegram | 98 – Discord
File sharing: 9 – Google Drive | 49 – OneDrive | 62 – Dropbox
Collaborative whiteboards: 25 – Padlet | 61 – Miro | 72 – Mural | 96 – Jamboard
Video meeting: 3 – Microsoft Teams | 10 – Zoom | 33 -Flip | 45 – Google Meet | 55 – Whereby | 81 – Vitero Inspire
Team collaboration: 3 – Microsoft Teams | 31 – Slack | 56 – Trello | 63 – Notion | 64 – SharePoint
Social networks: 6 – LinkedIn | 13 – Instagram | 18 – Facebook | 22- X/Twitter | 27 – TikTok

5 – WEB TOOLS

Browsers: 46 – Google Chrome | 82 – Brave
Search and reference: 2 – Google search | 4 – ChatGPT | 7 – Wikipedia | 67 -Google Scholar | 89 – Bing | 92 – Zotero
Translators: 26 – DeepL | 73 – Google Translate
Curation: 53 – Wakelet | 59 – Pinterest | 66 – Pocket
Digital notebook: 48 – OneNote
Productivity: 24 – Grammarly | 88 – Google Maps | 97 – Google Calendar

Analysis 2022

Analysis 20221

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