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My favorite apps on F-Droid

280 points by ericdanielski 8y ago

JetSpiegel 8y ago
I use and love Diary, one of the few text editors that store the text as flat files on the SD card, to be synced to the PC by another app like Syncthing. I must mention Orgzly, which is a pretty UI over OrgMode files. Also stores the flat files as text on the disk.
- Grumbledour 8y ago
  I use Markor for the same reason. Flat files are just the most convenient way to handle your data.
openfuture 8y ago
I also like: - Devinettes: Sphinx puzzles (rhymes with a simple answer) some are infuriatingly difficult. - Call Recorder: Pretty straight forward, lets you record your calls. - Kanadrill and KaQui: For learning the japanese alphabets. - Habits: Really good way to keep track of things you are trying to learn / unlearn. - NewPipe: Sooooooo good.
herogreen 8y ago
Nice list, pretty comprehensive in my opinion. I personally do not have the Google apps on my android phone and the only two applications that I use that are not in the list are: - a pdf viewer: I like Document Viewer especially to navigate in ebooks. - a GPS application: I like OsmAnd that has a very usable UI, lots of features and allows you to download the map of a region for offline use.
- dzek69 8y ago
  OsmAnd - tried this on 3 devices, none could download/render anything at all on any network connected. Looks like a heavy thing anyway
  - JackCh 8y ago
    OsmAnd has a counterintuive UI, it have been the case that you didn't have the right map layers enabled.
    - ufo 8y ago
      You also need to download the maps ahead of time.
      - arendtio 8y ago
        AFAIK, Osmand~ supports live tiles too.
    - ce4 8y ago
      OsmAnd is a marvel - I plan all my holiday needs with it: preloading points of interest and doing all the routing with it. It packs this much functionality in one place, all available offline. Once you get past the counterintuitive UI, you start to like it. It covers public transport, opening hours, all kinds of PoIs, distance measurement tools, hill shading, contour maps and customizable map views, being able to measure routes in advance (calculate route from any point x to y).
  - pymai 8y ago
    it's impressive the amount of things that osmAnd but it ends up being a bit cluttered at times. try "maps" for something more basic (white logo with black M). it's a fork of mapbox's "map.me" app just without any ads
  - spapas82 8y ago
    I use OsmAnd all the time for off line directions (don't have data on my phone). Works great!
- slim 8y ago
  Document Viewer ils great for pdf ans epub
sandov 8y ago
Apps I like that weren't on the list: Drum on: for setting up percussion loops so you can play your instrument along with it. Newpipe: youtube client Slide: reddit client
- fenwick67 8y ago
  Yeah newpipe is great, you can watch in a tiny window or just listen to the audio of a video.
arendtio 8y ago
For the privacy aware people I would add: - Nextcloud - Conversations - Davdroid
- fwdpropaganda 8y ago
  I've heard of Nexcloud. What's the difference between it and Syncthing?
  - ekianjo 8y ago
    syncthing is like dropbox. Nextcloud is remote storage you can access, with tons of plugins to do additional things with it too, like video chat for example.
    - DoubleMalt 8y ago
      Nextcloud is more like Dropbox imho. It has a web interface, but there are also sync clients and you need a webserver to host your stuff.
      - ekianjo 8y ago
        Nextcloud is not like Dropbox out of the box (no pun intended). While Syncthing is pretty much what Dropbox's core service used to be.
  - yjftsjthsd-h 8y ago
    Nextcloud uses a server, Syncthing is p2p
nextos 8y ago
Snowden's Haven [1] is simply marvelous. Essentially, it turns an Android phone into a very sophisticated alarm system with real time notifications and streaming. So you can e.g. protect a hotel room using an old burner Android phone. I use it against some creepy UK landlords and agents, who have the strange habit of breaking into rented flats when I'm not in, and without any prior notice. Totally illegal, but very hard to collect evidence against. Furthermore, contracts usually contain (illegal) clauses preventing you from installing a real home-alarm system. (Edit: contracts usually also ban changing locks). It's also much better than any cheap alarm system, and totally complementary too. If something starts beeping (e.g a fire alarm or a motion sensor), Haven will notice and message you. [1] https://f-droid.org/wiki/index.php?title=org.havenapp.main&redirect=no https://f-droid.org/wiki/index.php?title=org.havenapp.main&r...
- yulaow 8y ago
  Partially related, I had the same problem with the landlord and just changed the door lock keeping also the old one in a box. So until I live here I am the only one with the key, when I transfer I change back the door lock and the landlord is again the only one with the key. In my state the Landlord can do nothing against this exactly because it is illegal for him to enter without my permission so it is also not necessary (and a forced request is illegal) to give a copy of the key of the new door lock to the Landlord.
  - nextos 8y ago
    Sadly most UK contracts include a clause where they explicitly ban you from changing locks without providing them with a key. If they discover you have changed locks, you will get evicted immediately. It's pretty sad. In my home country, it's a very serious crime if your landlord breaks into your house for no reason. Actually, landlords generally do not keep a key to the property during tenancies precisely because of this.
    - rahimnathwani 8y ago
      I don't believe your experience is typical. I've signed dozens of rental agreements in the UK, mostly as a landlord but also as a tenant, and the agreements have been drafted by several different agents. Not one of these had included a clause about changing locks. And also the part about "you will get evicted immediately" is nonsense. The process to evict a tenant takes time: the landlord need to serve notice, then wait X days for a response, then apply to the court, who will then (assuming the landlord has followed the law to the letter) issue an judgement, and then the landlord still cannot have you forcibly removed until some period has passed and they have applied to the court for an enforcement order. If you have had the experience you describe with more than one landlord in the UK, I'd suggest you look through a different agent next time.
blfr 8y ago
NewPipe: a YouTube client, as mentioned in the thread, that allows you to play videos in the background, in a small popout over something else, adjust the playback speed, and also download videos for later. Great for lectures. AdAway: it makes the ads go away by adjusting your hosts file (may require root) so it works both for in-app ads and web ads. I first installed it out of spite when Google failed my LineageOS on SafetyNet and blocked Android Pay even though it wasn't rooted but it made using the system so much more enjoyable I would now root it regardless. FBReader: a pretty decent ebook reader although the complexity makes it feel like a 2006 Linux app.
- Y_Y 8y ago
  NewPipe is kind of janky, but so much better than the official client. It seems to have the features that youtube wants you to pay for, just by not deliberately crippling the software.
  - JackCh 8y ago
    The only thing it's really missing is comments, but some people consider this a feature. (Honestly though, on high quality small channels the comments will often be worth reading, so I do miss it sometimes.)
    - crtasm 8y ago
      Easy to get to the comments if you want: Three dot menu -> Open in browser.
  - dvhh 8y ago
    Background play (without ads) is perhaps the only feature I use newPipe for
- avel 8y ago
  If you want easy system-wide ad-blocking without root, take a look into Blokada. Also in F-Droid. Implements a vpn through which the traffic is routed, and this way the DNS blacklists can be enforced. Note that, due to android limitations, you can only use only one vpn connection at a time.
SubiculumCode 8y ago
Port Authority: A port scanner app there. That's kind of cool. I'd like to say OpenStreetMaps...but unfortunately..well. Everyone knows.
viraptor 8y ago
> but they are much less likely to contain/be malware or spyware Is there any base for this claim? Play store has at least a system like Play Protect. Likely it's not ideal, but at least does some filtering. Does fdroid provide anything better, or is it just that it's not as popular so spyware authors are not interested?
- JetSpiegel 8y ago
  Most apps only require the minimum amount of permissions to work, that's a start.
  - viraptor 8y ago
    But that's the author's choice. In malware/spyware scenario the author is malicious and not interested in minimal permissions.
    - pwg 8y ago
      The major huge difference is that because most apps request minimal permissions, the one that requests a lot (or an odd one) stands out against the background of the rest. Whereas g-store apps, because they almost always request too many to begin with, train users that 17 different permissions for a 'flashlight' app is normal (made up example), and the malware does not stand out as 'odd' in that environment.
- wungsten 8y ago
  I would agree that in general open source software is less likely to contain such things, since anyone who inspects the source would find the bad stuff.
  - Cyphase 8y ago
    Especially since F-Droid packages are mostly built from source on F-Droid infrastructure, and all source tarballs are kept forever. That way, even if something slips through, it can be tracked down. https://f-droid.org/en/docs/FAQ_-_General/#whats-the-difference-between-source-and-binary-builds https://f-droid.org/en/docs/FAQ_-_General/#whats-the-differe...
nvr219 8y ago
ObscuraCam sounds super cool, is there an iphone equivalent?
- mandelbulb 8y ago
  Apple store terms of service are incompatible with the GPL, you would need to publish under a different license on their store specifically.
JackCh 8y ago
The "Simple Mobile Tools" family of apps by Tibor Kaputa (distinctive for their orange icons) are available on F-Droid and are superb. A great fusion of minimalism and functionality, they've never let me down. https://github.com/simplemobiletools https://github.com/simplemobiletools https://simplemobiletools.github.io/ https://simplemobiletools.github.io/
- enitihas 8y ago
  +1 for Simple Mobile Tools. My newest phone didn't contain much vendor installed apps, so I was looking for nice and preferably open source replacements for the basic apps like gallery, and simple mobile tools solved all my problem.
- reshie 8y ago
  also a ton more functional(options) than the stock equivalent and even appearance. though for music i like vanilla player it's UI may be dated looking but lots of functions that i like.
dyukqu 8y ago
My Expenses: http://www.myexpenses.mobi/en/ http://www.myexpenses.mobi/en/ - Personal finance manager. I find it very uses-friendly & been using it almost for a year.
nickpsecurity 8y ago
We had a thread of F-Droid apps a while back on Lobsters: https://lobste.rs/s/8xtyxo/f_droid_app_recommendation_thread https://lobste.rs/s/8xtyxo/f_droid_app_recommendation_thread Lots of apps in it. I had no idea so many were using F-Droid.
dzek69 8y ago
Why f-droid doesn't have screenshots? It's making selecting proper app very hard
- icebraining 8y ago
  It supports screenshots (see for example [1]), it's just that most uploaders haven't added them. [1] https://f-droid.org/en/packages/de.k3b.android.androFotoFinder/ https://f-droid.org/en/packages/de.k3b.android.androFotoFind...
  - yjftsjthsd-h 8y ago
    That's also a fairly recent addition.
- nitemice 8y ago
  I agree. It's a real pain to have to search up each app to see even just a single screenshot. In my experience, some of the app descriptions can be quite cryptic or vague, not really giving enough detail to be sure that a given app does the one thing you care about. Adding even just a single screenshot to the app listings would make it so much more user-friendly, it would really encourage less techy user to use F-droid too.
- digi_owl 8y ago
  There is always fossdroid.com that was set up to offer just that.
babayega2 8y ago
NewPipe is the best. By the way, is there any app that can mask the IP of my hotspot either through a VPN?
huntie 8y ago
I like FTP Server. It's really convenient for transferring files from my computer.
orblivion 8y ago
When Maps.me went open source, there was a clamour to get it onto F-Droid, but there were issues, perhaps including access to the company's data servers, and the topic eventually petered out. Then (IIRC back in February or so), somebody forked it, and (from comments) apparently pointed it to a separate data website (not sure how they pay for it if that's the case). At any rate: "Maps": https://f-droid.org/app/com.github.axet.maps https://f-droid.org/app/com.github.axet.maps Compred to OSMAnd: It's much simpler to use. Smoother scrolling around the map, and nice 3d perspective. It has some stalling problems that OSMAnd doesn't have, but is otherwise smoother I think. Sometimes searching for streets seems to not be as good as OSMAnd. Missing a lot of OSMAnd features but that is what makes it simpler.
- Kliment 8y ago
  Sigh, I wish osmand was available for iOS. A friend is using, and constantly frustrated with, maps.me (only reasonable option for a low-data-usage plan on iOS I'm aware of, recommendations for others welcome, requirements: no tracking, non-evil, fully offline).
  - orblivion 8y ago
    Why do you suppose they'd be less frustrated with OSMAnd?
    - Kliment 8y ago
      Because they've used it on another device and it was okay. Sure it has its own warts but it basically works and seems to have better routing.
  - pwg 8y ago
    osmand is available for iOS (or at least now it is): http://osmand.net/blog?id=osmand-ios http://osmand.net/blog?id=osmand-ios https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/osmand-maps/id934850257?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/osmand-maps/id934850257?mt=8
  - SSLy 8y ago
mmerlin 8y ago
DNS66 is pretty much always running on my phone for a more pleasant web browsing experience (ad blocking) DNS66 establishes a VPN interface, and redirects DNS server traffic to it. The VPN interface filters the traffic, only allowing queries for hosts that are not blacklisted. https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.jak_linux.dns66/ https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.jak_linux.dns66/
jimmyswimmy 8y ago
Good list. I'm also a HUGE fan of Antennapod [0], a podcast player app. It's simple, easy to use, and has built-in speed adjustment, so I can listen to some lower-information density channels at 2x speed. [0] https://f-droid.org/en/packages/de.danoeh.antennapod/ https://f-droid.org/en/packages/de.danoeh.antennapod/
- nirv 8y ago
  If only it didn't regularly wipe all the data due to database corruption [1], with no ways of recovering and automatic backups. Until this fatal bug is fixed, I strongly advise against using this otherwise fine application. [1] https://github.com/AntennaPod/AntennaPod/issues/2463 https://github.com/AntennaPod/AntennaPod/issues/2463
  - _emacsomancer_ 8y ago
    I'm in the same boat - I've switched back to PocketCasts. It's sad, because not only is AntennaPod open source, but I think it's more featureful than many of the alternatives. But it's become unusable due to this bug.
    - simon1573 8y ago
      I've gone over to SoundWaves, which is also on F-Droid.
      - _emacsomancer_ 8y ago
        I had a look, but I don't understand how it deals with 'new' podcasts. The play queue seems arbitrary and uneditable. But maybe I'm missing something. (Otherwise it does look nice.)
etiam 8y ago
Does anyone have a good free software solution for backups on Android they'd like to tell about? Personally I really go too long between off-device backups. Something for automated backups to a PC would be valuable, and I suspect I'm not the only person who should be using it.
- thatcat 8y ago
  You can use rsync over usb as described here: https://askubuntu.com/questions/343502/how-to-rsync-to-android/789898#789898 https://askubuntu.com/questions/343502/how-to-rsync-to-andro...
  - voltagex_ 8y ago
    If you're going to do that you may as well tether the phone to your PC and use rsync with ssh via termux [1] On 3 phones, I've never had MTP work well enough to trust it with backups. 1: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.termux https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.termux
- chungy 8y ago
  Syncthing is available in F-Droid and is excellent for automatically backing up whatever :)
- laurent123456 8y ago
  I use SSHelper [0] on the Android device and use rsync to backup what I need. I've setup a cron on my laptop so whenever the phone is near it, it will automatically backup. [0] https://arachnoid.com/android/SSHelper/index.html https://arachnoid.com/android/SSHelper/index.html
worez 8y ago
I always add https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/repo https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/repo to the repos in F-Droid - adds a lot of apps that aren't on the main repo for various reasons.
jasonkostempski 8y ago
OpenLauncher is a nice home screen replacement. I would be fine with the standard one if Google would just let us hide the damn search bar. I use Simple Contacts so I can keep my contacts out of the cloud and away from other apps. Good 'ol manual entry/editing and .vcf importing/exporting when needed, which is maybe twice a year for me. No named caller ID or call/text history though, have to use my brain for that. Maybe there's a way to make that work without sacrificing the benefits, but it hasn't been a problem for me yet, so I haven't looked into it. For weather, I just add a DDG search for "weather [zip]" to my home screen. No need to turn on location for something that changes very little and is trivial to look up when it does.
- _emacsomancer_ 8y ago
  For launchers, I like [KISS](https://kisslauncher.com/ https://kisslauncher.com/) a lot. A GPL3-licensed launcher with a sort of different paradigm. Very customisable.
  - jasonkostempski 8y ago
    I've played with that. I like the smallness but it actually adds either extra steps or cognitive overhead for me. It doesn't get simpler than turning on the screen (I don't have a lock screen) and tapping the icon I need. Everything I need easily fits on a single screen so I don't gain much from search. OpenLuncher gets me what I want but it's big and can waste a bit of battery I've noticed. I'd like a launcher just as small and efficient as KISS but has a single page home screen (no need for widget support) and a full app list menu with a search bar.
    - _emacsomancer_ 8y ago
      KISS has a favourites bar and you can set up the largest list to sort by frequency of use, so most of the time I can do something similar.
      - jasonkostempski 8y ago
tbihl 8y ago
Any solution for imposing a relatively high barrier to get to the 'smart' functionality of the phone? I'd like to have texting, camera, phone, maps, and music, with everything else requiring a decent effort to access. That way email and browser and other extra functions are available but inconvenient, so I'll either rethink what I'm doing or use a laptop in the many cases where it's far more appropriate. It seemed like this should be doable with users, but I haven't seen a good way. I made a post for this yesterday,but didn't get any good advice, so I'm trying again here.
- 6ak74rfy 8y ago
  You should look at Siempo which is available in Play Store. It made things so inaccessible for me sometimes that I stopped using it, and I think your might like it for the exact same reason.
- jiggunjer 8y ago
  Have you tried app-based locks? If after unlocking the homescreen you have to unlock yet another app, you might not touch your phone. Security increase is a bonus.
- orthecreedence 8y ago
  Try AFWall+. I use this so I have a smartphone on wifi, and what amounts to a flip phone when I'm on data (just calls and texts...no email, no slack, no insta, etc etc). It supports modes too, so you can have "Nav" where Lyft and Maps have connectivity if you're getting around. Very nice.
  - tunap 8y ago
    I am quite surprised AFWall+ was only mentioned once in this thread. Have been a happy user since KitKat for same reasons... Peace of mind on my customized terms.
crawrey 8y ago
Amaze: File Manager andOTP: One-time Passwords AntennaPod: Podcasts Etar: Calendar Libre Office Viewer: Document Viewer Materialistic: Hacker News client RedReader: Reddit (great for text) Slide: Reddit (great for images) SlimSocial: Facebook (I have had a lot of issues with FaceSlim. I would like to part with Facebook all together but it's still too heavily used by the people I keep in contact with.) Swiftnotes: Notes Tasks: Todo list/tasks WiFiAnalyzer: Analyse nearby WiFi networks I've had NewPipe in the past but had found it quite unusable. Based on the recommendations of this thread I'll be installing it once again.
- voltagex_ 8y ago
  AntennaPod is fantastic, but buggy in ways that I haven't managed to coalesce into a good bug report yet: * Playback while streaming stops, but the network connection hasn't dropped * AntennaPod via Bluetooth crashes (!) the head unit in a Mazda CX5. No, I don't know how that's possible, either.
  - crawrey 8y ago
    Ah that's not good to hear. I was using Podcast Addict prior to AntennaPod and it had the same issues as your first point. I now experience the same behaviour with AntennaPod and had wrote it off as a "podcasting" glitch or at least an issue with the streams I was listening to. Hopefully they address these issues in the future but they're definitely not deal breaker issuss for me to want to switch to some closed source alternative.
- Markoff 8y ago
  etar it's missing very basic things like setting the font size or repeated reminders (what's the use of calendar if you miss reminder?)
  - pwg 8y ago
    Modern etar (as in the version that is most current in FDroid) has the ability to setup recurring events (every day, every two weeks, etc.) Is that what you mean by "repeated reminders"? Font setting, no it does not directly have font setting inside the app. Instead it follows the phone global size set under the accessibility area of the global settings app.
pymai 8y ago
I didn't see anyone mention fasthub, it's the best github so I could find so far
msravi 8y ago
Not in the list, but Blokada (https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.blokada.alarm/ https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.blokada.alarm/) is a must-have. It sets up a VPN and blocks ads and tracking. Rooting the phone is NOT required. FWIW, as per its inbuilt metric, it has been blocking about 1000 trackers per day for me. Also, the code is open source (https://github.com/blokadaorg/blokada https://github.com/blokadaorg/blokada)
- lnx01 8y ago
  More specifically, it sets up a VPN on localhost wherein the blocking is handled.
smichel17 8y ago
I'm the main Red Moon dev. Haven't been very active the past ~9 months, but I'm planning to get back to it soon. Happy to get any feedback / answer questions, etc.
- Markoff 8y ago
  thank you for your work i use it almost daily, just don't like it doesn't affect also status bar (LOS15.1), i can understand reasoning but there should still be option to darken also status bar unless it's android limitation
  - smichel17 8y ago
    On my device (Galaxy S7, Android 7.0), it does affect the status bar. Same for one of Night Screen's dimming methods, which claims not to affect the status bar. At some point, I'd actually like to reach out to the developers of the (several) screen filter apps on F-droid to see if they're interested in collaboration/merging. It seems silly to have so many of us working on the same kinds of issues, independently.
- severine 8y ago
  Thank you for your work! Any chance of making it available to Android 4.0 users? (there are a lot of us, for different reasons, don't want to derail the conversation) Currently I'm using Twilight, which isn't free or in F-Droid, and I'd love to switch to Red Moon!
  - smichel17 8y ago
    I'm planning to in the next release. There might be a few visual bugs, particularly with RTL languages, but that's no reason to wait; better to just fix them as they're found. Existing issue: https://github.com/LibreShift/red-moon/issues/152 https://github.com/LibreShift/red-moon/issues/152
    - severine 8y ago
      That's great to hear, many many thanks!
beenBoutIT 8y ago
F-droid is a tremendous resource for Android developers and users who want to distribute or install ethical open source apps that operate outside the bounds of Google Play's TOS. Two such apps that I strongly recommend are NewPipe and getChromium. *Full disclosure: I made getChromium.
Animats 8y ago
Fennec F-Droid, which is Firefox minus some of Mozilla's tracking. K-9 mail, which is an IMAP client. ZaNavi, which uses Open Street Map. (Messes up the upper left screen area where system icons appear.) Mozilla Nip Provider, which provides location services without Google.
- gcb0 8y ago
  fennec has all of Mozilla's tracking. they only remove the Google ones. e.g. the gappclient binary blobs that would have been included for chrome cast support. and the location services only work on rooted phones, because google choose to deny user alternatives completely on this space. location is their expensive targeting data for ads.
  - Animats 8y ago
    You can run non-Google location services and remove almost all the Google services on a non-rooted phone. Just never register for Google, starting with a new phone, and remove most of the Google stuff. You give up voice input, though.
    - gcb0 8y ago
      I am sorry but you are very wrong. the description for the only one on fdroid even says so.
- Vinnl 8y ago
  Is there anything specifically I have to do to use the Mozilla Nip Provider? (Besides installing it, of course.)
- coaxial 8y ago
  How do you get k9 to synchronize mail in the background? It seems to be broken and there were no working solution everywhere I looked. I have to go into the app and manually trigger inboxes to refresh. Even with background sync enabled.
Jaruzel 8y ago
I'm very picky about what I install on my phone. I find screenshots really aid me in whether I'll like the app or not. F-Droid is completely lacking in screenshots for most of the apps listed. I know this is mainly the app authors fault (this is also a problem with all FOSS software in general I find). If they made more of an effort to even upload one screenshot to F-Droid or the Git pages then I'd be more inclined to try their applications.
- digi_owl 8y ago
  https://fossdroid.com/ https://fossdroid.com/
zczc 8y ago
My favorites are: Ghost Commander - two panel file manager with text editor Call Recorder - records calls Termux - terminal emulator with packages Hacker's Keyboard - full keyboard, good for terminal and remote Sky Map - astronomy app, formerly google's Voice - audiobook player Markor - markdown editor and todo.txt task list Loop Habit Tracker - reminder and tracker for building habits https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=com.ghostsq.commander https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=com.ghostsq.comm... https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=com.github.axet.callrecorder https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=com.github.axet.... https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=com.termux https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=com.termux https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=org.pocketworkstation.pckeyboard https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=org.pocketworkst... https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=com.google.android.stardroid https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=com.google.andro... https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=de.ph1b.audiobook https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=de.ph1b.audioboo... https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=net.gsantner.markor https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=net.gsantner.mar... https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=org.isoron.uhabits https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=org.isoron.uhabi...
imhoguy 8y ago
Yalp Store available on F-Droid is my definitive backdoor into G's Play Store. I use it all the time on family or shared phones to install useful apps but without need to login with gmail/google account.
sparkie 8y ago
KDE connect is awesome. You don't actually need to use KDE as your desktop as it will work on any Linux, with just a few KDE/Qt libraries. It even works on Windows, although not all plugins are able to work.
digi_owl 8y ago
f-droid, and by extension "unknown sources" is what makes Android my pick.
spapas82 8y ago
I am using Password Store (Manage your passwords) - https://f-droid.org/app/com.zeapo.pwdstore https://f-droid.org/app/com.zeapo.pwdstore which is a port of the pass tool to android. It is a little dufficult to configure (and also needs openkeychain to store your key) but after that it works flawlessly!

280 points by ericdanielski 8y ago

I use and love Diary, one of the few text editors that store the text as flat files on the SD card, to be synced to the PC by another app like Syncthing. I must mention Orgzly, which is a pretty UI over OrgMode files. Also stores the flat files as text on the disk.

Grumbledour 8y ago
I use Markor for the same reason. Flat files are just the most convenient way to handle your data.

openfuture 8y ago

I also like: - Devinettes: Sphinx puzzles (rhymes with a simple answer) some are infuriatingly difficult. - Call Recorder: Pretty straight forward, lets you record your calls. - Kanadrill and KaQui: For learning the japanese alphabets. - Habits: Really good way to keep track of things you are trying to learn / unlearn. - NewPipe: Sooooooo good.

herogreen 8y ago

Nice list, pretty comprehensive in my opinion. I personally do not have the Google apps on my android phone and the only two applications that I use that are not in the list are: - a pdf viewer: I like Document Viewer especially to navigate in ebooks. - a GPS application: I like OsmAnd that has a very usable UI, lots of features and allows you to download the map of a region for offline use.

dzek69 8y ago
OsmAnd - tried this on 3 devices, none could download/render anything at all on any network connected. Looks like a heavy thing anyway
- JackCh 8y ago
  OsmAnd has a counterintuive UI, it have been the case that you didn't have the right map layers enabled.
  - ufo 8y ago
    You also need to download the maps ahead of time.
    - arendtio 8y ago
      AFAIK, Osmand~ supports live tiles too.
  - ce4 8y ago
    OsmAnd is a marvel - I plan all my holiday needs with it: preloading points of interest and doing all the routing with it. It packs this much functionality in one place, all available offline. Once you get past the counterintuitive UI, you start to like it. It covers public transport, opening hours, all kinds of PoIs, distance measurement tools, hill shading, contour maps and customizable map views, being able to measure routes in advance (calculate route from any point x to y).
- pymai 8y ago
  it's impressive the amount of things that osmAnd but it ends up being a bit cluttered at times. try "maps" for something more basic (white logo with black M). it's a fork of mapbox's "map.me" app just without any ads
- spapas82 8y ago
  I use OsmAnd all the time for off line directions (don't have data on my phone). Works great!
slim 8y ago
Document Viewer ils great for pdf ans epub

sandov 8y ago

Apps I like that weren't on the list: Drum on: for setting up percussion loops so you can play your instrument along with it. Newpipe: youtube client Slide: reddit client

fenwick67 8y ago
Yeah newpipe is great, you can watch in a tiny window or just listen to the audio of a video.

arendtio 8y ago

For the privacy aware people I would add: - Nextcloud - Conversations - Davdroid

fwdpropaganda 8y ago
I've heard of Nexcloud. What's the difference between it and Syncthing?
- ekianjo 8y ago
  syncthing is like dropbox. Nextcloud is remote storage you can access, with tons of plugins to do additional things with it too, like video chat for example.
  - DoubleMalt 8y ago
    Nextcloud is more like Dropbox imho. It has a web interface, but there are also sync clients and you need a webserver to host your stuff.
    - ekianjo 8y ago
      Nextcloud is not like Dropbox out of the box (no pun intended). While Syncthing is pretty much what Dropbox's core service used to be.
- yjftsjthsd-h 8y ago
  Nextcloud uses a server, Syncthing is p2p

nextos 8y ago

Snowden's Haven [1] is simply marvelous. Essentially, it turns an Android phone into a very sophisticated alarm system with real time notifications and streaming. So you can e.g. protect a hotel room using an old burner Android phone. I use it against some creepy UK landlords and agents, who have the strange habit of breaking into rented flats when I'm not in, and without any prior notice. Totally illegal, but very hard to collect evidence against. Furthermore, contracts usually contain (illegal) clauses preventing you from installing a real home-alarm system. (Edit: contracts usually also ban changing locks). It's also much better than any cheap alarm system, and totally complementary too. If something starts beeping (e.g a fire alarm or a motion sensor), Haven will notice and message you. [1] https://f-droid.org/wiki/index.php?title=org.havenapp.main&redirect=no https://f-droid.org/wiki/index.php?title=org.havenapp.main&r...

yulaow 8y ago
Partially related, I had the same problem with the landlord and just changed the door lock keeping also the old one in a box. So until I live here I am the only one with the key, when I transfer I change back the door lock and the landlord is again the only one with the key. In my state the Landlord can do nothing against this exactly because it is illegal for him to enter without my permission so it is also not necessary (and a forced request is illegal) to give a copy of the key of the new door lock to the Landlord.
- nextos 8y ago
  Sadly most UK contracts include a clause where they explicitly ban you from changing locks without providing them with a key. If they discover you have changed locks, you will get evicted immediately. It's pretty sad. In my home country, it's a very serious crime if your landlord breaks into your house for no reason. Actually, landlords generally do not keep a key to the property during tenancies precisely because of this.
  - rahimnathwani 8y ago
    I don't believe your experience is typical. I've signed dozens of rental agreements in the UK, mostly as a landlord but also as a tenant, and the agreements have been drafted by several different agents. Not one of these had included a clause about changing locks. And also the part about "you will get evicted immediately" is nonsense. The process to evict a tenant takes time: the landlord need to serve notice, then wait X days for a response, then apply to the court, who will then (assuming the landlord has followed the law to the letter) issue an judgement, and then the landlord still cannot have you forcibly removed until some period has passed and they have applied to the court for an enforcement order. If you have had the experience you describe with more than one landlord in the UK, I'd suggest you look through a different agent next time.

blfr 8y ago

NewPipe: a YouTube client, as mentioned in the thread, that allows you to play videos in the background, in a small popout over something else, adjust the playback speed, and also download videos for later. Great for lectures. AdAway: it makes the ads go away by adjusting your hosts file (may require root) so it works both for in-app ads and web ads. I first installed it out of spite when Google failed my LineageOS on SafetyNet and blocked Android Pay even though it wasn't rooted but it made using the system so much more enjoyable I would now root it regardless. FBReader: a pretty decent ebook reader although the complexity makes it feel like a 2006 Linux app.

Y_Y 8y ago
NewPipe is kind of janky, but so much better than the official client. It seems to have the features that youtube wants you to pay for, just by not deliberately crippling the software.
- JackCh 8y ago
  The only thing it's really missing is comments, but some people consider this a feature. (Honestly though, on high quality small channels the comments will often be worth reading, so I do miss it sometimes.)
  - crtasm 8y ago
    Easy to get to the comments if you want: Three dot menu -> Open in browser.
- dvhh 8y ago
  Background play (without ads) is perhaps the only feature I use newPipe for
avel 8y ago
If you want easy system-wide ad-blocking without root, take a look into Blokada. Also in F-Droid. Implements a vpn through which the traffic is routed, and this way the DNS blacklists can be enforced. Note that, due to android limitations, you can only use only one vpn connection at a time.

SubiculumCode 8y ago

Port Authority: A port scanner app there. That's kind of cool. I'd like to say OpenStreetMaps...but unfortunately..well. Everyone knows.

viraptor 8y ago

> but they are much less likely to contain/be malware or spyware Is there any base for this claim? Play store has at least a system like Play Protect. Likely it's not ideal, but at least does some filtering. Does fdroid provide anything better, or is it just that it's not as popular so spyware authors are not interested?

JetSpiegel 8y ago
Most apps only require the minimum amount of permissions to work, that's a start.
- viraptor 8y ago
  But that's the author's choice. In malware/spyware scenario the author is malicious and not interested in minimal permissions.
  - pwg 8y ago
    The major huge difference is that because most apps request minimal permissions, the one that requests a lot (or an odd one) stands out against the background of the rest. Whereas g-store apps, because they almost always request too many to begin with, train users that 17 different permissions for a 'flashlight' app is normal (made up example), and the malware does not stand out as 'odd' in that environment.
wungsten 8y ago
I would agree that in general open source software is less likely to contain such things, since anyone who inspects the source would find the bad stuff.
- Cyphase 8y ago
  Especially since F-Droid packages are mostly built from source on F-Droid infrastructure, and all source tarballs are kept forever. That way, even if something slips through, it can be tracked down. https://f-droid.org/en/docs/FAQ_-_General/#whats-the-difference-between-source-and-binary-builds https://f-droid.org/en/docs/FAQ_-_General/#whats-the-differe...

nvr219 8y ago

ObscuraCam sounds super cool, is there an iphone equivalent?

mandelbulb 8y ago
Apple store terms of service are incompatible with the GPL, you would need to publish under a different license on their store specifically.

JackCh 8y ago

The "Simple Mobile Tools" family of apps by Tibor Kaputa (distinctive for their orange icons) are available on F-Droid and are superb. A great fusion of minimalism and functionality, they've never let me down. https://github.com/simplemobiletools https://github.com/simplemobiletools https://simplemobiletools.github.io/ https://simplemobiletools.github.io/

enitihas 8y ago
+1 for Simple Mobile Tools. My newest phone didn't contain much vendor installed apps, so I was looking for nice and preferably open source replacements for the basic apps like gallery, and simple mobile tools solved all my problem.
reshie 8y ago
also a ton more functional(options) than the stock equivalent and even appearance. though for music i like vanilla player it's UI may be dated looking but lots of functions that i like.

dyukqu 8y ago

My Expenses: http://www.myexpenses.mobi/en/ http://www.myexpenses.mobi/en/ - Personal finance manager. I find it very uses-friendly & been using it almost for a year.

nickpsecurity 8y ago

We had a thread of F-Droid apps a while back on Lobsters: https://lobste.rs/s/8xtyxo/f_droid_app_recommendation_thread https://lobste.rs/s/8xtyxo/f_droid_app_recommendation_thread Lots of apps in it. I had no idea so many were using F-Droid.

dzek69 8y ago

Why f-droid doesn't have screenshots? It's making selecting proper app very hard

icebraining 8y ago
It supports screenshots (see for example [1]), it's just that most uploaders haven't added them. [1] https://f-droid.org/en/packages/de.k3b.android.androFotoFinder/ https://f-droid.org/en/packages/de.k3b.android.androFotoFind...
- yjftsjthsd-h 8y ago
  That's also a fairly recent addition.
nitemice 8y ago
I agree. It's a real pain to have to search up each app to see even just a single screenshot. In my experience, some of the app descriptions can be quite cryptic or vague, not really giving enough detail to be sure that a given app does the one thing you care about. Adding even just a single screenshot to the app listings would make it so much more user-friendly, it would really encourage less techy user to use F-droid too.
digi_owl 8y ago
There is always fossdroid.com that was set up to offer just that.

babayega2 8y ago

NewPipe is the best. By the way, is there any app that can mask the IP of my hotspot either through a VPN?

huntie 8y ago

I like FTP Server. It's really convenient for transferring files from my computer.

orblivion 8y ago

When Maps.me went open source, there was a clamour to get it onto F-Droid, but there were issues, perhaps including access to the company's data servers, and the topic eventually petered out. Then (IIRC back in February or so), somebody forked it, and (from comments) apparently pointed it to a separate data website (not sure how they pay for it if that's the case). At any rate: "Maps": https://f-droid.org/app/com.github.axet.maps https://f-droid.org/app/com.github.axet.maps Compred to OSMAnd: It's much simpler to use. Smoother scrolling around the map, and nice 3d perspective. It has some stalling problems that OSMAnd doesn't have, but is otherwise smoother I think. Sometimes searching for streets seems to not be as good as OSMAnd. Missing a lot of OSMAnd features but that is what makes it simpler.

Kliment 8y ago
Sigh, I wish osmand was available for iOS. A friend is using, and constantly frustrated with, maps.me (only reasonable option for a low-data-usage plan on iOS I'm aware of, recommendations for others welcome, requirements: no tracking, non-evil, fully offline).
- orblivion 8y ago
  Why do you suppose they'd be less frustrated with OSMAnd?
  - Kliment 8y ago
    Because they've used it on another device and it was okay. Sure it has its own warts but it basically works and seems to have better routing.
- pwg 8y ago
  osmand is available for iOS (or at least now it is): http://osmand.net/blog?id=osmand-ios http://osmand.net/blog?id=osmand-ios https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/osmand-maps/id934850257?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/osmand-maps/id934850257?mt=8
- SSLy 8y ago

mmerlin 8y ago

DNS66 is pretty much always running on my phone for a more pleasant web browsing experience (ad blocking) DNS66 establishes a VPN interface, and redirects DNS server traffic to it. The VPN interface filters the traffic, only allowing queries for hosts that are not blacklisted. https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.jak_linux.dns66/ https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.jak_linux.dns66/

jimmyswimmy 8y ago

Good list. I'm also a HUGE fan of Antennapod [0], a podcast player app. It's simple, easy to use, and has built-in speed adjustment, so I can listen to some lower-information density channels at 2x speed. [0] https://f-droid.org/en/packages/de.danoeh.antennapod/ https://f-droid.org/en/packages/de.danoeh.antennapod/

nirv 8y ago
If only it didn't regularly wipe all the data due to database corruption [1], with no ways of recovering and automatic backups. Until this fatal bug is fixed, I strongly advise against using this otherwise fine application. [1] https://github.com/AntennaPod/AntennaPod/issues/2463 https://github.com/AntennaPod/AntennaPod/issues/2463
- _emacsomancer_ 8y ago
  I'm in the same boat - I've switched back to PocketCasts. It's sad, because not only is AntennaPod open source, but I think it's more featureful than many of the alternatives. But it's become unusable due to this bug.
  - simon1573 8y ago
    I've gone over to SoundWaves, which is also on F-Droid.
    - _emacsomancer_ 8y ago
      I had a look, but I don't understand how it deals with 'new' podcasts. The play queue seems arbitrary and uneditable. But maybe I'm missing something. (Otherwise it does look nice.)

etiam 8y ago

Does anyone have a good free software solution for backups on Android they'd like to tell about? Personally I really go too long between off-device backups. Something for automated backups to a PC would be valuable, and I suspect I'm not the only person who should be using it.

thatcat 8y ago
You can use rsync over usb as described here: https://askubuntu.com/questions/343502/how-to-rsync-to-android/789898#789898 https://askubuntu.com/questions/343502/how-to-rsync-to-andro...
- voltagex_ 8y ago
  If you're going to do that you may as well tether the phone to your PC and use rsync with ssh via termux [1] On 3 phones, I've never had MTP work well enough to trust it with backups. 1: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.termux https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.termux
chungy 8y ago
Syncthing is available in F-Droid and is excellent for automatically backing up whatever :)
laurent123456 8y ago
I use SSHelper [0] on the Android device and use rsync to backup what I need. I've setup a cron on my laptop so whenever the phone is near it, it will automatically backup. [0] https://arachnoid.com/android/SSHelper/index.html https://arachnoid.com/android/SSHelper/index.html

worez 8y ago

I always add https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/repo https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/repo to the repos in F-Droid - adds a lot of apps that aren't on the main repo for various reasons.

jasonkostempski 8y ago

OpenLauncher is a nice home screen replacement. I would be fine with the standard one if Google would just let us hide the damn search bar. I use Simple Contacts so I can keep my contacts out of the cloud and away from other apps. Good 'ol manual entry/editing and .vcf importing/exporting when needed, which is maybe twice a year for me. No named caller ID or call/text history though, have to use my brain for that. Maybe there's a way to make that work without sacrificing the benefits, but it hasn't been a problem for me yet, so I haven't looked into it. For weather, I just add a DDG search for "weather [zip]" to my home screen. No need to turn on location for something that changes very little and is trivial to look up when it does.

_emacsomancer_ 8y ago
For launchers, I like [KISS](https://kisslauncher.com/ https://kisslauncher.com/) a lot. A GPL3-licensed launcher with a sort of different paradigm. Very customisable.
- jasonkostempski 8y ago
  I've played with that. I like the smallness but it actually adds either extra steps or cognitive overhead for me. It doesn't get simpler than turning on the screen (I don't have a lock screen) and tapping the icon I need. Everything I need easily fits on a single screen so I don't gain much from search. OpenLuncher gets me what I want but it's big and can waste a bit of battery I've noticed. I'd like a launcher just as small and efficient as KISS but has a single page home screen (no need for widget support) and a full app list menu with a search bar.
  - _emacsomancer_ 8y ago
    KISS has a favourites bar and you can set up the largest list to sort by frequency of use, so most of the time I can do something similar.
    - jasonkostempski 8y ago

tbihl 8y ago

Any solution for imposing a relatively high barrier to get to the 'smart' functionality of the phone? I'd like to have texting, camera, phone, maps, and music, with everything else requiring a decent effort to access. That way email and browser and other extra functions are available but inconvenient, so I'll either rethink what I'm doing or use a laptop in the many cases where it's far more appropriate. It seemed like this should be doable with users, but I haven't seen a good way. I made a post for this yesterday,but didn't get any good advice, so I'm trying again here.

6ak74rfy 8y ago
You should look at Siempo which is available in Play Store. It made things so inaccessible for me sometimes that I stopped using it, and I think your might like it for the exact same reason.
jiggunjer 8y ago
Have you tried app-based locks? If after unlocking the homescreen you have to unlock yet another app, you might not touch your phone. Security increase is a bonus.
orthecreedence 8y ago
Try AFWall+. I use this so I have a smartphone on wifi, and what amounts to a flip phone when I'm on data (just calls and texts...no email, no slack, no insta, etc etc). It supports modes too, so you can have "Nav" where Lyft and Maps have connectivity if you're getting around. Very nice.
- tunap 8y ago
  I am quite surprised AFWall+ was only mentioned once in this thread. Have been a happy user since KitKat for same reasons... Peace of mind on my customized terms.

crawrey 8y ago

Amaze: File Manager andOTP: One-time Passwords AntennaPod: Podcasts Etar: Calendar Libre Office Viewer: Document Viewer Materialistic: Hacker News client RedReader: Reddit (great for text) Slide: Reddit (great for images) SlimSocial: Facebook (I have had a lot of issues with FaceSlim. I would like to part with Facebook all together but it's still too heavily used by the people I keep in contact with.) Swiftnotes: Notes Tasks: Todo list/tasks WiFiAnalyzer: Analyse nearby WiFi networks I've had NewPipe in the past but had found it quite unusable. Based on the recommendations of this thread I'll be installing it once again.

voltagex_ 8y ago
AntennaPod is fantastic, but buggy in ways that I haven't managed to coalesce into a good bug report yet: * Playback while streaming stops, but the network connection hasn't dropped * AntennaPod via Bluetooth crashes (!) the head unit in a Mazda CX5. No, I don't know how that's possible, either.
- crawrey 8y ago
  Ah that's not good to hear. I was using Podcast Addict prior to AntennaPod and it had the same issues as your first point. I now experience the same behaviour with AntennaPod and had wrote it off as a "podcasting" glitch or at least an issue with the streams I was listening to. Hopefully they address these issues in the future but they're definitely not deal breaker issuss for me to want to switch to some closed source alternative.
Markoff 8y ago
etar it's missing very basic things like setting the font size or repeated reminders (what's the use of calendar if you miss reminder?)
- pwg 8y ago
  Modern etar (as in the version that is most current in FDroid) has the ability to setup recurring events (every day, every two weeks, etc.) Is that what you mean by "repeated reminders"? Font setting, no it does not directly have font setting inside the app. Instead it follows the phone global size set under the accessibility area of the global settings app.

pymai 8y ago

I didn't see anyone mention fasthub, it's the best github so I could find so far

msravi 8y ago

Not in the list, but Blokada (https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.blokada.alarm/ https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.blokada.alarm/) is a must-have. It sets up a VPN and blocks ads and tracking. Rooting the phone is NOT required. FWIW, as per its inbuilt metric, it has been blocking about 1000 trackers per day for me. Also, the code is open source (https://github.com/blokadaorg/blokada https://github.com/blokadaorg/blokada)

lnx01 8y ago
More specifically, it sets up a VPN on localhost wherein the blocking is handled.

smichel17 8y ago

I'm the main Red Moon dev. Haven't been very active the past ~9 months, but I'm planning to get back to it soon. Happy to get any feedback / answer questions, etc.

Markoff 8y ago
thank you for your work i use it almost daily, just don't like it doesn't affect also status bar (LOS15.1), i can understand reasoning but there should still be option to darken also status bar unless it's android limitation
- smichel17 8y ago
  On my device (Galaxy S7, Android 7.0), it does affect the status bar. Same for one of Night Screen's dimming methods, which claims not to affect the status bar. At some point, I'd actually like to reach out to the developers of the (several) screen filter apps on F-droid to see if they're interested in collaboration/merging. It seems silly to have so many of us working on the same kinds of issues, independently.
severine 8y ago
Thank you for your work! Any chance of making it available to Android 4.0 users? (there are a lot of us, for different reasons, don't want to derail the conversation) Currently I'm using Twilight, which isn't free or in F-Droid, and I'd love to switch to Red Moon!
- smichel17 8y ago
  I'm planning to in the next release. There might be a few visual bugs, particularly with RTL languages, but that's no reason to wait; better to just fix them as they're found. Existing issue: https://github.com/LibreShift/red-moon/issues/152 https://github.com/LibreShift/red-moon/issues/152
  - severine 8y ago
    That's great to hear, many many thanks!

beenBoutIT 8y ago

F-droid is a tremendous resource for Android developers and users who want to distribute or install ethical open source apps that operate outside the bounds of Google Play's TOS. Two such apps that I strongly recommend are NewPipe and getChromium. *Full disclosure: I made getChromium.

Animats 8y ago

Fennec F-Droid, which is Firefox minus some of Mozilla's tracking. K-9 mail, which is an IMAP client. ZaNavi, which uses Open Street Map. (Messes up the upper left screen area where system icons appear.) Mozilla Nip Provider, which provides location services without Google.

gcb0 8y ago
fennec has all of Mozilla's tracking. they only remove the Google ones. e.g. the gappclient binary blobs that would have been included for chrome cast support. and the location services only work on rooted phones, because google choose to deny user alternatives completely on this space. location is their expensive targeting data for ads.
- Animats 8y ago
  You can run non-Google location services and remove almost all the Google services on a non-rooted phone. Just never register for Google, starting with a new phone, and remove most of the Google stuff. You give up voice input, though.
  - gcb0 8y ago
    I am sorry but you are very wrong. the description for the only one on fdroid even says so.
Vinnl 8y ago
Is there anything specifically I have to do to use the Mozilla Nip Provider? (Besides installing it, of course.)
coaxial 8y ago
How do you get k9 to synchronize mail in the background? It seems to be broken and there were no working solution everywhere I looked. I have to go into the app and manually trigger inboxes to refresh. Even with background sync enabled.

Jaruzel 8y ago

I'm very picky about what I install on my phone. I find screenshots really aid me in whether I'll like the app or not. F-Droid is completely lacking in screenshots for most of the apps listed. I know this is mainly the app authors fault (this is also a problem with all FOSS software in general I find). If they made more of an effort to even upload one screenshot to F-Droid or the Git pages then I'd be more inclined to try their applications.

digi_owl 8y ago
https://fossdroid.com/ https://fossdroid.com/

zczc 8y ago

My favorites are: Ghost Commander - two panel file manager with text editor Call Recorder - records calls Termux - terminal emulator with packages Hacker's Keyboard - full keyboard, good for terminal and remote Sky Map - astronomy app, formerly google's Voice - audiobook player Markor - markdown editor and todo.txt task list Loop Habit Tracker - reminder and tracker for building habits https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=com.ghostsq.commander https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=com.ghostsq.comm... https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=com.github.axet.callrecorder https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=com.github.axet.... https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=com.termux https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=com.termux https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=org.pocketworkstation.pckeyboard https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=org.pocketworkst... https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=com.google.android.stardroid https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=com.google.andro... https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=de.ph1b.audiobook https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=de.ph1b.audioboo... https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=net.gsantner.markor https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=net.gsantner.mar... https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=org.isoron.uhabits https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=org.isoron.uhabi...

imhoguy 8y ago

Yalp Store available on F-Droid is my definitive backdoor into G's Play Store. I use it all the time on family or shared phones to install useful apps but without need to login with gmail/google account.

sparkie 8y ago

KDE connect is awesome. You don't actually need to use KDE as your desktop as it will work on any Linux, with just a few KDE/Qt libraries. It even works on Windows, although not all plugins are able to work.

digi_owl 8y ago

f-droid, and by extension "unknown sources" is what makes Android my pick.

spapas82 8y ago

I am using Password Store (Manage your passwords) - https://f-droid.org/app/com.zeapo.pwdstore https://f-droid.org/app/com.zeapo.pwdstore which is a port of the pass tool to android. It is a little dufficult to configure (and also needs openkeychain to store your key) but after that it works flawlessly!