For graphic image manipulation and prep to upload, I have always enjoyed "Irfanview." Mostly because it's so tiny and it manipulates images in every way I seem to need for re-sizing, flipping for forwarding, posting and website updating. Be sure to also download the Irfanview "plug-ins," because it has some nice features for image manipulation that aren't in the main install.
Generally, I always read the Terms of Service, because I really do not enjoy being data-trolled. For that reason, I would never use "Grammarly."
What I REALLY enjoy is a site called "Ninite.com"
It's got a huge list of really cool programs that you can check off to download as a group to install and/or update. Then it assembles these into a sequence of downloads that you can download as a pile - just run them ALL at once. Ninite doesn't install any junky nasty stuff in these install/updates.
Just the fact that a program or app is present on Ninite.com endorses it as being useful. (WHAT they are useful for isn't spelled out though, you've gotta research; though they are categorized as to what kind of app they are.)
I have really enjoyed also a recording app made by Dolby designed for phone recording that's sort of tricky to find:
https://dolby234.page.link/DownloadDolbyOn Dolby On has features that sweeten the recording after it's made that you can adjust. But you need to have an extra storage chip on your phone to use it because quality sound files really take up space. Drawback is that EACH recording needs to be exported one at a time.
The other app I really use often is a phone music player (android) that's designed for LOoooong file names. It supports my activities recording my musician friend. Ineed it because I'm recording original music from a friend of mine on different dates that need to be re-classified, have their endings and/or beginnings trimmed, etc. The capacity for a longer title can keep track of what I'm doing with specific files. ...Making Opus 1 really, really handy beyond the classical music purposes it spouts.
Called: Opus 1 Music Player.
I'm going to take DaveLembke's advice on the search app. I've been using a tiny search engine called "Everything," which works faster than the native search feature in Win10 that I have turned off because I really hated Cortana.
DaveLembke, agreed how you need to separate and categorize your online purposes. Since you mentioned separating utilitarian apps and games, this isn't really a download, but it's a tip to save you from being scammed if your Paypal gets compromised...
I have an unused savings account that's connected to Paypal that I can phone up and transfer the exact amount I'm about to use into it. I keep about five bucks in that account when I'm not immediately buying anything on Paypal. At my bank, I have auto-transfer to pay any bill that comes to my account explicitly turned off - so any scammer's "request" essentially bounces. (Be aware that "Courtesy-Pay" is turned on by default, because banks want to charge you hugely unfair amounts for "loaning" even pennies to you if your account doesn't have enough money to pay the demanded scammer's billing.) Having turned off "Courtesy-Pay" prevents a scammer from billing me via PayPal and getting anything by auto-transfer from my other accounts that DO have money in them.
Thunderbird has been recommended by multiple privacy experts as the only mail client that protects your privacy. Agreed, it's got so many features that it's a hassle to use - I'm not sure HOW do I transfer my emails I've saved when I upgrade to another laptop?? So I keep my emails on BOTH Thunderbird AND the original sources...and that's a pain. So Dave, I can see why you're looking for another email client. Plus - Thunderbird is ONLY useful on a laptop - it's not made for phones.
Speaking of email, ($50. a year for five different emails,) I'm convinced that BraxMail is the most private email source to use - better than MulVaad or Proton Mail by far. To learn more about WHY it's the most private, join Brax.me (Brax.me is free, only a password and username is required,) and search the "Community" link under "Chats" for "BraxMail." That BraxMail chat is the user support; if you go back to the beginning of the chat you can find out about how and why it's more private that any other email source and what's involved to set it up on an email client such as Thunderbird and K-9 for phones.