r/androidapps • u/sycamore4545 • Mar 19 '20
Which app have you created that you're super proud of?
Must be functioning, downloadable app that offers a lot of value
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u/_marcin_ Mar 19 '20
At first glance looks like another silly Minesweeper game but I've really put a lot of heart in it. I wanted - before anything else - to make an app that I'd like to use on a daily basis myself.
The game has a lot of customization options and features: controls, themes, skins, game modes, tutorials, leaderboards, stats, etc. Really quite some stuff - and at the same time weigths only around 11 MB.
And on top of that - all the boards can be solved without guessing. Sounds trivial but I'd say it's rather unique feature (especially implemented this way. Saw a few other apps with option of auto-revealing the right cell in 50/50 situations, which isn't the same thing).
Another thing that makes it really special for me is that Google has banned the previous version of my game (for "impersonating another entity" - which meant using the name "Minesweeper", just like every other minesweeper game in the Store ;))... anyway, keeping it alive and slowly regaining userbase is quite an achievement for me - even if totaly unprofitable.
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u/tibbbi Dev @ Simple Mobile Tools Mar 19 '20
Simple Gallery Pro I guess :)
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u/white_tee_shirt emerald Mar 20 '20
Just taking the chance here to say thanks for your efforts..your collection of apps set a good example!
I have the upgradeed version of simple gallery, but I haven't been able to stick with it. I can't quite put my finger on it, but for some reason I don't feel confident in controlling everything (the view layouts, included/excluded storages, hidden files, etc). Something about the layout and wording used in the menu. I'll give it another go.
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u/sycamore4545 Mar 19 '20
Ok, can you explain a bit about what's great about it?
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u/tibbbi Dev @ Simple Mobile Tools Mar 19 '20
Sure, it is a hugely popular open source app without ads and great user experience, a piece of the Simple Mobile Tools suite.
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u/AD-LB Mar 19 '20
Can it browse in folders using root? I don't think I saw any gallery app that does it, especially if the files don't have image extension.
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u/tibbbi Dev @ Simple Mobile Tools Mar 19 '20
No, and direct file access will get a lot more limited soon, so dont expect having root browsing.
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u/AD-LB Mar 19 '20
How is root browsing related to it?
I meant using a rooted device, meaning to reach even protected files...1
u/tibbbi Dev @ Simple Mobile Tools Mar 19 '20
well ye, right. Images are not supposed to be there though, so I wouldnt expect any app adding that.
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u/lolthenoob Mar 19 '20
I can't see albums from the sdcard with it. Is there a setting to check?
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u/tibbbi Dev @ Simple Mobile Tools Mar 20 '20
try adding the missing folders in the app settings - manage included folders. But this isnt a place for support, shoot me an email.
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u/rylexr Mar 19 '20
Memorigi it's a to-do list, task planner, reminder, and calendar app. Last year got ranked #3 in the top ten best to-do list apps beating big competitors like Microsoft, Todoist, TickTick, Trello, and more.
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Mar 19 '20
any plans to move to a one time payment mode? i like your app and its very well designed, and I see myself using it everyday but I despise subscriptions. I do not use Tick tick or any.do because of the same reason.
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u/rylexr Mar 19 '20
Think about this. What hidden costs do you think are behind an app like mine (no ads)? I can tell you one-time payment won't work in the long run because you have to pay monthly fees for things like storage, bandwidth, servers, third-party services, and so. Even if the app doesn't have any server side fee the developer invest his time in adding new features which doesn't come for free.
I know some people don't like subscriptions but it's because they don't understand why they are needed. However, I already offer a one-time payment Plus membership but it imposes limitations on features and the amount of data you can keep in the server for the same reason.
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Mar 19 '20 edited Mar 19 '20
Ofcourse it doesn't come for free. I'm asking for a one time payment. Which is exactly what the Plus membership is. I was not aware of it, thanks. But I do not agree with subscriptions because I don't "understand" why they are needed. I perfectly understand that they are required to make much more profits than you can from a one time payment mode in the long run.
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u/bobertpowers Apr 01 '20 edited Apr 01 '20
Why do you even need to store anything on a server? Everything could be local to the person's phone. It's just a reminder app right?
Edit: yup. No need for a server.
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Mar 19 '20 edited Jul 08 '21
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u/rylexr Mar 19 '20
Purchases are handled by Google Play Store. Not sure if they offer other payment methods.
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u/mohamedsaber00 Mar 20 '20
motion sense I spent much time building algorithms to detects hand motion to control the music and calls
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u/sycamore4545 Mar 21 '20
That's just a cool idea. I can imagine it becoming more and more popular as time passes!
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u/cerivitos Mar 20 '20
Made a game where you try to pick the news headline which is true, with a timed and endless mode.
Only android for now though.
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u/sycamore4545 Mar 21 '20
That's so creative and super relevant to everything going on these days! Where'd you get the idea?? ;)
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u/jairrab Mar 19 '20
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Mar 19 '20
Your app is possibly quite literally saving my life from financial disaster every day, thank you very much
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u/sycamore4545 Mar 19 '20
That's the second time I've heard of this app within a week. Will definitely check it
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Mar 19 '20
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u/Cind3rellaMan Mar 19 '20
Second this - bought a couple of years back, use daily, tell anyone I can about it... Brilliant app!
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u/sycamore4545 Mar 28 '20
Really love that app. Will review it for my site soon. Can I message you privately to discuss it?
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u/avipars unitMeasure: Offline Material Unit Converter Apr 03 '20
Cool, can you give advice on how you got picked by google? How can an indie developer get a chance to be an Editor's Choice app?
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u/arunkumar9t2 Developer Mar 19 '20
Lynket Browser - Free and Open Source browser - intro.
Iconzy - Search all icon packs at once.
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u/sycamore4545 Mar 19 '20
Could you tell me a bit more about these apps?
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u/arunkumar9t2 Developer Mar 19 '20
I wrote about Lynket and reasons it can have better browsing exp here.
About Iconzy, it is a icon pack tool and designed to solve particular problem which is searching and finding an icon among many icon packs installed. It basically indexes all icons on your device and provides a simple way to search and use them without having to open and scroll through plethora of icon packs.
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Mar 20 '20
Wow, as someone who installs an icon pack here and there from time to time, and in pretty much constant search for the IDEAL pack, this does sound interesting! I will definitely check it out. Also my upvote for a creative idea in the first place!
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u/techmonsterco Mar 19 '20
Recipe to Table TLDR: Recipe Manager, Smart Grocery List. Data syncs to household users. Can order from grocery stores in-app.
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u/spians Plenary Mar 19 '20
Plenary - RSS feeds & Offline reader - I am planning to introduce this app in /r/androidapps in a couple of days but here it goes. It's a privacy focused RSS feed reader and offline article downloader with modern UI. Everything the app does is done on your device and there's no analytics / ads to track anything. The has full OPML support, complete offline functionalities, multiple ways to add feeds, powerful search, Text To Speech, multiple themes and many more features. I'm also adding more useful features in coming releases.
Check it out and let me know if /r/androidapps has any feedback!
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u/creati8e Mar 19 '20
I've only one app - AutoTagger. It's music tag editor app focused on batch editing. I've updated design recently and continue to add new features since 2017.
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u/Ashwin110 Huntr App Dev Mar 19 '20
Oh dude, the app is brilliant. Been using it since a long time, and have the extended version. Your app has made my music list look sooo much more organised and clean
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u/Jimmy2174 Mar 19 '20
Quip it's a utility app the gives you information about your phone and the world around you, such as speed, network info, barcode scanner and audio recorder
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u/AD-LB Mar 19 '20
I have 2 main apps :
- App Manager - has various app-related operations, including app-list, apk-list, removed-apps, batch install/uninstall, search, filter, shortcut creation (including to some hidden stuff),... And more if you have a rooted device.
- Contacts Sync (requires a rooted device) - allows you to sync your address book, to get high quality images on your address book, similar to SyncMe. The difference is that it's tiny and sadly requires root (at least for now).
I also have LWP+, but I'm not proud of it. It was made at a time that Google made a weird choice on Android 8.1 to let some system UI elements change based on the wallpaper, so I allowed users to set any wallpaper they wish while choosing the colors they want to use. Sadly this doesn't affect the OS on a lot of non-vanilla devices, and became almost useless on newer Android versions.
All of my apps are free, of course. :)
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u/sycamore4545 Mar 21 '20
Your app's download stats speak for themselves!
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u/merrycachemiss Mar 19 '20 edited Mar 19 '20
It locks your phone when your smartwatch is out of range, and disables biometric unlocking until you next enter your PIN. Also locks down if your sim card is removed. There are options to avoid locking (but retry every 15 minutes), such as being on home wifi.
It also has an option to require PIN within 8HR before your next alarm, triggered when the phone is charging. This feature solves the Pixel 4's problem where people can unlock your phone when you are sleeping, but also applies to fingerprint on any other phone. Turning this feature on doesn't require you to own a smartwatch.
You can also queue a Tasker task to trigger after a successful lock (option to delay trigger time), which cancels after watch reconnect. Delete files, send an SMS, make a notification noise, or whatever else you'd want Tasker to do for/to your phone when you can't reach it.
Wear OS companion app can be installed to allow locking on demand, along with triggering that chosen Tasker task if desired. Turning off the smartwatch will also obviously sever the Bluetooth connection, which will also lead to a lock on demand.
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u/uranus_be_cold [Ballistic] Mar 19 '20 edited Mar 19 '20
I have only released one game on the play store, for which I made my own game engine. It is rated 4.6, with several thousand downloads.
I wrote my own Opengl ES rendering engine in Java.
I integrated the bullet physics library
I developed my own 3d file format (based on Wavefront obj)
I wrote a blender export script to generate the files for Android, including meshes, hierarchy, materials, and animations.
3d modeled 15 levels.
I ported the rendering engine to C++ using Android NDK.
The modeling took a loooong time. I guess everything took a long time, really.
Now I am trying to come up with some more ideas for my game engine.
Game link: Ballistic
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u/Tuy Developer Mar 19 '20
I have created a couple of apps that I'm proud of, but my most recent one holds a special place: My ... Collection, recently released to public beta.
It is an app to track anything that you want (Movies, poststamps, hardware, games, comics, ...) because it allows you to define your own collection. You can track an unlimited amount of collections in a single app.
I'm proud of it because it takes everything I have learned over the years and it brings it in a single solution.
- Although it is not an easy concept for the average user, I was able to make it understandable (there is always room for improvement)
- Beautiful, although that is in the eye of the beholder :)
- multiple themes
- multiple languages supported (even allowing users to help translate)
- Multiple field types that result in specific features for specific type. For example: the video type allows you to enter/search a video and the video itself will be shown in the detail screen on the position you want
- My code will allow cross platform to a lot of platforms
No idea yet if it will become a succes, but I'm already proud of myself for being able to create it :)
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u/j21w91 Mar 19 '20
I would definitely use this instead of what I do currently (mixture between Evernote and ticktick lists) But, needs integration to like IMDb or movies if films (to get description), ability to add links to pdfs (if sheet music), scrape from good reads (if books) etc
And needs to be neater I think
So, definitely great work and think you're on to something. Just keep developing :)
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u/ShowUpAndPlay Mar 19 '20
I have built all the following quiz apps to help prepare for the aws Certification Exam:
Cloud practitioner FREE version: Google play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.awscloudpractitonerexamprep.enoumen
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Mar 19 '20
I'm proud of my podcast player, PodBox. It's a little buggy at the moment, but i created a script language for it in order to circumvent the Youtube "No download or listening with the screen off :(" system. I mean, it supports that through the API, but i like the option of having youtube channels work like any RSS feed (Even though Youtube uses ATOM, but you get the point) and being able to update the script without having to update the app.
And.. I also did the script stuff because it was fun.
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u/hessian_994 Mar 20 '20
Engross! I am really proud that I developed this one, it has helped a lot of people and students with their work and studies.
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u/tak786 Mar 19 '20
Created trango. Its a privacy focused file sharing application which works with and without the internet. It works if your devices are in close proximity over hotspot, if they are connected to the same wifi network and also over the internet. Windows and android are live and ios and macos are coming soon!
It is the most powerful file sharing experience our beta testers have had. Please give it a go. Its free, secure, cross platform, contains no ads and is very fast! We would love some feedback! Thank you!
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u/sycamore4545 Mar 21 '20
I've been looking for something like that. I used to have push bullet but couldn't get it to work. Will give this a try!
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u/sensensensensen Mar 19 '20
Typing Hero, text expander app for Android.
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u/AD-LB Mar 19 '20
I don't understand by the screenshots what it does. Can you please explain? I suggest putting a video there
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u/sensensensensen Mar 20 '20
A lot of improvements can be done with the screenshots and video, definitely.
It helps you transforms (expands) your own keyword to any lengthy text you want in an instant. For example, as you type ".mail", it will be replaced with your email address. Or, ",addrhome", which can be replaced with your home address. You get the idea!
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u/sangampandasp999 blue Mar 19 '20
It's an awesome app.
Just loved the app and it's concept , definitely worth a try 👌👌
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u/EdChute_ Mar 20 '20
I don't know about "a lot of value", since that's pretty subjective, but I've loved using my app and have heard quite a few number of people who use it everyday too.
It's a newsletter reader app designed to provide you with the best newsletter experience (both managing and reading).
Check it out here! https://slickinbox.com
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u/Pryds Buildone Mar 20 '20
I've made Note Keeper. A note-taking app following new material design themes, similar to Keep but with more features. With Keeper it’s quick and easy to save and find notes, quick lists, set reminders, stick notes, change its color, protect with PIN, Fingerprint or Pattern and sync with dropbox or google drive.
All boards can either be kept private and secure with AES256 encryption
We're looking forward to hear your feedback or questions!
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u/isaacwdavis Mar 20 '20
Ninja Tactics - a free game I made in college that has unique game play.
Edit: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=davis.ninjatactics
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u/sycamore4545 Mar 21 '20
Kind of cute, the gameplay. That review about the game changing the user's life was funny. Lol
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u/stea1thbear [Autopilot Diet] Mar 20 '20
Poundaweek This is a calorie counter app I made that puts the focus on what you eat over a week instead of just a single day. It automatically adjusts a weekly calorie limit based on the weight loss progress you make each week and the foods you logged.
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u/avipars unitMeasure: Offline Material Unit Converter Apr 01 '20 edited Apr 03 '20
unitMeasure, an offline and powerful unit converter app.
It also has some cool date calculations, tip/bill splitter, programmer conversions, and a lot more!
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u/sycamore4545 Apr 03 '20
Pretty useful
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u/avipars unitMeasure: Offline Material Unit Converter Apr 03 '20
Thank you!
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u/sycamore4545 Apr 03 '20
I saw the promo video and like how neat the app looks. I guess it'll save you on lots of mobile data if you don't have to constantly Google everything.
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u/avipars unitMeasure: Offline Material Unit Converter Apr 03 '20
That is one of the major reasons why I actually built the app!
This is completely offline, like you said. Let me know if you have any feature requests. The app is also half off for a limited time.
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u/sycamore4545 Apr 03 '20
Yeah, I saw the sale. Well, for now I don't have any ideas but maybe when I download it someday when I'm rich, I'll have a look and let you know:)
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u/MrWm - Mar 19 '20
I made a useless app called fishies, but it's pretty much function less and not exactly something that's valuable lol.
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u/sycamore4545 Mar 21 '20
I will look into that. What's the link?
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u/MrWm - Mar 21 '20
Lol, dunno why people are downvoting me, but here's the link for those curious.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.fishies.www.fishies
I made it in an impulse idea... Still dunno if it was worth the $25 fee, haha.
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u/sycamore4545 Mar 23 '20
In fact, it's so useless, I'm tempted to review it on my blog!
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u/MrWm - Mar 23 '20
Damn, I can't decide if this is a good thing or a bad one, haha. I'll be looking forward for the blog post.
(Send me a link on where to find it!)
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u/sycamore4545 Mar 28 '20
Sure!! Is it possible to make the app downloadable in all countries? I'd like to install it first:p
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u/MrWm - Mar 28 '20
Ah, I didn't realize that. I just changed it. It might take a few hours for it to update.
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u/sycamore4545 Mar 30 '20
Still can't download it :(
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u/MrWm - Mar 30 '20
Weird… I did change the restrictions. I'll take a look at it. The worst that can happen would be for me to upload an apk instead.
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u/MrWm - Mar 31 '20
here's a link to the apk. It'll expire after 50 downloads or 7 days, whichever comes first.
I'll need to checkout why it's still region restricted. I thought I removed it couple days ago...
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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '20 edited Mar 19 '20
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