• 23 Feb




    Web Apps are popping up everywhere. Five years or so ago, we could live without them, but as the internet has evolved we use them more and more in our daily lives.

    We have put together a great compilation of beautiful web application interfaces.

    The web applications that were selected to be part of this showcase are based on usability, simplicity, colors and overall layout.

    Please note that WDD was not compensated in any way to review these apps.

    Feel free to comment and add links to other excellent web UI designs in the comments area below. Enjoy!

    Jamiq

    Jamiq is a tool that lets you monitor the webs top search engines and social media websites in every language. It’s the world’s conversation on one dashboard.

    Jamiq App Interface

    Jamiq App Interface

    Jamiq App Interface


    FreshBooks

    FreshBooks allows freelancers and small businesses to track time and invoice clients, fast.

    Freshbooks App Interface

    Freshbooks App Interface


    Campaign Monitor

    Campaign Monitor is a great email marketing app for designers and their clients. You can create, track and manage your subscribers.

    Campaign Monitor App Interface

    Campaign Monitor App Interface

    Campaign Monitor App Interface


    CrazyEgg

    CrazyEgg is a web app that enables you to track where people are clicking on a website.

    CrazyEgg App Interface

    CrazyEgg App Interface


    MailChimp

    MailChimp is an email marketing app that provides both free and paid options for users to design and track email marketing campaigns.

    MailChimp App Interface

    MailChimp App Interface


    Donor Tools

    Donor Tools have a top notch app that allows non profit organizations and charities to track donations and raise more money.

    Donor Tools App Interface


    Designer Pages

    A free social web application that gives people easy to use search options to find certain products dealing with architecture and interior design.

    Designer Pages App Interface

    Designer Pages App Interface


    Wufoo

    Wufoo makes creating web forms fast, easy and fun. Wufoo allows you to build registration forms, contact forms, invitations and even online surveys.

    Wufoo App Interface

    Wufoo App Interface

    Wufoo App Interface

    Wufoo App Interface

    Wufoo App Interface


    OneHub

    OneHub is a beautiful project management system. You can send files and collaborate with other people.

    Onehub App Interface

    Onehub App Interface

    Onehub App Interface


    Freckle

    Freckle is a well designed app for time tracking. Freckle helps you see how long you’ve been working, what time, how many days, what’s the billable time and what others are doing.

    Freckle App Interface


    Authentic

    Authentic is an easy to use customer relationship management application for small businesses and freelancers.

    Authentic App Interface


    Pulse

    Pulse lets you easily manage everything about your small business. From projects to finance and files to report.

    Pulse App Interface

    Pulse App Interface

    Pulse App Interface


    Wistia

    Wistia is an easy to use web app that allows video sharing and tracking to businesses.

    Wistia App Interface


    Icebrrg Light CMS

    Light CMS is a friendly content management system built for designers and their clients.

    Icebrrg Light CMS App Interface


    Snap Pages

    Snap Pages is a web app that provides tools for anyone to create a website using simple drag and drop functionality.

    Snap Pages App Interface

    Snap Pages App Interface


    Box

    Box provides simple online collaboration to individuals and businesses.

    Box App Interface


    Mint

    Mint is a free personal finance app that allows people to manage their money.

    Mint App Interface

    Mint App Interface

    Mint App Interface

    Mint App Interface

    Mint App Interface


    ZenDesk

    ZenDesk provides an amazing customer support ticket system to websites and businesses.

    ZenDesk App Interface


    Harvest

    Harvest is the all in one business app. With Harvest you can track time, invoice your clients, log expenses and manage revenue, all through a sleek interface.

    Harvest App Interface

    Harvest App Interface

    Harvest App Interface

    Harvest App Interface


    iPlotz

    iPlotz allows you to create clickable navigation mockups for prototyping websites and apps.

    iPlotz App Interface

    iPlotz App Interface


    HootSuite

    HootSuite is a professional Twitter client that allows you to manage multiple Twitter accounts, schedule Tweets and track your success.

    HootSuite App Interface

    HootSuite App Interface


    PollDaddy

    PollDaddy allows to engage your audience by creating beautiful polls and surveys.

    PollDaddy App Interface

    PollDaddy App Interface

    PollDaddy App Interface


    Compiled exclusively for WDD by Andy Johnson, a freelance designer and developer living in South England. He currently freelances via his web design studio Pixeno, and he’s also working on his web app called Authentic. You can follow him on Twitter @Andy92.

    Which interface do you like best and why? Do you use any great web apps?



  • 66 Comments »

     
    #1
    Ben
    February 23rd, 2010 at 21:22

    How about SUBERNOVA? :) http://www.subernova.com

     
     
    #2
    Hidayat Sagita
    February 25th, 2010 at 06:38

    Love SUBERNOVA’s UI! :D

     
     
    #3
    Zach
    February 23rd, 2010 at 21:25

    These are some great interfaces. Thanks!

     
     
    #4
    Produktivzone
    February 23rd, 2010 at 21:33

    great list! I definetely love the designs of mint.com

     
     
    #5
    Don
    February 23rd, 2010 at 21:59

    Mint does an incredible job of displaying a mass amount of data.

     
     
    #6
    Ben Gremillion
    February 23rd, 2010 at 22:17

    Interesting how so many web apps use the same formula, e.g. logo & tabs (usually tabs, not links) at the top left, user options on the right, large sans-serif titles with white space, and wide, information-rich sidebars.

    I wonder if design drives convention, vise-versa, or both? How many ways can a given app be designed and maintain usability?

     
     
    #7
    damian
    February 23rd, 2010 at 22:33

    nice list! and what about http://www.myclientbase.com/ ;)

     
     
    #8
    Mike
    February 23rd, 2010 at 22:42

    dailyburn.com is a good one….

     
     
    #9
    Hendryx
    February 23rd, 2010 at 22:43

    Hey!,
    Very great apps!! but if think http://kleophatra.org <– kleophatra CMS also is well worth to put on the list ;) .
    Cheers!,
    Hendryx.

     
     
    #10
    Catalin
    February 23rd, 2010 at 22:51

    The new Qhub has an awesome interface as well http://qhub.com

     
     
    #11
    Bastian Allgeier
    February 24th, 2010 at 01:03

    You should give http://zootool.com a try.

     
     
    #12
    Claudio Poli
    February 24th, 2010 at 01:08
     
     
    #13
    Federico Viticci
    February 24th, 2010 at 01:14

    Definitely agree with the Zootool suggestion, great webapp with a delicious UI.

     
     
    #14
    RoaldA
    February 24th, 2010 at 02:15

    Awsome!

     
     
    #15
    Shawn Ramsey
    February 24th, 2010 at 02:26

    While they were all great examples, Jamiq, Wistia and Mint stood out the most to me. Nice roundup!

     
     
    #16
    Melody
    February 24th, 2010 at 02:30

    I didn’t previously know about hoot suite, which is great because now I have a place for all my other twitter accounts..and Pulse sounds like a great contribution to any new business.. :)

     
     
    #17
    Evan
    February 24th, 2010 at 02:40

    I love Notable’s interface – http://www.notableapp.com/

     
     
    #18
    James Gill
    February 24th, 2010 at 03:18

    You might like LiveStats if you’re liking the apps in this list. It’s a more minimal interface but we’re pretty proud of it: http://www.gosquared.com/livestats/ Also agree that ZooTool is sweet!

     
     
    #19
    Bryan McAnulty
    February 24th, 2010 at 03:55

    Nice list. Mint.com always stood out to me. Basecamp and Activecollab have great interfaces too.

     
     
    #20
    Evan Jones
    February 24th, 2010 at 05:47

    Loved this list. Companies like Mint (recently acquired by Intuit) make me smile whenever I use their interface. Great interfaces like these are one of the many reasons why I love the internet.

     
     
    #21
    Blaine Morely
    February 24th, 2010 at 06:45

    I’m surprised Zavanda.com is not on this list. Little known but getting decent recognition.

     
     
    #22
    Michael Sunarlim
    February 24th, 2010 at 07:17

    The Invoice Machine (http://www.invoicemachine.com) is one of my favorites for simple interface.

     
     
    #23
    James
    February 24th, 2010 at 07:32

    Neat list! I also like the UI of Feedity – http://feedity.com

     
     
    #24
    Paginas web Guatemala
    February 24th, 2010 at 07:41

    CrazyEgg is the best! Google Analytics People should learn from them!

     
     
    #25
    piczoom
    February 24th, 2010 at 07:47

    very useful web applications and well designed too.
    thank you for collecting them in one post.

     
     
    #26
    Chiranjeevi M
    February 24th, 2010 at 08:01

    That’s a wonderful list of Interface Collection. This would be a quick source of inspiration for many UI designers. Thanks!

     
     
    #27
    Priyanka D
    February 24th, 2010 at 08:43

    Good list. A web interface needs to be intuitive to use hence in a way similar to past designs that people are already using but also new and refreshing!

     
     
    #28
    Tony
    February 24th, 2010 at 10:04

    Google Wave is also pretty. Though slow. :/

     
     
    #29
    Webwist (media design)
    February 24th, 2010 at 11:00

    Great selection of interfaces… my favourite is Campaign Monitor – well structured, nice charts… thx

     
     
    #30
    Bert
    February 24th, 2010 at 11:04

    Where’s the love for 37signals?
    Basecamp and Campfire deserve some propers. Plus, they’re lightweight and responsive, unlike many of the ones listed here.

     
     
    #31
    Karol
    February 24th, 2010 at 11:37

    Great collection. I was looking for something like that. Thanks a lot.

     
     
    #32
    viettel
    February 24th, 2010 at 13:00

    Thanks for your great collection list. And so, i have made it a digg!

     
     
    #33
    Wolf
    February 24th, 2010 at 13:05

    For prototyping and wireframing also check out recently launched, webbased HotGloo!

     
     
    #34
    Dzinepress
    February 24th, 2010 at 13:29

    really helping stuff, most of these and really useful for all web users.

     
     
    #35
    Stu Green
    February 24th, 2010 at 14:08

    Of course, I’ve got to plug my project management for freelancers web app: http://projectbubble.com (does invoicing too)

     
     
    #36
    Dan Zambonini
    February 24th, 2010 at 14:39

    I know, I’m biased, but the Amaxus Web CMS interface is frickin’ beautiful: http://www.amaxus.com

     
     
    #37
    Parvez
    February 24th, 2010 at 15:49

    Missing http://buysellads.com/ ! Its a very good apps.
    thanks

     
     
    #38
    Edison Leon
    February 24th, 2010 at 16:10

    Awesome list, it’s time to try new things, I’ll be give them I try, specially to crazyegg

     
     
    #39
    Codesquid
    February 24th, 2010 at 16:33

    Some very nice, clean, modern interfaces here! A really inspiration for anyone designing a web based interface!

     
     
    #40
    Glenn Sorrentino
    February 24th, 2010 at 17:27

    At our agency, we use Quickbase and Basecamp… a lot. They both work really well.

     
     
    #41
    samson
    February 24th, 2010 at 17:45

    these are all ‘business’ or ‘numbers’ related
    here is a fun one i found

    http://fightstick.fakesite.com/
    this is for creating joystick and button movements via web app

    it even supports playback
    http://fightstick.fakesite.com/fightstick.php?moves=2700|Stick|down,2800|Q|press,2900|Q|release,3000|A|press,3100|A|release,3200|E|press,3300|E|release,3400|Stick|left,3500|Stick|release-down,3600|Stick|release-left,3700|DS|press|kex,3800|D|release,3800|S|release&skin=-splatter

     
     
    #42
    samson
    February 24th, 2010 at 17:46

    sorry, the above link for playback was broken by post
    here is a tinyurl version

    http://tinyurl.com/sakurapoke

     
     
    #43
    DPencilPusher
    February 24th, 2010 at 17:49

    nice round-up! also check out:

    http://listen.grooveshark.com,
    http://www.newspond.com,
    http://www.shelfari.com

    all web-apps with great UI

     
     
    #44
    Theresa Neil
    February 24th, 2010 at 18:28

    Great list!
    We identified 50 more (some overlap) at
    http://www.insideria.com/2009/09/50-most-usable-rias.html

     
     
    #45
    Marlowe
    February 24th, 2010 at 19:09

    Great list! Quite a few I’d never heard of but could really help my small business. Box.net is pretty ubiquitous for sharing/collaborating but, as a designer/film maker, i’ve been using ContentCube – http://contentcube.com/ – which is a more specialised file sharing and presentation app for creative professionals.

    It has great support for multiple media file formats and versions, and a really slick customer presentation mode.

     
     
    #46
    Amberly | Web Designer
    February 24th, 2010 at 20:42

    Nice share… Thanks for the collection of web app UI

    Mint Rocks…

     
     
    #47
    Tilla Torrens
    February 24th, 2010 at 21:58

    Great list, thank you for the extensive example of nice UI design! It would be great to also see a few bullets on what design elements really stand out for you and why. Sorry if creating more work for you ;) I’m not a UI designer but as Marketing Manager, I have been in charge of putting together wireframes for a website redesign in the past, and examples like this with elements that you can reference are a great help!

     
     
    #48
    Hung Dinh
    February 24th, 2010 at 22:28

    It is a pity the none of the most popular opensource systems such as Joomla, Drupal, Magento is not listed :(

    They have great system but they are not really great in showing it :)

     
     
    #49
    Kaplang
    February 24th, 2010 at 22:33

    This is a massive list thanks :) I use hootsuite myself and also mail chimp :)

     
     
    #50
    RJHBookLinux
    February 24th, 2010 at 23:58

    Great post, thanks for sharing! While still in public beta, and requires an invite, someone should mention Threadsy (https://www.threadsy.com/)

    Another that is well known, but still warrants some credit is the good old, MobileMe.

    Thanks again for the post, have it bookmarked forever!

     
     
    #51
    Tom Batey
    February 25th, 2010 at 02:36

    Great list of good interfaces, I use 4 or 5 of those apps already and a couple more are on my ‘to try’ list. I am a keen user of Freshbooks, Hootsuite and Campaign Monitor but am going to give iPlotz and Mint a go too now.

    Thanks for sharing.

     
     
    #52
    Buy My House
    February 25th, 2010 at 08:27

    What a implausible and mind boggling collection.

     
     
    #53
    Phil Ren
    February 25th, 2010 at 11:42

    oh, i love this post.

     
     
    #54
    Warren
    February 25th, 2010 at 13:55

    Great list! Going to try out a few of them now. I can def vouch for Campaign Monitor, clients are always so impressed!

     
     
    #55
    arnold
    February 25th, 2010 at 14:54

    Another great post from WDD and thanks Andy for this stuff..
    This is a great reference for other web designers..
    :)

     
     
    #56
    Ken
    February 25th, 2010 at 15:53

    Great list! What about http://postageapp.com?

     
     
    #57
    Jonathan
    February 26th, 2010 at 15:25

    you forgot about 37signals – they were the pioneers of great interface design.
    great collection though. ive been looking for a showcase of web app interfaces for a while now.

     
     
    #58
    Thomas
    February 26th, 2010 at 15:26

    I use clicktail, it helps me know what is happening on my site and its heatmaps and videos show me i can increase my conversions

     
     
    #59
    r_jake
    February 26th, 2010 at 19:49

    Wow 3599 for a 5 page website (freshbooks) – I need to start putting my prices up!

     
     
    #60
    Claire
    March 1st, 2010 at 00:32

    You may want to check out project bubble a simple project management and invoicing system plus it looks very cool!

     
     
    #61
    Sarah
    March 2nd, 2010 at 13:49

    Great post, very usefull! :)

     
     
    #62
    Jonath Lee
    March 5th, 2010 at 12:17

    Great reference in the right timing. I was in the midst of designing UI for a web apps, this come pretty handy.

    I was wondering if this post will also be updated with some of the web apps UI design in the next post.

     
     
    #63
    cooljaz124
    March 6th, 2010 at 13:36

    hey cool…wat about UI design of Fedena ? http://www.fedena.com

     
     
    #64
    bhus
    March 25th, 2010 at 08:45

    Great collection, thanks for sharing!

    You may also check out Jobrary (http://jobrary.com), has a very good UI.
    Its a great and simple Portfolio and Resume management app.

     
     
    #65
    Lakeside Techies
    April 6th, 2010 at 19:57

    The application interfaces are quite inspiring. Thanks.

     
     
    #66
    shubelal
    April 16th, 2010 at 07:44

    Nice collection, its very inspiring interfaces,
    thanks you very much for sharing :)

     
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