c/android · by Alphamars@lemmy.world · 1y

What are your top android apps?

My top android apps are : 1.Local send for file transfer 2.Bitwarden for password manager 3. Antennapod for my podcast 4.Seal for YouTube download 5.Boost for lemmy 6.Rimusic for YouTube music 7. Poweramp for local music on my phone 8.Lichess for chess 9.protonvpn for vpn 10.fairmail for email

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WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 1y (4 replies)

Jerboa
Firefox
Feedly
Home Assistant
Ghost Commander
Joplin
Moon+ Reader Pro
Avenza
Kodi
Twilight

Honorable mentions to Newpipe and Termux.

Matriks404@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 1y (3 replies)

Firefox is absolutely horrendous on mobile. A lot of websites don't render properly, or when scrolling everything jumps around. Browsing Facebook is especially bad. Also UX is a lot worse than competing browsers.

GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml · 11 pts · 1y

Compared to any browsing experience without uBlock, Firefox wins by a very large margin.

michael_palmer@lemmy.sdf.org · 10 pts · 1y

The only browser that supports proper extensions such as Ublock origin (which is much more advanced than the built-in adblockers in other browsers).

WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

I disagree about the UX but that is probably just my preference. I use Facebook marketplace sometimes and it seems fully functional, no jumping around or whatever. Every now and then I have to use desktop mode but only on like government sites. Maybe it's because I use an ad blocker that I don't notice the problems you report.

Hiro8811@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 1y (4 replies)

How do y'all forget KDE connect?

Alphamars@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 1y (3 replies)

We don't really use kde to enjoy kde connect

GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 1y (1 reply)

KDE Connect doesn't require the use of KDE otherwise. Check it out, it might be worth your while.

vaionko@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 1y

Even works on Windows IIRC

Hiro8811@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

Neither do I

RigshawRick@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y (4 replies)

Racoon for lemmy Grayjay for video Antennapod for podcasts

kratoz29@lemm.ee · 6 pts · 1y

Racoon for lemmy

This is the 1st time I decided to check about this (I have heard that name before here), after a 1st glance it looks a lot like Boost for Lemmy, and since Boost seems to be the best working client for me at this moment (image and posts load for example is way faster than Summit, Voyager and Eternity), in terms of speed Sync for Lemmy is faster, but it is so broken with my current instance that is not worth to use it anymore.

I might install Raccoon soonish :)

cyclohexane@lemmy.ml · 0 pts · 1y (2 replies)

About the racoon recommendation have you tried other Lemmy apps? Curious what made you choose racoon

RigshawRick@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I have tried one other app which was Jerboa for lemmy but found Racoon easier to use so I stuck with it ever since.

flappy@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y

I'm using Thunder.

AusatKeyboardPremi@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y (9 replies)

I use Android as my secondary phone, my primary is an iPhone. Though for the past six months, my use of Android has surpassed iOS as the latter is now only for calls, messages and reading emails. For replying to emails, I use a computer.

I have removed as many Google apps as I could using Canta, as long as the phone is able to boot and function.

The apps, in no particular order (read: the order in which I can recollect):

App	Notes
Droidify	F-Droid client
HeliBoard	General keyboard
Unexpected Keyboard	Programmer’s keyboard
Fossify Calendar, Gallery, Music	Self-explanatory
Voyager	Lemmy client, although not a native Android app
Eternity	Native Android Lemmy client, although not as good as Voyager
Tubular	PeerTube and YouTube client with QoL niceties
Calculator++	Calculator with QoL niceties
Cromite	Chromium based browser with QoL niceties
Termux	Terminal emulator
Rethink DNS + Firewall	To block ads and monitor network activity
Orbot	For accessing TOR
Emacs	Still setting it up on Android, only to browse my Denote repository (which seems the only way I can browse it on any mobile device)
Aurora store	To install Apple Music
Apple Music	To use the music subscription from my primary phone
Proton VPN	Self-explanatory
Bitwarden	Password manager

::: spoiler P.S. I finally found a chance to use tables on Lemmy. :::

Alphamars@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y

The tables are actually helpful

Alphamars@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y (7 replies)

I am kinda of curious, why do you use heliboard over swiftkeys?

Hyrulian@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Not original commenter, but I got the hell off of Swiftkey after Microsoft bought it for privacy purposes. That could be why.

Alphamars@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

What do you use instead? Autocorrect is a very big issue with the other keyboards

AusatKeyboardPremi@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y (4 replies)

It is the only decent AOSP-like keyboard I could find.

I am just not comfortable using a proprietary keyboard when I know that I have other options. On iOS, I do not have an option, at all!

Having said that, I do miss the better swipe gestures and autocorrect ability of the proprietary ones from time to time.

Alphamars@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y (3 replies)

You can try FUTO keyboard

AusatKeyboardPremi@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Thank you. I did come across it, back when I was looking at alternatives. Though I don’t remember why I didn’t try it out.

How is your experience with the keyboard? How does it compare with the alternatives?

Alphamars@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Better than Heliboard by a mile. Privacy oriented Keyboard The autocorrect works well and the crazy part is the voice keyboard. Everything is offline

AusatKeyboardPremi@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

Thank you. I shall try it out as a secondary general keyboard.

squirrel@discuss.tchncs.de · 9 pts · 1y (4 replies)

Voyager for Lemmy
AntennaPod
Firefox
YouTube ReVanced
Signal
Xtra for Twitch
Thunderbird
Medito
KeePassDX
Aegis 2FA

ililiililiililiilili@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y

I see you're a person with great taste in Android apps. Thanks for introducing me to Medito! I need to chill.

Alphamars@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Just curious how people really enjoy twitch. I can't spend time just watching people play games or doing stuff while I could be doing things

squirrel@discuss.tchncs.de · 6 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I sometimes watch IRL streamers from parts of the world I've never been to. I've never been to New York City but due to watching streams from a bike messenger I feel like I know the city quite well.

Alphamars@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y

That's actually nice

CrayonRosary@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y (4 replies)

You need to put a space after the period after your numbers to make a numbered list. Your list is all jumbled up into a paragraph. Doing it the right way also means the numbers you use don't actually matter, which is nice because inserting an item near the top doesn't mean you then have to edit all the numbers under it. They can all be 1. and the list will be numbered correctly.

My list:

Mull (Firefox fork)
Signal
Google Messages
Pi Music Player
Shattered Pixel Dungeon
Thunder for Lemmy
YouTube
Google Camera
Fossify Gallery
KeePassDX

For giggles, view the source of my comment. Oh shit, I broke it by adding a 10th item. At least in Thunder. It doesn't support 1000000000 as a number for an ordered list.

OmegaLemmy@discuss.online · 1 pts · 1y (3 replies)

Lemminary@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y (2 replies)

This is Jerboa. Wtf are you using? Lol

CrayonRosary@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

They used the "View Source" feature like I told them to.

You can see the real comment in the background.

Lemminary@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

Ohh that's so strange

jacktherippah@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y (5 replies)

I haven't seen anyone mention Gboard yet so I'll say Gboard. Best keyboard on Android.

EarthShipTechIntern@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 1y (3 replies)

Heliboard kicks Gboard out of the park

ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org · 2 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Did you say HOOOOOOB?

EarthShipTechIntern@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I may be missing a reference. Or you're just making HooooooB out of heliboard. Enlighten me!

ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org · 2 pts · 1y

Look at the app icon

Alphamars@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

Privacy and not too good autocorrect issues

bairy@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 1y

Nova Launcher

Edge Gestures as an alternative to android gestures

Quick Cursor for easy one handed usage

Panels as a sidebar based quick launch / app switcher

AccuWeather for weather and minute by minute forecast

Google Fit for basic quiet step counting - can also measure your heart rate with the camera

Outdoor Active or AllTrails to show you walking routes

Street Complete to contribute to open street map in a much friendlier way

Spark for multi account email

Stomata@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y (4 replies)

In my list everything is open source

Moshidon (for mastodon)
Eternity (Lemmy)
KeepassDX (pass manager)
Local send
Heliboard (keyboard)
Droidify (fdroid)
Fossify gallery
Multi calculator
Cromite ( chromium browser)
Mull ( Firefox )
Rethink DNS, firewall
SD maid se ( cache cleaning )
Tubular ( for yt sometimes)
Fossify calendar
Conversation (xmpp)
Molly(signal)
Markor (notes) At last URLcheck

Lemminary@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I think I need try out Keep Ass DX

Stomata@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y

Of course you can keep ass there 🤣

Alphamars@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Are you just using only FOSS apps? Heliboard is not that great compared to swiftkey? how do you get on with mastodon?

Stomata@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y

Heliboard is lite and does everything for me. I use moshidon for mastodon.

binom@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

the only two apps i use but have not yet seen mentioned:

florisboard (keyboard)
simple time tracker (time tracking tool, duh)

dishonorable mention:

revanced manager (youtube, but useable?)

land@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 1y

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Hyrulian@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y (1 reply)

If I had to pick some of my favorites:

BuzzKill, Gives you total control over your notifications. I use it to auto clear apps that think they need to have a persistent notification like VPNs, Smart Watches, etc.
DuckDuckGo, For their very useful, (In my opinion) app tracking protection proxy that they have built into the app.
GAMEYE, For tracking my physical games collection and my extensive Amiibo collection.
Grayjay & Revanced , For when I want to watch YouTube on mobile.
Image Toolbox, Great for doing a whole bunch of different things. Works especially well for image related tasks, but does more stuff than that too.
LocalSend, Airdrop but cross platform and open source. Really good.
Privacy, An app that links to your bank account and lets you make virtual cards to obfuscate your real debit card. Super useful as well for setting up with subscriptions so you can just turn the individual card off instead of having to go find the subscription cancel option for each service.
p!n, A very simple app that adds a quick actions menu button to pin a notification. I use it to essentially add reminders and notes to my notifications real quick.
rdx, A simple Reddit viewer for when I have to view a Reddit link for any reason. shudders
Shortcut Maker, Super useful app for when I'm not using Niagara Launcher. Let's you make home screen app like shortcuts for a wide variety of things, including going to specific settings, launching specific sets of apps, and way more. Used to be my favorite app before I got into Niagara.
URLCheck, Acts as a middle man after I click a link, telling me a bunch of info about it before letting me pick which browser I want to open it in.
Niagara Launcher, my launcher of choice. Not for everyone, but I have found it makes navigating my phone super fast. I have tried so many different ones, but the fact that the app drawer is always on open on the home screen and I can navigate to each letter quickly made it the best for me.

Anyway yeah, those are some of the ones I use frequently. Sorry for not linking to them, but it would have taken forever lol.

Alphamars@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

I thought buzzkill was just for sound notification and how do you use Grayjay when you already have a YouTube account? How can you sync your subscribed list to it?

rfr_Foglia@feddit.it · 3 pts · 1y (2 replies)

AntennaPod for podcasts
LiftLog to track gym progress and weights
Raccoon for Lemmy
FUTO Keyboard.

those apps are all open source.

Alphamars@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

FUTO keyboard is actually nice that is what I am using.. Its great

RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com · 2 pts · 1y

I'm using FUTO Voice, but I wasn't aware of the keyboard. Installing.

FOSSEON@lemdro.id · 3 pts · 1y (4 replies)

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Hyrulian@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Just started using Image Toolbox a few weeks ago, shits fucking dope.

FOSSEON@lemdro.id · 1 pts · 1y

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tb_@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I tried switching to Aurora, but apps updated through there no longer appear in Android Auto for some reason (Spotify, Smart Audiobook Player)

FOSSEON@lemdro.id · 1 pts · 1y

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dsilverz@thelemmy.club · 2 pts · 1y

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kratoz29@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y

I am gonna cheat and name multiple apps with the same/similar purpose:

Boost, Summit, Eternity, Voyager (Sync for Lemmy is out of this place... I still use Sync for Reddit Revanced though)
Feedly/Feeder
Firefox Beta
Bitwarden
Obtanium/Droidify
Nekogram
YouTube/YT music Revanced/Pocket Casts
Spotify
Obsidian/Syncthing
Material Files

Honorable mention to Kinestop, finally being able to use my phone on a vehicle? It was the last place where I would dare to doom scroll!

I seriously could go on... I have too many apps.

matrixrunner@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y (2 replies)

App(s)	Use
Should I Answer?	Call Spam Blocking
Droidify	F-droid Client
Obtainium	Github Access For Apps
AnySoftKeyboard	Keyboard
Macrodroid	Automation
KDE Connect	Desktop Integration
FairEmail	Email
QUIK	SMS
Open Camera	Camera
KeePassDX	Password & 2FA Management
Breezy Weather	Weather
VLC	Music
Tubular, YouTube Revanced	Youtube
F-Stop	Image Library
Amaze	File Manager
Syncthing	File Synchronization
Organic Maps	GPS/Maps
Markor	Notes
Aliucord	Discord Client
Tusky	Mastodon Client
Eternity	Lemmy Client
Telegram	Messaging
RDX	Reddit Read-only Client
URL Check	Link Filtering For Sharing
Binary Eye	QR Code Scanning
Pushbullet	Info Passing