• giant_smeeg@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    Here’s a list of my useful ones that I didn’t see used in this thread.

    • Seal - this is a YouTube downloader. I love this for extracting audio from videos to listen as a podcast, quick and easy.
    • URLCheck - this when set as a default browser will intercept links to remove trackers, check them against known phishing links, redirect links etc etc. Probably my favourite app!
    • Transistor - radio app, just simple and works can’t beat it.
    • Birday - birthday manager so you can check and see who’s birthdays are coming up.
    • Tasks.org - I love this task manager, took a bit of setting up how I like but it works great. Ticktick became really bloated and sluggish so I switched.
    • ToNIX@lemmy.caEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Kvaesitso ia great, but I keep coming back to Kiss. Having your most used/history apps easily accessible from bottom to top (instead of being only at the top of the apps folder) is so convenient and easier accessible. You don’t have to move your hands to the top of the phone.

      • greguti@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        KISS is nice but to my taste Kvaesitso is more polished and I enjoy the way it handles widgets as a page you slide up very quickly.

  • Teknikal@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    I used to use it for Bromite since then I’ve used it for Mull Browser and Antennapod.

    That said I’ve never found the main app very useful I use foxy droid to browse and update those apps

  • TechnologyClassroom@partizle.comEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Many apps that are on F-Droid are also on Google Play, but there are exceptions. Gadgetbridge (smart watch connection app) warns that the Google Play version is unofficial and unaffiliated. An unofficial app might be upstream compiled without modifications, but this opens users to potential supply chain attacks from the uploader and Google.

  • Francisco@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    1 year ago

    F-droid is great. But I which f-droid had some kind of rating system so that I could use it more.

    NewPipe

    Simple calendar

    Simple gallery

    SD Maid

    KeePassDX

    MuPDF mini

    Open contacts

    OsmAnd~

    Slight backup

    VLC

    Jerboa

    F-droid

    ps: how do you make a list on Jerboa/lemmy?

  • hoodie_doc@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    1 year ago

    Not sure if it’s only on F-droid, but I’ve switched from G-board to Open-board. It’s a virtual keyboard app that has many “extra” features compared to Simple board. There’s autocorrect, swipe to complete, and a clipboard visualizer. I’m trying to figure out if I can add entries to the dictionary so it suggests some words I use often instead of others tho.

    • Basche@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      This looks interesting, but is it still being updated? It seems like almost 1 full year since last update.

    • UncleStewart@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      So, I tried it but I’m totally addicted to swiping when writing. This one is sadly missing this feature…

      • hoodie_doc@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        That is true. I found swipe to type convenient, but never necessary personally so it wasn’t a feature i thought to mention 😅

      • iturnedintoanewt@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        OpenBoard has actually a working swipe-typing implementation that catches most of my typing incredibly well (and which is incredibly infuriating at the moment to correct when it doesn’t… You’ll get it when you use it). You need to use this other fork:

  • nosurf@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    1 year ago

    Dimmer: screen dimmer
    Insular: isolate sketchy apps.
    Xtra: twitch with bttv
    Florisboard: non big brother keyboard
    Superfrezz: kill background apps

    • WhoRoger@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      Try RethinkDNS. You can specify blocklists at DNS level, so you don’t even need the app if you don’t need the other stuff.

      • iturnedintoanewt@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        You mean, like TrackerControl? You still need special settings to block your own phone system apps from reaching their Samsung, etc tracking addresses. Like, how do you block Samsung keyboard from sending all their tracking data otherwise? These apps have limited versions in the Play store that won’t block system apps.

        • WhoRoger@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          Most likely those things are on some blocklist which you can enable individually https://rethinkdns.com/configure and then it generates a dns address for you. Unless the Samsung apps override the dns, they shouldn’t get through. Or you can still combine that dns with some vpn or firewall, rethink or some other.

          (I’m not affiliated btw.)

          But hey that’s why we’re taking about F-Droid apps!

          Can you use anything else instead of a Samsung keyboard? The problem with spyware apps is that they collect the data, and if they just sniff some hint of a free internet access, they’ll send the collected data. It’s not like if you block them for a week, they’ll never try again. Shitty little things. At least a vpn/dns/fw will prevent the pings, but it’s still best to avoid shitty apps altogether.

    • martinbasic@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      Do you mean to block system apps’ internet access?

      Settings ->Advanced options ->Toggle “Manage system apps”

      • Square Singer@feddit.deEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        No, what I mean is under

        Settings -> Advanced options -> Toggle “Filter traffic”

        And the related settings:

        Settings -> Backup -> Hosts file download URL

        and

        Settings -> Backup -> Download hosts file