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I already have Nova Premium (my preferred launcher) which is what people have recommending. Was thinking of getting Stardew Valley since it's only $5 but I did some research and apparently the mobile version is a bit out of date, idk.

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[–] phuntis 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

not 100% relevant to the post but do not use nova they got bought out by an ad/tracking company and shouldn't be trusted to be a launcher

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

damn, thats a bummer, time to try out some FOSS launchers :(

any recommendations? I basically just need screen shortcuts, folders, and notification icons would be nice. also maybe pages but I could do without that with folders

[–] phuntis 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I use lawnchair launcher if you're willing to use a beta version from a project that may or may not be dead and hasn't been updated in like half a year unfortunately the up to date version isn't on the playstore I don't think and I don't remember where you can find the up to date version sorry :(

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Looks nice, I'll check it out! Hopefully it can be forked and continued one day

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Lawnchair 2 is on F-Droid

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What 😭😭😭 any alt recommendations?

[–] owenfromcanada 1 points 1 year ago

I've developed a minimalist launcher in case you want to try something different.

[–] asukii 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Slay the Spire is a fantastic roguelike deckbuilding game, and I think the mobile version is around that pricepoint

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Hmm, I'm not usually into deckbuilding games, but that does seem like something perfect for touchscreens

[–] justhach 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can rent a movie through Google Play. I do that can't find the movie I want to watch on any of the streaming services I'm subscribed to.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm a pirate :( I dont think google has a movie I want that I cant torrent

[–] justhach 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Fair enough. I no longer sail the high seas, but you do you, matey. Arrrrr.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Stardew Valley is a great choice, if you are into gaming maybe some of the android ports for GTA? Like GTA 3 or Vice City.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I already have the classic GTA games on steam, plus I tried the mobile ports when they first came out and I could NOT deal with the touch controls.

Think I'll just go with Stardew if I cant find anything else, since I doubt I'll ever buy it on desktop and these kind of daily grind simulators are great for mobile

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

AppOps: It's a permissions manager that lets you grant apps "fake permissions". Basically, it makes an app think it has a certain permission, but when it tries to use it it doesn't get any data.

It's very hard to pirate, and root is not required :) It costs 3.00$

Also consider checking out Poweramp, It's one of the best local music players out there (1.00$)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

ooh, AppOps sounds nice +1

although I am already using the premier audio player: foobar2000 :D

[–] crowscall 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Both pc and mobile Stardew Valley are on version 1.5. At one point mobile didn't have the 1.5 update, but that got sorted out a while ago. It's a great game, I'd recommend getting it! :)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's reassuring! I'll probably end up with Stardew Valley then :D

[–] owenfromcanada 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, the 1.5 update took a while, but it's there now and it's great!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Dope, and it seems like the perfect kind of mobile game to play for like 15 minutes at a time.

[–] owenfromcanada 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, the game is played in days, and saves after each day. 15 minutes is probably around what you'd end up doing for most days (good luck putting it down though).

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you're the kind of person who already bought Nova then you probably already have it as well but look into Tasker just in case you haven't heard about it yet.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Tasker

oh damn thats dope, I'm usually not into automated stuff but that seems cool

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Stardew Valley is great even if it's out of date (though I'm not a huge fan of the interface on mobile)

Minecraft is also great on Android these days

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Consider grabbing the DLCs for Vampire Survivors, because that game deserves the $5 they don't ask for on mobile.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Oh damn, I didn't realize it was on Android OR free. thanks!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Magic research is idle game crack. I have been playing it a lot.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Is that the same one thats on steam? Looks a lot more fun than other idle games I've checked out

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago
[–] Mewtwo 1 points 1 year ago

Buy some icon packs for Nova. I'm using Linex, and liked Lines, Min, Minoir. aCalendar, Another Widget is amazing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Look through the apps you already have and see if there's a premium version of whatever you got

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I did and they're all subscription based :(