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What's your favourite free Android app?

Please include a link to homepage/Play/F-Droid.

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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
- 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.
- 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.
- Antennapod is so damn good!
- DAVx5 came bundled with e/OS when I changed over but I've had no luck getting it going and I struggle to follow the guide. Would you happen to know of like an idiot's guide to getting started with it? Or could someone perhaps briefly summarise how to get going with it?

Bitwarden. There's no excuse not to use a password manager.
- Single point of failure for all my usernames and passwords? No thanks
  
  That's why you use 2-factor-authentication
  
  I used to think like that and only used pass. Then I stopped worrying and decided to trust the crypto.
  You can keep your 2FA tokens in a separate app.

Here is my list :
Fossify gallery https://f-droid.org/packages/org.fossify.gallery/ 2.Eternity https://f-droid.org/packages/eu.toldi.infinityforlemmy/ 3.url check https://f-droid.org/packages/com.trianguloy.urlchecker 4.Breezy weather https://f-droid.org/packages/org.breezyweather/ 5.Clayx os dialer (i took it from clayxos fdroid repo) https://gitlab.com/CalyxOS/platform_packages_apps_Dialer 6.Heli board https://f-droid.org/packages/helium314.keyboard/ 7.Moshidon https://f-droid.org/packages/org.joinmastodon.android.moshinda/ 8.Tubular https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index/apk/org.polymorphicshade.tubular
Markor https://f-droid.org/packages/net.gsantner.markor/
Obtainium https://f-droid.org/packages/dev.imranr.obtainium.fdroid/
Droid-ify https://f-droid.org/packages/com.looker.droidify/ There is a lot more
- Is there an apk for the dialer?
  
  Yes. You can install droid-ify and add calyx os repo named "The calyx Institute Fdroid repo (testing) . And search for Dialer and directly install it from there
- What's your favourite free Android app?
  
  All of these

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?
  
  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.
  
  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.

FDroid itself

Quillpad https://www.f-droid.org/en/packages/io.github.quillpad/
It's a nice simple Google keep replacement.

Termux, a terminal emulator
https://github.com/termux/termux-app
https://f-droid.org/packages/com.termux/
- Indispensable.
  
  What do you use it for?

Most likely F-Droid.

Signal

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.
  
  Looks like Insular has a more recent release: may 2024, and Shelter has the last in december 2023.

OsmAnd~: https://f-droid.org/packages/net.osmand.plus/
KOReader: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.koreader.launcher.fdroid/
Firefox with ublock Origin: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/browsers/mobile/android/
uBlock Origin https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/android/addon/ublock-origin/

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
FUTO Keyboard - Play Store / https://keyboard.futo.org/
Organic Maps - Play Store / https://organicmaps.app/
- Tubular is feels better with some ui changes
  
  This? https://github.com/polymorphicshade/Tubular

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

(https://f-droid.org/packages/com.oasisfeng.island.fdroid/)

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

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.
- Librera (ebook reader)
  Does it do OPDS for Calibre integration? I don't see that in the features.
  
  I don't use this feature much so I can't speak to the details, but yes, it does support OPDS.
  Screenshot:

Anytype - open source note taking app, similar to Obsidian.
Vampire Survivors - addictive game without intrusive ads

Musicolet, the only local player that I know allowing to switch between playlists and albums without losing each last played songs

fcitx5 for android, basically gboard without Google service
https://f-droid.org/packages/org.fcitx.fcitx5.android/

aniyomi

Wavelet

aSQLiteManager. Use ot to keep track of dart scoring and use views for reports / stats

Jota Text Editor, Connect for Lemmy, google translate for live translation

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