AI apps

AI products you can go and use today, not demos.

25 listed, ranked by your votes. Every one was opened and checked by hand before it went up.

Shortlist

  1. 01Screenshot of ChatGPT
    ChatGPT

    Ask questions, analyse uploaded files, generate images and run research tasks in one conversation.

    Chat & assistantsFree tier|chatgpt.com ↗

  2. 02Screenshot of Claude
    Claude

    Talk through long documents, write code and build small apps inside the chat window.

    Chat & assistantsFree tier|claude.ai ↗

  3. 03Screenshot of Cursor
    Cursor

    Edit a codebase with agents that read the whole project, from editor, terminal or pull request.

    CodingFree tier|cursor.com ↗

  4. 04Screenshot of Perplexity
    Perplexity

    Ask a question and get a cited answer pulled from current web sources.

    Search & researchFree tier|perplexity.ai ↗

  5. 05Screenshot of ElevenLabs
    ElevenLabs

    Turn writing into speech, clone a voice, or dub a video into another language.

    Video & audioFree tier|elevenlabs.io ↗

  6. 06Screenshot of Gemini Notebook
    Gemini Notebook

    Upload your own PDFs and videos, then ask questions answered only from those sources.

    Search & researchFree tier|notebook.google ↗

  7. 07Screenshot of Midjourney
    Midjourney

    Generate painterly images from text prompts, then remix and upscale the ones worth keeping.

    Images & designPaid|midjourney.com ↗

  8. 08Screenshot of Suno
    Suno

    Describe a song and get vocals, lyrics and full production back in a minute.

    Video & audioFree tier|suno.com ↗

  9. 09Screenshot of Ideogram
    Ideogram

    Generate posters and logos where the text actually renders correctly, then edit in place.

    Images & designFree tier|ideogram.ai ↗

  10. 10Screenshot of Upscayl
    Upscayl

    Enlarge blurry photos up to sixteen times on your own desktop, no upload needed.

    Images & designFree|upscayl.org ↗

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Chat & assistants 2

  • Mistral Vibe

    Draft documents, search the web and run coding agents against a European-hosted model.

  • Jan

    Run language models locally on your own computer through a desktop app, fully offline.

Writing 4

  • Lex

    Draft in a quiet editor, then ask for feedback, better word choices or titles.

  • Grammarly

    Catch grammar slips, rewrite clumsy sentences and adjust tone as you type anywhere.

  • Novelcrafter

    Keep characters, lore and timelines in a wiki while drafting chapters beside them.

  • Sudowrite

    Plot a novel, expand thin scenes and get chapter feedback from a fiction model.

Images & design 2

  • Recraft

    Generate editable vector graphics and icons that stay in one consistent brand style.

  • Napkin AI

    Paste text and get diagrams, flowcharts and infographics you can edit and export.

Video & audio 2

  • Runway

    Generate and edit video clips from prompts or stills, then cut them together.

  • MacWhisper

    Transcribe interviews, meetings and podcasts on your Mac without the audio leaving it.

Coding 3

  • Zed

    Write code in a fast Rust editor with agents, debugger and Git built in.

  • Aider

    Pair on code from your terminal; it edits files and commits to git itself.

  • Claude Code

    Hand a coding task to an agent in your terminal and review the diff.

Search & research 2

  • Elicit

    Search academic papers, then pull findings into a table with sentence-level citations.

  • Undermind

    Describe a research topic and wait while it reads hundreds of papers for you.

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