Softwares reviews from Reddit

Summary

We analyzed 191 Reddit reviews across 35 subreddits and 37 posts to rank the best Softwares brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/PixelArt, r/learnpython, r/ender3, r/software, r/3Dprinting. Top-rated brands include Orca (4.6/5), Aseprite (4.7/5), Visual Studio Code (4.0/5).

Stats

Reviews191

Subreddits35

Posts37

Brands98

Products7

Top communities

r/PixelArt38 r/learnpython27 r/ender317 r/software15 r/3Dprinting12

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Orca

4.6

(15)

"Orca has been awesome! Not only can I slice for all of the different machines in one program."

"Tested out Orca slicer and OMG is blew me out of the water."

"If your looking for a good slider that has alot of flexibility and your running klipper Orca slicer is the way to go."

"Definitely Orca."

"Found Orca a few weeks ago to be much nicer."

"Orca slicer is amazing."

"I recommend... Orca."

"I recommend orca."

"Orca Slicer."

"Orca or Prusa Slicer."

Aseprite

4.7

(9)

"Aseprite for pc Resprite for mobile These two really worked well with me so I hope you find them good"

"Asprite is really excellent and only a one time purchase"

"Aseprite"

"Aesprite it’s perfect"

"I use Aseprite. If you're willing to part with $20, it's a great investment."

"Aseprite is the best one for pixel art but it’s 20 dollars."

"It is free if you compile it yourself."

"$15-20 but it's worth it."

"It has so many neat features for pixel art specifically."

Visual Studio Code

4.0

(10)

"VS Code is the best, easy to use and understand."

"I would certainly do vscode if your a beginner and use the terminal to run it."

"VS Code and PyCharm are your best bets if you have a decent machine."

"Well vs code is light weight and is widely used by the community so I suggest vs code."

"Vs code is has the easiest learning curve imo."

"Something with LSP support like Helix or VS Code."

"Collab for something quick and vscode to get familiar with the environment."

"I would recommend developing locally with VSCode or PyCharm and staying away from online IDE's."

"VS code and Pycharm are really good for any python project."

"VS Code"

PyCharm

3.9

(8)

"PyCharm: clean, customizable, heavy, IDE features, awesome auto code completion, better than VS code / VS code 2022."

"If you have access to pycharm it's great."

"VS Code and PyCharm are your best bets if you have a decent machine."

"Personally I like Google Colab for short scripts and pycharm for anything more substantial."

"I would recommend developing locally with VSCode or PyCharm and staying away from online IDE's."

"VS code and Pycharm are really good for any python project."

"I can't decide between PyCharm and VS Code."

"Pycharm is tailor-made."

Krita

4.8

(6)

"Krita 100%."

"Krita is free and easy to use."

"Just alter canvas size and then when you are done rescale it."

"Krita from website"

"Krita is the bees knees"

"I think Krita might have pixel art stuff available and it’s free."

Libresprite

4.6

(5)

"Libresprite"

"Libresprite!!!"

"I cannot recommend libresprite enough to people."

"Aseprite has a free version called libresprite."

"It's a free version of Aseprite."

Paint.net

4.6

(5)

"Paint.net really has everything you need for pixel art."

"Paint.net!"

"I love Paint.net. It allows you to work with layers."

"There is also a free version."

"Paint.net is what I used until I spent the 20 bucks on Aseprite"

Clonezilla

4.2

(5)

"I've used CloneZilla for 15 years. It's easy to use, fast and works every time."

"Free tools: Clonezilla, Rescuezilla"

"I recently had good luck using Clonezilla. However, I would say that you'll need at least a passing familiarity with Linux."

"Clonezilla (Clone to same disk model/machine, bigger drivers."

"These days, I often use CloneZilla to clone hard drives."

Pixilart

5.0

(4)

"I remember when I started my pixel art journey on this website called "Pixilart.com"."

"Is really easy to use and has good features."

"The website pixilart.com is amazing."

"You can use Pixilart on your browser."

#10

Clip Studio Paint

5.0

(4)

"Clip Studio. It is the best software for making manga."

"It’s very easy to learn so I always recommend it for comic creation"

"I think clip studio paint is the most accessible for webtoons and comic making in general!"

"I use Clip Studio paint it has everything I need for comic production."

#11

Windows Defender

4.8

(4)

"Windows Defender. Ain't nobody that knows more about security and virus issues than Microsoft themselves."

"Windows Defender, it is included for free with Windows, it just works and leaves you alone."

"Windows Defender."

"Windows defender is enough and better than avg, avast etc if you can't afford Norton or do not like Norton."

#12

Piskel

4.3

(4)

"Piskel is a great tool, it’s how I started."

"Piskel, MS Paint, Krita, LibreSprite."

"Is what I've been using."

"Piskel, Libresprite (Aseprite but free)"

#13

Google Colab

3.8

(4)

"Google colab is better for a beginner as it is easy to use and once u r familiar with that u can start using vs code."

"Personally I like Google Colab for short scripts and pycharm for anything more substantial."

"Collab for something quick and vscode to get familiar with the environment."

"Jupyter vs Google Colab."

#14

Autodesk

4.3

(3)

"Fusion 360, I thought it was pretty technical at first, but I found this free tutorial on youtube."

"Fusion or Onshape are great."

"Fusion 360."

#15

Jupyter Notebooks

4.0

(3)

"It works very well. It also supports Jupyter Notebooks."

"I use Jupyter .never tried the collab. It is easy to run partially and test before create complete solution."

"Jupyter notebooks are ready to use and there are built in IDEs if you want to use them."

#16

Trading Paints

5.0

(2)

"Trading paints isn't even optional imo, If you haven't downloaded it yet, you definitely should."

"Trading paints: For liveries."

#17

Racelab

5.0

(2)

"I can recommend Racelab for overlays."

"Racelab for overlays."

#18

SimHub

5.0

(2)

"Simhub for lighting/haptics/windsim/dashboards."

"SimHub (With a cheapo Android tablet to have a proprietary dashboard, so many cool things to do with this program."

#19

RealityCapture

5.0

(2)

"Reality Capture is now free."

"RealityCapture (by Capturing Reality): Super fast and accurate photogrammetry software."

#20

LoadGuard

5.0

(2)

"It’s helped us catch a few things early on that we probably would’ve missed otherwise. Definitely saved us some headaches."

"[loadguard.ai](http://loadguard.ai) is great"

#21

Pixel Studio

5.0

(2)

"I just can't use another, pixel Studio is the best one for me."

"It works perfectly for simple pixel arts."

#22

Reaper

5.0

(2)

"I would recommend getting REAPER."

"The one I use? Reaper."

#23

Acer

5.0

(2)

"The acer helios neo was one of the best gaming laptops of 2024."

"Go with the Acer Predator, 14700HX will make you have seamless experience with engineering designs and modelling."

#24

Macrium Reflect

4.5

(2)

"The old version of Macrium Reflect (version 8.0.7690 from Oct 13th, 2023) is free & easy."

"Macrium Reflect (If I need to clone and modify partition size/order, clone specific partitions)."

#25

EaseUS Disk Copy

4.0

(2)

"Paid tools: EaseUS Disk Copy, Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office, Macrium Reflect"

"Yes, I clone my hard drive to an SSD using EaseUS Disk Copy, but it is a paid version, unlike Clonezilla and Rescuezilla."

#26

Garage 61

4.0

(2)

"Garage 61: for telemetry analysis."

"Garage61 for telemetry analysis."

#27

SolidWorks

4.0

(2)

"Best would be getting into expensive programs like Solidworks."

"If you can afford it then solidworks makers edition."

#28

3DF Zephyr

4.0

(2)

"3DF Zephyr works great with european refererence systems, very easy compared to Metashape."

"The best software for aerial mapping are without a doubt 3DFZephyr and PIX4D."

#29

MCP

4.0

(2)

"We’re currently using MCP and it works great for what we need."

"MCP is great all around."

#30

Fusion 360

4.0

(2)

"Better would be Fusion 360."

"I found an Add-on to Fusion360 called Fusenest which works a treat, atleast from a hobby perspective."

#31

Anaconda

4.0

(2)

"Anaconda is how every university teaches it and it is super easy to set up and use."

"Anaconda and then launch Jupiter notebooks. It allows executing cells over and over. Excellent for learning."

#32

Onshape

4.0

(2)

"Better would be Onshape."

"I like onshape. It’s free for students and is web based."

#33

TinkerCAD

3.5

(2)

"Second TinkerCAD. Simple to use and easy to learn."

"Good would be like Tinkercad."

#34

GraphicsGale

3.5

(2)

"I downloaded graphics gale recently to start practicing."

"It's not without problems, but it should hopefully do the trick."

#35

Deepest

5.0

(1)

"Deepest. Open source and completely free."

#36

FireAlpaca

5.0

(1)

"In my opinion, I think the best one is FireAlpaca, not only is it free, but its animation setting allows you to animate with more than 2 layers."

#37

Zoho

5.0

(1)

"Check out Zoho Books and prepare to not look back"

#38

Google Drive

5.0

(1)

"Google Drive is also great as you can share a single document among everyone and they can make edits to the same sheet all at once."

#39

SmartScout

5.0

(1)

"I built a brand research tool called SmartScout that has some very obvious use cases for someone looking at brands (and products)."

#40

Seller Amp

5.0

(1)

"You want a tool to scan SKUs and give you profitability details. That is Seller Amp."

#41

DesignSpark

5.0

(1)

"I use 'DesignSpark Mechanical' for all my 3D prints. It's free, easy to use."

#42

AlphaFold

5.0

(1)

"I use alphafold on a daily basis for work."

#43

Phase Plant

5.0

(1)

"When it comes to VSTs Phase Plant is the absolute goat."

#44

Labstep

5.0

(1)

"It's centralizing everything into a single place."

#45

Sketchbook Pro

5.0

(1)

"Is my favorite, but if you like Art Rage, there's really no reason to keep searching for other apps."

#46

Pixelorama

5.0

(1)

"That's what I went with and it's really nice"

#47

Pixaki

5.0

(1)

"If you can draw using a tablet/ipad go for Pixaki."

#48

Pixel Studio Pro

5.0

(1)

"I use Pixel Studio Pro on both mobile and PC."

#49

Instapage

5.0

(1)

"Instapage. Well worth the price."

#50

JASP

5.0

(1)

"Super highly recommend JASP! It’s an open source GUI built on top of R with everything you need basically!"

#51

Clipify

5.0

(1)

"Clipify, it's amazing and really simple"

#52

MultiDrive

5.0

(1)

"Free, beautiful UI with a CLI for those of you who are more experienced. It has no silly ads or pop-ups in the app."

#53

Veeam

5.0

(1)

"Veeam is free for a single user and really simple to use."

#54

Acronis True Image

5.0

(1)

"You're eligible for 5 year license of Acronis True Image for WD."

#55

Marvin's Awesome iRacing App

5.0

(1)

"Big improvement on iRacing's force feedback. Very simple to install and configure."

#56

iTwin Capture Modeler

4.0

(1)

"Try iTwin Capture Modeler by Bentley. Also free for students."

#57