As in title, preferably open-source, but doesn’t have to, I will start:
KOReader - Amazing reader app, and being able to use the same app across various devices, even non-android ones, is pure bliss. Japanese support is pretty good too, which makes me happy. Though… Sadly no vertical text support :c
Syncthing-fork - Being able to keep a library of books, and some files, and easily keep the shared folder across various devices, is mega comfy. Tachiyomi - Cute manga reader.
NewPipe - Really pleasant youtube client, that i sometimes use to listen to things in the background.
Kaku - An useful Japanese OCR app, that works… quite decently for when I encounter kanji that I do not recognize, and is not text.
EinkBro - A web browser, that on e-ink devices, is quite comfy. Has few… quirks, but works well on e-ink
I’ve started using LibreTube, its a lot like NewPipe, but I much prefer the UI. Check it out! (Its in F-Droid, of course)
Ah, I will, thanks :3
NetGuard Pro - Allows you to see and control traffic from all apps, so you can prevent data flows to 3rd party hosts like the ones from Google or Facebook. The pro edition is paid and necessary, but it’s all open source, just not gratis
Aegis Authenticator - open source 2FA authenticator
LibreTube - alternative, privacy-respecting, open source YouTube frontend using the Piped API
Is netguard still maintained? I seem to recall seeing the developer freeze development maybe a year or two ago? Hopefully I’m wrong.
Looks healthy. There was activity and new releases in 2021, 2022 and June 2023. Also, the app might be near feature complete, and if that’s the case there will only be sporadic work left like keeping it updated/compatible or fixing security ssues.
Oooh, I will check out Aegis and LibreTube, thanks :3
I swapped to Aegis not long ago and 100% recommend it.
Not quite wrapping my head around aegis, what’s the point? It seems like a password manager, more or less
It’s a Authenticator for 2FA like Authy.
Tbh I prefer it over Googles own Authenticator app. Glad I made the switch.
Aegis is fantastic
X-plore file manager.
Local, SD card, FTP, SFTP, FTPS, DLNA, Dropbox, Google Drive, and about a dozen other cloud storages all in the same place with multiple windows you can switch between so you can easily open two folders in wildly different locations and move files between them as if it was all one big filesystem.
Also let’s you host FTP or a webapp from your phone for transfers between other lan devices.
jtx board - Journals, notes, tasks
OpenTracks - Sports tracker
Öffi - Public transport navigator
ViMusic - Listen to music from YouTube
Plus one to ViMusic. High quality music with a beautiful interface and customisable buffer for music you heard previously. What’s there not to like?
jtx board seems nice… I will check it out, thanks :3
Thanks for JTX board, I’ll check it out. I’m currently using a combination of Orgzly and Syncthing for notes and todos.
If you absolutely must get something from Google Play, I suggest Aurora Store, which acts as an alternative frontend for Google Play, so you don’t have to have GApps installed.
If you have use for command line programs, Termux, a terminal emulator, is a great option, and it also works with root.
For reading eBooks, I also have a recommendation, Librera Reader (but I’ll check the OP’s recommendation too).
Material Files and Simple File Manager are great file browsing tools. But if you need a file browser for root specifically, I recommend Material Files specifically.
Oh yea, Forgot to list Termux, but, since my 10.3" inch e-ink tablet broke, I haven’t been using it as often :c Using emacs inside it, and having lisp… was mega comfy
Good list, but termux isn’t a terminal emulator. It’s so much more. It’s like a virtual machine running cli linux with it’s own repos and all. You can have python, gcc, vim, emacs, zsh… you name it. As long as it is tui, it is probably on termux!
- just weather
- Joplin
- Open Sync
- OpenTasks
- Lock Screen
- K-9 Mail
- OsmAnd
- AntennaPod
- Nextcloud
- SMS Backup+
- VLC
- KeePassDX
- OpenKeychain
- Signal
- ConnectBot
- Wi-Fi Automatic
- DAAP
- primitive ftpd
- My App List
- Firefox
- Wi-Fi Analyzer
Ooh, an open source weather app. Might check it out. I did try Joplin, but… Ultimately it just wasn’t what I was looking for Thanks :3
Listing only things that haven’t been listed
- Seal: video downloader that lives in the “share” menu
- Aegis: TOTP/Google Authenticator clone that’s open source
- personalDNSfilter: an in device vpn that lets you block websites (mostly ads) (blocks in app ads too for quite a few apps!)
personalDNSfilter
Now that’s a great idea. I’ve been using NextDNS which works quite well and I stay in its free usage cap, but still being self-reliant is better. I’ll check that one out.
Listing the ones that haven’t been listed
- MPV
- Ankidroid
- KDE Connect
- LocalSend
- Mint calculator
- QR & Barcode scanner
- suntimes alarms
- The simple mobiles apps
- anysoft keyboard
- komikku
- sobriety
- microG
- Liftoff
- Jerboa
- Infinity
- AuroraStore
- NewPipe
- Tachiyomi
- Binary Eye
- Currencies
- Unit Converter
- K-9 Mail
- Etar
- DAVx5
- OsmAnd
- PersonalDNSfilter
- DNSCrypt
- KDE Connect
- OpenBoard
- NeoBackup
- App Manager
- Aegis
- ImagePipe
- Insular
- VLC
Are you me, I have every single app on this list.
What do you do with Infinity now that it’s shut down
KDE Connect
“Shared clipboard: copy and paste between your devices.”
What the what?!? That’s so cool!
- Tasks.org - To Do lists
- Saber - Handwritten notes and drawing in PDFs
- Les Pas - photo management (Nextcloud based)
- Invoice Ninja - invoicing for business
Merlin - It’s a birding app and can identify birds by picture or by their song.
Oh how cool though, I didn’t realize they had anything out there that can identify birds by song like that. Is it pretty accurate?
I’ve found auditory ID quite reliable, photo ID is pretty good and questionnaire ID not very.
I use BirdNET, I had more luck identifying birds by song than with Merlin. But both are impressive.
Its really good in North America given that it is from Cornell. Gets probably a bird or two wrong out of hundreds
When I’m in India, its a kinda of a swing and a miss, but they’re constantly improving it.
StreetComplete. It’s an easy way to improve openstreetmap wherever you are. https://f-droid.org/en/packages/de.westnordost.streetcomplete/
Your link is broken, the address it leads to is “url”. [link text](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/de.westnordost.streetcomplete/) would be the correct way.
Thanks for that. I will have to test my links in the future
Ooh, cute app, thanks :3
AIMP - best local audio player Stuff - good simple to-do widget Hyperlocal Weather - good for cloud cover, not much else Proton VPN & Proton Mail - VPN is the best free one, mail is secure and well made
+1 for Tachiyomi.
- 1 for wavelet. They make my Bluetooth headphones so much better. Because it sets a standard EQ it actually makes all my headphones consistent with eachother.
