Heres my tier list of open source android apps, I have only included ones i feel I have used enouph to understand.

Please tell me any of your favorite open source apps as I would love to hear.

S tier- OpenCalc, firefox, thunder, organic maps, Aegis authenticator, wikipedia, translate you, F-Droid.

A tier: open camera, fossify suite, k-9, termux, simplenote, Acode, pie launcher,

B tier: gallery (by iacoblonut), peer tube, simple keyboard, floris board (might be higher if it used haptic feedback interface by default), unexpected keyboard (would be S tier if shift did not carry on selecting text once released).

C tier: FreeDcam, libre camera, geo notes, free paint.

  • Eyedust@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    2·
    8 days ago

    The ones I can vouch for are:

    • Aegis Authenticator (I really like Mauth, but I can’t get it to read QR codes).
    • Organic Maps
    • Wikipedia, but I use WikiReader
    • Florisboard and Unexpected Keyboard (My preferences are Heliboard, Flickboard, and Thumbkey, though)
    • Acode

    My favorites in no particular order:

    • Gramophone for my offline music
    • RiMusic for my YouTube Music
    • Fennec or Iron Fox (Firefox)
    • Read You (great RSS reader with bionic reading, fairly new)
    • Delta Icon Pack (seriously, this covers almost every icon and looks so good; over 12k icons!)
    • Obtainium (app updates straight from github/gitlabs for my favorite apps)
    • yetCalc (the only open source calc I’ve found that keeps aspect ratio on folding phones)
    • Kvaesitso Launcher (swipe up for all your widgets neatly aligned)
    • Droid-ify
    • Thunderbird
    • PocketPlan (birthdays, shopping lists, goal keeper)
    • BetterCounter (tracking habits to keep things like sugar intake low and exercise high, must have for ADHD)
    • Voice Audiobook Player
    • Syncthing (must have, sync between devices locally on wifi, its too good)
    • App Manager (just to look at app permissions)

    I also have a bunch of apps that I’m in matrix/discord with, but the devs don’t like people talking about them. The more limelight, the more likely they’ll get taken down. Apps I’ve dug deep to find free solutions to overpriced problems. Unfortunately, my favorite notes app is closed sourced, but you can get pretty close to it with Joplin or Logseq.

    • nettleOPEnglish
      1·
      8 days ago

      Thanks for sharing your favorites, I will definitely try some of them out.

      I have tried Kvaesitso launcher before, However as I don’t use many widgets I really don’t think it was made for me. (the only widget I use is the music widget and I can access that via a notification)

      Also in terms of notes apps, I really need something that syncs effortlessly with no setting up required (preferably for free). My notes app is probably my most important app I use, and I need it to not need both devices to be active to sync (which Syncthing does need).

      SimpleNote fullfills all of these requirements. My only problem with it is it’s poor markdown implementation.

      I still love syncthing for other things and I also use what I think is your favorite notes app for non on-the-go notes and to copy in important simplenote notes. As it has much better markdown then simplenote and better organization features and local storage of files.

      • Eyedust@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        2·
        7 days ago

        I hear you. I have spent a while going down the rabbit hole for note apps.

        If you want better markdown with sync capabilities, you may be interested in Joplin. It’s very similar to that one app. Though it’s not completely effortless, it is fairly simple. It’s a fairly quick read, too: https://joplinapp.org/help/apps/sync/

        Speaking of that app, if you’re interested, there are community plugins through that app that let you sync through cloud services, which would allow you to cut out the Simplenote middleman. Just search for sync in the plugins and it should be the first one. From what I’ve read of Nextcloud, it’s open source and you get 2gb free for a single account.