25 Highly Underrated Websites You Should Know About

The internet is here to make our lives easier. Then why do we spend all of our time on social media?

Published 3 years ago in Wow

The internet is here to make our lives easier. Then why do we spend all of our time on social media? Over at r/AskReddit, we got a look at some underrated websites around the internet that should not be overlooked.

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camelcamelcamel - Tracks the price history of something on amazon so you can see if a sale is actually a good deal. -u/bradgerkemusic

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Boil The Frog. An awesome site where you put two artists in, and it makes a playlist connecting them for you. -u/Axenal713

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lightningmaps It tells you in real-time were lightning strikes anywhere in the world. Nice to track when there is a thunderstorm where you live. -u/ConsciousnessWizard
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unsplash Tons of free-to-use images of damn near everything. -u/OldheadBoomer

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Futureme, you can use it to "send emails to the future you". been using it for almost 3 years. It helps put into perspective how much has changed over the course of a year. -u/Daedrakiin1000000
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There's also window-swap, which lets you view out people's windows from around the world. -u/Daveed84
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Listen to radio around the worldradio.garden -u/[deleted]

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justwatch Allows me to search up a movie or TV show and tells me where it's streaming. -u/Dd1va
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toffeeshare lets you share files privately, without size limit, with end-to-end encryption and without them being stored online (note that i'm not related to this website in any way). -u/mgca
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photopea Online image editor with Photoshop feature. -u/gagahpangeran

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10minutemail, no need to use my own email to read a random website. I made a Reddit account using these emails (the account still working fine). -u/Neo_The_bluepill_One
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Outline It allows you to read the text on websites without seeing their ads. -u/SufferingCartoonist
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Sometimes when I just have to force myself to start writing, whether it be for class assignments or personal use, I use Squibbler's 'The most dangerous writing app' which deletes your work is you stop writing before the time limit runs out/word count is reached. Albeit it’s a bit sadistic for me to go at it this way but hey it works. -u/anumemes

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removeddit Shows you the content of most removed posts and comments on Reddit. -u/LegateLaurie
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Naturalreaders It's basically a text-to-speech site that lets you copy and paste passages into a text box and then the computer will read it back to you. I use this when I need to type out papers, short stories, or any other lengthy piece of writing as a way of proofreading. It's nice to use this way because then you can hear your errors read aloud. -u/ThrowRA29208
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pdfdrive This site has a pretty cool collection of free ebooks without registering. -u/[deleted]

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imslp A library of public domain classical sheet music. You can pretty much find any classical music over 100 years old. I stopped buying sheet music when I discovered it. Plus, it’s pretty easy to send music to students during e-class in lockdown. -u/elenifan
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remove does a pretty solid job at removing the background of any image. You can even just Ctrl + V. Con: lowers quality a little. -u/venosenz
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Ninite Allows you to pick and choose from a large selection of commonly used programs like Steam, winwar, and random other things you need/want while setting up a computer. The awesome part is that once you've selected all the programs you would like. It will simply install them all with no bullshit. No ads. No cost. No boxes. Nothing! You get 1 executable And it installs everything you checked without any of the hassles of going through each program's hoops. -u/MajikMahn

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tip-of-my-tongue Tip of my tongue! It’s really effective and has helped me countless times, I always seem to want a word when I’m writing but forget what the actual word is. -u/AccumulatingBoredom
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fotoforensics I use it to check if photos are photoshopped. Be aware that your photos will be used in research and looked at by humans. Don't post anything there you want to be private. -u/eadgarc
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saijogeorge It's great for dummy credit cards that will pass math checks but that's it. Great for when you need to put information in for free trials or whatever. -u/Stalked_Like_Corn

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thenounproject As a graphic designer this is legitimately the best website I have ever found. Cuts the time for making icons and logos drastically. u/Coralreefer69
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sleepyti.me asks when you plan to wake up and tells you what time to sleep to minimize waking during a sleep cycle, which makes you feel groggy and not well rested. -u/Chillonymous
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earth.nullschool I use it for understanding what's happening with the weather and why. I've turned a lot of farmers on to this visualization over the years and most find it incredibly helpful as a part of their overall habit of weather watching. -u/The206Uber