Here’s what I’m rocking:
- Aegis
- App Lounge
- AntennaPod
- Bitwarden
- Dicio
- Doodle
- F-Droid
- FeedMe (Not FOSS. Open to suggestions)
- Firefox
- FNG
- InvizBox
- Jerboa
- Mastodon
- Music Player GO
- Obsidian
- OpenLauncher
- Organic Maps
- OsmAnd~
- Proton Cal/Drive/Mail/VPN
- RadioDroid
- RedReader
- Signal
- Silence
- Simple Keyboard
- Tasks (Not the built in. I love this one)
- Unit Converter Ultimate
- Wikipedia
This is just about everything I have on my phone. I’m on a FairPhone 4 running /e/OS. What’s your load out like?
I’m looking for a new keyboard. Glad for suggestions :D
I use KDE Connect as a media remote and to transfer files between my phone and computers. It has quite a few other functions, like remote mouse control, sms, seems to share clipboards as well.
don’t be fooled by the name, KDE connect also works on GNOME and even Windows. It is a truly wonderful app
It’s SO good
And MacOS. It’ll be the way my wife is open to a non-Apple phone for her next as she doesn’t care about iMessage, but uses the share clipboard feature every day
Kde connect is wonderful
I wish the SMS feature worked correctly
What isn’t working? It’s a little different than the phone app, but it works for me.
All of these list are great as we discover new apps each time.
But, I would suggest to write what is the app about.
That’s a good point. Originally, I wanted to get a list without writing too much. I’m going to update my phone with some of the suggestions. I’ll update my list with additional explanations.
Not sure about the rest of those, but Obsidian isn’t OS either.
I didn’t realize that. Thanks!
Joplin works pretty well
Swapped to it a couple of months ago and really like it but, is there a way to go into edit mode by default when clicking on a note?
I use Joplin but I don’t love it.
Obtainium is great for updating apps hosted outside the playstore, big upside being you don’t need to bother with FDroid releases
What do people prefer to use for apps that can’t be updated through Obtanium?
what kind of apps cant be updated through playstore/fdroid?
what are the one you are using?
what kind of apps cant be updated through playstore/fdroid?
it’s not that they can’t be (maybe some apps I use can’t) but rather that I don’t like some things about F-Droid. One of the big things being unreliable app updates. They are often significantly outdated compared to GitHub releases.
https://www.privacyguides.org/en/android/#f-droid
“Due to their process of building apps, apps in the official F-Droid repository often fall behind on updates. F-Droid maintainers also reuse package IDs while signing apps with their own keys, which is not ideal as it gives the F-Droid team ultimate trust.”
This is somewhat outdated, developers can now opt in to reproducable builds using their own keys
FOSS app which I use -
- Jerboa: Lemmy Client
- Megalodon: Mastodon Client
- RiMusic: YT Music Client
- Drodify: Material You F-Droid Alternative
- Libretube: YouTube Client
- FluffyChat: Matrix Client
- Monocles Chat: XMPP Client
- KISS Launcher: Fast and Clean App Launcher
- Cherrygram: Telegram Client
- Revolution IRC: IRC Client
- SD Maid SE: System Storage and app cache cleaner.
- SuperFreeze: Help in Force Stoping the app
- Next Player: Material You Video Player
- Diohub: Github Client
- Gitnex: Codeberg(ForjeGo/Gitea) Client
- Native Alpha: Webapp Manager - Help in creatimg Webapp
- APK Kit: APK Exporter + Give detail of Everyapp
- Material Files: File Manager
- Kiwi Browser: A better Chromium browser which Chrome Extension and Inspect Element Features AKA Dev Tools.
- Fossify Gallery: Gallery App
- Atomic: A Periodic Table App
- OpenCalc: Material You Calculator
- Proton Mail: proton.me only support its own client :(
- Psiphon: Open Source VPN(Only Client)
- Arcticons: A Line Icon Pack
- MJ PDF: A PDF viewer.
- Simple Keyboard: Best Minimal Keyboard.
- Mauth: A 2FA app
- DNS quick Tile: Add a system DNS quick to turn on or off from notification bar.
- also de-googled my device
Closed Source app which I use :( -
1.Modded
- Whatsapp Beta Mod - Privacy Features (Use because of School)
- MyInsta: Modded Instagram (Use because of friends)
- Duolingo: Removed Ads and Tracker(Use because that Green Owl have My family)
- Mimo: A code learning app - Removed Tracker and Ads (Use for fun)
- Non-Modded
- Mobilisim: Where I got my All Mods
- ApkTool M: Android Apk Editor (Installed it when I really need it like changing package name of an app or removing a alarming permission from an app) - Give me suggestion for this app if you know
Suggestion For OP
OP You should use Florisboard beta it’s good and also Obsidian is not open source.
Do you have a link for Whatsapp beta mod? Thanks!
sorry, dumb question. how reliable is this? And, with this wapp modded installed, have any risk from wapp to ban me? And its possible turn on double check blue mark?
I don’t know how safe is this I really don’t care about ban. If they ban me then I have a excuse to not use whatsapp. You can turn on double check blue mark in Privacy Setting by Clicking on 3 dots.
ty !
use instander
I switched to MyInsta just before The_dise released the beta version of Instander because it was constantly being developed. Additionally, MyInsta is based on Instander and does not have encryption in its source code. So, you can use any APK editor to see it.
Great list! One suggestion: Try Helium’s OpenBoard fork for keyboard. It has tons of features like full Material You theming, glide typing, multilingual language support as well as autocorrect and suggestion support. I’ve been waiting for autocorrect to be added in FlorisBoard for more than an year now.
Great lists so far. I’ll add one that I picked up from a previous thread:
URLCheck
URLCheck acts as an amazingly customizable and powerful intermediary when opening url links, allowing, among other things: to remove trackers, affiliate links, unnecessary elements, check Hosts, facilitating link holding and sharing, protecting against certain phishing techniques and many more…
URLCheck is a life changer!
URLcheck has been amazing for me, great for tracking links in apps like Slickdeals (non-FOSS) to skip the tracker especially if you block it on a DNS level
- Moshidon: letting me communicate with people on Mastodon
- QKSMS: text message (SMS) app
- KISS Launcher: a very neat launcher that took a while before I could love it as I do now
- FairEmail: an email client with tons of options
- Mull: a fork of Firefox
- Privacy Browser: a browser based on WebView
- Simple Calendar Pro: for managing my self-hosted CalDAV (waiting for Fossify’s version)
- Fossify Gallery: managing my images and videos
- AntennaPod: listening to podcasts
- Bitwarden: managing my self-hosted vaultwarden
- Download Navi: download files instead of using the browser
- Foxy Droid: making browsing apps on mainly F-Droid and IzzyOnDroid like old-school Google Play Store
- Loop Habits: logging my habits
- Hypatia: protecting my smartphone from malware using ClamAV
- Lemuroid: able to play my childhood favourite games wherever I am
- Miniflutt: read RSS posts through my self-hosted Miniflux server
- Mullvad VPN: protecting my identity wherever I am
- OpenTracks: track my movements
- Seal: download videos from mainly YouTube, but also converting YouTube videos to MP3 files (perfect for downloading music mixes for my bicycle trips)
- Syncthing: syncing important files to and from my desktop
- Voyager: browsing Lemmy
- URL Radio: listening to manually added radio stations
- Tasks: reminding me to do stuff
- Unexpected Keyboard: by far the best keyboard with really good shortcuts
- Planisphere: exploring the sky and letting me plan my astro photography
- LibreTube: exploring YouTube through Piped API
- Simple Voice Recorder: letting me record stuff when I don’t have my audio recorder with me (waiting for Fossify’s version)
Could you possibly edit in what each of these are for?
Done :)
Holy crap primo edit with links!! Thanks
Yeah, links are very useful :) You’re welcome.
You’re welcome :)
Yes, I have. I really liked it, but I didnt like that GitHub blocked me every now and then. I don’t have any account there due to privacy reasons.
I somewhat don’t mind outdated apps. It depends on what app it is. I wouldn’t use Bitwarden if they stop develop their app, as of 1 example.
How does it feel being such a bro?
It always feels great :)
- Acode - code editor
- Auto-Auto-Rotate - remember rotation lock settings by app
- Auxio - there’s a million music players, this one scratches my itch just right
- Binary Eye - bar/QR scanner
- BreezyWeather - appears to have sources globally
- Collabora Office - view & edit libre/Microsoft office files
- Missed Notifications Reminder - I need a repeating audio notification so I don’t miss important work related messages
- MJpdf - pdf reader
- Mull - privacy enhanced Firefox
- RoMote - roku remote on your phone
- Skymap - what is that thing in the sky?
- Snapdrop - share with other devices via snapdrop.net (crashy) or pairdrop.net (better)
Edit: I’m just wrong, nvm
the other way around, Breezy is still under development and got a release two weeks ago
That’s what I thought, too. I’ve still been getting updates for it and, like you said, just got one very recently. I love that app! I got my mom to use it, and she loves it, too.
Looks like Geometric Weather stopped development back in '22 and isn’t in the Play Store anymore.
I’m a sucker for a decent weather app.
Check out yr.no, it is made by the Norwegian Meteorological Institute. I think it is pretty good internationally too
Quick Weather - for the radar and day overview.
Forecastie - for the humidity, rainfall, wind, and temp weekly graphs.
Both are in f-droid repos.
I haven’t yet found a nicer one than Overdrop. I’m not a big weather geek, so I don’t need all the minute details. I think Overdrop is a perfect mix between lots of relevant data and gorgeous, simple design. Paid for pro, haven’t regretted it. I have (currently) installed and tried like 10-15 different weather apps. OD is still the only one on my main app page.
Good to know, thanks
I think they’re wrong. I use it through F-droid and still get updates. The most recent was within the past couple weeks.
Other way around.
If you use Organic Maps you may be interested in https://streetcomplete.app to help fill out the map
There’s also another one called every door.
Wow thanks, I recently installed OsmAnd~ and found it kind of clunky to have to actively look for, and remember to fill in, missing map data.
This gets me to walk new dog walk routes, too!
Best foss maps app imo.
This makes me wish i used an android.
FeedMe (Not FOSS. Open to suggestions)
The RSS or meal planning app? If it’s the former I like Feeder. You can probably export and import all your feeds.
I think some of my favorites are LibreTorrent, Session, and NewPipe.
I am a big fan of open source engine recreations, even if I don’t play them a ton, so DevilutionX and OpenMW are worth mentioning. I think Xash3D is also open source if you want to play Half Life on the go.
I think OpenRCT2 has an Android app but I haven’t bothered figuring out how to set it up yet.
I meant RSS. Thanks for asking. I’ll check Feeder out
Obsidian isn’t FOSS
I only install what i need so i haven’t actually installed a lot of apps. The copout answer is Firefox, but if i’m taking the prompt seriously it would be Simple Keyboard or Floris Board, they’re highly customizeable keyboards that i really enjoy and i have a hard time deciding which to leave installed.
Just in general though, browsing F-Droid feels so good. I’m in a much simpler mindset where i’ll think “oh that’s neat i want to try it”, which is how i used to feel about tech. Browsing PlayStore makes me think “that’s neat, but what’s the catch? How are they going to scam me/harvest my data? I’m not installing this”
THANK YOU for antennapod!!! What an incredibly beautiful app, I’m so impressed!!
I was so excited when I discovered this app. To me it’s one of the most perfect apps. I wish I could use it on desktop.
For keyboard I’m currently using OpenBoard and ThumbKey, the latter obviously not for everyone.
Adding to your list:
- Droidify
- Trail Sense
- NewPipe
- Logseq
- Syncthing
- Coffee
- Element
- Cryptomator
- VLC
- Geometric Weather
- Termux
- Noteless
- StreetComplete
- Translate You
@themadcodger @wuphysics87
I would add Delta Chat to the list.you sir make sense…been scrolling through this post and see the most bizarre suggestions.
so, what apps do you add to Termux?
FairEmail
