AI tools directory
Current AI apps and services, sorted by job, with what each is good for and what it costs to start.
Chat assistants and AI search
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ChatGPT
All-round everyday help: writing, questions, images, voice, files and deep research.
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Claude
Writing, coding and long documents; handing off multi-step tasks.
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Google Gemini
Google users: image generation, deep research; Gmail and Docs help on paid plans.
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Microsoft Copilot
Windows and Microsoft 365 users; AI in Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint on paid plans.
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Perplexity
Web research with clickable sources and quick fact-finding.
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Grok
Real-time answers drawing on X posts and the web; image and video generation.
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Meta AI
Quick free help inside WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook; image generation.
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Mistral Vibe (formerly Le Chat)
Chat assistant and coding agent from French company Mistral AI.
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DeepSeek
Free chat and step-by-step reasoning from open-weight Chinese models.
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Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM)
Studying your own documents; answers cite your sources; audio overviews.
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Poe
Trying many chatbots and image models in one app and subscription.
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Duck.ai
Private, anonymous chat with several AI models; no account needed.
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Kimi
Slides, office files, coding and agent tasks from China's Moonshot AI.
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Siri
Built-in Apple assistant; finds your photos and emails, takes actions in apps.
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Alexa+
Voice and chat help for smart home, reminders, music, shopping and quick questions.
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Qwen
Free chat with Alibaba's Qwen models, plus image, video and deep research.
AI agents and automation
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Hermes Agent
Self-hosted agent that saves what worked as reusable skills; works with any model.
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OpenClaw
Personal assistant on your own computer, controlled from WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack or Discord.
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Meta Muse
Errands like booking travel, filling forms and shopping, from a cloud computer Meta runs.
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ChatGPT Work
Longer ChatGPT tasks: research, web forms, docs, decks and spreadsheets, checking in with you.
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Claude (Cowork and Claude in Chrome)
Longer tasks across your files, connected apps and Chrome, from one Claude app.
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Perplexity Comet
Free AI browser that summarizes pages and can do tasks in your tabs.
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Manus
Hands-off research, slides, websites and videos from one prompt, run in the cloud.
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Zapier Agents
AI agents that work across 9,000+ apps, set up in plain English.
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n8n
Visual workflow builder for AI agents; self-host it free or use n8n's cloud.
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Make
Visual no-code automations across 3,000+ apps, with AI agents (in beta).
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Gemini Spark
Google's background agent for tasks across Gmail, Calendar, Drive and Docs.
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Gemini in Chrome (Auto Browse)
Summaries and questions about open tabs; Auto Browse does web tasks for you.
Coding
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Claude Code
Coding agent that edits files and runs commands in your terminal, editor or browser.
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OpenAI Codex
OpenAI's coding agent in ChatGPT, the terminal and your editor; included with ChatGPT plans.
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GitHub Copilot
Code suggestions, chat and coding agents inside VS Code, JetBrains and GitHub.
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Cursor
Code editor based on VS Code, with coding agents and tab autocomplete.
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Devin and Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
Code editor plus cloud agents that take on whole tasks and report back.
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Google Antigravity
Google's desktop app, CLI and editor for running several coding agents at once.
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Replit
Build, run and publish apps in the browser by describing them to an agent.
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Lovable
Describe a web app in plain English and get a working, hosted version.
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Bolt.new
Build websites and full-stack web apps in the browser by chatting.
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v0
Vercel's app builder for React and Next.js sites; deploys straight to Vercel.
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Cline
Open-source coding agent for VS Code and the terminal; bring your own model.
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Kiro
Amazon's AI code editor that turns prompts into written specs before coding.
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JetBrains AI and Junie
AI chat, completion and the Junie agent inside IntelliJ, PyCharm and other JetBrains IDEs.
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OpenCode
Open-source terminal coding agent that works with almost any model provider.
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Gemini CLI
Open-source terminal coding agent for paid Gemini API keys and business licenses.
Writing, meetings and productivity
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Grammarly
Fixing grammar, tone and clarity wherever you type.
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QuillBot
Paraphrasing, grammar checks and summaries for essays, reports and emails.
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Notion AI
AI agents, meeting notes and search inside your Notion workspace.
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Jasper
On-brand marketing content for teams, with brand voice controls.
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Writesonic
Tracking how AI chatbots mention your brand; SEO article drafts.
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Otter
Live meeting transcripts and summaries for Zoom, Meet and Teams.
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Fireflies.ai
Meeting bot that transcribes, summarizes and searches your calls.
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Fathom
Free unlimited meeting recordings and AI summaries.
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tl;dv
Recording and summarizing Zoom, Meet and Teams calls.
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Granola
Meeting notes without a bot joining the call.
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Read AI
Meeting summaries plus search across meetings, email and messages.
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Gamma
Turning a prompt or notes into slides, documents or web pages.
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Superhuman
AI email app for Gmail and Outlook; suite also bundles Grammarly.
Voice, audio and music
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ElevenLabs
Realistic text-to-speech, voice cloning, dubbing and sound effects.
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Murf
Business voiceovers for training videos, explainers and slides.
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Speechify
Having articles, PDFs and books read aloud at high speed.
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Descript
Editing podcasts and videos by editing the transcript like a document.
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Adobe Podcast
One-click cleanup of noisy voice recordings, right in the browser.
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Auphonic
Automatic leveling, noise reduction and loudness fixes for finished podcast audio.
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Riverside
Recording remote interviews with a separate clean track for each guest.
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Suno
Making full songs with vocals and lyrics from a short text prompt.
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Udio
Making and sharing AI songs inside Udio; downloads are switched off.
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MacWhisper
Private, on-device transcription of audio and video files on a Mac.
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Wispr Flow
Dictating text into any app by talking instead of typing.
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Krisp
Removing background noise from your mic on calls, plus meeting notes.
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LALAL.AI
Splitting songs into vocals, drums, bass and other separate stems.
Images and design
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Midjourney
Polished, artistic images with a distinctive look; also short video clips.
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ChatGPT Images
Making and editing images by chatting, including photo edits and text in images.
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Gemini (Nano Banana)
Quick image generation and photo edits inside Gemini, free with a Google account.
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Adobe Firefly
Images, video and audio in one app, with Adobe, Google and OpenAI models.
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Ideogram
Images with accurate text: posters, logos, thumbnails and social graphics.
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Leonardo.Ai
Many image and video models, presets and custom model training in one app.
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Canva AI
Turning a prompt into editable social posts, flyers, slides and other designs.
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Krea
One app for many image and video models, real-time generation and upscaling.
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Draw Things
Free, private image and video generation on your own Mac, iPhone or iPad.
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ComfyUI
Node-based local workflows with full control over open image and video models.
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Recraft
Vector graphics, icons and on-brand illustrations you can export as SVG.
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Magnific (formerly Freepik)
Stock assets plus many image, video and audio models and upscaling.
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Adobe Photoshop
Precise photo editing, with Generative Fill to add, remove or extend content.
Video and avatars
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Synthesia
Training and explainer videos with AI presenters, in 140+ languages.
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HeyGen
Talking-avatar videos of yourself, plus video translation with lip-sync.
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Runway
Generating and editing short film clips from text, images or video.
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Google Flow
Google's studio for making video clips and scenes from prompts and images.
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Kling
Realistic short video clips from text or images, with native audio.
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Pika
Quick, playful video clips and effects; also runs other companies' models.
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Luma Agents
Creative workspace with AI agents for video, images and audio; replaced Dream Machine.
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Pictory
Turning blog posts, scripts or slides into narrated videos with captions.
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InVideo AI
Making and editing videos by describing them; AI agents cut, script and generate.
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Fliki
Text-to-video with a large voice library; good for faceless social videos.
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CapCut
Free phone and desktop editing for short social videos, with AI tools.
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Descript
Editing video and podcasts by editing the transcript, like a document.
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Adobe Firefly
Video, images and audio in one app, with Adobe, Google and OpenAI models.
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Captions
Editing talking-head clips on your phone: auto captions, AI edits, avatars.
Run AI on your own computer
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Ollama
Download and run open models with one command; local API for other apps.
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LM Studio
Point-and-click desktop app to find, download and chat with local models.
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llama.cpp
The engine behind many local apps; full control from the terminal.
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MLX (mlx-lm)
Running and fine-tuning models on Apple silicon Macs from Python or the terminal.
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Open WebUI
Self-hosted ChatGPT-style web interface for Ollama or any OpenAI-compatible model.
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Jan
Open-source ChatGPT-style desktop app that runs models offline.
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Msty Studio
Desktop workspace for local and online models, with document chat and personas.
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Draw Things
Local image and video generation on iPhone, iPad and Mac.
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ComfyUI
Node-based workflows for image and video models; steep learning curve, very flexible.
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AnythingLLM
Chat with your own documents using local or cloud models; desktop app.
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Pinokio
One-click installer and launcher for open-source AI apps, no terminal needed.
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Invoke (InvokeAI)
Image generation app with a canvas for repainting parts of a picture or extending it.
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MacWhisper
Private transcription of audio and video on your Mac using Whisper.
Prices are the cheapest US plan on each vendor's site or US App Store listing when we checked, before tax. They change often, so confirm before you buy. Looking for the models behind these apps? See AI models and what they're good for.