Finally installed F-Droid

Since simple mobile tools will soon become a spyware and I use 3 of their apps regularly, yesterday I installed F-Droid after reading many Lemmy recommendations.

Wow, I'm pleasantly surprised.

A new app I've tested is Spotube (Spotify open source alternative; edit: apparently it uses Spotify metadata but it streams from YouTube. My bad.).

Any other underrated app y'all recommend?

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Some of them are not underrated, but I'd just share my favorites...
AntennaPod for podcasts.
Aurora Store if you need some Google apps to be updated.
Binary Eye is a nice and slim qr code scanner and generator.
CriticalMaps is a good tool if you're into critical mass events.
GadgetBridge can be a companion app for your smartwatch (if you have the right one).
GPS logger just logs your position in an interval you can set. I use it to track my movement in 30min bits.
GymRoutines is a privacy friendly gym exercise app with a database of your progress.
K9 mail (soon to be rebranded as Thunderbird mobile) is a powerful mail app.
KeePassDX is an android password manager compatible with keepass files.
LibreTorrent is a nice way to torrent your favorite linux distros while on the go.
Location Map Viewer I use with the gpx files I get from GPS logger to visualize my movements.
mpv just plays a lot of media without being a bloated thing like vlc. I use mpv for videos, vlc for music.
NewPipeSponsorblock is available in a custom repo only.
Ning is a nice way to get an overview over a local network.
OpenTracks can be used in combination with GadgetBridge to record your sports with gps.
OSMand gives you a frontend for using openstreetmap with offline maps, navigation and more.
PDF Doc Scan is my way to digitalize important letters as a pdf on the go.
StreetComplete is a gamificated way to fill in missing things in openstreetmap. it's fun.
Syncthing-Fork (important to use the fork) is a file sync tool I use to backup a lot of my phones folders to a pc.
Tusky is my favorite way to browse mastodon.
VLC is a powerful media player (I then use only to shuffle through my mp3s).
- This is such a great list, saving and installing a few!
  Adding on (and likely seconding a few):
  2048: game
  Aegis: for 2Fa stuff
  AntennaPod: second this one
  AnkiDroid: Flashcards, the Anki project is huge and extends way past android. Worth exploring if you want/need to memorize things
  Droid-ify: Fdroid client I use, but I keep the main app installed too
  Eat Poop You Cat: game to be played in a group
  Feeder: for RSS
  FFShare: for compressing photos/videos before sharing
  FlorisBoard: The keybaord I liked, although I don't use it full time
  GPTAssist: Frontend for chatGPT
  Material Files: File manager
  Native Alpha: Have websites run like apps, while isolating each site
  OpenFoodFacts: A bit buggy, but it's similar to OSM but for food
  RetroStack: Another game
  SDMaid SE: Same dev from the popular playstore one, is rebuilding a better one from scratch, AND it's now FOSS
  SkyMap:
  Survival manual
  Termux
  Translate You
  UntrackMe: To redirect Tiktok/Twitter/Pinterest/etc. links to the frontends
  URLCheck: Highly recommend getting this one to clean trackers from links
  Unitto: Calculator of choice. I explored a bunch before settling on this one
  For OSM specifically, I second the ones mentioned. Here are some other OSM related things: https://lemmy.ca/post/6586265
  
  Thanks for the recommendations, especially URLCheck. I already had FDroid and have been trying to figure out an easy way to clean tracking URLs.
  
  Glad to help! It works really nicely
  
  Formatting, please 😅
- Why is it important to use the fork of syncthing?
  
  The dev said a couple of weeks ago that they're planning on closing their Google Play Developer account, so using the fork means you'll be able to keep up with new releases from that point.
  
  I use it because it moves a lot of settings into the sync jobs.
  So now I can set individual sync jobs to only run on my home wifi and ac power, and other sync jobs (like my photos) to sync over any network and any power state.
- Interesting list. Antennapod is an excellent podcast app - use it every day. I've never found VLC to be bloated though. And am curious about the SyncThing fork vs. regular SyncThing.
- I do love OSMand, it is easily the app I have used and depended on the most in the past ten-ish years.
- Thanks for this list.
- I didn't know about the SyncThing Fork.

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