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Available for download from the Windows Store.LIGHTSHOTAvailable for download here.ONENOTEAvailable for download from the Windows Store.CHROMEAvailable for download from Google's site.FRANZAvailable for download here.TWEETENAvailable for download from the Windows Store.NEXTGEN READERAvailable for download from the Windows Store.PLEXAvailable for download from the Windows Store.VLCAvailable for download from VideoLAN.STEAMAvailable for download from Valve.READITAvailable for download from the Windows Store.SKETCHABLEAvailable for download from the Windows Store.NOTEPAD++WOXAvailable for download from Notepad's site.***Warning : you tare going to get pissed, scroll down and enjoy!***WUNDERLISTOver the break, take some time to get organized and ready for the new year. It's hard to go wrong with to-do app Wunderlist, and the full-featured app has reminders, due dates, and perhaps most importantly, it seamlessly syncs across iOS, Android, Mac, and when you need it, the web.Windows 10 has a great Snipping Tool built-in, but Lightshot makes things even easier to share a screenshot with some annotations. You can even assign the app to use the default PrtScn button on a keyboard, and have it automatically upload and copy the URL to the clipboard to make it easy to share screenshots on social networks, in emails, and over messaging apps. Best of all, it's free.Similar to Evernote, Microsoft's OneNote note-taking app can be almost anything you want it to be. You can save text, pictures, and links to your library, and it's all synced to the cloud for easy searching and sharing. It's also available for iOS, Android, and Mac, so you can sync all your notes across all the devices you own.Chrome is still the best Windows browser thanks to its many extensions and apps. The built-in Chromecast support also makes it the best way to stream anything to your TV, whether it’s The Verge or an episode of Game of Thrones.These days there are so many messaging services that you're probably using a combination to speak to friends, family, or even coworkers. Franz combines the most popular ones into a single app so you don't have to go install a bunch of different apps. You can tab through services quickly, and popular services like Messenger, WhatsApp, Slack, Skype, Telegram, and WeChat are all supported.Twitter's default app for Windows 10 is fine, but it's rather basic. If you're looking for TweetDeck on Windows, then meet Tweeten. It takes the web interface of TweetDeck and makes it a lot more Windows 10 friendly, with some additional options to make it fit well into Microsoft's dark UI.Nextgen ReaderIf you read a lot of news then an RSS reader is essential. Nextgen Reader is the best you'll find on Windows 10. It’s a clean, useful $1.99 app that works well with a touchscreen or a keyboard and mouse. You can sync for offline support, pin feeds to your Start screen so you never miss a thing, and much more.plexPlexIf you're a fan of organizing your photo and video collection then download Plex. It's free from the Windows Store, and it creates a media center of all your content that you can stream to all your devices. If you've also got an Xbox One, then you can download the app to your console and start streaming content from your PC.vlcVLC Media Player has been around for years, and it's still an essential Windows app. It might not be the best-looking media player, but it plays everything perfectly and you don't have to pay a cent.Steam clientSteam is Valve’s downloadable storefront where you can buy popular games like Fallout 4, indie titles like FTL, and everything in between. You can even connect your PC up to your TV and use the Big Picture Mode to turn your PC into a console.Readit is by far the best Windows app for Reddit fans. You can get notifications, Live Tiles, and support for gold features all as part of a well-designed app. It's also free and runs across Windows 10 devices and Windows Phone.If you were lucky to get a Surface device over the holidays then Sketchable is one of the best apps to show off your Surface Pen skills. You can use it to draw and doodle for hours, and it even supports the Surface Dial if you're interested in taking your drawing skills a little further.If you’re still using Windows’ default notepad app, you’re doing it wrong. Notepad++ adds powerful features like regular expressions, tabbed browsing, and the ability to compare two documents side by side. Color-coded syntax highlighting makes it particularly useful if you code or work with websites.Wox is full-featured launcher that lets you find apps and files or quickly search the web. If you're used to Alfred on the Mac, or want a more powerful way to search your PC then Wox is the best alternative right now. Wox is free for use and open-sourced at Github, and you can even extend its functionality with plugins.Available for download from Github.Office SuiteThere’s a lot of software out there for your PC: some of it good, most of it bad, plenty of it free. As great as the Internet is, it makes it easy to get your hands on the bad stuff through a dodgy advert or malicious message saying that you have a virus and “need to install an antivirus immediately.” I’ve trawled the Internet for the best free software and apps in every major category we could think of, picking our top choices for each one. Enjoy!If you want to skip straight to a specific section, you can do so below:1. Libre Office – Libre Office is a great free alternative to Microsoft Office, and it packs all the office tools you’d ever need for your office tasks.2. Calligra – Calligra Office Suite includes all the office tools including a word processor, a spreadsheet processor, and a presentation maker to help you with your office tasks. In addition to that it also has a visual database creator that helps you create databases on your PC.3. SoftMaker FreeOffice – SoftMaker FreeOffice is free for both personal and professional use and is a complete office suite to match all your office task requirements.4. WPS Office Personal Edition – This one is the perfect multi-language office suite solution for your office management. In addition to office tools, it has PDF tools to help you work with the PDF files on your PC.5. Google Docs – Google Docs is Google’s online office suite, and it’s a widely used tool for personal use as well as professional. And it’s free, too.If you want more info about free office apps for Windows, take a peek at our list of the best Microsoft Office alternatives.Note-taking apps6. Evernote – Evernote is a great note-taking app that helps you jot down your thoughts in the form of notes and save them online to be accessed from any of the supported devices.7. OneNote – Microsoft OneNote is a digital note-taking app that helps you give shape to your ideas when you jot them down in this app.8. Google Keep – Google Keep is Google’s note-taking app which is simple yet powerful. You can create notes like sticky notes and drag them around your screen to place them in various categories.9. Apple Notes – Apple Notes is a note-taking app that works in the cloud and helps you access your notes on all your devices including your Windows PC.10. Simplenote – As the name suggests, this app keeps things simple in both usability and interface. It syncs across multiple devices and uses the Markdown syntax if you want to format your notes.Would you like to know more? Check out our list of the best OneNote alternatives for Windows (which doesn’t include OneNote, obviously).Web Browsers11. Google Chrome – Google Chrome is one of the most popular web browsers available, and it has a number of features as well as extra features that can be added using extensions.12. Mozilla Firefox – Firefox is also one of the more popular web browsers, and it comes with many great features, plus it has its own add-ons repository for you to add new features to it.13. Opera – The “fourth” major web browser gets a lot less press than its rivals but is super-fast with a neat interface, and even comes pre-packaged with a free VPN.14. Microsoft Edge – It may seem like a cop-out to include the default Windows 10 web browser, but Microsoft Edge feels slick and spacious and now has mobile versions that it syncs seamlessly with.15. Yandex Browser – Yandex Browser is a secure and quick browser alternative to the other popular browsers available on the market. It’s faster because it has turbo mode that gets enabled when your Internet speed slows down so you don’t suffer.Media Players16. VLC Media Player – With support for dozens of file formats, the VLC Media Player is your go-to media player for playing all your media files. It comes at no cost and plays almost all the file formats.17. KMPlayer – KMPlayer is a freeware tool that helps you play a number of media file formats on your PC. It comes with 36 different languages if you’d prefer to have it in your native language.18. SMPlayer – SMPlayer is an open-source media player that comes with the most codec for you to be able to play all the formats of media files on your PC. It also allows you to watch YouTube videos and download and use subtitles for your files.19. Potplayer – Potplayer plays almost all types of media formats as it supports OpenCodec where you can add your own codec whenever you want. It uses hardware acceleration to provide users with a smooth media playing environment.If you’re looking to get your groove on, also check out our list of the best free music players for WindowsFile Compression20. WinRAR – WinRAR helps you extract a number of archive formats including ZIP and RAR on your computer. The software also lets you see files inside an archive before you actually extract the files. It’s a popular software, and you should definitely get it on your computer.21. 7-Zip – In our tests, this is the archiving format that won our hearts. It’s fast, open-source and crucially does a better job of compressing files than its rivals.22. IZArc – IZArc helps you zip and unzip files and also helps you encrypt your files so that no unauthorized person can access them. It supports 7-ZIP, RAR, TAR and many other formats for extraction.23. PeaZip – PeaZip is an open-source archive extraction utility built for Windows and Linux machines. The utility helps you extract RAR, TAR, and ZIP files and also helps you encrypt them for better security.Want to find out which compression software rules them all? Read our 7-Zip vs WinRAR vs WinZIP comparison.Instant Messaging24. Telegram – Telegram is a really great alternative to WhatsApp, and it has native apps for many of the popular platforms including Windows. The app lets you send and receive messages from your contacts, and it also helps you interact with the bots.25. Viber – If you’re looking for free and good quality voice and video calls, then Viber is a great choice for you, as it has all these features plus the feature for texting your friends. A native app is available for Windows OS.26. Skype – The veteran voice-calling software doubles as a highly effective messaging app. It’s all the more effective now that it has a proper Windows app version, too.27. WhatsApp Web – Okay, so you can’t use this one without syncing it with your phone via a QR code, but what does it matter? You combine the convenience of WhatsApp with the convenience of a proper keyboard – particularly handy if you’re looking to win an argument with a friend who’s confined to typing on a touchscreen!Email Clients28. Mailbird – Mailbird lets you bring all your email accounts to one place and manage them all from there so that you don’t need to go to multiple places to manage your multiple email accounts.29. Inky – Inky is designed especially for encrypted and digitally signed emails so that they remain secure while they are transmitted through the Internet. It works with most email types and is a good email client for your daily use.30. Thunderbird – Mozilla’s offering still rules the roost when it comes to desktop email clients, and recent updates have done a great job of modernising its interface to make it a bit more welcoming.31. Opera Mail – Opera Mail is a lightweight and customizable email client for Windows PC. The software makes it really easy for you to read your emails, label them however you want, and also do filtering to get to the emails you actually want to read.If you’re looking for something a little more security-focused, read our list of the best secure email services.Torrent Managers32. BitTorrent – BitTorrent is one of the most popular torrent clients available with support for torrents as well as magnet links. It also supports playing media files directly from the torrent which is an exclusive feature for Windows users.33. qBittorrent – qBittorrent is a free alternative to uTorrent that was built by developers in their spare time and has all the standard features that you expect from a torrent client.34. Deluge – Deluge, as the company says, is a feature-rich BitTorrent client for popular operating systems. It has GTK+, the Web, and console interfaces for its users.35. BitLord – BitLord is the easiest way to download torrents and to also stream them on your PC. It has the playlist feature for you to keep your torrents in order and also lets you read and write comments for the torrents.You can also read our in-depth feature about the legality of torrents.Anti-Spyware and Anti-Virus36. Malwarebytes – Malwarebytes keeps your PC safe from harmful threats and makes sure you always have a secure environment on your PC.37. AdwCleaner – AdwCleaner helps you clean Adware and Toolbars from your PC that have been installed by other software on your computer. It’s a must-have tool if your PC has a lot of toolbars and adware and you want to get rid of all it.38. Kaspersky TDSSKiller – Kaspersky TDSSKiller is an anti-rootkit tool that lets you remove rootkits from your PC. Root-kits are utilities that help malware hide on your PC.39. Norton Power Eraser – Norton Power Eraser is a virus removal tool that detects viruses that cannot be found by other anti-virus tools and helps you remove them from your PC.40. USB Disk Security – A well-known source of threats is a USB drive, and USB Disk Security helps you keep your PC safe from infections that could come from plugging a USB drive into your computer.41. Avira – Avira has won awards for being a good anti-virus and helps you remove and stay safe from malware and spyware on your PC.42. Panda – Panda is an anti-virus that helps you protect your computer from various kinds of spyware and viruses.Or maybe you’re scratching your head and questioning the need for antivirus software altogether? If so, check out our piece on whether antivirus software is relevant anymore.FTP Clients43. Cyberduck – Cyberduck is a popular FTP client that helps you connect to your FTP server and upload and remove files to and from the server.44. WinSCP – WinSCP is an FTP client that supports both normal FTP and secure FTP connections for you to upload and download files from an FTP server. It focuses on the security of the files that are being exchanged.45. CoreFTP – CoreFTP has tons of features like FTP, SFTP, SSL, TLS, site-to-site transfers, and so on. It also supports the drag and drop of files and file view and editing for you to interact with your files.46. FileZilla – Everyone likes an app with the “Zilla” suffix in it, and there’s a lot else to like here, too, such as transfer speed control, great file management, and color-coding to show that files are in sync.Password Managers47. LastPass – LastPass is a great password manager for Windows (and other OSes too). Not only does it save passwords for you, it also helps you auto-fill forms on websites and generate random passwords.48. KeePass – KeePass is an open-source password manager that helps you store your passwords in a highly secure and encrypted database which can be opened using a master password.49. Enpass – Enpass saves your passwords for you so that you don’t need to save those really confidential passwords in simple text files which can be read by anyone. It has auto-fill on the go so that you don’t need to enter your passwords whenever you visit a website where you have saved a password. Not only does it help you save passwords, it also helps you save bank accounts, credit cards, and passports in a secret and safe environment.50. Encryptr – Encryptr is a free and private password manager for your PC that lets you save passwords, generate secure passwords, search for saved passwords, and has zero knowledge cloud so only you know your passwords and even the server.Iso Management Software51. Integrated ISO software – First, don’t forget that Windows 10 has integrated ISO mounting software, which does a perfectly decent job of mounting and unmounting common disc image formats.52. DAEMON Tools Lite – DAEMON Tools Lite allows you to back up your CD/DVD/Blu-ray disks into so-called disk images that you can store wherever you want. It also helps with extracting the disk images for you to see what’s inside them.53. WinCDEmu – WinCDEmu is an open-source CD and DVD emulator that supports most major disk image formats including ISO, CUE, BIN, RAW, and IMG. It helps you mount these disk images as disk drives on your computer.Read more about our favorite ISO mounting software for all platformsDownload Managers54. Internet Download Manager – Even after so many years, Internet Download Manager remains one of the best download managers for Windows, as nothing beats the functionalities it offers to its users. It helps you download files and manage them in a list, and there are tons of other features.55. Free Download Manager – As the name implies, Free Download Manager is free and manages downloads for your PC and lets you download files off the Web and save them on your computer. It accelerates downloads so that your files get downloaded quickly.56. FlashGet – FlashGet puts your downloads into sections and downloads them separately to accelerate the speed of downloads. It also helps you trigger your anti-virus for scanning the files that you have downloaded to your PC.57. JDownloader – JDownloader is an open-source download manager for Windows that comes with a number of features. It helps you pause and resume downloads, auto extract archives when they have been downloaded, and set bandwidth for the file downloads.58. Microsoft Download Manager – Microsoft Download Manager makes downloading files simple and reliable for you with its various functions for better downloading of files on your Windows PC.For a few more options, check out Laura Tucker’s list of interesting download managers she discovered.Screenshot Tools59. Snipping Tool – Windows’ built-in snipping tool is a nice and snappy way to grab whole screens or just sections of screen, saving it in JPG, PNG and even GIF formats.60. Greenshot – Greenshot is an open-source and free screenshot tool that helps you capture the screen of your PC and save it as an image file on your computer. You have a number of options to choose from when you take a screenshot such as if you want to take a full screenshot or just the selected region.61. Lightshot – Lightshot lets you take customizable screenshots on your PC. It helps you take either full-screen or selected region’s screenshots, and you can then use the built-in editor to quickly edit the captured screenshot on your PC.62. ShareX – ShareX is an open-source screenshot tool for Windows that allows you to capture either full-screen or selected regions of your screen and save them as files somewhere on your PC or in your clipboard. It also has a screen recorder and a number of other features for all of your screen-capturing tasks.63. 7capture – 7capture lets you capture your screenshots in transparent mode which means it lets you have screenshots of rounded corner app windows. Also, it lets you remove the background image from the transparent bars of apps so you get the perfect quality screenshot you want.64. DuckCapture – DuckCapture comes with many features to help you take various types of screenshots on your PC, and it also allows you to edit them with its rich editing tools.Code Editors65. Notepad++ – Notepad++ has been on the market for years and is still one of the best code editors out there. The app supports a number of programming languages for syntax highlighting and is available for free.66. jEdit – jEdit is a code editor that is written in Java and works on a number of platforms including Windows. It supports over 200 languages and is a mature programmer’s code editor – as the company says.67. Crimson Editor – Crimson Editor is made for professionals to edit source codes on a Windows PC. It’s a text editor, an HTML editor, and supports a few other languages as well.68. Araneae – Araneae is a simple tool, but don’t judge its features by its looks. It’s been developed to create web scripts in the most simplest way possible on a Windows PC.69. EditPad Lite – EditPad Lite can be a replacement for the Notepad app on your PC. It’s a basic tool with all the features you need to write and edit codes on your computer.70. ATPad – ATPad is written in pure C and is a good text editor with tabbed interface, customization, word wrapping, and so on.Photo Editors71. Pixlr – Pixlr is a web-based photo editor that you can access using a web browser from your Windows PC. It lets you edit your photos and apply various effects to them. All for free.72. PhotoScape – PhotoScape makes editing your photos easier than ever with its easy-to-use features and a nice interface.73. GIMP – The long-standing alternative to Photoshop, with much of the versatility of Adobe’s app compressed into a free open-source package.74. Paint.net – The classic old-school photo editing tool, this is somewhere between MS Paint (RIP) and Photoshop in terms of complexity. A nice intro for photo editing beginners.If you want more info, then we have plenty more to say about the best free photo editors.eBook Readers and Tools75. NOOK – NOOK gives you an incredible reading experience on your PC and allows you to read a number of ebooks right on your computer.76. Ice Cream eBook Reader – Ice Cream eBook Reader is a free MOBI and EPUB eBook reader for Windows PCs that lets you read ebooks available in multiple formats, helps you manage your library, and also helps you add notes and bookmarks to your books.77. Cover – Cover is mostly a comic reader that allows you to read your favorite comics in a really great-looking user interface.78. Calibre – Calibre was designed to make managing your eBooks as easy as possible and does that job perfectly with its neat and clean features.79. FBReader – FBReader stands for Favorite Book Reader, which is a multiple platform-supported eBook reader. It also has support for a number of eBook formats.Game Emulators80. RetroArch – Not technically an emulator in itself, but a platform within which you can download and run specially tailored versions of every emulator you can dream of. The ultimate emulation platform.81. ePSXe – ePSXe is a PlayStation emulator that allows you to play the old PlayStation games right on your Windows computer. It can be easily configured, and you can get started within seconds.82. PCSX2 – PCSX2 is a PlayStation 2 emulator that lets you play almost all of the PlayStation 2 compatible games on your Windows PC. It has a support rate of 80% which means most PS2 games can be played using this emulator on your PC.83. SNES9x – The foremost emulator for SNES games, this is widely agreed to be the most accurate SNES emulator and is still being updated to this day. Great selection of screen filters, too.84. VisualBoyAdvance – VisualBoyAdvance is a Gameboy and GameboyAdvance emulator for your Windows PC that can play a number of games in an emulated environment on your PC.85. Dolphin – This GameCube and Wii emulator is a work of wonder, letting you play most games flawlessly, and with plenty of options to boost their visual quality to jaw-dropping levels.86. Project64 – Project64 is a Nintendo 64 emulator that helps you play Nintendo games on your PC.If you’re concerned about the legality of emulators, we have the answers for you here.Diagramming and Charts87. LibreOffice Draw – An excellent diagramming tool that comes packageded with LibreOffice, letting you create flowcharts and other diagrams. It comes with a free Viso-like shapes package, too!88. LucidChart – A web-based diagramming tool with a convenient drag-and-drop interface and plenty of collaboration options.89. yED Graph Editor – Bright and very user friendly, yED is great for everything from charting family trees to complex network infrastructures.90. Graphviz – At thirty years old, Graphviz is ancient in the computing world and relies on the user’s understanding of the DOT language to create all manner of sprawling charts.91. Draw.io – This browser-based tool keeps things simpler than some of the other options, letting you create fairly advanced diagrams, collaborate on them, and save them directly to the cloud.Here’s an in-depth look at all the free alternatives to Microsoft VisioBackup Software92. EaseUS Todo Backup – EaseUS Todo Backup offers comprehensive backup features that let you quickly create backups and restore the backups when your system is not performing well. When restoring, you can be selective and only choose the files you want to be restored.93. Comodo Backup – Comodo Backup allows you to back up your data to various places such as external drives, network drives, FTP, CD/DVD, and also online storage services.94. Personal Backup – Not only does Personal Backup help you back up your data, but it also protects your data from malware so that your data remains intact, and your computer is not infected with any malicious apps.95. Genie Timeline – Genie Timeline is a fast and lightweight app that helps you back up your data with just two steps, and it automatically purges to save memory space on your PC. It’s the kind of app that you set once, and then it does everything automatically.96. Redo Backup – Redo Backup does something that other apps don’t, as it has the bare metal restore so your data can be backed up and restored even at the toughest times, like when your hard disk goes haywire.System Optimization97. CCleaner – Even after so many years, CCleaner still remains one of the best system optimizers for Windows PCs. The tool cleans up your system to speed it up and also helps you run your programs in an optimized environment.98. Iolo System Mechanic – The lightweight version of Iolo’s all-powerful PC cleaning suite will suffice for most people. It’s quite possibly the best at scouring your PC for junk files, has a nifty registry cleaner, a robust utility for controlling startup programs, and registry cleaner.99. PC Decrapifier – As the name implies, PC Decrapifier helps you remove the crap out of your system so it runs smoothly and error-free. It helps you remove all the garbage that is contributing to the slow speeds of your PC.100. JetClean – JetClean helps you optimize your PC with a single-click. It tunes up your system and fixes any errors that might be slowing down your PC. It helps you save yourself from having your PC crash with all the garbage that your PC eventually gets filled up with.101. Space Sniffer – Space Sniffer allows you to see what some of the items are that occupy a large chunk of your PC’s memory space. You can then drill down further and see what all those files are, and you can then get them removed if you find them to be useless files.

Please note most of the apps in this list are for Windows 10 Mobile, I’ll try to add some Windows Phone 8.1 apps too but they’re quite limited.Explorer for 9GAG – Windows Apps on Microsoft Store Unofficial 9GAG client for Windows 10 Mobile, it has all the features of the official client including uploads, downloads, up vote, down vote, comments, video etc.Awesome Tube - Best Youtube Client – Windows Apps on Microsoft Store The unofficial YouTube client for Windows 10 Mobile, it has all the features of the official YouTube client including uploads, comment, like etc. However it does contain one additional feature, i.e., it lets you download videos, even videos which aren’t allowed to be preloaded on official YouTube client can be downloaded via this app and by download I mean full fledged downloads to your storage not just preload.pin.it – Windows Apps on Microsoft StoreUnofficial Pinterest client for Windows Phone 8.1 and Windows 10 Mobile, it has all the features of the official Pinterest client with some additional features like multiple account support, user boards, interests, categories. Its UI is better than the official Pinterest client.Baconit – Windows Apps on Microsoft StoreUnofficial Reddit client for Windows 10 Mobile, it has all the features of the official Reddit client and it’s one of the rare cases wherein a unofficial app has a better UI and more user friendly than the official app.Pushile / Windows PhoneUnofficial Pushbullet client for Windows Phone 8.1 and Windows 10 Mobile and as of now it’s the only Pushbullet client which works without any problems. It was taken down from Microsoft store due to copyright infringement issues but you can download it from the link given above.After downloading it launch the “Settings” menu, under “Update & Security” open “For developers” menu. In that menu you’ll see 3 options.Under it you would see three options:-“Windows Store Apps”“Sideload Apps”“Developer Mode”Enable “Developer Mode”Through file explorer navigate to your download folder and click on the .xap file to begin installation. If it doesn’t happen at first then click on it multiple times till it throws a error that there’s some problem with the package (Usually after 2 or 3 trials). Now go to your main menu and you would see Pushile successfully installed.After installation do remember to disable the “Developer mode”. Do remember I don’t promote piracy. The app called Pushile provided here is an free app and I’m providing it because it’s no more available in the store.Poki for Pocket – Windows Apps on Microsoft Store Best Pocket client for Windows Phone 8.1 and Windows 10 Mobile, it has all the features of the official Pocket client.ScummVM – Windows Apps on Microsoft Store If you miss the old school point and click games then this emulator is for you. It lets you play old LucasArts point and click games like Monkey Island 1 and 2, Curse of Monkey Island and other point and click games. The Windows 10 Mobile version is hands down the best mobile version of ScummVM I’ve ever used. Due to some odd reason it is faster and smoother than its Android counterpart and it got a lot of additional features like texture improvements and HQ3X rendering mode which aren't available on ScummVM for Android, truth be told those options are found only on PC and Mac versions of ScummVMXodo PDF Reader & Editor – Windows Apps on Microsoft Store Hands down the best PDF Reader and Editor for Windows Phone 8.1 and Windows 10 Mobile. Forget Adobe PDF reader as this app has way more features than any PDF reader for Windows 10 Mobile.Kobo Books – Windows Apps on Microsoft Store Best eBook store and reader for Windows Phone 8.1 and Windows 10 Mobile. Their book catalogue is great and their prices are cheap. Other than that if you are on Windows 10 Mobile it lets you import your own eBooks (ePub) files. It syncs bookmarks and last page across all devices. This app is the near perfect iBooks and Google Play Books alternative for Windows Phone, although I’ve to admit that the page transition effect isn’t as stylish as iBooks or Google Play Books.Client for Google Photos Free – Windows Apps on Microsoft Store One and only Google Photos client, it has all the features of the official client, good for those who need it, seriously I see no reason using it because I never use Google Photos to back up my pictures.Client for Hangouts – Windows Apps on Microsoft Store Unofficial Hangouts client for Windows 10 Mobile, almost all features except video and audio chat is implemented. Good for those who need it, I see no reason in installing it either, I see no reason in using Hangouts instead of Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, Telegram or Skype.Free Music Player Online - Stream music and download mp3 – Windows Apps on Microsoft Store Yeah it has a long ass name but for suckers of free music it’s a great app. It’s available for Windows Phone 8.1 and Windows 10 Mobile. Everything about this app except its UI is disturbingly similar to Fildo on Android (A free music downloader), most probably it is based on the same API, anyway Fildo is open source so most probably the developer used the same API. On Windows 10 Mobile this app lets you download mp3 files straight into your storage and you can either use Groove Music player to play those files or play them with its in-built player, however on Windows Phone 8.1 you need to rely on its in-built music player. Almost all the mp3 are downloaded complete with their album art and metadata just like they do on Fildo.Ringtone Saver – Windows Apps on Microsoft Store Best ringtones software for Windows Phone 8.1 and Windows 10 Mobile. It lets you set mp3, wma, m4a, m4r and .ringtone files on your device or Onedrive as your ringtone. After saving the files as ringtones you can easily set the tones on a contact. You can set ringtones on different mail accounts, sms messages and other notifications other than that you can keep personalized ringtones to Contact. It works great on Windows 10 Mobile because of in-built file manager and file system access but it doesn’t work that good Windows Phone 8.1 as it doesn’t have a in-built file manager.Monocle Giraffe – Windows Apps on Microsoft Store Best unofficial Imgur client for Windows 10 Mobile, it has all the features of the official Imgur client although I’ve do agree that the name of the app is ridiculous and the icon looks stupid but the UI is better than the official Imgur app.

A lot of the answers here get this right. It can cost nothing or thousands of your favourite currency (or at least the one you use). However, I presume, if I may, that you want people to read your book. Probably, you also want to make some money, or at the very least break even.Depending on the mood of most writers they will tell you to either publish for the love of it and money isn’t an issue. Or they will actually be truthful and say it will cost more than you think unless you go the traditional route. The traditional route can even cost you money in the long run but that gets into comparative earning finances which I may touch on later.I am going to be answering this from the self-publishing route as well.The first thing I am going to tackle are the hidden costs.These fall under ‘overheads’ in normal business situations. Think of what you need to live. Staying alive costs money. You need the basics of roof over your head, water to drink and enough food to keep your body going. Of course there are multiple levels to this but we don’t think of those as costs usually. That is where the first costs of self-publishing come from. From those things you take for granted.Throughout this answer I will likely show free, cheap and expensive options for each part. That is because of the variations the other answers mention.Step one you need a computer. That computer could be a phone, an desktop computer, a laptop, someone else’s laptop or computer and so on. This isn’t to say you can’t write longhand anymore. Personally I write a lot of notes and plans longhand, a friend writes everything out longhand first. If you do then you have to make that writing digital. Most people contemplating self-publishing will already have a device to use.If you don’t have one then you can get one fairly cheap. I have an old steam driven laptop as a backup device. The battery doesn’t work so it has to be plugged in and it has the most basic of setups. It was so old it was free. My main PC is a bit of an old workhorse of a device. It struggles with some modern things and is nearing a decade in age. However, I run multiple websites, write basic code, write books and even play games on it. Not to mention the sheer quantity of other things it still does. It is a basic device still and does its job. Getting and maintaining a device are important things in this day and age. You can’t escape needing one. So the free option is find something so old that you can pick it up for free, use a library that has free computer access, use a friends device. Even use your phone, or a friend’s one. Mid level is getting a functional computer like mine. High ticket is getting a macbook or a modern laptop so you can write anywhere. I would consider a base level PC or laptop the minimum for ease of use and price.While most of us (everyone on Quora has one of those options) already own such a device it isn’t free to get (usually). I am not going to go the money route on this specific one. Essentially the cost here is time or money.Your device needs software.This is inescapable. If you want to write you need somewhere to write (digitally speaking, to input your story). There are numerous free software packages you can use, my backup computer uses libre office which is open source. You can use notes on a phone. Notepad on a PC, google docs, open office variants, pretty much any word processing software you can think of. The issue comes with actually getting the thing published. Without a laptop or PC you are going to struggle to create the file formats needed to upload, download or play with. There are some ways around this to fudge things but quite frankly that is very time consuming.If you want to kick things up a notch then you are probably using word. Currently the Microsoft package is £80 a year in the UK. I struggle to justify it but quite frankly I’m in a bind if I don’t. I love excel you see. That program is one of the finest pieces of software known to the human race. I digress. Simply put that is £80 a year for a software package that allows you to do everything with ease. It can run into issues with long documents though. Gold standard are writer specific software types. Scrivener is the top one in my opinion. It is designed around the author and writing in general. It is an added extra but is super cheap if you are serious about writing.Just like the device needed above, the more you write the cheaper these become as a cost per book. This is an important principle. If you are writing a single book then you add £80 to the cost for the Microsoft package. If you write four books and then use the software for a bunch of other things you can drop that to around £5 per book. Overheads are like that.It isn’t just writing software you want. There are programs like grammarly (not a fan personally) or my favourite, prowritingaid. These are your editing software type programs. Before your editor gets their sticky little hands on the manuscript you better have gone through that with a fine toothed comb. They are not an editor replacement, they are to help you self-edit before you go to an editor (more on editors later).Software wise you can easily through £150 a year or so to get the good stuff. If you want to write a decent novel without having to fuss around then that is a common to get at least word, if not another word processor and some type of software like prowritingaid.Now you have the computer and the software you need to consider other costs.I’m not going to spend much time on it but quite frankly you need an internet connection. At the very least a basic one. The cost of that is highly variable, and depend on the area you live in.Other ancillary costs include pens, paper, printer and ink (if you go that route), pencils, electricity for that computer. A comfortable setup so you can write without developing recurring issues etc. These are mostly things that we take for granted but if you want to be successful or break even you need the bare minimum of these items. Yes there are people who say you can get by without all or some (personally I don’t ever use a printer, as an example) but you need to be able to afford the basic costs of a life sat in front of a computer writing without damaging effects.A lot of the above is taken for granted. Mostly that is because people already have all of it for other reasons. A great example of this is that people don’t factor the cost of a television into buying a console. This is because if you can afford a console you likely already own a television. Writing is the same. The above are incidental costs and a basic set of opening hurdles. The vast majority of us could simply tick off that checklist and go on our way. They do need to be considered though.Simply put, can you afford to be a writer?Let’s get into all of those bits that are particular about publishing an ebook. The first part is the list of things you need to do to get a modicum of success, that would be breaking even or earning some extra money.Editing.Cover design.Formatting.Advertising.These are the four core things you need to be able to do, and afford, to get anywhere.Editing.You can publish a self edited book. I know. I have done this multiple times. I have had varying degrees of success but at the end of the day I was doing that to earn enough to pay for an editor. I then went back and re-released a book once edited and only released the next one when I had sent it to an editor. While not a guarantee of success it is something that needs to be done. It is quite rare to find someone who can competently edit their own writing. Never assume you are one of those people. In fact always assume you aren’t.When it comes to self-publishing you are generally using a single editor. That editor will be a line editor too. Some use more and people with money to burn use a developmental editor. The developmental edit is super expensive. I’m not saying it isn’t worth it. A good developmental editor will really help in the early stages of a career. It is just that it will cost you about as much as a half decent second hand car. Remember that any cost has to be recouped by sales too so it puts your sales target up. Say you spend £2000 on a developmental edit (they can be way way more than that). you now have to make £2000 to recoup the loss. You will also need a line editor. At that point you might as well plop down another grand for a total of £3000. That gets you an okay developmental edit and a really good line editor.I mentioned above that I earnt enough to pay for an editor from a self-edited book. I was lucky. Super lucky, in fact. That is a rare thing and I really wouldn’t recommend it unless you are desperate (I was, it was either that or save up for the next ten years to possibly maybe be able to get an editor). if you want your book to be well edited you need to shop around for cheaper deals or pay the going rate. That range is about £300-£1000 with length of the manuscript, experience of editor, quality of your manuscript and depth of editing taken into account. That is to get an edit that is worth paying someone for. I’d say about £600 is a good medium point for cost vs quality. (I have a cracking edit for £300 but that was a deal so they can be found but aren’t to be relied on).The cover.This is again complicated. Someone with art training, a good eye for detail and a knowledge of digital aspects can do a cover. The vast majority of people can’t do this. Personally I have an artistic background so can make a passable cover. All of the software I use is free (one piece because my day job has given me license to use some of their adobe stuff although that is bonus material for me). Sourcing images can be free. There are a handful of reputable sites such as Pixabay. I say reputable. Always check the image but on the whole they are good in a pinch. The issue here is limited ability and access to the quality pictures. You will often get the okay version of a picture series and possibly two or three variants if you are looking for certain types of image. For decent images you need to get some from the standard licensed image sites. We all know them so I won’t worry about repeating here.There is then the learning curve of use. I learnt about art at A-level. I then worked on digital illustration through undergraduate and masters level courses. I am still not in the same league as your average cover designer because what I do for art in that sense is different. I draw maps which are of a quality that can be used in publications. In fact I have been published that way before and also recently with Fantasy maps. That is not cover design. It is a separate skill. When it comes to covers even being able to generally produce saleable art is not enough. Cover design includes the design. If I can only just get base quality with that background the average person certainly isn’t going to get a cover that is worth anything without handing over cash to even the most basic cover designer. I paid a pittance for the digitisation of a painting I spent a week on and didn’t even finish. We aren’t even talking about the 50 concept sketches and hours of anatomy work I did. Time is also money.While cover design is a learnable skill so is being a lawyer. The factor is time. Usually a basic cover that will get you somewhere ranges from $50-$150. Better quality, and not buying off the shelf, commands higher prices so you are looking at around £500 for a top notch cover. Sometimes a lot more depending on content. Please also not the currency change. US dollars is the common currency here when dealing with freelance artists. You will need to convert that to your local currency.If you want to sell you need a good design. The image is actually secondary to this. It is how the cover is designed with the image that is the important bit. That includes typography, bleed areas, file sizes and types etc.For top end illustrated covers you can easily spend a grand too. That is gold standard and usually sci-fi or fantasy art. After all, writers are artists who want to be paid their worth, so making sure the pictorial artists are treated the same should be an easy leap of logic.Formatting.This is where I will differ from the above. Paying for this service is not worth it. Simply pop over to the draft to digital website and follow up to the download point. That is before their publication point. It is free, good and simple. Unless you are writing like a Neanderthal, or writing poetry, then the basic novel format is a simple affair. A few indents here, a chapter break there and even a basic png image (if you know how formats work) will drop you a file in pdf that can be printed and look exactly the same as something penguin-random house would produce. Learn that skill. Do not pay for it. it is super basic and you can even do it well enough in Word.Formatting should cost you nothing but a few minutes including the check for corrections. This is something I may receive flak for but I will die on this hill. Simply learning when to hit the tab button at the right time is not worth money. It is a super basic skill. Those of us who started on the earlier computers (not the super early ones I might add) aren’t even the best at this. The old school typewriter authors know these things. We shouldn’t ignore it as a newer generation of authors. We want to write well so we learn structure and that includes where the indents, paragraph spacing, and chapter breaks come. 90% of this is even automated in software. You want to be an author then you learn how that stuff works. We even have youtube to teach us. They didn’t.Upshot is formatting costs zero unless you are too lazy to even use a free service.Advertising.This is the true hidden cost of self publishing. Too often an author will self publish and think of themselves as just an author. You aren’t. You are also a publisher. that is why you eschewed the traditional publishers. The easiest way to deal with this issue is to look at why the trad publisher takes their cut.We have dealt with the edits they do, the cover and formatting too. We understand that we pay for that. What far too many self-published authors forget is that we are also shouldering that reach and advertising.To that end you need to consider the amount of money a traditional publisher would throw at a book. Unless you have had a traditional contract (or work for the publishers) you don’t know how much. I will readily admit I don’t know the true figures and until I get a trad deal (something I am considering for one of my books) I don’t actually know the numbers. However, there is a way we can compare without knowing the numbers.If a traditionally published author gets a contract they will see an average of 10% in royalties. Lower for some formats, significantly higher for an ebook but 10% is an easy to use figure and is in the ballpark as an average. Now consider that a self-published author gets a 70%-30% cut depending on where and how they put their book out. To make sure you compete with publisher clout for a mid list or higher (you did want to actually sell similar numbers right?) you then take the 10% and 70%. (yes I know that you don’t get the full seventy and the 10% isn’t the true contract term etc etc.) then you can estimate that you need to spend one seventh of the advertising budget for the same return. That is the best case scenario for comparison. It can be a straight swap for a good deal with a trad pub compared to wide sales on an ebook. In that best case we could estimate that a traditional publisher throws £2500 ish at the first time author for the advance. They need to make that. Plus the same for themselves. Plus costs (look at how much one editor costs and consider that is the most basic form). Let’s say they are super frugal and throw £7000 at your book. You need to throw £1000 for the same results on advertising to compete. That is best case scenario.It may seem like a lot but the indie author has a massive advantage. The slow burn method. Say you spend £100 on advertising in a month and get a positive return of £110. You have made £10 profit. Now put in £110. Your next block at the same rate is £121. That is super simplistic but you get the idea. As long as the indie author earns more on advertising than they spend they can escalate. A traditional publisher will need to front higher numbers and sooner to get the same results for you as an author. They can get the same return but that percentage is where it is at. The author will earn the same either way.The biggest thing here is that you need a two month buffer with money. A publishing house can do that without batting an eyelid. Your average self-published author really can’t. If you are considering a low cost computer you are likely not sitting there with a £1000 a month advertising budget before you see a return after 2 months.Let’s bring this all together into one thing.For those four points and the ancillary costs you are looking at a good £2000 minimum in cashflow you can play with. Yes, you can get lucky to break the first milestone (I did) but you need that to get started. Either that or the education to do aspects. If you consider that cover point and realise I would never have had that education without a job that helped and two degrees then you have to consider that cash flow. I’m lucky enough to have done my undergraduate the year before top up fees. My masters crippled me so much I now live in social housing but it is paid for. Even with that I can only do base level covers barely afford edits and with the recent debacle on amazon adverts my sales have disappeared. Combined income and outgoing reports still have me at break even at worst. Without that first bit of luck I would be at least £1000 in the hole.The idea that self-publishing is free and for everyone is wrong. Yes you can self-publish with zero money in. You may get lucky. More importantly you may get sales through significant effort, your job, as a factor of your online activities etc. You may not have spent money on the book but you certainly spent money or at least significant time to get there. Time is money too.In conclusion, you can self publish for free. If you do you rely on luck and innate ability. If you want to be successful it requires effort, time and money. There is no cheap and easy way over that line. Anyone who says it is completely free is lying to you. If you are poorer then you can still get there it will simply take time to scale. Always remember Facebook started in a dorm room and amazon in what was effectively a spare room in a house. Yes people with money can speed up the process but that doesn’t mean those without can’t work their way towards. Ironically the easiest way for a poorer person is to trad publish a book and then use that advance as seed money. Now thing how hard it is to trad publish.Thanks for the A2A and good luck. You will get there. We all do.