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
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.
Ooh, cute app, thanks :3
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?
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.
I use BirdNET, I had more luck identifying birds by song than with Merlin. But both are impressive.
I’ve found auditory ID quite reliable, photo ID is pretty good and questionnaire ID not very.
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
Oooh, I will check out Aegis and LibreTube, thanks :3
Aegis is fantastic
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.
- 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.
KDE Connect
“Shared clipboard: copy and paste between your devices.”
What the what?!? That’s so cool!
- 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.
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.
YouTube ReVanced - YouTube with adblocking, SponsorBlock, and Return YouTube Dislike built-in. There is also ReVanced for YT Music.
NetGuard - Firewall that doesn’t need root. Works on system apps too so you can help curb the amount of spying done by system apps and apps that don’t need an internet connection to function.
Connect - Most functional Lemmy app I could find (and I literally tried them all). Still not as smooth of an experience as Relay, but /u/DBrady has announced no plans to port it to Lemmy so Connect will have to do.
Stremio - Any show or movie you want from any streaming platform (Netflix, Hulu/D+, HBO, Apple TV, etc.), all in one place. The app runs on TVs too. Requires plugins to work, but costs as little as $3/mo or even free, depending on what plugins you use. You’ll never need to subscribe to any other streaming platform.
Splitwise - Easily split bills with your SO/roommate(s). Stop arguing over expenses.
Google Rewards - Answer surveys, get Google Play credit. Paid apps are now free!
I’ve also tried all the Lemmy apps I could find, and must say I’m still the most fond of Voyager. Almost every single time I launch, there’s a new update, and new features are showing up extremely fast. Now that there’s customizable swipe gestures for all use cases, it’s become so awesome to use. I even had an issue with comments getting deleted if I swiped too far while composing, opened a ticket on GitHub, and dev had it fixed within a day. They’ve just started submitting app versions to to both the Apple and Android store, if you don’t want to use the web app.
I second Google Rewards, I also haven’t paid for an app for quite some time now. A small note - if it asks if you’ve visited a specific store recently, the reward is a lot bigger if you say yes, say you bought something, and how you paid. Even if you didn’t 😁 There’s always (at least) one plausible option, a store you were near, and then a few that look to be fillers. I personally only pick the plausible ones, just in case it’s some sort of test. They also rolled out uploading receipts where I’m located recently, and must admit I don’t mind Google knowing what I purchased at whatever supermarket.
Sync for Lemmy will be available soon. It’s much nicer than Connect.
moonlight-android - opensource android application to connect to your NVIDIA gamestream functionality provided by most modern NVIDIA graphic cards
I use it often for streaming my computer from my bed to play tactic/mouse heavy games, but latency wise it’s very good if using hardware encoding. Less friction than a parsec and/or steam link setup.
Additionally (though I haven’t tried it) there is a server software to emulate the NVIDIA™ gamestream functionality for AMD/Intel/etc, giving you an open source and low friction way to setup remote game streaming and/or desktop use https://github.com/LizardByte/Sunshine
Nvidia said they ended support for gamestream but haven’t removed it from GeForce experience yet.
They fucking better not cause Moonlight is honestly the best way to stream your games to TVs and other devices. Steam Link sucks so badly. It can’t even maintain a 60 FPS stream over 2.5G ethernet, let alone 120+.
Sunshine is amazing. I can vouch for it. It’s in active development and works really well.
Moonlight works great on TVs too! Way better than Steam Link, which can’t even display HDR correctly nor run games at framerates beyond 45. With Moonlight HDR works perfectly and I get a silky-smooth 120+ FPS @ 4K.
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.
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!
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
+1 for Tachiyomi.
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.
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.
Last.fm to track my listening habits, pretty entertaining
I use ListenBrainz for a libre alternative.
- Tasks.org - To Do lists
- Saber - Handwritten notes and drawing in PDFs
- Les Pas - photo management (Nextcloud based)
- Invoice Ninja - invoicing for business
- 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
