Hey there, right now i degoogle my nothing phone 2. Here is a list of stuff that I use. Also some stuff is open. U can recommend me stuff for that and maybe also stuff I already have something for. I am always open for new stuff.
SMS - QKSMS
Phone / Contacts - … ?
Clock - Clock (Foss)
Browser - For now Vivaldi (no good Firefox Browser on Android) Wanted the Same Browser on Android and pc
Search engine - DDG (would use Kagi but not for 10€ a month / would pay 1€ per month)
Keep notes - Quillpad (perfect)
Google Tasks - For now ToDoDo (not sure About it)
YouTube and Twitch - Grayjay
Email - Proton (mail plus sub is enough for me)
Calendar - Proton (tested Tuta but Proton is better)
Password manager - Bitwarden
2FA - Aegis
Google Drive - Filen.io (lifetime 2tb no subscription), Synology Drive with DS224+ Nas, Synology Photos (DS224+ coming 2025 2x2tb Seagate iron Wolf) just photos Videos and some docs
Gallery App - Aves, Nothing Gallery when it releases
Reddit - Eternity for Lemmy
Shazam - Audile
Playstore - Aurora Store, Droidify
Anti Virus - Bitdefender
Ad and Tracker Blocking - Adguard App (works awesome)
VPN - … ?
Office - … ?
PDF Scanner - … ?
Calculator App - OpenCalc
Google Files - Material Files but still searching for another one with Safe Folder Function
Translate - DeepL
Weather - Nothing Weather because I use Nothing Phone 2
Camera App - For now Nothing Camera
RSS Feed - … ? (Instead of Google discover)?
What’s App - … ? searching for other Apps with working What’s App Bridge (sadly everyone I know uses WhatsApp and doesn’t want to change)
YouTube Music- … ?
Google Home - … ?
Greetings
Clock Phone Contacts Gallery etc … Fossify suite!
Proton also has a VPN
I use Read You for RSS
For WhatsApp and other platforms, I host a Matrix server and add bridges for them.
To replace Google Home, I host a Home Assistant server
For music, you can host your on music streaming service with Navidrome and use an app like Ultrasonic on your phone. If you don’t want to buy music outright, you can get a qobuz subscription and use qobuz-dl to grab music from it.
You say there’s no good Firefox browser for Android, but I strongly recommend you consider Mull. It’s pretty much Firefox w/ Arkenfox but for mobile and it works exactly as it should. For Mull you should add the DivestOS repository to F-Droid because the F-Droid one is outdated.
I like Fossify’s apps for phone and contacts. As for photo gallery, I really like Aves Libre, paired with Image Toolbox and Open Video Editor for light edits.
I don’t use an RSS aggregator myself, but Feeder tends to be rated well.
I use the standard Firefox browser and I’m pretty happy with it.
No mention of Google Maps?
And Kagi is absolutely worth the 10€. Give it a couple months. It’s very hard to go back to free search.
Maybe they should offer a full refund if you cancel within the first 3 months or something.Forgot Maps - haven’t thought about it yet
Same goes for Gboard and Voice assistant
I second Kagi. It’s great!
