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Free Micro Apps: free SEO tools for small jobs
Not every task needs a subscription. Free Micro Apps is a collection of free SEO tools and web utilities for quick checks, most of which work without an account.
A lot of web work is made of tiny questions. What are the meta tags on this page? Does this domain's DNS look right? How many words is this draft? Which links on this page are broken? You don't need a big platform for any of those. You need a tool that answers the question and gets out of the way. That's what these free SEO tools are for.
That's the idea behind Free Micro Apps.
What's in the collection
The tools are grouped by job:
- Text and content: word counter, duplicate-text checking, a rewriting helper and hash generators.
- Keyword research: keyword ideas, keyword density and position checks.
- Backlinks and links: who links to a site, links on a page, link counts and broken-link checks.
- Website checks: meta tags, DNS records, page speed and other quick technical lookups.
Most of them are free to use without creating an account.
How I use free SEO tools
Small tools are best for verification. After changing a page title, check the meta tags. After moving a site, check DNS and look for broken links. Before publishing, run a word count and a quick duplicate check. None of this replaces judgment, but it catches the kind of mistake that's embarrassing precisely because it was easy to avoid.
Quick checks catch common problems. The 2024 Web Almanac found that 66% of mobile pages had at least one image without explicit dimensions, a common cause of layout shift, and only 43% of mobile sites passed all three Core Web Vitals.
I like keeping a few of these bookmarked rather than opening a heavy dashboard every time. Free Micro Apps is my attempt at a tidy shelf of them.
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Frequently asked questions
Are free SEO tools good enough?
For quick checks, yes. They're great for spotting issues on a page. Large audits and ongoing tracking need more.
Do I need an account to use Free Micro Apps?
Most of the tools work without one.
What should I check first on a page?
The title, meta description, headings, image alt text, broken links and page speed cover most common problems.
Can free tools hurt my site?
Read-only checks can't. Be careful with any tool that asks for site credentials.
This post is about one of my projects: freemicroapps.com. See all of them on the projects page.