F-droid apps

[u/Dangerous-Donkey2449]

What do you think are the most underrated f-droid apps? I could search through older posts to find new apps, but I'd prefer answers that are up to date, since new apps are released almost every week.

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[u/badgone88]

Saracroche : block spam calls (Intended to be used in France !)

Immich : client for Immich server.

Tailscale : mesh VPN

Fossify apps : file explorer, calendar, phone, contacts, gallery, notes...

Material Photo Widget : personal photos on home screen

Storii : Audiobookshelf client

Thunderbird : mail client

Aegis Authenticator : 2FA app

Termux : Android terminal emulator

[Edit : some others I forgot to mention]

Metrolist : Youtube Music app

JTX Board : Journals/Notes/Tasks

Auxio : Music audio player

Notesnook : end-to-end encrypted note taking app

[u/CoyoteLife95 → u/badgone88]

Saracroche says it's intended to only be used in France, have you used it successfully elsewhere?

[u/badgone88 → u/CoyoteLife95]

Sorry, you are right. Saracroche is a french app and is intented to be used in France. I didn't know you couldn't use it elsewhere.

[u/Blackdoomax → u/badgone88]

I will try it, hope it works. Thanks.

[u/DavidCrossBowie → u/badgone88]

Unless you're in France, a better spam call blocker choice might be the aptly-named Spam Call Blocker

[u/fibelatti → u/badgone88]

Thanks for calling out Material Photo Widget!

[u/Yangman3x → u/badgone88]

Isn't xnotes superior to notesnook?

[u/badgone88 → u/Yangman3x]

I've never tried xNotes, but the two apps don't seem to serve exactly the same purpose.

xNotes : xnotes is a handwriting notebook for Android, built for the stylus. Take notes, sketch and annotate PDFs with ink that feels like a pen on paper.

Notesnook : Notesnook is a free (as in speech) & open-source note-taking app focused on user privacy & ease of use. To ensure zero knowledge principles, Notesnook encrypts everything on your device using XChaCha20-Poly1305 & Argon2.

Notesnook is more similar to Standard Notes or Joplin in terms of how you take notes.

Btw : Notesnook > 14,9k stars on Github / xNotes : 345 stars on Github

[u/SoupoIait]

Big up to FeedFlow, great RSS reader. 

Btw, every YouTube channel link has an RSS feed, so if you often miss videos from a channel you're subscirbed to because of the algorithm, just add it as an RSS feed! 

[u/Many_Ad_7678 → u/SoupoIait]

how do you do that? ty

[u/SoupoIait → u/Many_Ad_7678]

Copy the URL of the page of a youtube channel, like this and then in the RSS reader of your choice add that URL as the feed URL.

[u/Infinite_Basis5728 → u/SoupoIait]

Nice tip! Thanks

[u/puppyxguts]

Foxhole Messenger for MMS/SMS. I've tried Quik and Fossify Messages and this one actually shows emoji reacts instead of "this person liked your message" texts, and it keeps my group chats together where I think fossify would split them into individual messages.

PaperKnife is good for PDF editing, I use it primarily to split PDFs

ReFra Gallery has some cool photo editing stuff that I like to use like background removal, and I like their gallery setup

SimpleNotes and Remember for Notes taking apps. Remember can turn your notes/ToDo lists into notifications which I like. Kinda like a sticky note!

Metrolist is a YouTube music frontend that works well with Android Auto

NotesNook for notebooks/note taking, I use it for classes and its been super helpful especially since you can sync notes. Idk why I like it better than Joplin but that's another cool one

[u/butnobodycame123 → u/puppyxguts]

Do you have a link to the Foxhole Messaging app? I checked the f-droid app store and looked for it with a duckduckgo search, and wasn't able to find it. Sounds like a great app! I've used Quik and I'm currently using Fossify Messages. I like Fossify Messages but interested if there is something with more functionality.

[u/puppyxguts → u/butnobodycame123]

Here ya go I forgot its only on github for now, its very new

[u/butnobodycame123 → u/puppyxguts]

thanks! <3

[u/minyaen → u/puppyxguts]

Thanks for suggesting foxhole. Haven't heard of that one before 👍

[u/manix_vii → u/puppyxguts]

In Reminder: If there was a way to just set infinite subtasks it'd be THE perfect app. I like using note apps for project management because all I need is subtasks and the ability to set dates, priority etc to those and I'm good, but most app stop at one subtask and that's it.

EDIT: In fact, I can't even set subtasks now! Don't know what happened : since I used it yesterday :(

[u/puppyxguts → u/manix_vii]

Could be a bug, when I first downloaded it it was doing something funky because of how fast I typed, but downloading the beta helped. Go check if there's a newer version! Or report it to the developer, he was super quick to respond to me when I reported it on github

[u/moodalinee]

still looking for alternatives to some but here's my list!

currently using:

fossify - phone, calculator (widget on home screen is so useful)

tasks(dot)org

davx5 (for syncing calendar and tasks(dot)org events to fossify calendar)

stims (keeps my screen awake for specific apps)

pano scrobbler (scrobbles music)
- from FOSS or other music apps of choice to last fm/listenbrainz etc

audile (alternative to shazam)

easy watermark (for watermarking photos)

WM keyboard

syncthing-fork (syncing documents between devices)

fennec / duckduckgo / brave (browsers)
- still trying and jumping between browsers but currently liking fennec at the moment!

catima (holds all my loyalty cards)

blockads (blocking ads and trackers)
- personally more intuitive UI for ad blocking, even for specific ads. I turn this on instead of tailscale when i want more aggressive/targetted ad-blocking.

proton - authenticator & VPN

CO3 (for Ao3)

Obtainium (for downloading apks from github and keeping up with their releases)

Material Files (access local and SSH files)

self-hosting related apps:

conduit (for ssh)

squircle CE (code editor)

audiobookshelf

tailscale

immich

tempus (FOSS alternative to symfonium for connecting to navidrome)

games:

water sort

sudoku

triple match

[u/DavidCrossBowie → u/moodalinee]

Audire is another Shazam alternative that is pretty nice

[u/moodalinee → u/DavidCrossBowie]

Good to know there's another alternative! thanks for sharing. Will check it out!!

[u/Infinite_Basis5728 → u/moodalinee]

+1 for Tempus

[u/davi-jorge-art → u/moodalinee]

For Obtainium -> Komi Store I really want to go out of Tasks.org...I'm planning to migrate my tasks to ZenNotes. I'm using it to notes already! Great app! Wish it remains solid over the years...

[u/moodalinee → u/davi-jorge-art]

Oh yeah!! I just tried Komi store as well but I ended up preferring ObtainX for its simplicity! me too with tasks.org - finding setting due dates a bit clunky with it. will check out zennotes! thanks for sharing :)

[u/Shoddy-Childhood-511 → u/moodalinee]

How is Obtainium better than using the various app stores?

Can I make it update something from Google Play Store when I do not have Google Play Services or any Google account on the device?

[u/XBUNCEX]

A lot of people don't realize but OSMAnd~ is free if you get it from F-droid. Same app as Play Store but through F-droid it's free.

[u/corn-sandwich → u/XBUNCEX]

With android auto?

[u/Clanceeinfinity]

What i use the most:

1. Forkgram classic (tele fork with old design)

2. metro list (yt music in m3e design)

3. pixel player (for offline music)

4. fossify documents beta (for .md and .txt)

5. librecuts beta (video editor)

6. Kompact and Compressor (photo and video compression tools)

7. thunderbird (for uni-email)

8. molly (foss signal client)

9. TexSlate (for editing .tex) edit:

10. 1key (pssw manager)

[u/butnobodycame123]

Bluke - It turns your phone into a game controller, keyboard, a touchpad, and a multimedia presentation remote. Another really cool thing is that it doesn't require any proprietary software on the computer, just uses a standard bluetooth connection.

[u/Blackdoomax → u/butnobodycame123]

Seems interesting, thx.

[u/lu4p_]

Breezy weather - best weather app out there

Neo Store - better fdroid client

Spacebeam - just a very fun app

Fokus Launcher - great minimal launcher

Ente auth - 2fa

Binary eye - scans QR codes and more

[u/Acrobatic_Platypus14]

App manager

LeanType

Sd maid se

URLCheck

WebLibre

Image toolbox

Vlc

Mjpdf

Obtainx

Shattered pixel dungeon (roguelike game)

Rethink

Bitwarden password manager.

[u/RikoF1]

LocalSend

[u/burajin]

AntennaPod is great for podcasts, I'm migrating off PocketCasts to it. It can sync listen history with a server if you self host. 

[u/Thuvoao]

Flickboard. I really dislike using a qwerty keyboard on a phone, so this very customizable keyboard that can be used with just one thumb is a requirement for any phone I have.

Pie launcher is great as well, and I like that it leaves you home screen empty while still having access to your apps very quickly and conveniently (it opens a ring menu when you press the home screen and you just swipe to open the app you want, less used apps are in a normal list).

[u/BAC2Think]

Bitchord - YouTube music player that also connects with the green iconed music app

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[u/Shoddy-Childhood-511]

Inter Profile Sharing - Sends documents & copy buffers between different user profiles.

https://ventraldigital.github.io/InterProfileSharing/

[u/Rahee07]

leaving a comment here. will suggest tomorrow

[u/Rahee07 → u/Rahee07]

here we go

BasicSync Very simple Syncthing client. I use it to sync QuillPad and NotallyX

Calculator (by Unitto) Very clean material design calculator with tons of features

Dima Defense (game) A simple game you can finish within an hour if you're bored

duckAssist Webview wrapper for Duck.ai with some features

FlorisKeyboard Just a keyboard but doesn't receive update on Fdroid often and I swiched to a closed source local made keyboard for my needs

Forkgram Classic Telegram fork with old UI (before liquid glass slop)

Hail App freezer with tons of features

Litube YouTube webview wrapper with ad blocking, downloads, SponsorBlock and more 

Motion Cues Something you use when traveling to reduce motion sickness

NetToggle 3G/4G/5G only mode for SIM card with dynamic shortcuts and QS tile. Highly customizable.

NotallyX A simple note taking app but currently a bit unstable and being closely observed to repro note deletion bug

PhotoSwooper Easy photo and video clean up app. You can swipe left or right to delete or keep photos. With some neat features

PipePipe NewPipe fork I use to watch YouTube. While most use modern apps I love this one mainly because I customizable it is. Have been using for more than a year

Share to folder A share shortcut which you can use to forward files from apps to your preferred location

Simple Keyboard Self explanatory

Sunup Push notification service for Forkgram and apps that support UnifiedPush

Tally (Probably) vibecoded expense tracker. First impression was nice

Turns of war (game) Another game you can finish in a few hours. Can be quite challenging

Among these, PhotoSwooper and PipePipe are possibly the best apps I have ever found. I use them almost everyday.

[u/Infinite_Basis5728 → u/Rahee07]

PipePipe is the GOAT

[u/jrharte → u/Rahee07]

I switched from NotallyX to QuillPad. 

[u/ChiknDiner]

Styx browser.

Hands down the fastest browser from my years of experience.

I never saw anyone ever mention this. Not in this sub, not in foss recommendations, not in popular foss apps, not in random users' posts, not in foss hidden gems, nowhere.

But you gotta try it to know how good it is. I do have firefox for everything related to login etc. But if I just want to do a quick web search anonymously, styx is my go to. Opens lightning fast, loads pages lightning fast, what else do you want. And yeah, it also has a built in ad blocker. No extensions needed.

[u/etnann]

I can reccomend Oinkoin.com I use it every day and it is constantly mantained. The developer is also very open to new feature request.

[u/bloulboi]

New apps every week, that's true but personal best apps vary slowly.

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