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Anyone have any strong recommendations for apps available on F-Droid I should try? I think I have maybe two apps installed via it currently. If something is av

by donatj 2y ago

Anyone have any strong recommendations for apps available on F-Droid I should try? I think I have maybe two apps installed via it currently. If something is available on the Google App Store I'm generally using that instead.

ap-andersson 2y ago
I myself use the following that are on F-Droid: - Hacki for Hacker News - Immich - Organic Maps - Synchting-Fork - VLC - Voice Audiobook Player
- dizhn 2y ago
  Why fork of Syncthing?
  - Eavolution 2y ago
    The official Syncthing has been discontinued on android, I believe due to the difficulty of keeping up with the changing APIs.
    - dizhn 2y ago
      Thank you.
user070223 2y ago
AnkiDroid (Anki - Spaced repetition app) AntennaPod (Podcasts app) Coffee (quicktile alowing adjusting how long will the display will stay awak) NetGuard (VPN to control app internet access & domain based ad blocking) Newpipe (alternative youtube & other media sites frontend) OsmAnd (Navigation based on Open Street Map) Sky Map (google's sky map) Telegram FOSS (Telegram client) VLC (media player) WiFiAnalyzer
t0bia_s 2y ago
Aurora Store to replace Play Store completely.
Freak_NL 2y ago
OsmAnd~, the premium version of OsmAnd (OpenStreetMap map application) is available for free on F-Droid (as permitted by the source licence).
camel-cdr 2y ago
I'm the other way arround, 2-3 things from playstore and the rest from f-droid. Here is my list: Acode (text editor) Aegist (2FA) AntennaPod (podcast) Aurora Store (playstore) FairEmail (E-Mail) Feeder (RSS reader) Fennec (firefox with extension support) KeePassDX (password manager) KOReader (ebook reader) LocalSend (send data between devices in local network) Mastodon mobile client MuPDF viewer (PDF viewer) Oddysey (music player) NewPipe (youtube frontend) Offi (public transport) OsmAnd (map) QR Scanner (PFA) Red Moon (lower screen brightness lower than minimum for reading before bed) ScreenStream (stream screen to website in local network) Stealth (reddit client) Termux (linux shell eviroment) VLC
- szszrk 2y ago
  F-Droid Basic is cool. Same thing, just without some sharing options etc., you probably don't use anyway. It was the first one to get actual background updates on modern android. Barcode Scanner is decent, it even searches for products online, if you scan something that looks like a food label etc. Casio G-Shock Smart Sync if you are tired of official Casio app in a casio bluetooth watch. DuckDuckGo is there... FadCam - if you ever need a recording without tracking attention (while phone is locked). Could get you out of some legal trouble... Futo Keyboard is interesting project. GadgetBridge saves some old devices. I use it for some Xiaomi eink devices that overwise require... to be connected to chinese datacenter to be discovered and sync. Which is insane, as some versions discover and can be synced on EU servers... Grayjay for videos on many platforms. So many HackerNews clients - I'm on Hacki currently. Home assistant, Jellyfin, Joplin, Mullvad, Telegram, Nextcloud, Organic Maps, Osmand~, Tailscale or Yubico authenticator are all there. I like them better from f-droid. Street Complete is an awesome way to contribute to OpenStreetMap. Thunderbird (!) which is a fork of K9 (still active), and looks and runs great. Highly recommend.
- nanoxide 2y ago
  It's super annoying though, that installing an app from F-Droid sometimes appears as installed from Play Store as well. For example, I have VLC installed from F-Droid, but it also appears in the Play Store update list and _can't_ be updated from there.
alisonatwork 2y ago
In addition to all the other recommendations, Trail Sense is pretty great, and BRouter is quite useful for finding alternative routes if you use OsmAnd and cycle a lot. I also use Etar and DAVx⁵ for calendar and contacts sync. Rethink is useful if you don't already have another VPN setup for ad blocking etc.
npteljes 2y ago
I regularly use the following: Osmand and Organic maps for navigation (I like both, I just always keep two of essential apps, for redundancy) Fennec browser Cell and SatStat to monitor my phone connectivity RedReader for reddit UVC_Camera for my usb cam FairEmail, Etar calendar, KOReader, Nextcloud, Joplin, Deck, Catima, Davx5, jtxboard, FreeOTP for productivity / life organization Gauguin, AnutoTD, Apple flinger, 1010 klooni, SolitaireCG are my go-to games.
eclecticfrank 2y ago
I'm using: FreeOTP (OTP tool) Simple Chess Clock (once a year) Binary Eye (QR code scanner) Etar (Calendar) Simple Notes Pro (Very nice and simple note taking app) OsmAnd (Maps with great path details for hiking)
vharuck 2y ago
For games: Forkyz (collects crossword puzzles from different sources, like the New York Times) PySolFc (mahjong, solitaire, other classic single-player games) Shattered Pixel Dungeon Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup MTG Familiar (database of Magic the Gathering cards and rules) Learning Japanese: AnkiDroid Kakugo (for kanji writing practice) Miscellaneous: NewPipe (buggy every so often, but it makes YouTube bearable for me) OsmAnd~ (offline map and directions app) SecScanQR (basic QR reader) Vanilla Music LibreOffice Viewer MuPDF viewer KeePassDX Termux
merryocha 2y ago
Others have mentioned many good apps, but I'll add this one: Forkyz: Crossword puzzle app, a fork of the Shortyz app. If you like crossword puzzles, this pulls from a bunch of daily crosswords.

by donatj 2y ago

ap-andersson 2y ago

I myself use the following that are on F-Droid: - Hacki for Hacker News - Immich - Organic Maps - Synchting-Fork - VLC - Voice Audiobook Player

dizhn 2y ago
Why fork of Syncthing?
- Eavolution 2y ago
  The official Syncthing has been discontinued on android, I believe due to the difficulty of keeping up with the changing APIs.
  - dizhn 2y ago
    Thank you.

user070223 2y ago

AnkiDroid (Anki - Spaced repetition app) AntennaPod (Podcasts app) Coffee (quicktile alowing adjusting how long will the display will stay awak) NetGuard (VPN to control app internet access & domain based ad blocking) Newpipe (alternative youtube & other media sites frontend) OsmAnd (Navigation based on Open Street Map) Sky Map (google's sky map) Telegram FOSS (Telegram client) VLC (media player) WiFiAnalyzer

t0bia_s 2y ago

Aurora Store to replace Play Store completely.

Freak_NL 2y ago

OsmAnd~, the premium version of OsmAnd (OpenStreetMap map application) is available for free on F-Droid (as permitted by the source licence).

camel-cdr 2y ago

I'm the other way arround, 2-3 things from playstore and the rest from f-droid. Here is my list: Acode (text editor) Aegist (2FA) AntennaPod (podcast) Aurora Store (playstore) FairEmail (E-Mail) Feeder (RSS reader) Fennec (firefox with extension support) KeePassDX (password manager) KOReader (ebook reader) LocalSend (send data between devices in local network) Mastodon mobile client MuPDF viewer (PDF viewer) Oddysey (music player) NewPipe (youtube frontend) Offi (public transport) OsmAnd (map) QR Scanner (PFA) Red Moon (lower screen brightness lower than minimum for reading before bed) ScreenStream (stream screen to website in local network) Stealth (reddit client) Termux (linux shell eviroment) VLC

szszrk 2y ago
F-Droid Basic is cool. Same thing, just without some sharing options etc., you probably don't use anyway. It was the first one to get actual background updates on modern android. Barcode Scanner is decent, it even searches for products online, if you scan something that looks like a food label etc. Casio G-Shock Smart Sync if you are tired of official Casio app in a casio bluetooth watch. DuckDuckGo is there... FadCam - if you ever need a recording without tracking attention (while phone is locked). Could get you out of some legal trouble... Futo Keyboard is interesting project. GadgetBridge saves some old devices. I use it for some Xiaomi eink devices that overwise require... to be connected to chinese datacenter to be discovered and sync. Which is insane, as some versions discover and can be synced on EU servers... Grayjay for videos on many platforms. So many HackerNews clients - I'm on Hacki currently. Home assistant, Jellyfin, Joplin, Mullvad, Telegram, Nextcloud, Organic Maps, Osmand~, Tailscale or Yubico authenticator are all there. I like them better from f-droid. Street Complete is an awesome way to contribute to OpenStreetMap. Thunderbird (!) which is a fork of K9 (still active), and looks and runs great. Highly recommend.
nanoxide 2y ago
It's super annoying though, that installing an app from F-Droid sometimes appears as installed from Play Store as well. For example, I have VLC installed from F-Droid, but it also appears in the Play Store update list and _can't_ be updated from there.

alisonatwork 2y ago

In addition to all the other recommendations, Trail Sense is pretty great, and BRouter is quite useful for finding alternative routes if you use OsmAnd and cycle a lot. I also use Etar and DAVx⁵ for calendar and contacts sync. Rethink is useful if you don't already have another VPN setup for ad blocking etc.

npteljes 2y ago

I regularly use the following: Osmand and Organic maps for navigation (I like both, I just always keep two of essential apps, for redundancy) Fennec browser Cell and SatStat to monitor my phone connectivity RedReader for reddit UVC_Camera for my usb cam FairEmail, Etar calendar, KOReader, Nextcloud, Joplin, Deck, Catima, Davx5, jtxboard, FreeOTP for productivity / life organization Gauguin, AnutoTD, Apple flinger, 1010 klooni, SolitaireCG are my go-to games.

eclecticfrank 2y ago

I'm using: FreeOTP (OTP tool) Simple Chess Clock (once a year) Binary Eye (QR code scanner) Etar (Calendar) Simple Notes Pro (Very nice and simple note taking app) OsmAnd (Maps with great path details for hiking)

vharuck 2y ago

For games: Forkyz (collects crossword puzzles from different sources, like the New York Times) PySolFc (mahjong, solitaire, other classic single-player games) Shattered Pixel Dungeon Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup MTG Familiar (database of Magic the Gathering cards and rules) Learning Japanese: AnkiDroid Kakugo (for kanji writing practice) Miscellaneous: NewPipe (buggy every so often, but it makes YouTube bearable for me) OsmAnd~ (offline map and directions app) SecScanQR (basic QR reader) Vanilla Music LibreOffice Viewer MuPDF viewer KeePassDX Termux

merryocha 2y ago

Others have mentioned many good apps, but I'll add this one: Forkyz: Crossword puzzle app, a fork of the Shortyz app. If you like crossword puzzles, this pulls from a bunch of daily crosswords.