What's your favourite free Android app?
What's your favourite free Android app?
Please include a link to homepage/Play/F-Droid.
Bitwarden. There's no excuse not to use a password manager.
20ReplySingle point of failure for all my usernames and passwords? No thanks
2ReplyI used to think like that and only used
pass
. Then I stopped worrying and decided to trust the crypto.You can keep your 2FA tokens in a separate app.
1ReplyThat's why you use 2-factor-authentication
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Syncthing: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.github.catfriend1.syncthingandroid/
KDE Connect: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.kde.kdeconnect_tp/
AntennaPod: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/de.danoeh.antennapod/
DAVx⁵: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/at.bitfire.davdroid/
Obtanium: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/dev.imranr.obtainium.fdroid/
Voyager for Lemmy: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/app.vger.voyager/
Edit: Fixed link
28ReplyAntennapod is so damn good!
5ReplyI love syncthing. So convenient for transferring files between windows, android, and MacOS. Platform agnostic is the best.
Obtanium is awesome too for simplifying the process of updating apks from github.
5ReplySecond obtainium. I had been looking for an app that does what it does exactly -- was super happy to find it and have it work pretty well.
6ReplyFor some reason the Obtainium link does not work in mobile, but this one without index .html does: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/dev.imranr.obtainium.fdroid/
5ReplyThank you. I am not sure how that only ended up on that link.
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DAVx5 came bundled with e/OS when I changed over but I've had no luck getting it going and I struggle to follow the guide. Would you happen to know of like an idiot's guide to getting started with it? Or could someone perhaps briefly summarise how to get going with it?
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Here is my list :
- Fossify gallery https://f-droid.org/packages/org.fossify.gallery/ 2.Eternity https://f-droid.org/packages/eu.toldi.infinityforlemmy/ 3.url check https://f-droid.org/packages/com.trianguloy.urlchecker 4.Breezy weather https://f-droid.org/packages/org.breezyweather/ 5.Clayx os dialer (i took it from clayxos fdroid repo) https://gitlab.com/CalyxOS/platform_packages_apps_Dialer 6.Heli board https://f-droid.org/packages/helium314.keyboard/ 7.Moshidon https://f-droid.org/packages/org.joinmastodon.android.moshinda/ 8.Tubular https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index/apk/org.polymorphicshade.tubular
- Markor https://f-droid.org/packages/net.gsantner.markor/
- Obtainium https://f-droid.org/packages/dev.imranr.obtainium.fdroid/
- Droid-ify https://f-droid.org/packages/com.looker.droidify/ There is a lot more
11ReplyIs there an apk for the dialer?
2ReplyYes. You can install droid-ify and add calyx os repo named "The calyx Institute Fdroid repo (testing) . And search for Dialer and directly install it from there
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What's your favourite free Android app?
1ReplyAll of these
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Most likely F-Droid.
8ReplyTermux, a terminal emulator
9ReplyIndispensable.
1ReplyWhat do you use it for?
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Quillpad https://www.f-droid.org/en/packages/io.github.quillpad/
It's a nice simple Google keep replacement.
8Reply1List is the best list-making app I've tried that's open source. Really polished and quick.
https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.lolo.io.onelist/
Along those same lines, Notally is the best note taking app I've tried.
https://f-droid.org/packages/com.omgodse.notally/
And since someone else mentioned Voyager, I'll mention Eternity as well!
https://f-droid.org/packages/eu.toldi.infinityforlemmy/
Lastly, Weawow is the best weather app I've used, though Quickweather on f-droid is a close second (but requires an API key to work, so bit of a hassle to set up).
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.weawow&hl=en-US
11ReplyI like the look of both of these but do you know a way to sync them with a PC?
2ReplyYou can use Syncthing (the fork on FDroid is better) and Obsidian (for the notes). You can also use obsidian services (might be paid) for the sync but its easy enough to do yourself.
2ReplyI don't believe so. The only options I see in the settings is the ability to export and import lists and notes manually with a file.
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OsmAnd~: https://f-droid.org/packages/net.osmand.plus/
KOReader: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.koreader.launcher.fdroid/
Firefox with ublock Origin: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/browsers/mobile/android/
uBlock Origin https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/android/addon/ublock-origin/ 4ReplyFDroid itself
10ReplyBreezy Weather - https://github.com/breezy-weather/breezy-weather
LibreTube - https://github.com/libre-tube/LibreTube
NewPipe - https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe
Secure Camera - Play Store / Github
FUTO Keyboard - Play Store / https://keyboard.futo.org/
Organic Maps - Play Store / https://organicmaps.app/
6ReplyTubular is feels better with some ui changes
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Signal
5ReplyEnglish Dictionary Offline: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=livio.pack.lang.en_US . Still unbloated after all these years.
Librera (ebook reader): https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.foobnix.pro.pdf.reader/ . The pro version is free on f-droid, or you can buy it on Google Play if you want to support the dev.
Fossify Gallery: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.fossify.gallery/ . This is a fork of the old Simple Gallery from before it got bought out. Same deal with Fossify File Manager and the other Fossify apps. Just no-nonsense functional apps.
4ReplyLibrera (ebook reader)
Does it do OPDS for Calibre integration? I don't see that in the features.
1ReplyI don't use this feature much so I can't speak to the details, but yes, it does support OPDS.
Screenshot:
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A lot of bangers in the comments, but I didn't see my favorite!
container (kinda) for your apps https://f-droid.org/packages/com.oasisfeng.island.fdroid/
5ReplyAnd its sibling Shelter. Don't know which one is more up-to-date lately.
2ReplyLooks like Insular has a more recent release: may 2024, and Shelter has the last in december 2023.
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Anytype - open source note taking app, similar to Obsidian.
Vampire Survivors - addictive game without intrusive ads
3Reply- Signal signal.org↗ - Free, open source, completely end-to-end encrypted messaging that lead by a non-profit.
- Shelter f-droid.org↗ - Use Android's built-in "Work Profile" feature to install or clone apps into an isolated space.
- Simplex f-droid.org↗ - Like Signal but for the more paranoid. Not as good from a UX perspective so I can't recommend it to everyone, but definitely just as good if privacy/security is your ultimate requirement.
4Replyhow does shelter differ from insular - assuming you know. I just haven't seen that one and am curious
4ReplyIsland vs Shelter vs Insular
https://secure-system.gitlab.io/Insular/faq.html
Island Shelter Insular (based on Island) Isolated profile to install Big Brother apps Yes Yes Yes No proprietary code/components (GMS, Crashlytics, etc) No Yes Yes No Internet access No Yes Yes Good internationalization No Yes No Option to prohibit ADB access Yes No Yes Auto freeze Yes (with proprietary Greenify) Yes No Freeze main space apps Yes No Yes Block Contacts Searching No Yes No Image Chooser as Fake Camera Yes, with SAF Enhancer Lite Yes Yes, with SAF Enhancer Lite License Apache License 2.0 GNU General Public License v3.0 Apache License 2.0 8Reply
Musicolet, the only local player that I know allowing to switch between playlists and albums without losing each last played songs
3Replyfcitx5 for android, basically gboard without Google service
2ReplyWavelet
1Replyaniyomi
1ReplyJota Text Editor, Connect for Lemmy, google translate for live translation
1ReplyaSQLiteManager. Use ot to keep track of dart scoring and use views for reports / stats
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