Which Android app stood out to you this year & why?
Could be anything you used daily, discovered recently, or just genuinely loved.
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obtanium
Bloody game changer, that. Been little by little whittling away at apps until the Play Store can GTFO for good.
I saw the obtanium comments and switched over. What sources do people use to find apps besides a post like this?
So nice not to see ads on any web sites or within any apps.
If it is ever off, I’m reminded how bad things are out there.
I just use NextDNS for this
The do not disturb button
Molly (Signal fork) with self hosted mollyconnect + ntfy for push notifications without Google services.
Connect for Lemmy.
Vivaldi, web browser
I’m embarrassed to say it was Brotato. 🥔
Cleverkeys. Super customizable, offline. 1st gestures keyboard powered by neural networks.
KOReader (ebook reader)
Though clearly not designed for small screens, since I have a somewhat long read queue and it can sort by read progress, it helps a bunch.
Home Assistant
Immich, I setup the container on my server and have been using it all year. The search is really good and I like the memories thing
F Droid, as I made my move from ios to my new device, F-droid helped me find apps that made the transition go smoothly.
I moved to Droidify, a fdroid client. Its got extra repos built in and feels more polished IMO.
You can also look into Obtanium to install APKs direct from GItHub. This generally means you get updates faster than fdroid, and are 100% sure no code had changed (fdroid rebuilds packahes and resigns them).
I wouldn’t really recommend fdroid tbh. Obtanium + AppVerifier would be a better combo.
Just a few links: https://privsec.dev/posts/android/f-droid-security-issues/
https://xcancel.com/GrapheneOS/status/1883895255142932816#m
https://gitlab.com/ironfox-oss/IronFox/-/issues/7
https://github.com/obfusk/fdroid-fakesigner-poc
https://github.com/CatimaLoyalty/Android/issues/2608
https://gitlab.com/fdroid/admin/-/issues/593
https://github.com/00-Evan/shattered-pixel-dungeon/issues/1394
I put F-Droid on my Meta Quest 3 and then I didn’t even need to use SideQuest anymore lol, I could just install a file manager and KDE Connect from F-Droid, transfer apk files remotely through KDE Connect and then install them using the file manager
Probably Street Complete, it activates the same dopamine receptors in the brain that Pokémon Go did, but it’s contributing to Open Street Map in the process.
Honourable mention to Ente Photos, recommended to me by some of you as a great Google Photos alternative.
Termux and associated addons, especially x11. Because fuck the direction the entire Android ecosystem is going in. I’d rather have a Linux phone, but Termux:x11 is as close as I’m realistically going to get at the moment.
