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
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.
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.
Kde connect is wonderful
Obtainium is great for updating apps hosted outside the playstore, big upside being you don’t need to bother with FDroid releases
what kind of apps cant be updated through playstore/fdroid?
what are the one you are using?
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.
Not sure about the rest of those, but Obsidian isn’t OS either.
I didn’t realize that. Thanks!
Joplin works pretty well
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.
Best foss maps app imo.
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!
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
- 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
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.
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’m running openboard’s fork by helium! It supports glide typing, if you download a library! There are instructions in the app 🙂
I also recently found sayboard (available on fdroid), which has been working WAY better than I expected as a speech-to-text alternative 🙂
I love Thumb Key, it’s a very unique and actively developed keyboard app.
There’s a lot of good recommendations here but I haven’t seen anyone recommend Trail Sense yet. I use it to keep track of my steps without worrying about my levels of activity being monitored by anyone else. It also notifies me an hour before sunset since I actually go hiking.
- 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)
Thanks for your links !
Have you tried Obtainium ? This could replace foxy-droid which seems dead with no updates since 2020!
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.
Obsidian is Open Source? I switched to Logseq because it wasnt open source. A friend wasnt even allowed to install it on his Work PC becauze Obsidian wants 50€ per Year when not used at home privately.
A developer wanted to earn money for software used commercially? Oh, the humanity!
Just gonna add, if we are on this topic, see boringcactus’s blog post - Not “Any purpose”.
note that ze use some strong language on their blog.
This is absolutely brilliant, thanks for sharing. The “Why The Fuck Would You Even Do That Holy Shit Public License” made me laugh out loud. Good stuff, and I agree 100%.
Also see zer Anti-License Manifesto and zer anti-license Fuck Around and Find Out License (which some of my projects have been licensed under)
Nextcloud News I like for RSS since it fetches the full text article. Obtainium lkke others mentioned is a must have for me.