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Here's what I'm rocking:

  • Aegis
  • App Lounge
  • AntennaPod
  • Bitwarden
  • Dicio
  • Doodle
  • F-Droid
  • FeedMe (Not FOSS. Open to suggestions)
  • Firefox
  • FNG
  • InvizBox
  • Jerboa
  • Mastodon
  • Music Player GO
  • Obsidian
  • OpenLauncher
  • Organic Maps
  • OsmAnd~
  • Proton Cal/Drive/Mail/VPN
  • RadioDroid
  • RedReader
  • Signal
  • Silence
  • Simple Keyboard
  • Tasks (Not the built in. I love this one)
  • Unit Converter Ultimate
  • Wikipedia

This is just about everything I have on my phone. I'm on a FairPhone 4 running /e/OS. What's your load out like?

I'm looking for a new keyboard. Glad for suggestions :D

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[–] seas_surround@hexbear.net 5 points 9 months ago

Newpipe, for watching youtube videos without ads or tracking

Openboard keyboard for the one feature I can never be without again: moving the cursor by swiping left or right on the spacebar, it's a godsend for selecting stuff with my wide fingers

[–] dez@lemmy.ml 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

My favourites so far.

  • PlainApp
  • Rethink
  • Audile (Shazam FOSS)
  • Notally
  • OpenBoard (keyboard)
  • Material Files
  • QKSMS
  • OsMand~
  • Forecastie
  • Obtainium
  • Newpipe
  • Cromite (Bromite fork)
  • Monocles translator

Not open-source but the only gallery I found without trackers:

  • Gallery made by Greensoft infotech
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F-Droid, Voyager, Eternity, Libretube

[–] 1boiledpotato@sh.itjust.works 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Material Files - the best files app I've ever used! Clean, material design and has everything I need. It can even run an FTP server

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I used that but it started to feel bloated after a while.

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[–] covert_czar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 9 months ago

https://text.tchncs.de/czars-blogs/apps-i-use The blog itself is foss software writefreely

[–] OfficerBribe@lemm.ee 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Here are some not mentioned in this thread yet.

[–] sibloure@beehaw.org 4 points 9 months ago

Nextcloud News I like for RSS since it fetches the full text article. Obtainium lkke others mentioned is a must have for me.

[–] MinekPo1@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 9 months ago

Keyboard:

  • AnySoftKeyboard good all around keyboard, good language support, decent though messy customizability
  • Unexpected keyboard more specialized, provides easy access to app (printable) ASCII characters and some others, allrght customizability
  • 8Vim Cool factor, great customizability, decent language support but you need to learn it

Games:

  • Pirate Solitare nothing much but I've been playing it a lot lately
  • Simon Tathman's Puzzle Collection a cross platform puzzle collection, has a lot of different puzzles in a uniform style
  • Antimine minesweeper with nice ui

System:

  • RethinkDNS: DoH provider and firewall Easy to use, especially nice for those non FOSS apps you need to have to maintain a social life, not that powerful though
  • Obtainium: FOSS app downloader Downloads apps from releases or equivalent, therefore can have faster updates than fdroid, but no discovery, aside from search on some platforms
  • ffupdater: FOSS browser downloader Like obtainium, but for browsers (mostly) and has list of browsers
  • Droid-ify: fdroid client better ui than the default app, comes with a list of repos
  • Shizuku: ADB shell api not useful if you have root (see SUI, which is the root implementation for the same api, though shizuku will also work I think), but can give a bit more access if you don't supports wireless debugging on A12+
  • Neolauncher: launcher nice ui but nothing special
  • SD Maid SE: storage cleaner okish ui, doesn't stop me from having 302 (not including system) apps on my device. Yes I have a problem
  • Package manager: app manager Shizuku support, powerful, though limited if you don't have root
  • Inure: app manager [freemium (8$), but GPL licensed?] pretty must like Package manager but with amazing ui

Media:

  • LibreTube: Piped (youtube) client Nice ui, no ads, sponsor block support, kinda unstable
  • Innertube: YouTube music client doesn't use piped/invidious, no ads, nice ui
  • Tusky: mastodon client nice ui, quite stable, multiuser support
  • Jerboa: lemmy client ok ui, up to date with lemmy updates
  • Liftoff: lemmy client nicer ui then Jerboa but doesn't work since .15 (?) and had issues with rendering markdown properly
  • LibreTorrent bitTorrent client for downloading all those isos and public domain works, nice ui

Misc:

  • Mull: ff based browser not much to say, "security oriented and deblobbed", upstreams some features from Tor
  • Calculator++: A scientific calculator A lot of functionality while remaining easy to use
  • RPNcalc: A Reverse Polish Notation calculator best RPN calculator I've found on fdroid, less powerful than Calculator++, but RPN based calculators are more efficient^[citation needed]^
  • Simple Apps: suit of apps providing basic functionality great ui and customizability, I don't use simple keyboard, simple launcher/drawer however
  • OpenCamera: a camera app advanced features

Just the apps I thought of, as I, as mentioned in the SD Maid entry, have a lot of apps installed :P

[–] Templa@beehaw.org 4 points 9 months ago

Obsidian isn't FOSS. I highly recommend Logseq but keep in mind they require CLA signing for contributions

[–] alsaaas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I'd recommend Mull instead of Firefox or Fennec (the deblobbed version) since it's hardened.

It's basically a Librewolf analogue for mobile

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[–] heyfrancis@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago
[–] Elephant0991@lemmy.bleh.au 3 points 9 months ago

2FAS, Bitwarden, Firefox are my most used FOSS on Android for me.

OpenBoard + predictive text binary

[–] jabjoe@feddit.uk 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Seriously guys, no one saying Nextcloud?

  • The main app for photo backup.
  • Nextcloud Notes for well, notes you can also use from the desktop.
  • NC Passwords for well, passwords
  • Phonetrack to record your phone to Nextcloud Maps.
  • Deck for the Kanban.
[–] jetsetdorito@lemm.ee 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I switched to Immich for photo backup/management. It's better by miles.

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[–] wason@lemmy.run 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

What's FNG? Fluid navigation gestures? Is that FOSS? Can you share a link to the codebase? Can't find it

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megladon for mastodon

[–] catfooddispenser@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Here's a few I enjoy using that I haven't seen mentioned yet:

  • Phonograph Plus: elegant music player using Material UI design
  • Etar +ICSΒ² : Etar is a nice-looking calendar app that uses Material UI design, and ICSΒ² enables me to sync the Holiday Calendars provided on Thunderbird.net.
  • Etar+ DAVxΒ² + NextCloud : enables syncing my local Etar calendar(s) with any NextCloud instance (using CalDAV). DAVxΒ² also allows for syncing my Android contacts to NextCloud (using CardDAV)
  • AnySoft Keyboard: extremely customizable, varied keyboard layouts, for those who want all punctuation marks and quote signs built-in.
  • Irregular Expressions: alternative keyboard for goofing around with unicode textstyles (πŸ…’πŸ…˜πŸ…‘πŸ…’πŸ…›πŸ…”πŸ…’, 𝕺𝖑𝖉 π•°π–“π–Œπ–‘π–Žπ–˜π– 𝕭𝖔𝖑𝖉, οΌ₯ο½˜ο½”ο½’ο½ wide, etc.)
  • Simple Notes : minimalist "note to self" memos.
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