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F-Droid is an installable catalogue of FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) applications for the Android platform. The client makes it easy to browse, install, and keep track of updates on your device.

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What is your favourite #fdroid app? Would be interested if I can discover a few new cool apps, I missed until now. Thank you already for sharing! @fdroid

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

@kirschner
@fdroid

Not an everyday favorite but a potential life-saver: EtchDroid for creating bootable Linux USB drives. Allowed me to fix a laptop which wasn't booting in the middle of a holiday.

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

@kirschner #AntennaPod for Podcasts, #Fedilab for Mastodon and Fediverse, #Transistor for my daily #Dlf radio needs, #Aegis for #2FA, the recent version of #AnkiDroid for learning via flash cards, #SimpleGalleryPro for media management. #Auxio as a simple yet nice looking audio player. #OrganicMaps as an simple alternative to the mighty #OsmAnd. #NewPipe for my video streaming needs (even though #LibreTube is a very fine alternative when it exclusively comes to #YouTube), #Quillpad for taking notes, #KeePassDX as password manager. #DAVx5 to get stuff synchronized, #FairEmail as email client. #Feeder for my RSS feed needs. And finally the still new #FDroidBasic client allowing automatic updates of installed apps.

Recently tried out #SimpleX messenger and like it quite a bit so far. @fdroid

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

@cryptgoat
Thank you for the great list. Did not yet try out Aegis and Auxio. And one question in case you use it: Is the #nextcloud sync for quillpad working reliable?
@fdroid

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

@kirschner
My Expenses, NewPipe, Open Note Scanner, Catima, ConnectBot, Earmouse, FairEmail, KeePassDX, SicMu Player, Street Complete, Termux, VLC, Wikipedia and those are just my favourites
@fdroid

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

@gippy
Thanks. Did not know about Open Note Scannwr, for what are you using it?
@fdroid

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

@kirschner
To use the smartphone's camera as a scanner, with the convenience of having pictures converted into 1bit depth (B/W with no grey scale), lightening them a lot.
@fdroid

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

Ciao Gabriele! Thank you for this suggestion, the only problem is that this app, I've seen, that has no longer been updated. Does it still work fine?

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

@toketin
Yes, I still use it ;)

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

Ever hear of KiwiX? You can use it to browse Wikipedia articles without data. It also works with some other sites as well

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

@kirschner
#Satstat will show how well your GPS works, and all the sensors in your phone. Like, I used it to check magnetic fields when fixing some electronics
@fdroid

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

@notsoloud
Interesting to hear about that use of Satstat. Thanks.
@fdroid

[–] ace_garp 1 points 1 year ago

Also, Phyphox for access to various sensor data in graph form.

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

@[email protected] @[email protected] Not just one app but the group of apps from simple mobile tools. No unnecessary permissions, easy to use, good functionality and a clean uniform UI makes then really usable.
https://www.simplemobiletools.com/

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

@[email protected] @[email protected] Not just one app but the group of apps from simple mobile tools. No unnecessary permissions, easy to use, good functionality and a clean uniform UI make them really usable.
https://www.simplemobiletools.com/

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

@kirschner
For offline non-tracking maps:
@organicmaps or #osmand

@fdroid

[–] Jailbrick3d 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Obtainium. For all those cool apps you find on GitHub, GitLab, FDroid, Izzy, APKPure, and more. In some cases you can add your own links and it'll try to scrape them for APKs for app updates

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

@kirschner @fdroid Unciv. There are other apps of course, but that one is my most favorite.

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

@rvansleen
Have not seen that before. Looks nice (also interesting to read the FAQs there)!
@fdroid

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

@kirschner @fdroid

My favorite:
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NewPipe
https://newpipe.net

All Pro versions of Simple Mobile Tools are also available free of charge on FDroid.

https://www.simplemobiletools.com/

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

@salman
Thank you. I love the feature list as well!!
@fdroid

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Kdeconnect, infinityforlemmy.nightly

dnsfilter.android

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

@kirschner @fdroid
- Amethyst, a client for the free/open #Nostr protocol
- @delta, a chat app using #email with support for #Autocrypt standard
- @AntennaPod podcast player
- Voice, for playing #DRM-free audiobooks
- KreptEY, keyboard for #e2ee communication using any messenger
- Rethink: DNS + Firewall
- Fast Shopping, old but beautiful gold.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

KeePassDX, NewPipe, ViMusic, Aegis, OpenKeychain, mpv, AntennaPod, TrailSense, SuperImage, Librera Reader, Jerboa, Stealth

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

@kirschner
#Radiodroid gives you easy access to tons of netradios worldwide.

Curious about foreign music?
Learning a new language? Tune in to local radio!

@fdroid

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

@kirschner
Use #transportr most days to find public transport in Denmark.

It can connect to other databases, so might work in your area?
@fdroid

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

@notsoloud
Yes, works here. I was already a alpha tester in the early ages of the app. @grote has done great work there!!
@fdroid

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

@kirschner @fdroid for me, probably the most useful (after maps which has already been covered) is mail. I would recommend https://k9mail.app/.

I use it for work daily and it gets updated regularly.

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

@kirschner @fdroid I'll try harder then :)

#Owncloud client https://owncloud.com/
We use it to connect to our own server for storing receipts, plane tickets, company documentation etc. It's great to keep things synced between devices.

A similar thing is #syncthing, which is cross platform although I don't have a use case for it at the moment, sadly. https://syncthing.net

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Subway Tooter for Mastodon!

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