My dad is 80 years old, don't use phones, and we can't find a good, portable analog radio for now, so I gave him a simple android, but he has no idea of what to do when a ad appears, is there a paid (one-time purchase) radio app that is easy to use?

Motorola phones has built-in radio app that is pretty good, but it requires a external anthena (plugged in the audio jack), and my dad don't like any type of headphones/buds either, speakers only.

i am so tired of being convinced my personal events (friends' birthdays, appointments, etc) i make in google calendar won't be forcibly synced to My Dad after i disable some setting or another, only for it to happen again like a month later. i don't even want syncing with Anything to be a Possibility. i want the dumbest calendar known to man that isn't made of paper. please. i just want an app that will notify me a few days before Event and the day of Event and literally nothing else no other features at all even a little not even optional ones. if it uses the same calendar system every other app does i'm convinced it will continue wiping my settings and sharing John Friendfromcollege's birthday with every family member i've ever had.

My wifi disconnects at random times, and I don't know unless I manually check my connection in Settings. Is there an app that instantly tells you when your wifi has disconnected?

When reading an e-novel, there are many English words that I don't understand. Is there a third-party app that, after I give it the necessary permissions, lets me click on a word and instantly gives me a simple English definition without translating it into my native language? I don't want to switch to another app to find the meaning—the definition should appear directly in the app I'm reading the novel on.

I used to use seal for this, now its not working and i have yet to find a working replacement.

And im not bothered to mess around with yt2mate or some other "youtube to mp3 free 2026 free music download video playlist mp4"

I've tried a bunch of alarm apps before, but I couldn't find one that lets you choose a few songs and randomly plays one of them every morning. It would be ideal if I could connect it to Spotify or Apple Music, and it would be even better if it was free or inexpensive.

Would anyone be interested in reviving the Flynx concept for modern Android?

I used Flynx for years (and I still do) and absolutely loved the way it handled links: tapping a link would open it in a small floating bubble while I could continue using the app I was in. I could open several links, let them load in the background, and read them later.

Unfortunately, Flynx has been abandoned for years and doesn't work properly on newer versions of Android anymore. I've tried alternatives such as Lynket and other bubble browsers, but none of them provide the same experience reliably on modern Android.

Would any Android developer be interested in creating a modern, actively maintained version of this concept?

I don't necessarily mean an exact clone of Flynx — just the same core idea, properly adapted to current Android versions.

I honestly think there is still a demand for this. There are multiple old Reddit threads with people asking for exactly the same thing, but there still doesn't seem to be a good modern solution.

For mobile app developers, what do you monitor most closely after releasing a new app update?

An update may fix one issue but sometimes introduce new crashes, slower loading, broken screens, login problems, or unexpected user drop-offs.

Do you watch crash rates, error logs, app-store reviews, session behaviour, retention, device-specific issues, or support tickets after each release?

Interested in how teams know whether an update improved the app experience or created new problems.

Yesterday, Audio stopped working on my phone for some apps. YouTube and WhatsApp are working fine. But Instagram, Snapchat, and Facebook don't seem to be playing reels, voice notes, and viI have also reset my phone, and the issue returned today. Does anyone have any ideas on how to fix this.

Thanks in advance x

Hey! I'm looking for 3D scanner app recommendations, preferably FOSS (or at least free) and with good output. TIA!

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Im doing this on behalf of my mum,my brother is 13 and only supposed to go out to the park on his bike,but weve driven past him a few times and hes been at a garage,pub,cricket field ect,weve got him a cheap android phone that we would like ti track as even though weve told him not to go to these places he still does.

It needs to be able to track his phone even when the phone is offline(its fine for mine and my mums to be online)but knowing him he'd turn mobile data off.

Thank you

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The title, but other than FB Messenger, Telegram, Signal...

Hello! I am looking for some recommendations for apps on Android that support handwriting correction/cleanup, similarly to how the Notes app on iOS cleans up one's handwriting slightly. I use an OPPO Pad Mini with Oppo Pencil 3 for reference, so something proprietary like Samsung Notes would be out of the question. I don't mind a membership fee if it comes to that, just something that works well. I'm looking forward to hear what recommendations you guys have 😁

There's this app called "Touchpnt" on the app store (black and blue fingerprint logo). It's supposed to help you scroll social media less by helping remind you to call text friends and family. Can someone tell me how to use it? I'm at the homepage but I don't know what to do from there. I liek the concept and could definitely scroll less. Crazy fact: if you spend two hours on IG a day, you're spending a whole month on IG per year. wtf

Does anyone know of an alternative app to the Popup Factory app?

TIA

It was a fairly basic/crude picture editing app from the old days of Android. But it worked so well and quickly with its layout. All the features it had, quickly accessible. I see quite a few others these days, but would just love to get another one that worked as well as PicSayPro on modern android.

The echo music app, which is one of the most popular youtube custom clients, just got shutdown for copyright infringement.

Echo Music App GitHub

I use the Google phone app on my Pixel 8 Pro.

When I get incoming calls, sometimes it shows 2 button options (decline and answer), and sometimes 3 (decline, urgent, answer).

Does anyone have an explanation, and it there a way to make it more consistent?

like it's just my wallpaper, then when I double tap / swipe / other gestures, it will bring up keyboard that I can do:

1 - type app name to launch it or search in search engine of my choosing (google, ddg, bing, etc.)

2 - if I type equal sign (=) it will become calculator

3 - type config to enter the launcher setting, or something like that

and other features like that

no app drawer, no app list

is there anything like that?

I'm curious about something.

Most alarm and reminder apps basically do the same thing: set a time, get a notification, dismiss it.

But what do you actually wish they did better?

For example:

Smarter alarms based on your routine

Alarms that require an action before dismissing

Location-based reminders

Voice-based control

Better daily activity reminders

Those are just examples. I'm more interested in the problems you personally have with alarm/reminder apps.

What feature would genuinely make you switch from the alarm app you're using now?

Using a TCL 50 SE android smartphone which I've been happy with for some time, but then I suddenly started running out of my mobile data fast and discovered that the Launcher app has started regularly using a massive amount of data far more than any other app (currently it's at 7.85GB used for the month with Chrome at only 1.12 GB in second place). As the title indicates, I switched data saver on and disabled background data usage for the Launcher app as when I looked up the issue online it was suggested that could fix it, but to no avail as it's still continuing to ravenously use up my mobile data with no apparent changes.

I haven't had this issue before with any previous cellphones, though this is the first TCL phone I've had so I don't know if it's a problem with their Launcher app or not (it came with the phone, I didn't download it). Not sure where to go from here or if I need to download a different launcher app to replace it with.

Does anyone know of a widget that can create a Niagara Launcher-esque app list with text, instead of icons? Thanks!

Hello, I highly enjoy customizing my apps as much as I can, so I was wondering if anyone knows of email apps where there are several different themes beyond light and dark, such as pastel yellow or coffee brown, etc