Design & motion tools

Gradients, orbs, mockups, animation and screen recording.

29 tools, 14 free

  • Canva Freemium · canva.com
    Templates for everything; quickest route to a decent-looking social post or doc.
  • Gamma Freemium · gamma.app
    AI decks, docs and one-page sites from a prompt.
  • Napkin AI Freemium · app.napkin.ai
    Turns text into diagrams and visuals.
  • Mixboard Free · mixboard.google.com
    Google's AI mood-boarding canvas.
  • Kittl Freemium · kittl.com
    Design editor with strong typography, logos and print (POD) tooling.
  • SVGator Freemium · svgator.com
    SVG animation editor with code export.
  • Animos Freemium · animos.app
    Makes animations from still images.
  • Pryzm Free · pryzm.design
    Gradient and shader studio with a huge parameter panel — great for hero backgrounds.
  • MetalForge Free · metalforge.xyz
    Editor for liquid-metal style visuals.
  • Feral UI gradients Free · feralui.dev
    Free mesh, grainy and animated gradient generator.
  • Liquid Orb Editor Free · lersent001.github.io
    Tweakable Siri-style glass orb — export the settings for an AI 'thinking' state.
  • bloub Free · bloub.vercel.app
    Animated SVG avatar generator.
  • Design Minis Free · designminis.com
    Collection of tiny single-purpose design apps (Butter, orbs, etc.).
  • Ultramock Freemium · ultramock.io
    Device and screen mockup generator.
  • Screen Studio Paid · screen.studio
    Beautiful auto-zooming screen recordings. Mac only.
  • CleanShot X Paid · cleanshot.com
    The screenshot and screen recording tool for Mac.
  • Kapwing Freemium · kapwing.com
    Browser video editor with subtitles, resizing and AI tools.
  • Google Vids Free · workspace.google.com
    Google Workspace's AI video maker.
  • UI Drop Freemium · uidrop.app
    Drop in a UI and iterate on it.
  • Jakub Antalik Free · jakubantalik.com
    Designer's site — home of the thinking orbs and other interaction experiments.
  • pdfcn Free · pdfcn.dev
    Beautiful PDFs from components, made simple.
  • Typeless Paid · typeless.com
    AI voice dictation that writes cleaned-up text anywhere.
  • Spokenly Freemium · spokenly.app
    Voice-to-text dictation app for Windows/Mac.
  • Whisper Web Free · whisperweb.tech
    Whisper speech-to-text running in the browser.
  • NoSignups Free · nosignups.net
    Open-source tools that don't make you create an account.
  • Butter Free · designminis.com
    Design Minis tool for smooth visual effects.
  • Pixel Surplus Freemium · pixelsurplus.com
    Shop for fonts, graphics and design bundles, with a rotating selection of free fonts and freebies for creators.
  • OnePromptDesign Free · onepromptdesign.com
    Gallery of curated AI image prompts (posters, mockups, gradients, backdrops) with example renders you can copy.
  • MeltKit Paid · meltkit.com
    Desktop app for Mac and Windows that generates animated gradient backgrounds and exports them as MP4, WebM, PNG, HTML or React.