Dull and repetitive tasks kill time and productivity. There are plenty of tools out there to use but some of us are often confused which one to use.

Here in Deisgnlazy we have shortlisted some of the very best tools for designers and web developers to simplify their workflow and save time.

Prototyping Tools

Sketch: Sketch is a vector design tool that gives you the power, flexibility and speed you always wanted in a lightweight and easy-to-use package.

Sketch is a vector design tool that gives you the power, flexibility and speed you always wanted in a lightweight and easy-to-use package. Inspr: Simple mock-up tool to design right from your smart phone.

Simple mock-up tool to design right from your smart phone. Ux Pin: Another great UX design tool to create wire-frames fast and easy.

Color Tools

Coolors: Incredibly Easy tool to Find the Perfect Color Scheme for any design project.

Incredibly Easy tool to Find the Perfect Color Scheme for any design project. Frontify: Creating & maintaining style guides have never been easier. With the help of frontify you can create beautiful style guides in seconds.

Creating & maintaining style guides have never been easier. With the help of frontify you can create beautiful style guides in seconds. TinEye: Powerful tool that makes the images searchable by color.

Typography

fontreach: Font scanner that scans the top million sites to show font usage across the web.

Font scanner that scans the top million sites to show font usage across the web. Fontsquirrel: Quality freeware that provides free fonts which are free and licensed for commercial work.

Quality freeware that provides free fonts which are free and licensed for commercial work. Fontflame: Font pairing tool for typography lovers.

Free Stock Photo

Unsplash: Leading high-resolution photo website that provides 10 new royalty-free photos every 10 days.

Leading high-resolution photo website that provides 10 new royalty-free photos every 10 days. Gratisography: Free high-resolution pictures photographed by Ryan McGuire and free of copyright restrictions.

Free high-resolution pictures photographed by Ryan McGuire and free of copyright restrictions. Stockup: Search engine that aggregates stock photos from dozens of free stock photo sources.

Free icons

icomoon: Handy tool for compiling web font icon sets.

Handy tool for compiling web font icon sets. Iconfinder: Massive database of both Free and premium icons.

Massive database of both Free and premium icons. Flaticon: Search engine of free icons available in PNG, SVG, EPS, PSD and BASE 64 formats.

Collaboration Tools

Invision: Leading collaboration & workflow platform that helps with getting stake holders and product managers on board with a concept.

Leading collaboration & workflow platform that helps with getting stake holders and product managers on board with a concept. Ze

plin: Another collaboration tool that lets you generate styleguides and resources automatically.

Another collaboration tool that lets you generate styleguides and resources automatically. Frame.io: Powerful collaboration tool for Privately uploading, reviewing, and shareing media with your entire team.

Learning Tools

Ux Companion: Perfect tool for staying fresh on UX trends & principles.

Perfect tool for staying fresh on UX trends & principles. Tutplus: Great platform for learning and expanding your code, photography and web design skills.

Great platform for learning and expanding your code, photography and web design skills. Interaction De

sign: Independent non-profit platform to learn User Experience (UX) and Design from experts.

Image Editing Tools