Anytype - open source note taking app, similar to Obsidian.
Vampire Survivors - addictive game without intrusive ads
English Dictionary Offline: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=livio.pack.lang.en_US . Still unbloated after all these years.
Librera (ebook reader): https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.foobnix.pro.pdf.reader/ . The pro version is free on f-droid, or you can buy it on Google Play if you want to support the dev.
Fossify Gallery: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.fossify.gallery/ . This is a fork of the old Simple Gallery from before it got bought out. Same deal with Fossify File Manager and the other Fossify apps. Just no-nonsense functional apps.
Quillpad https://www.f-droid.org/en/packages/io.github.quillpad/
It's a nice simple Google keep replacement.
Bitwarden. There's no excuse not to use a password manager.
Signal
Termux, a terminal emulator
Syncthing: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.github.catfriend1.syncthingandroid/
KDE Connect: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.kde.kdeconnect_tp/
AntennaPod: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/de.danoeh.antennapod/
DAVx⁵: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/at.bitfire.davdroid/
Obtanium: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/dev.imranr.obtainium.fdroid/
Voyager for Lemmy: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/app.vger.voyager/
Edit: Fixed link
Antennapod is so damn good!
I love syncthing. So convenient for transferring files between windows, android, and MacOS. Platform agnostic is the best.
Obtanium is awesome too for simplifying the process of updating apks from github.
Second obtainium. I had been looking for an app that does what it does exactly -- was super happy to find it and have it work pretty well.
For some reason the Obtainium link does not work in mobile, but this one without index .html does: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/dev.imranr.obtainium.fdroid/
Thank you. I am not sure how that only ended up on that link.
A lot of bangers in the comments, but I didn't see my favorite!
container (kinda) for your apps https://f-droid.org/packages/com.oasisfeng.island.fdroid/
And its sibling Shelter. Don't know which one is more up-to-date lately.
Breezy Weather - https://github.com/breezy-weather/breezy-weather
LibreTube - https://github.com/libre-tube/LibreTube
NewPipe - https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe
Secure Camera - Play Store / Github
1List is the best list-making app I've tried that's open source. Really polished and quick.
https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.lolo.io.onelist/
Along those same lines, Notally is the best note taking app I've tried.
https://f-droid.org/packages/com.omgodse.notally/
And since someone else mentioned Voyager, I'll mention Eternity as well!
https://f-droid.org/packages/eu.toldi.infinityforlemmy/
Lastly, Weawow is the best weather app I've used, though Quickweather on f-droid is a close second (but requires an API key to work, so bit of a hassle to set up).
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.weawow&hl=en-US
I like the look of both of these but do you know a way to sync them with a PC?
You can use Syncthing (the fork on FDroid is better) and Obsidian (for the notes). You can also use obsidian services (might be paid) for the sync but its easy enough to do yourself.
I don't believe so. The only options I see in the settings is the ability to export and import lists and notes manually with a file.
Musicolet, the only local player that I know allowing to switch between playlists and albums without losing each last played songs
FDroid itself
- Signal signal.org↗ - Free, open source, completely end-to-end encrypted messaging that lead by a non-profit.
- Shelter f-droid.org↗ - Use Android's built-in "Work Profile" feature to install or clone apps into an isolated space.
- Simplex f-droid.org↗ - Like Signal but for the more paranoid. Not as good from a UX perspective so I can't recommend it to everyone, but definitely just as good if privacy/security is your ultimate requirement.
how does shelter differ from insular - assuming you know. I just haven't seen that one and am curious
Island vs Shelter vs Insular
https://secure-system.gitlab.io/Insular/faq.html
Island Shelter Insular (based on Island) Isolated profile to install Big Brother apps Yes Yes Yes No proprietary code/components (GMS, Crashlytics, etc) No Yes Yes No Internet access No Yes Yes Good internationalization No Yes No Option to prohibit ADB access Yes No Yes Auto freeze Yes (with proprietary Greenify) Yes No Freeze main space apps Yes No Yes Block Contacts Searching No Yes No Image Chooser as Fake Camera Yes, with SAF Enhancer Lite Yes Yes, with SAF Enhancer Lite License Apache License 2.0 GNU General Public License v3.0 Apache License 2.0
fcitx5 for android, basically gboard without Google service
Jota Text Editor, Connect for Lemmy, google translate for live translation
aSQLiteManager. Use ot to keep track of dart scoring and use views for reports / stats
