Plowing through a huge number of apps or tools and coming up empty doesn’t leave you with a good feeling. Finding a tool that’s somewhat helpful but still not what you really hoped for is not much better.

If you want to keep up with the latest design trends, continue to improve your design workflows. Or save more time or money, you have to constantly keep looking.

It’s not likely you’ll ever come across “the last tool you’ll ever need”. Few of them exist.

You can however, come close, and to make that happen we’ve selected a few of the tools we use almost every day for our web design products. If they don’t make you day, they’ll at least brighten it.

1. BeTheme

If there’s any WordPress theme out there that’s fully capable of brightening your day it’s BeTheme, the biggest theme of them all. BeTheme has all the tools you need. They’re nicely packaged within Be’s 40+ powerful core features.

Among these 40+ core features you’ll find:

• The powerful Muffin Builder page builder and Admin (Options) Panel duo
• A Shortcode Generator together with a large selection of shortcodes that enables you to create virtually any function without coding.
• A Layout Generator together with a host of header building and grid design options

If you want to get a project off to a super-fast start you have 500+ pre-built websites to work with. These pre-built websites:

• Are professionally designed
• Cover a wide range of industry sectors, business niches, and website types
• Are fully customizable, responsive, and feature UI functionality

Be is extremely flexible and easy to use and is an ideal choice for beginners and advanced web designers, agencies, and businesses.

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2. Total WordPress Theme

Plugins perform specialized functions and give users added flexibility and extendibility. Relying on too many of them can sometimes prove to be counterproductive, the solution to which is using the right tools to give you the same flexibility and functionality. The Total Drag and Drop WordPress theme is such a tool.

Rely on Total’s comprehensive set of website-building tools and features to get the job done. These include –

• 100+ WPBakery drag and drop page-building elements
• 40+ pre-built demos
• Built-in WooCommerce support
• Advanced theme customizing features
• And much more

Total was designed using CSS3 code and is SEO and Translation ready and developer friendly. It could make your day.

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3. Gimp

The GNU Image Manipulation Program, or GIMP, is a free open-source cross-platform editor used to produce graphical design elements and icons and manipulate photos and other images.

• GIMP is widely used by photographers, illustrators, and graphic designers and can be a valuable tool for web designers as well.
• Since it’s open-source, a huge variety of plugins and scripts contribute to this tools extensibility.

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4. Uncode Theme

Rich in design elements and modules of various types, Uncode’s hierarchical theme options give designers virtually total control over their content and layouts

• Uncode is ideal for creative types as well as for building portfolio and magazine-style websites.
• Uncode’s more than 70.000 sales to date has made it an Envato top seller.
• Enhanced Frontend Editor and 400+ Wireframes sections templates.

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5. Mobirise Website Builder

Mobirise is a free offline app that’s an excellent fit for web designers that need a tool to create landing pages and portfolio and other small to medium websites.

• Mobirise is drag and drop, easy to use, and requires no coding
• The Google AMP/Bootstrap 4 framework ensures sites will be lightning-fast and 100% responsive
• Design elements include 3,400+ trendy blocks and templates, 7,000 icons, 900 Google fonts, and 1M+ free images

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6. LayerSlider

With nearly a decade of history and experience on the market, LayerSlider is one of the most established and popular products with millions of active monthly users. It's a comprehensive multi-purpose tool for animation and content creation.

• No coding required. LayerSlider comes with its easy-to-use and modern drag and drop editor that anyone can use without prior experience.
• LayerSlider’s unique popup designs can contribute to improving website conversion rates.
• LayerSlider templates are designed for the needs of both advanced and beginning designers.

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7. Whatfontis

WhatFontIs is the #1 font identifier on the market. All that is required of the user is to submit a quality, distortion-free font sample.

• The user uploads an image of the font in question.
• An advanced AI system detects the font in minutes, identifies it, and also provides closest matches.
• WhatFontIs identifies where the font in question can be purchased if commercial or downloaded if free.

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8. Savah App

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Savah is a multipurpose platform for app prototyping, design sharing and collaboration, and workflow management.

Savah can –

• transform a design into an interactive prototype in minutes without coding.
• manage multiple design projects.
• help teams become more productive by enabling them to communicate and collaborate the way it should be done.

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9. XStore | Multi-Purpose WooCommerce WordPress Theme

If building eCommerce sites, or even a single eCommerce site, is your thing, XStore can make your day. Even a cursory look at some of this theme’s features shows what it can do.

• Use any of XStore’s 90 ready-to-go shops and you’re almost done before you start.
• $400 worth of premium plugins are included along with a single product page builder
• XStore supports WPBakery and Elementor

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10. Stockfresh

A stock photo agency featuring a huge inventory can be an ideal resource, but only if its offerings are easy to search for and of uniformly top quality. Such is the case with Stockfresh.

• You’ll never waste time having to search through substandard material to find what you need.
• Stockfresh is easy to navigate
• Prices are reasonable and prepaid subscription plans are available.

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11. GoodiewebsiteGoodiewebsite

Businesses and web designers in need of software development services could profit from learning more about the Goodiewebsite platform.

• Goodie is an excellent choice for design to code conversion projects
• Work is done by Goodie professionals and is not contracted out or done by freelancers
• The quality of the conversion process is backed up by 15 years of experience

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12. Heroic Table of Contents

Publishers of website articles will appreciate and benefit from what Heroic Table of Contents offers.

Heroic Table of Contents –

• Gives readers a heads-up as to what they can expect to find in an article
• Includes anchor links in the T of C so users can avoid having to scroll to a topic of interest
• Adds value to the contents of an article and by doing so improves site rankings

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13. Rank Math SEO

Rank Math SEO not only helps designers perform a task they often find difficult but also helps them to become more proficient at applying SEO techniques.

Rank Math SEO –

• Offers an abundance of SEO options and analysis tools
• Automates image SEO processes
• Features built-in Schema, 404 Monitor, and Redirect options.

Click to learn just how easy implementing SEO practices can be.

14. 8b Website Builder

8b is fresh, futuristic, and remarkably easy to work with.

• 250+ website sections and 16 starter templates are included to help you build Google-friendly websites
• Google AMP guarantees super-fast page loading, responsiveness, and overall user-friendliness
• This progressive web app lets you build a website on your desktop, on your mobile device, or both
• 8b is free

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15. Paymo

Paymo provides a simple solution to those looking for better task management, automated time tracking, instant invoicing, online payments, or all of the above.

• Accurately map internal workflows with Kanban boards
• Generate invoices based of timesheets and get paid online
• Connects with Adobe CC, Slack, Google Cal, Typeform, QuickBooks, Xero

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Designing for the world wide web gets easier with each passing year. There’s a constant stream of new tools appearing with many billed as “the last web design tool you’ll ever need”. Usually they’re not. But more than a few of them can at least add a bright spot by making your work a little easier.

Since a really good tool can be hard to fine, we’ve done the job for you. Take advantage of what this list of top tools and services has to offer that could give you a competitive edge.