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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Not sure about the rest of those, but Obsidian isn’t OS either.
I didn’t realize that. Thanks!
Joplin works pretty well
I use Joplin but I don’t love it.
Swapped to it a couple of months ago and really like it but, is there a way to go into edit mode by default when clicking on a note?
- Moshidon: letting me communicate with people on Mastodon
- QKSMS: text message (SMS) app
- KISS Launcher: a very neat launcher that took a while before I could love it as I do now
- FairEmail: an email client with tons of options
- Mull: a fork of Firefox
- Privacy Browser: a browser based on WebView
- Simple Calendar Pro: for managing my self-hosted CalDAV (waiting for Fossify’s version)
- Fossify Gallery: managing my images and videos
- AntennaPod: listening to podcasts
- Bitwarden: managing my self-hosted vaultwarden
- Download Navi: download files instead of using the browser
- Foxy Droid: making browsing apps on mainly F-Droid and IzzyOnDroid like old-school Google Play Store
- Loop Habits: logging my habits
- Hypatia: protecting my smartphone from malware using ClamAV
- Lemuroid: able to play my childhood favourite games wherever I am
- Miniflutt: read RSS posts through my self-hosted Miniflux server
- Mullvad VPN: protecting my identity wherever I am
- OpenTracks: track my movements
- Seal: download videos from mainly YouTube, but also converting YouTube videos to MP3 files (perfect for downloading music mixes for my bicycle trips)
- Syncthing: syncing important files to and from my desktop
- Voyager: browsing Lemmy
- URL Radio: listening to manually added radio stations
- Tasks: reminding me to do stuff
- Unexpected Keyboard: by far the best keyboard with really good shortcuts
- Planisphere: exploring the sky and letting me plan my astro photography
- LibreTube: exploring YouTube through Piped API
- Simple Voice Recorder: letting me record stuff when I don’t have my audio recorder with me (waiting for Fossify’s version)
Could you possibly edit in what each of these are for?
Done :)
Holy crap primo edit with links!! Thanks
Yeah, links are very useful :) You’re welcome.
Thanks for your links !
Have you tried Obtainium ? This could replace foxy-droid which seems dead with no updates since 2020!
You’re welcome :)
Yes, I have. I really liked it, but I didnt like that GitHub blocked me every now and then. I don’t have any account there due to privacy reasons.
I somewhat don’t mind outdated apps. It depends on what app it is. I wouldn’t use Bitwarden if they stop develop their app, as of 1 example.
How does it feel being such a bro?
It always feels great :)
- Acode - code editor
- Auto-Auto-Rotate - remember rotation lock settings by app
- Auxio - there’s a million music players, this one scratches my itch just right
- Binary Eye - bar/QR scanner
- BreezyWeather - appears to have sources globally
- Collabora Office - view & edit libre/Microsoft office files
- Missed Notifications Reminder - I need a repeating audio notification so I don’t miss important work related messages
- MJpdf - pdf reader
- Mull - privacy enhanced Firefox
- RoMote - roku remote on your phone
- Skymap - what is that thing in the sky?
- Snapdrop - share with other devices via snapdrop.net (crashy) or pairdrop.net (better)
Obsidian isn’t FOSS
I only install what i need so i haven’t actually installed a lot of apps. The copout answer is Firefox, but if i’m taking the prompt seriously it would be Simple Keyboard or Floris Board, they’re highly customizeable keyboards that i really enjoy and i have a hard time deciding which to leave installed.
Just in general though, browsing F-Droid feels so good. I’m in a much simpler mindset where i’ll think “oh that’s neat i want to try it”, which is how i used to feel about tech. Browsing PlayStore makes me think “that’s neat, but what’s the catch? How are they going to scam me/harvest my data? I’m not installing this”
FairEmail
For keyboard I’m currently using OpenBoard and ThumbKey, the latter obviously not for everyone.
Adding to your list:
- Droidify
- Trail Sense
- NewPipe
- Logseq
- Syncthing
- Coffee
- Element
- Cryptomator
- VLC
- Geometric Weather
- Termux
- Noteless
- StreetComplete
- Translate You
you sir make sense…been scrolling through this post and see the most bizarre suggestions.
so, what apps do you add to Termux?
THANK YOU for antennapod!!! What an incredibly beautiful app, I’m so impressed!!
I was so excited when I discovered this app. To me it’s one of the most perfect apps. I wish I could use it on desktop.
I know nothing about FOSS apps, where do I get them?
F-Droid is the best starting point. It’s an app that is basically a Google Play style app store, but all the apps are FOSS.
Ive been using droidify for the last 1-2years, it looks better than fdroid and you can easily add more repositories other than fdroid repository (like izzyonandroid).
(Kinda ironic that I sent you an fdroid link that has the droidify app.)
Mine are:
- Aniyomi (basically tachiyomi advanced with anime streaming functionality [can also update stuff on your anime tracking accounts such as MAL])
- Bitwarden (password manager)
- Florisboard (keyboard)
- Jerboa (lemmy client)
- Firefox (browser)
- InnerTune (music player that can also use youtube music)
- Aegis (2fa app)
- Signal (secure messenger)
- Element (matrix based decentralized secure messenger)
- Obtainium (apk fetcher?)
- F-Droid (open source marketplace for open source software)
- BetterUntis (a better unofficial webuntis client)
- RethinkDNS (firewall, proxy and dns all in one [I use it with mullvad vpn’s wireguard config])
- Shelter (app isolator)
- KurobaEx (imageboard such as 4chan explorer)
- LiberaTorrent (torrent client)
- Termux (cli)
- NextCloud (cloud storage)
- Survival Manual (offline survival manual with helpful information for surviving. [actually helped me once])
Florisboard is the keyboard app that stopped me jumping between keyboard apps
Floris I gave it a try, I’m underwhelmed by the lack of punctuation/quote symbol options. Have you tried AnySoftKeyboard? Much more flexible in that department.
RethinkDNS (firewall, proxy and dns all in one [I use it with mullvad vpn’s wireguard config])
Thanks for sharing, I’m looking into RethinkDNS, and I’m not surprised it tries to establish a VPN tunnel to perform its duties. Thing is my phone already has a VPN client, which happens to be Mullvad. What exactly do you mean by “I use it with mullvad vpn’s wireguard config”?
I stumbled on the exact same problem as you. Then I read somewhere how to use them together. You can connect to Mullvad’s servers using their wireguard config in the RethinkDNS Proxy -> Setup Wireguard section. To do this, you need to login to your account in mullvad’s website and click on “wireguard configuration” on the side bar. Select what you need and then you can either download the config file to import it to RethinkDNS directly or select to show a QR code which you can scan in the RethinkDNS app. To do this, in the Setup Wireguard section, click on the plus icon on the bottom left side. Now you basically can connect to Mullvad’s servers alongside RethinkDNS’s custom DNS and firewall.
Obsidian is the note app and Obtainium is the apk fetcher directly from source. Great list you have here.
Oh sorry, thanks for pointing out. I mixed them up
I use Feeder for RSS. Quite a good, constantly improving app. :)
I also use that, it is very good
Love Aegis and Bitwarden, but here’s another one that’s a must if you’re on stock android:
NetGuard
Blocks network access for apps and processes on your phone, great way to ensure apps aren’t calling home all the time.
I would recommend RethinkDNS instead of NetGuard, it has the same firewall capabilities but it also lets you change DNS (with Dnscrypt / DoT / DoH) and also lets you connect to a Wireguard VPN. It’s amazing.
Oh man that’s cool! Going to be switching now, thanks!
Forgot to mention also the possibility of adding blocklists to block ads, trackers and everything you want. It’s really the best of its kind!
This is my new app, netguard has been removed, thank you!
Is there anyway to blacklist new apps so they are automatically blocked from network access? I can’t seem to find that functionality
Edit: Nevermind there is a toggle saying block newly installed apps, it was actually easy to find, my bad
Man… This one is so good thanks for recommending
How to connect to a wireguard vpn? Is protonvpn one?
In the proxy tab you can add wireguard profiles. E.g. for the protonvpn one you need to download the wireguard configuration files and add it there
Ty so much for showing how. I managed and did it. Do I need to run protonvpn as well? Not sure what comes next. First time using Rethinkdns but I have both installed on my phone and from I can tell I can only use one vpn app at a time.
Yeah Android only lets you run one VPN app at a time, you just need RethinkDNS because it acts as a firewall, (proton)VPN wireguard client, adblocker and DNS resolver
I think I now got it, in the wireguard profile I added an app I wanted to use this profile and checked online for myip and it didn’t show mine. So basically, since Android let’s you run 1 vpn service, rethinkdns can do this by adding a wireguard profile from a different vpn service like protonvpn in my case. This is very clever and convenient. I hope my understanding is correct.
I’m running openboard’s fork by helium! It supports glide typing, if you download a library! There are instructions in the app 🙂
I also recently found sayboard (available on fdroid), which has been working WAY better than I expected as a speech-to-text alternative 🙂
Obsidian is Open Source? I switched to Logseq because it wasnt open source. A friend wasnt even allowed to install it on his Work PC becauze Obsidian wants 50€ per Year when not used at home privately.
It is absolutely not open source, it is source available. You can view all the JavaScript source from inside the app in the development console. But that doesn’t mean that you have license to reuse the source, or the app for that matter.
Ah ok, well, at least somethinf
yeah, I kinda like it. All my work crap is still in a tiddlywiki tho :)
I love Thumb Key, it’s a very unique and actively developed keyboard app.
it took a bit to learn but now its great
Definitely requires time, took me about 3 weeks to get as fast as I was on a standard layout.
