The best mobile and web apps for Architects (and designers) !

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5 min readApr 5, 2016

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Morpholio — The best apps specifically targeted to architects and designers. These apps cover the an entire design process from sketching to presenting.[Web | Appstore ]

Concepts — Go from quick sketches to beautiful and precise illustrations in a single app.[ Appstore ]

Draw — Create and share diagrams easily all in your browser. [ Web ]

Text 2 Mind Map — Make simple and fast mind maps from a text list. [ Web]

Paper — Take notes, draw on photos quickly and create sharp diagrams, charts and beautiful drawings. [ Web | Appstore ]

Archdaily Plugin — Every time you open a new tab in your Chrome browser, you get a randomly selected photograph of an ArchDaily project. [ Web ]

Google Art & Culture — Explore artworks, artifacts, and more from over 1000 museums, archives, and other organizations worldwide that have partnered with Google Cultural Institute to bring their collections and stories online. [ Appstore ]

Modelo — 3D design collaboration all in your browser. Available for your Rhino, Revit, Sketchup models and more! [ Web ]

3D Creationist — The easiest app to create simple 3D models all in your phone. [ Web ]

Rommle — Design your room in 3D on your phone and visualize it in augmented reality. [ Web | Appstore ]

Onshape — The first and only full-cloud 3D CAD system that lets everyone on a design team simultaneously work together using a web browser, phone or tablet. [ Web ]

Mail to Self — If you find yourself emailing links to yourself as a reminder, this app is for you! [ Web | Appstore ]

Trello — The free, flexible, and visual way to organize anything with anyone.[ Web | Appstore ]

AsanaThe easiest way for teams to track their work. [ Web | Appstore ]

Clear — The simplest and most beautiful way of organizing your life or a project in a to do list format. [ Appstore ]

BIRME — A flexible and easy to use batch image resizer to any specific dimensions and proportion. [ Web ]

Decitectural — Convert decimal representations of length to architectural, feet-and-inches notation. [ Web ]

Go Fucking Work — Get some fucking work done. Redirect fucking unproductive sites to motivational/insulting messages to make you go back to work. [ Web ]

Autoplay — If you ever so desire to be highly unproductive however, at least do it in style. Stop lazy surfing on Youtube and go to Autoplay! Find the best new videos on the internet curated from trusted content creators and influencers. [ Web ]

Documentary Addict — The largest and best curated collection of documentaries on the planet. [ Web ]

Feedly — A single place to organize, read, and share the all content that matters to you. [ Web ]

Hemingway — Makes your writing bold and clear. [ Web ]

Iris VR — Create an amazing virtual walkthroughs from your own 3D files including rhino, sketchup and more. [ Web ]

3D HubsIt’s like Uber but for 3d printing. (also has a Rhino and Sketchup plugin!) [ Web ]

Pixlr — A lighter version of photoshop except online and free. [ Web ]

Codecademy — Its 2016! Learn simple programming concepts and syntax for free. [ Web ]

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Pitcrit
Pit Crit

Pitcrit is a platform to discuss, discover and share the most relevant architectural projects, articles, resources and more!