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Multiple photo uploads at a time would make it better.

I use google slides for all of my classroom presentations. I also have my students use google slides to keep track of the artwork like a ongoing portfolio. The app makes it easy to drop single photos into the slide show without having to download photos or email them to yourself first. My only complaint about the app is that you cannot upload more than one photo at a time from your camera roll. I take a lot of photos of artwork for my students and shuffling through hundreds of photos to get to things I took months ago can take a long time-it would be so helpful to be able to click on several photos at a time. I do the majority of my editing of my slides on a computer, I could edit from my phone but it is easier to fine tune things on a full computer. I primarily use the app to transfer the photos to my slides.

Too many bugs on iPad & iPhone

I make a lot of things on google slides, so I thought the iPhone version would help me out… WRONG! This version of the software is very very buggy and limited! You can’t search the web to find photos, you have to screenshot them yourself! So many good features on the desktop version are thrown away for the App Store version!!! I would think that this was a rip-off made my different people if I didn’t know better!! Don’t get me started on the bugs, because they are horrible. Sometimes your work doesn’t save, which means you need to do everything AGAIN, which isn’t even that bad compared to clicking on things. If you click on something, for example, a shape, it’ll click on something far below or higher then where your finger actually was!! The worst part of all of this is the fact that they don’t even read any of these reviews! None of these problems have been fixed!!! So, to the person reading this I’d like to say, DON’T WASTE YOUR STORAGE ON THIS APP!!!! Update: So for the first time ever, a few things were fixed. Luckily enough, I actually did get a response, and they have fixed a few bugs and added a few new features. HOWEVER they still need to fix a lot of things and add more features

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Not optimized for the iPad.

You cant change the background color, only the theme, you have limited color options for text and gradient. No, you can't create your own colors. You can't animate text and its hard to put pictures and text on different layers(ie. send to back/send to front). This feels like something to be used alongside the computer version instead of standalone. I only have my iPad for school work and i haven't been supplied technology so im just stuck. I have to ask other people who have computers to borrow theirs just to change the colors on my background and create custom colors and add them to my theme. THIS IS AN ACCESORY NOT A FULL ITEM. The thing is, this could be easily fixed. This worst laptops can run google sliders so Performance issues isn't the issue. A phone or an iPad, especially the big and chunky ones, can totally handle a fully optimized google slides. Proof? Canva and powerdirector. They have so much stuff and great functionality, but most importantly, they have a fully optimized service that's the same on the ipad and computer(except for the fact that some of the functions are different). This is just pure laziness, and im sick of it.

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17 Presentation Apps and PowerPoint Alternatives for 2024

Written by: Chloe West

If you’re putting together a new presentation, you’re likely looking for the perfect presentation apps to help you design, present and share it effectively.

Well, you’re in luck. We’ve put together a list of the best presentation apps for both desktop and mobile that can help you to seamlessly create and produce your presentation.

Plus, we’ve put together a list of pros and cons for each to help you determine which presentation apps will work best for you. After all, you don’t want to put on a boring and ugly presentation.

Jump into our list of 17 presentation apps. You’ll find desktop apps, mobile presentation apps and presentation apps for iPad. All are valuable PowerPoint alternatives to help you create and present a beautiful and engaging slideshow.

Putting together your presentation can be design and content-heavy. If you can, edit and produce multiple slides on mobile and do the heavy lifting on the computer or laptop. iPads are also good for the main part, depending on the app’s functionality. Use the mobile versions for smaller edits and presenting the slides to an audience.

Let’s start with Visme–the best app for presentations that empowers you to design beautiful presentation slides .

Visme is a cloud-based graphic design software that allows designers and non-designers alike to create beautiful and professional presentations, infographics, social media graphics and more.

It has millions of design assets, including stock photography and video, animated vector icons, data visualization tools, hundreds of fonts, and preset color themes. Visme also offers a vast range of templates for presentations of any style; slideshow, video or interactive.

When looking at presentation design, you also want to make sure you’re going to come out with a beautiful and engaging slideshow. With pre-designed templates and themes with hundreds of slide layouts to choose from, you’ll find the perfect design in Visme to fit your content.

What sets Visme apart from other presentation apps and software is that it’s not just a presentation-making tool ; it’s a full-scale content authoring platform.

The AI presentation maker enables you to create stunning and professional-looking presentations with a text prompt. With the AI text generator , you can create drafts for your presentation. The tool is handy for proofreading and other content-related tasks.

Your Visme presentation editor has a wide variety of features for making many types of content, from classic static designs that you can share or print to interactive digital experiences that can be collaborated on, shared and tracked .

If you're looking for apps for interactive presentations, Visme is also your best bet.

Try the various interactivity options , like hyperlinked elements, video embed, audio upload and recording features.

Learn more about creating a presentation in just five minutes by watching this video below:

• A drag-and-drop editor and thousands of templates that allow users with any level of graphic design experience to create visually appealing presentations.
• Built-in library of free icons, illustrations, characters, fonts, images, shapes and other graphic elements—both static and animated.
• Use the AI-image tool to generate professional-quality photos, paintings, pencil drawings, 3D graphics, icons, abstract art, and more.
• Unblur and upscale images, remove unwanted backgrounds, erase and replace objects with the AI Edit tools .
• Find design assets and create projects faster using the Visme Shortcuts.
• The ability to present your slideshow online or download it as PDF, HTML5, or PPTX so you can present it without an internet connection.
• Beautiful animation and transition options that won’t overwhelm your audience.
• Brand kit and branded templates feature to help you store your brand elements for later use.
• Organize your work, share custom templates and collaborate with other team members.
• Manage roles, tasks, progress, deadlines and corrections all in one place with the workflow feature .
• Use the Visme App on iPad and iPhone.
• Track presentation performance with integrated analytics.
• Master Layout helps create a presentation that carries a base design across all slides.
• Create and store content blocks and slides to use across other presentations.
• Use Dynamic Fields to autofill updated information across slides and presentations.
• Due to the large amount of design elements and slide layouts involved, there can be an initial learning curve when first using the software.

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2. Google Slides

Everyone has heard of Google, right? So it’s no surprise that Google Slides is one of the more popular presentation apps and PowerPoint alternatives available.

But popular does not always mean best. While the service is free to any Google account holder, its slide layouts are basic at best and its design capabilities are extremely limited.

However, if you need a quick and to-the-point presentation, Google Slides can be a great option since it’s free and has next to no learning curve. If you’ve used PowerPoint, you know how to use Google Slides.

• Free for anyone with a Google account.
• Easy to use for creating a basic presentation.
• Users can collaborate in real time and make comments and edits throughout the slides.
• Integrate with all Google workspaces, including Google Meet.
• Limited design capabilities.
• Essentially a PowerPoint clone.

Another popular presentation app is Prezi. The main feature that Prezi is known for is allowing its users to easily create non-linear presentations.

This type of presentation can be highly engaging for your audience because instead of side-to-side transitions, you can create a pan and zoom effect each time you switch over to another slide.

While this type of presentation can be a fun change of pace for your audience, Prezi’s slide design options are not very visually appealing, and non-linear presentations can still be created in many other presentation makers by linking slides.

Prezi templates are also an excellent starting point for creating stunning presentations.

• Can create engaging and non-linear presentations.
• Embed interactive elements like video and audio into your presentations.
• Can only create non-linear presentations, which can actually cause motion sickness in some viewers.
• Non-linear presentations can also be created in other presentation software, making the need for Prezi obsolete.

Canva is a well-known cloud-based graphic design software , but it's not too popular for presentations. While it still has the “capabilities” for presentation design, it's main focus is on social media graphics.

As a creative presentation app, it offers a few visually appealing slide templates and you can create designs in the correct presentation dimensions.

There are a few static chart options and Canva also has tons of graphic elements to choose from, such as photos, shapes and icons, so you can still create static presentations in their software.

• Beautiful premade presentation templates to choose from.
• Graphic elements like photos, shapes and icons to spice up your design.
• No content blocks or slide library available to save larger pieces of content and reuse later.

5. Venngage

Venngage is first and foremost an infographic maker.

Similarly to Canva, they have added basic capabilities for creating presentations , but their design dashboard isn’t nearly as robust as some other presentation apps and software on this list.

While there are a number of presentation templates available for each of their plans, Venngage also doesn’t offer any type of animation or transition features for moving from slide to slide.

When it comes to creating a presentation, Venngage is in the same boat as Canva. Both certainly can be used to create a presentation, but they aren’t ideal, and they don’t offer as many features as a presentation app meant for building slideshows.

• Well-designed templates to get you started on your presentation design.
• Icons and photos to choose from for use in your slideshow.
• Not created with presentations in mind, so while it’s possible to create one, it’s not ideal.

6. Beautiful.ai

Beautiful.ai is a presentation maker that was created to focus on presentation design, like Visme. But while it’s meant for creating presentations, it doesn’t offer full-range design capabilities.

Instead, you’re given eight different themes with about 60 slide layouts to choose from that keep elements snapped into place, regardless of how you might want to customize your slides.

While this software is a great way to “stay in the lines,” per se, with your presentation design, it doesn’t allow you to design your presentation the way you want. If you’re trying to create a slide that falls outside of their parameters, you’re stuck.

• Visually appealing templates and slide layouts to choose from in your presentation.
• Easy to use drag-and-drop editor that allows you to quickly slide your points around on your slide to re-order them.
• Don’t have full-range design capabilities on your slide. You’re stuck only designing in the areas the software lets you design in.
• No free plans. Basic plan starts at $12 a month.

7. Slidebean

Slidebean advertises itself as an AI-powered presentation maker. It allows users to separate the content and design of its slides, inputting content in one section and adjusting the slide design in a separate area.

When creating a presentation in Slidebean, once you add your content into the text boxes, you can switch over to the design section and have their AI automatically assemble your content pieces around the page in a way that makes sense.

You’re also able to refresh different AI designs until you find one that you like. Although this can be helpful for those who don’t really want to worry about their design, it is extremely limited, and they don’t have a lot of templates to choose from.

As one of the best business presentation apps, their templates also focus on startups and entrepreneurs , so if your presentation doesn’t have that focus, your selection is limited.

• No need to worry about design at all.
• It’s a comprehensive pitching tool for entrepreneurs, not just a presentation maker.
• Doesn’t give you full range of design capabilities.
• Has limited templates.

8. Infogram

Infogram is another cloud-based graphic design software that tries to do everything, including presentations, but really wasn’t built for that specific purpose.

There are less than 50 available premade templates and they aren’t very well designed. Redeeming qualities include the fact that animation and transition features are available, as well as data visualization tools .

While there are icons and photos to choose from, most of them are premium and not available for use in the free plan.

• Animation and transitions available for your slideshows.
• Charts and graphs to add into your slides.
• Limited presentation templates available.
• Many graphic elements are premium only.

9. Zoho Show

Looking for good ​​presentation editing apps? Zoho Show is one you should take a look at.

Zoho Show is a presentation-making app from the Zoho family of Work and Business apps. What once was a simple presentation maker is now a full-fledged collaboration tool for making presentations with impact. Zoho presentations can be static or animated; the level of interactivity is up to you.

Create and share Show presentations on any Mac or PC plus device using iOS and Android operating systems. Zoho Show also has many integrations with other apps for better productivity. The minimalistic UI is a positive addition to the editor.

Use on any device. Mac, PC, iOS, Android. Large selection of premade templates for every industry. Available to create both online and offline. Lots of integrations.

It makes more sense to use the Zoho suite than Show on its own. You can’t buy just Show; subscriptions are for groups of apps. Not enough data visualization features.

10. Haiku Deck

Haiku Deck is a web and mobile-based app that allows you to create and edit presentations. It works well for making some on-the-go edits to a presentation you’ve previously created.

You can even download the app onto your smartphone or tablet to create full presentation decks straight from your mobile device. It also syncs presentations between your computer and phone apps, making it easy to create and edit in different areas.

The biggest caveat is that its presentation template design is outdated and not very pretty.

• Syncs between your desktop and mobile apps, allowing you to create and edit in different areas.
• Presentation templates are not professionally designed.
• Design dashboard is outdated.

11. Keynote

Keynote is another presentation editing app that offers both desktop and mobile versions. It’s exclusively available for iOS smartphones, tablets and computers as it’s the Apple version of PowerPoint.

You can create presentations right on your mobile device and get them ready to present on your computer, which can be handy.

You can download the app from the Apple App Store for $9.99. It does come on most Macs and Macbooks automatically, but you’ll have to purchase it for your smartphone or tablet.

• Allows you to create and edit presentations on both your mobile device and computer.
• Keynote is designed for Mac. To use it on PC, you need a workaround.
• Similar to PowerPoint, so it doesn’t really focus on the design of your presentation, just gives you the ability to create one.

12. Flowvella

Flowvella is a downloadable desktop and mobile app that allows you to create interactive presentations wherever and whenever you need to. While it’s a fast and efficient app, it lacks some of the features any good presentation needs.

Since it’s a downloadable app, users are able to work on their presentations without WiFi.

It creates an online link for you to present your slideshow from any device, and offers analytics for you to see who has viewed your presentation.

• Has offline editing capabilities.
• Has analytics for you to view presentation performance.
• Used by museums for interactive displays.
• Must have space on your phone or computer to download the app.
• Simple technology with outdated features.

The app has integrations with other platforms like Chart Mogul and Brandfetch. Presentations on pro plans have analytics features and better image and video capabilities.

• Lots of beautiful templates to choose from.
• Pricing is affordable

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14. Showpad

Showpad is another app that works well for sales teams. It allows users to put together various types of content and share it with a tablet user for them to scroll through and annotate.

This can be very useful for sales reps that are on the go with meetings and appointments , so they can easily share their screens with potential customers and walk them through the process.

The app is available on both Android and Apple devices, so there aren’t limitations to which smartphones and tablets will have access.

• Can share and annotate various types of content on the go.
• Caters to sales teams, so it isn’t an all-in-one presentation maker.

15. SlideShare

LinkedIn’s SlideShare app is a great way to share and view presentation content on the go. You can create your presentation in any online software, like Visme , export it and upload it onto SlideShare.

You can then use the mobile app to share your presentation and help get the word out. You can also view other presentations and learn more about a certain topic.

There are millions of professional presentations that have been published on SlideShare, so it’s a great community of slideshows to watch and save.

• Great for viewing and sharing your presentations.
• Provides an embed code for sharing on your website.
• There are millions of presentations published on the platform, so you’ll have to do a lot of self-promoting to get yours seen.

If you’re looking for apps for online presentation but with advanced video capabilities, here’s a great pick.

Vyond is a video presentation app with solutions for all industries and education. If you’re looking for a simple presentation, Vyond isn’t for you. This app creates engaging video presentations with talking characters and moving parts. Each slide is an animated scene, and they all come together as a group to make an animated video.

Choose characters, scene backgrounds and props from a large library of design assets. Use their text to speech feature to add easy voiceovers and narrations. Collaborate with your team to create video presentations for sales, training, pitching and more.

• Making animated presentation videos is easy.
• The features and editing controls don’t have a high learning curve.
• Monthly fees are high
• You can’t create anything else apart from video presentations.

17. Presentation Timer

Presentation Timer can be helpful both during your prep time and actual presentation time. This app lets you set a timer for how long your presentation will be and it will change the screen color based on how much speaking time you have left.

Using an app like this can be very helpful when you’re rehearsing your content so that you don’t go over on time, and you know which anecdotes you can fit in.

Just make sure when you’re giving your actual presentation, you can see your phone screen so you’ll know when you’re running out of time.

• Gives you a heads up when you’re getting close to the end of your speaking time.
• You have to be within eyeshot of your phone, so you won’t be able to do much moving around the stage or speaking area.

Choose Your Favorite Presentation Apps

There you go. We’ve rounded up some of the best apps for presentations. Which one of the desktop and mobile presentation apps is your favorite?

Some are perfect for creating your presentation, while others can be helpful for presenting and sharing your slideshow.

The Visme presentation app lets you access thousands of branded and premade themes and templates , graphic elements, animations, transition effects and more to create the perfect presentation.

Easily create an interactive presentation with audio, video, popups and hotspots and share it as a live link. Your viewer will be able to see the presentation as an interactive flipbook or slideshow. The best part? If something in the content needs to be changed, you don’t need to resend a link, your edits will show up automatically for everyone with a link.

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Chloe West is the content marketing manager at Visme. Her experience in digital marketing includes everything from social media, blogging, email marketing to graphic design, strategy creation and implementation, and more. During her spare time, she enjoys exploring her home city of Charleston with her son.

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Google is launching its new Vids productivity app in Workspace Labs with the idea that “if you can make a slide, you can make a video in Vids.” Announced in April , Vids allows users to drop docs, slides, voiceovers, and video recordings into a timeline to create a presentation video to share with coworkers. Making it available in the Workspace Labs preview allows Workspace admins to opt in users to try out the AI-powered video maker.

While you can generate video in Vids, it’s not to be confused with AI tools like OpenAI’s Sora, which can create lifelike footage from a prompt. Instead, Vids is about generating a presentation by describing what you want Gemini to create and then letting you alter the video afterward.

You can also manually get your Google Vids presentation draft started using one of the many templates available, and there’s royalty-free stock content to enhance your creation.

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• Users can describe what they want, and Gemini will generate a script, insert relevant stock footage, and even provide an AI voiceover.
• The app also offers various templates and royalty-free content to enhance your creation.

Google's new app uses Gemini AI to create video presentations 

Google has unveiled its new productivity app, Vids, in Workspace Labs with the premise that "if you can make a slide, you can make a video in Vids." Announced earlier this year in April, the Vids app enables users to create presentation videos by integrating slides, documents, voiceovers, and video recordings into a timeline. The feature is currently up for testing in the Workspace Labs preview for Workspace administrators to opt-in users.

A new approach to video presentations

Unlike OpenAI 's Sora, which creates life-like footage from a prompt, Vids focuses on generating a presentation by describing what you want Gemini to create, and then allowing you to modify the video afterward. Users can initiate their Google Vids presentation draft via one of the many templates available. The app also provides royalty-free stock content to enhance your creation.

Gemini's role in enhancing Google Vids' capabilities

The standout feature of Vids is its ability to utilize Google Gemini to automatically insert stock footage, generate your script, and even provide an AI voiceover for presentations without you saying a word. This functionality was showcased in a video where Gemini was utilized to automatically insert stock footage for users. The integration of artificial intelligence aims to streamline the process of creating engaging video presentations.

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Proton users can now edit documents online, what's so good about proton docs, can it replace google docs, key takeaways.

• Proton's online suite now includes Docs in Proton Drive, a private alternative to Google Docs with end-to-end encryption.
• Docs in Proton Drive has a minimal interface optimized for text editing, but it lacks support for spreadsheets or presentations.
• Proton Docs may not replace Google Docs entirely, but it is attractive for privacy-conscious students, office workers, and writers.

Proton has been creating private alternatives to Google apps since 2014. There's Proton Mail, Calendar, Drive, Pass, and various others. Now there's Docs in Proton Drive, a private take on Google Docs that is much more than just a clone.

If you're trying to trade out Google for Proton, what do you do about the lack of a Google Docs alternative? With Docs in Proton Drive, the suite now includes a way to type up documents and share them with others, without sacrificing the privacy that attracts people to Proton in the first place. Like Google Docs, you can import documents and collaborate with others in real time, leaving comments to one another in the process.

This feature is included with all Proton plans, including the free one. This makes it accessible as a private online tool for anyone, regardless of your investment in the Proton ecosystem.

Okay, Docs in Proton Drive has arrived. Here's what sets it apart from Google Docs.

End-to-End Encrypted Collaborative Documents

Google's business model is also its Achilles' heel—whatever you type into a search box or text field on any Google service is fair game for the company to log, remember, and monetize. In exchange for convenience, you give the company insights into your personal inquiries, work, and communications.

Docs in Proton Drive is end-to-end encrypted . That means whatever you type is scrambled up and converted into a private, unreadable format before it leaves your computer. It doesn't become readable again until the next time you open it on your machine or consciously share it with someone else. Unlike most web services, not even Proton can see what you type.

The security isn't 100% foolproof. There are potential exploits that can circumvent these security measures, but the fact that someone has to target you and your specific files explicitly is a big step up for your privacy. It's worth migrating your online data to an end-to-end encrypted cloud storage provider if you haven't already.

A Minimalist Interface

While Docs in Proton Drive may be an alternative to Google Docs, it's not a clone. You do not see a menu bar at the top like in Google Docs. You do get a similar formatting toolbar, floating in a bubble.

Most of the window is empty, which makes Docs in Proton Drive feel more like a distraction-free text editor than a full-blown office suite. Yet this is not a simple Markdown writer like Obsidian or Jotterpad. You format documents using the toolbar, and you can export and import DOCX format files.

Documents-Only, No Spreadsheets or Presentations

For the time being, this is only an alternative to Google Docs. There isn't yet a way to create a spreadsheet or a slideshow as you can with Google Sheets and Google Slides.

That means, for the time being, Docs in Proton Drive is a tool best suited for writers. It can be useful for a school paper or workshopping notes with others, but it's not yet a full office suite replacement.

Is Docs in Proton Drive actually as good as Google Docs? That depends on your needs. I really dig Proton's interface and find it a more attractive way of writing than Google's offering. It's also a quick way to view documents sent to your Proton Mail account.

Yet Docs in Proton Mail is not as full-featured as Google Docs, which itself isn't as feature-rich as Microsoft Word. Nor is there a mobile app available. For the time being, the only way to access Proton's new word processor is inside a browser. But for people who consider Google products a non-starter, there's a lot to like here.

• Productivity
• Office Suites