been looking for more useful apps so figured I’d ask.
Sorted them into a few categories
Social
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Cheogram - xmpp chat, can also handle phone and sms gateways
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Fedilab - my preferred fediverse app for mastodon
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Jerboa - preferred lemmy app
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K-9 Mail - email
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Pixelix - pixelfed app. not sure if I like this or PixelDroid better yet
Media
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AntennaPod - podcasts
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Kiwix - offline copies of useful wikis, q&as, archives, etc.
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Librera FD - books
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NewPipe - watch youtube videos, although google keeps trying to break it
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Voice - audiobooks
Security
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Aegis - two factor authentication
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KeePassDX - password management
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WG Tunnel - VPN connection, still not sure if this is the best option
Notes and Documents
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Orgzly Revised - note taking. for people not familiar with emacs something like logseq or safe notes might be better
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Pinkt - bookmarks
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Syncthing-Fork - synchronize files between devices
System
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F-Droid - technically it can install itself
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Lawnchair - alternative home screen / app launcher
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ntfy - runs in the background, handles push notifications for some other apps
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Unexpected Keyboard - has the fancy keys that most android keyboards leave out
Other Tools
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Fennec - basically firefox
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Organic Maps - sometimes missing info and it doesn’t have traffic data. simpler than OsmAnd
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PocketPaint - make art on your phone
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QuickDict - offline multi-language dictionary
I’ve got hundreds more installed, but those are some of my favorites.
I use Fossify notes
Sherpa TTS is a great companion to Librera to turn any eBook into an audiobook.
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Organic maps
Always good
- Aegis
- Audire
- Binary Eye
- DavX5
- Droidify
- Image Toolbox
- Immich
- KDE Connect
- LibreOffice Viewer
- Muzei
- NextCloud
- Paperless Mobile
Oh, I wasn’t aware of the Paperless app! Thanks!
It was actually the app that made me try it out. Glad I did.
- FlorisBoard
- URLCheck
- AdAway
- AppManager
- LocalSend
- Syncthing-fork
- DataBackup
- SD Maid
- Track & Graph
- Simple Time Tracker
- OpenTracks
- OrganicMaps
- YTDLnis
- Aegis
- Aves
- Image Toolbox
- Read You
- URL Radio
fossify gallery is pretty nice
I’d like to add Broccoli as a database for cooking recipes. It is very convenient, as it extracts the relevant data out of most SEO-inflated webpages.
Pipepipe - newpipe fork with sponsorblock and Google account fallback for restricted videos
Quillpad - Google Keep replacement
KeepassDX - password manager and nice keyboard that autotypes what you want without copy pasting
Syncthing-fork - for syncing files
Others here have already mentioned most of the ones I use.
Some that are less common are
- The Fossify suite of apps
- Eternity for Lemmy browsing
- Spotube for music streaming
- OsmAnd for navigation
- Converter NOW for conversions
The most useful one though is probably Syncthing. It lets you synchronise folders between your devices.
- Kvaesitso - my favorite launcher
- Material Files
- Fossify camera
- Fossify gallery
- QuillPad
- AntennaPod
- NewPipe
- Aegis
- RetroMusic
- Organic Maps with Sherpa Onnx voice
- OSMAnd
- FUTO Keyboard
- Signal/Molly
FUTO keyboard is not on F-droid and is not foss
It’s on F-Droid if you load their repo. Also it’s open source but I understand some people don’t like their license.
I think they mean it’s technically not a ‘FOSS’ app, but instead a ‘source-available’ app.
It’s on F-Droid if you load their repo.
It is not allowed in F-Droid’s official repos because it is not open source; anyone can run their own F-Droid repo and distribute proprietary software from it.
Also it’s open source but I understand some people don’t like their license.
It is not open source; that is a term with an internationally recognized definition. Even FUTO themselves now acknowledge it is not.
There license strips you of your freedoms. It is not free (libre) or open source. You can fork it but there are arbitrary restrictions that take away your rights.
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Fennec
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Eternity
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Newpipe
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Clima
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Organic Maps
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Fossify Notes
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Barcode Scanner
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Vernet (network scanner)
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- KDE Connect
- IronFox: fork/successor to the defunct Mull browser
- OSMAnd~
- AntennaPod
- Transistor: for internet radio
- Any music app, they’re all good; I’m currently using Symphony
- Jerboa: for Lemmy
IronFox
There is no result for “IronFox” on f-droid.org: https://search.f-droid.org/?q=IronFox
It has a repo you can add to F-Droid. I forgot I added the separate repo.
- Termux (or equivalent) has always been the primary mobile phone use case for me. Access to my main computing platforms from my pocket.
- Antennapod
- Fedilab (Mastodon)
- Fennec - Can’t deal with the web without uBo and other extensions.
A few I’ve not seen mentioned yet:
- Equate - calculator/converter etc
- Feeder - RSS client
- Immich - Photos. App for self hostable server
- Jellyfin - media client
- Joplin - notes
- MJ PDF - PDF viewer with extras
- PDF Converter - handy PDF tool
- Squawker - view the cesspit, follow stuff etc
- Subz - track your subscriptions
- Untracker - removes tracking info before sharing links
- Whobird - Shazam for birds
what RSS feeds do you have if you don’t mind me asking? I’ve been looking for some
Nothing exciting I’m afraid - a few football related feeds (Guardian & Telegraph are solid for football stories, usually interesting articles rather than made up transfer horseshit) plus some general news headlines/generic/“top stories” type feeds & a couple of tech bits like Ars Technica.
Expand this from F-Droid to Obtainium 😉
