Software & Apps

We’ve collected our favorite picks—from dozens of guides and hundreds of hours of research and testing—to make your home office more productive and comfortable.

Of more than 20 to-do list apps we considered, we found TickTick and Things 3 were the best at adapting to real life, instead of making you adapt to them.

Adobe Scan’s simple design, high-quality output, free cloud storage, and $0 price make it an excellent choice.

TunnelBear is the most transparent and trustworthy VPN provider offering fast, secure connections and easy setup.

After testing 10 videoconferencing services, we’re sure Zoom is the best choice for online meetings for everyone from freelancers to growing small businesses.

The Raspberry Pi offers a good, inexpensive way to stream games from a PC to a TV now that Valve has discontinued the Steam Link. We’ll show you how to do it.

If you need a better photo editor than the one that came with your phone, Adobe Lightroom is the best you can get, with a surprisingly generous free mode.

We spent 40-plus hours testing more than 50 recommendations from educators, experts, and parents to find the best educational apps and games for kids.

After roughly 60 hours researching and testing, we think that SleepScore is the best app for tracking and improving sleep.

Follow these simple steps to lock down your devices and accounts and take back some control over who has access to your data.

We tested seven parental-control options and found that Apple Screen Time is the best for iOS users, and Google Family Link is best for Android users.

After researching 18 tracking apps and timing our jobs with seven of them, we found Toggl the most adaptable and helpful way to know what you worked on.

Backblaze is the best online backup service for most people thanks to fast, reliable performance, plus simple setup, useful features, and an attractive price.

We prepared 14 fake returns on seven different online tax-prep sites to find the best ways to file your 2018 taxes.

If you want to send a short document, FaxZero is the simplest, fastest free online service for sending a high-quality fax.

The free, cross-platform Audacity provides everything you need to get started creating great-sounding podcasts.

From password managers to backup software, here are the apps and services everyone needs to protect themselves from security breaches and data loss.

We found that the AI-based Temi is the best transcription service for people who need a readable and affordable transcript for general reference.