Hey, there!

To get things going here and also because I’m interested in what kind of fun stuff you’re running on your phones, I’ll post a list of apps that I’m using daily or that are part of my Android experience.

To start it all off, I’d like to emphasize that I try to run FOSS apps almost exclusively and I also don’t use Google Play Services whatsoever (not even MicroG). I do run some very few closed source applications in a separate profile with Insular, but I plain out refuse to run them if they flat out require Google Play Services.

Feel free to tell me what YOU are running in the comments!

My installed Apps

Apps not available on F-Droid

These are apps that aren’t available on F-Droid, due to either containing non-free dependencies or other reasons.

  • Bitwarden(GPL-3.0) | Powerful cloud password manager with auto-fill capabilities*
  • boum(MPL-2.0) | Client for listening to music on Jellyfin*
  • Brave(MPL-2.0) | Web browser based on Chromium with privacy in mind (I use it when Mull breaks something)
  • Record You(GPL-3.0) | Record your voice or your screen

Honorable Mentions

These are apps that I wholeheartedly recommend, but don’t use any more, because I replaced them with something else.

*CAN be used as a client for self-hosted services
**Offers additional features if root access is present
***Requires root access to be present
****Part of a Magisk module


Edit: Added some links and changed Infinity’s description

  • @[email protected]
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    1 year ago

    Great list - picked up a couple new ones for myself. Thanks.

    Adding to your list:

    • Paperless Mobile An almost fully-fledged mobile app for my Paperless-ngx server
    • Syncthing Helped me (with Photoprism) replace Google Photos, but also syncs backup files made by other apps (Tasker, Signal, calls & texts, etc) from my phone to my computer overnight
    • Simple Search Completely configurable search widget, lets me search with my private Whoogle servers from my phone’s home screen
    • Shelter A lot like Insular, lets you utilise work profile for your own needs - apps, files, etc.
    • Droid-ify Another F-droid alternative
    • Netto HikariOPM
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      11 year ago

      Do you selfhost paperless-ngx? I used to run it for some time, but then took it offline, because I didn’t find it as useful as I thought it’d be.

      Also, after looking at this comparison table again, I think I might switch from Insular to Shelter, as it supports auto freeze.

      • @[email protected]
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        21 year ago

        Do you selfhost paperless-ngx?

        Indeed I do. It’s not necessarily something I find myself using every single day, but it’s come in handy on so many occasions, I can’t imagine NOT having it now. I’m (slowly) scanning all my existing paper archives in and shredding them, only keeping the physical copies of things that make sense (eg. birth certificates). The more data I put into it, the more useful it is.