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I has come to my attention that some users have never heard of F-droid. F-droid is a free software app store for android (f-droid.org)

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[–] victron@programming.dev 14 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I have never found anything useful in it. And god I have tried. I end up uninstalling it every time.

[–] chic_luke@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Here's mine:

AnkiDroid - mobile version of popular desktop flashcards software Anki
Bitwarden (don't remember if this needed a repo) - favourite password manager
Catima - holds loyalty cards
Fennec F-Droid - Build of Firefox without ads and that supports more extensions
DiskUsage - see what's taking up your disk
GadgetBridge - FOSS app for smart watches, Mi bands etc.
Lawnchair - Home screen replacement that's visually identical to the default one but allows me to double tap to lock
Material Files - file manager
Loop - Habit tracker
p!n - Pin reminders to notifications
muPDF Reader - fast PDF reader that doesn't crap out when I zoom in and out unlike Google Drive
Simple Gallery - lightweight gallery app
NextCloud and NextCloud Notes - Access NextCloud
Scrambled EXIF - Share pictures without giving away EXIF data
Tusky - nice Mastodon client
Shattered Pixel Dungeon - a game way too addictive to be safe to install
NewPipe - FOSS frontend with AdBlock and downloader for YouTube, SoundCloud, Bandcamp and others
Librera - read EPUBs
Lemoroid - Nice libretro client to play video games
Infinity - Reddit client that still works. I believe they did something hacky with the API key to get around the block.
Migraine Log - Nice app for migraine sufferers to log their attacks
Scarlet - Beautiful notes app

[–] bitCmdr@startrek.website 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the mentioning GadgetBridge. Just revived an Amazefit Smartwatch that I wasn't using because of the default app!

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mull browser, termux, nextcloud, Jerboa, Infinity reddit, organic maps, and espeak just to name a few

[–] victron@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago

Ok, yeah, I use termux on my android tablet, and it's awesome. But other than that, I don't find any other app interesting. Who knows, maybe with time.

[–] SHITPOSTING_ACCOUNT@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And the stuff you do want to use is often best installed from the Dev's repo because fdroid takes forever to update theirs.

And last time I checked they still hadn't implemented the now years old APIs that would let them to silently update apps, so unless the phone is rooted you need to click for every update...

[–] chrizbie@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 year ago

Try f-droid basic, it lets you update automatically