The internet is a wonderful place: you can find answers to the most random questions you ever have, you can listen to music, watch movies, get something to eat without stepping foot outside, connect with people on the other side of the world, and other awesome things.
You know what is more awesome? That there are so many useful websites, apps, and services that are totally free. Redditor_2017 asked “What free things online should everyone take advantage of?“ and people came with an abundance of various resources, ranging from educational sites to ones giving financial services.
So here is a compilation of the amazing things that can be found online for free. Don’t forget to upvote the ones which you would use and feel free to add to the list in the comments!
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#1 Dolly Partons Imagination Library
Dolly Partons Imagination Library if you have a child younger than 5. The send an age appropriate book once a month. It's amazing! I have so many books for my daughter since I signed up and she loves getting them in the mail!
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#2 Photopea
Photopea. It's a Photoshop clone that is completely free (unintrusive side banner ad, can be removed by a one time payment) and has all the basic features of Photoshop, using basically the same interface. If you're used to Photoshop and just need to get something quick done, there's nothing better out there. Best of all, it's completely contained within your browser. There's no installation, no local files, not even an account or sign in.
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#3 Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg. Lots of free classic books.
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#4 Skiplagged
Skiplagged for flights. It’s so good that United sued them and lost. They essentially exploit the pricing manipulation that airlines use. Example, if you want to go from Phoenix to Atlanta, sometimes a ticket from Phoenix to Ft. Lauderdale connecting through Atlanta is cheaper. This website finds those flights for ya. Just don’t check in a bag!
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#5 My 90s TV
My 90s TV. This is more of a novelty website, but I think it's pretty cool and you can lose yourself for hours with nostalgia. It basically uses YouTube videos to simulate watching TV in 90s and you can specify what year you want and what categories you want to see when you change channels. There is also a My 80s TV and a My 70s TV
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#6 Scihub
Scihub. Endless Free college books
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#7 Khan Academy
Use Khan Academy for literally everything. It’s free knowledge that you can use to clep out of university courses, or to simply invest your time in a worthwhile topic. Free quality education is best education.
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#8 Futureme
Futureme. You can write letters to yourself (or other people) in the future! I personally love this type of self reflection and self support from my past self. This way, I'll always have someone wishing me a happy birthday, even if it's just past me.
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#9 Gimp
GIMP, it’s a free version of photoshop.
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#10 Waze And Google Maps
Google Maps and Waze are so useful if still blows my mind that they are free. Waze does have ads that show up when you are stopped but it's still free and had a lot of great features. They have slowly been moving the more popular features to Google Maps too like speed trap reports and current speed/speed limit.
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#11 Unsplash
Unsplash is where you can get free photos of just about anything, provided by the photographers themselves, to do with what you like.
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#12 Camelcamelcamel
Camelcamelcamel is really nice to track online prices to help you get the best deal. Also Black Friday is a myth and the sales aren't good at all.
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#13 Archive
Archive has lots of old but free content. For example a lot of DOS games, directly playable through the browser.
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#14 Terms Of Service; Didn't Read
Terms of Service; Didn't Read. A free site for people too lazy to read the entire ToS.
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#15 Top Class Actions
Top Class Actions basically a site that lists active class action lawsuits you might qualify for. I've used it for trivial things like suing red bull for a free case because it "didn't give me wings" but on a serious note. It made me aware of the suit against Equifax for leaking my data. That should be a settlement worth over a $100. It's a cool way to hold corporations semi accountable, and score some money/freebies for any wrongdoing that went under the radar.
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#16 Duolingo
Duolingo I have been using this for quick Spanish lessons with my morning coffee for a couple years now. It doesn't override the need to take classes for college credits, but I recently had to take a course and it was a breeze. There are a few hundred languages that it teaches and the mobile app makes it easy to do anywhere while waiting.
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#17 Freecycle
Freecycle its litterly people giving away stuff they dont need/want any more that they can't/don't care enough to sell
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#18 1aauto
1aauto. It is a car parts supplier, but their videos show exactly what tools you need, what parts you need, and how to do a repair yourself. Great money saver if you don’t know much about mechanics. Someone I knew was going to get screwed by their mechanic (700 bucks for a water pump replacement). Showed them that, they did it themselves for 30 bucks. It makes it quicker too, knowing what tools you need ahead of time for your particular car.
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#19 Free File
If you're in the USA and you earn less than a certain amount of money -- currently $69,000 -- you can use the same software to file your taxes for free. The system is called Free File, and companies that sell you tax software are trying very hard to make it difficult to find. Don't let them.
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#20 Mit Opencourseware
Most large universities have their courses online for free. MIT Opencourseware.
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#21 Zotero
Maybe not everyone, but for students Zotero is a lifesaver. It will store your sources, import them to a bibliography in whatever citation style you need, and even create in-text citations in your paper. It saves hours of work.
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#22 Openlearn
OpenLearn from the UK’s Open University - free courses for all levels of study, samples of university materials, study skills nd tie-ins to BBC documentaries. Everything under Creative Commons licence so you can use it as you see fit: https://ift.tt/2YBNgTC
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#23 Heavens Above
Astronomer here! You can look up all the satellites flying over your house tonight, including the ISS, Hubble Space Telescope, those pesky Starlink satellites, and whatever else your heart desires, complete with star maps and precise timing. The website is called Heavens Above and there is an Android app, but unfortunately no iOS one last I checked. (For iOS I use “Sputnik!” which is free and tells me the ISS and Hubble passes overhead.) It should be noted btw that many if not most of these objects are visible even in a city if on a good pass right above you. So out and see some cool stuff! :)
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#24 Library Genesis
Library Genesis, a great place to look for and download college/university textbooks for free, as well as other books.
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#25 The Anki Flashcard
The anki flashcard app for laptops is really dope for committing things to long-term memory and is free
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#26 Google Drive
If you have a .edu email through your school that uses Gmail, you get unlimited Google drive storage.
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#27 Nexus Mods
Nexus mods. Nexus mods has thousands of video game mods, made by independent content creators, available to download at no cost. I recently downloaded a bunch of mods for a new Fallout 3 playthrough from nexus! The game still crashes every 15 minutes but damn it’s still soo good.
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#28 Flightradar24
Flightradar24. It allows you to see plane traffic live
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#29 Thenounproject
Thenounproject has a wide selection of icons. I use them for presentations!
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#30 Honey
Honey app. That thing saved me a good bit on different things.
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#31 Nobaproject
Nobaproject. It's a website that has compiled Psychology topics into easy to read modules. They have been compiled by psychology university professors to help facilitate free education for students. You can even download the ones you're interested as a PDF as many times as you want. All of this is free!
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#32 Freebooksy
If you're an avid reader like me, then Freebooksy is a godsend. Lots of ebooks that a free for a limited time period and you can sign up for newsletters in the genres you prefer.
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#33 Blender
Just started using Blender, an open source video editor and animation tool. Good for making YouTube videos.
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#34 Atlasquest, Libby, Dhamma
Last time this was posted, I learned about Letterboxing (fun, free, outdoor activity - AtlasQuest), Libby (Free library audiobooks and ebooks - get it in the app store) and free meditation retreats (dhamma). I'm definitely saving this post.
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#35 Melody Ml
I recently found this melody.ml. Use it. I swear. U can isolate vocals, drums, bass from mp3. Files You'll need an email address to download the isolated files
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#36 Codecademy
Codecademy is an awesome site to learn how to use some programming languages. Doesn't get into the really advanced stuff, but it's good for a start.
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#37 Fotoforensics
Fotoforensics. Wanna know if that pic on the front page of reddit is photoshopped? Takes some skill to learn how to use but they have tutorials on the site.
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#38 Ninite
Ninite. One place to select what you want installed, without all the hassle. I use it for freshly formatted PC's to reinstall everything.
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#39 Youtube
YouTube lessons on how to do anything your heart desires.
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