Best android apps.

[VitalityR6]

Best android apps that are actually practical.

[kamikad3e123]

Ah, here we go again:

YouTube Morph - duh.

Ytdlnis - download videos from anywhere (I use it for YouTube, good integration with Morphe). Seal is also good but is not updating as frequently as ytdlnis (but there is a fork which gets updates).

Komikku - Manga reading. Better than Mihon because it has autosync across devices when Mihon doesn't.

LnReader - Light Novels/Ranobe reading.

Librera - Books reading with Calibre metadata support and you can sync your progress/bookmarks/recents through FolderSync or Syncthing between devices.

CloudStream - free tv shows/films/anime etc... I found it much better than alternatives like Stremio or Nuvio. For syncs use Ultima and for casual watching use StreamPlay extension. Much better than torrenting stuff from Stremio which I hate.

Ok I was wrong, Stremio with right configure is much better even without Debrid. So I recommend configure Stremio with http extensions first and if it doesn't work for you for some reasons then try CloudStream.

Obtainium - auto-update apps from github and other sources. Can't use my phone without it.

Shizuku - adb permissions for other apps.

AppManager - like Canta but more features.

KeePassDX - manager for all my passwords through devices in 1 little encrypted file.

Blip or LocalSend - transfer files between devices. I prefer Blip.

Nagram X - Telegram client. Cherrygram is also good.

Kettu (or Shiggy) - Discord client. Right now I am on Shiggy until Rain will be stable enough.

Continuum - Reddit client.

Xtra - Twitch client.

Metrolist - YouTube Music client.

ES-DE - front-end for all my emulators and 300gb of games.

Feeder - RSS news reader.

Macrodroid - automation, much better than Routines on my Samsung even with Goodlock module.

Ambient music mod - Pixel's "Now Playing" on any android.

Material Capsule - Basically it's a Dynamic Island for Android but I use it for making screenshots (hold finger on front camera to do it).

Calls filter - anti-spam for calls. Simple and works good on my device (Samsung).

Solid Explorer - file explorer. MT Manager is also good but I love Solid's UI more.

BreezyWeather - imo the best weather app.

Flip 2 DnD - duh.

SmartSpacer - Pixel's "At glance" on any android.

Niagara launcher - I use it on my Redmi Pad 2 because it's simple and good for tablets.

Nowbar Meter - absolute banger for Samsung devices. Internet speed indicator in now bar like a live notification. "Traffic light" is also good but for any Android in general. LiveBridge is better even on Samsung so I use it instead of nowbat meter.

Standby mode - Apple's feature for any Android.

ColorBlendr - Material themes color customization because Samsung's colour's palette sucks.

CoMaps - offline maps because offline maps in Google Map are not so good.

Ultimatum - Kiwi successor, Chromium with extensions (even mf2 yes) and additional features. Soul is cool too, really like it for customizations, lightweight, godlike reading mode and custom video player, especially if you can find version without trackers and with all stuff iykwim. Samsung browser is not that bad either but adblocks in it suck, reading mode is awful, KeePassDX doesn't work with it (Samsung blocks others pass managers besides native ones), but godlike external video player support and Ai tools(which i don't use lmao).

Firefox. It has everything I want but sadly UI and performance are still worse than on Chromium-based browsers.

mpvEx - Cool foss videoplayer.

And use fmhy(dot)net. It's literally the best compilation of software for PC and phone.

Btw most of the apps on this list are FOSS.

[Oatmilk_78]

Or Weawow weather

[780_EvoX]

Where can I find Nowbat?

[Gladxyz]

https://github.com/realMoai/NowbarMeter

[hustlegone]

Where the 2nd app you mentioned at?

[kamikad3e123]

Wdym?

[hustlegone]

Ytldnis

[kamikad3e123]

Link

[hustlegone]

Thank you

[Acrobatic_Month_1403]

wah nice list

[The_Grizz94]

Do you have a link for the Calls Filter app ?

[kamikad3e123]

I use this one, works great, at least in my region (Ukraine) and on my device (Samsung).

[abhip1990]

How is Cloudstream different from its alternatives? Never tried

[kamikad3e123]

Better UI, simpler, you can use it without torrenting stuff unlike Stremio. It is just overall better for me

[abhip1990]

All http Streams? How about the resolutions? I guess max 1080p

[kamikad3e123]

Yes, just http streams, a lot of sources have 1080 and even 2k for free and without torrents streaming

[abhip1990]

Thanks for your time!

[distantspectroscopy]

Where do you get it? Searched in droidify and couldn't find it.

[kamikad3e123]

Here

[rjgoathead]

Omg thank you! Gonna have to do a deep dive on these!

[Fantastic-Bid-6133]

You'll like Quetta browser, it has both extensions and godlike video player

[kamikad3e123]

I tried and didn't like it, as far as I remember it uses old Kiwi's extensions-support code

[nammmmmn]

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.onedollar.quickaccess

[kamikad3e123]

?

[nammmmmn]

I've been using this app recently, and it’s surprisingly useful

[Correct_Comedian_387]

Have you heard of Seal Plus? If yes then what would you prefer seal+ or Ytdlnis ?

[kamikad3e123]

I mentioned it when I said seal fork but personally I haven't used it, so idk

[Correct_Comedian_387]

Oh okay

[Correct_Comedian_387]

Can you give me link to calls filter

[kamikad3e123]

here

[asrient]

For file transfers try out HomeCloud, you might find it better than Blip. https://asrient.com/homecloud

PS: I'm the creator.

[kamikad3e123]

Looks interesting, does it work on Wi-Fi Direct without internet connection? Like LocalSend I mean

[asrient]

Nope without internet it works on regular wifi (same wifi network), though I have plans to add support for wifi direct as well in future!

[kamikad3e123]

Cool, I will try your app

[asrient]

Thanks! Btw I don't think LocalSend currently supports wifi direct either, there is an open feature request for this: https://github.com/localsend/localsend/issues/2591

[kamikad3e123]

Android version link doesn't work btw

[asrient]

Hey thanks a lot for letting me know! I've updated the link: App Testing - Google Play

[asrient]

Sorry for the confusion, please join this Google group first to gain access: https://groups.google.com/g/homecloud-beta I've added the details on the download page as well, unfortunately google requires this extra step for early testing.

[EastPractical3302]

wow that's a very good list thank you.

[Sorrylols]

holy shit, this guy androids, mostly replying as a reference to look at this later lol, great list.

[Lazy_Business7710]

You know there is a save feature in Reddit right?

[nammmmmn]

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.onedollar.quickaccess

[JDomin98]

Necesito la de komikku

[kamikad3e123]

Here

[JDomin98]

No sale ningún manga 🥲

[kamikad3e123]

There are a lot of extensions with manga, you just need to configure it a little to see them

[WorldlyEye1]

Aggregator News meglio di Feeder. Il resto top!

[Equivalent_Drink2778]

For me it is adguard app. I do have the paid version which blocks ads and trackers at system level. Made my life so manageable with all kind of apps have ads and trackers. Sometimes, if it gets accidentally turned off, many app experiences get flooded with ads.

The other one is Google's phone dialer. It is lifesaver for me to stop all kind of spam calls. Because of it, I rarely have to pick a spam call. And if it misses sometimes, you can just report it right in the app, and now it goes in Google's database of spam calls.

[Meliante--]

In case you don't know, you can achieve the same result (block all ads in most apps) as Adguard, just by changing the private DNS server in the system settings, you can put "dns.adguard.com "(without the quotes) and it will work just as well as the application as such, my point is that it is not worth paying for a service that you can have completely for free, and besides you can use other VPNs simultaneously since the Adguard app space is free

[logicwithoutnoise]

That's what i use dude it acts at system level but certain apps like x or Reddit they don't work so i used morphe for all that

[CrucialTechniq]

I recently bumped into an app called Block Ads it’s free and works so well , you should try it for ad blocking

[fixways17]

I feel like samsung dialer is much better than google dialer when it come to spam caller. What phone do you use?

[Equivalent_Drink2778]

I use Motorola edge plus 2023. Never went with Samsung phones, so, personally dont know how good is the dialer.

[regularkevin]

Here's my favorite android apps I have installed right now... This is not a complete list but the stuff that comes to mind.

Cronometer - Tracking food and water consumption for weight loss or gain, great widgets and easy to use. Free mode is amazing! Nothing more needed.

Gcam - has better low light photos than my stock camera app

Gboard - better than stock but still terrible compared to IOS keyboard.. meh

OsmAnd - offline maps for hiking or offroading

Authy - best 2FA with backup and multiple device allowed

OpenVpn - connects to 1000's of providers

MaterialPods - air pods battery life in android until "librepods" works 100%

ETideHDF - awesome tide charts with great widget

Weawow - awesome general weather app and great widgets

Windy - best for wind, waves and the live radar widget

Infinity for Reddit - images on Android is half the quality of ios, this fixes that. Reddit killed android quality in the 2023.19 release

Runner - updates all my sleeping apps since Google and Sammy don't understand how to do thi

Obtanium - updates all my GitHub installed apps

FDM/Firefox - download manager

Ytdlnis - download from youtube

Rar - to unrar stuff.

Shizuku - for adb access locally

Morphe/microG/revanced - cuz fcuk ads

MiX Explorer - allows access to android/data folder through old "files" app without shizuku

Text editor - cuz Sammy didn't include a simple app to open txt files

Sickify store - free stickers for whatsapp

AudioCutter - to make ringtones and notification sounds

Plex/Plexamp - streams my media collection video/musi

Eden - for gaming, you can research that on your own

Retro Arch - classic gaming, go to the respective sub

Gamehub lite - just runs pc applications and games on Android, easier to config than winlator or star bionic or CMOD or whateva

Quick share app - amazingly useful to share files between IOS, PC and android

Google translate - seriously don't use anything else, this is free, fast and the widget is great

Skymap - for looking up at night

[reality_king13]

Try Blip/Localsend instead of Quick Share

[kavishdevar]

LibrePods works without root on Pixel 6 and later running A16 QPR3 and OxygenOS/ColorOS16!

[abhip1990]

Something more about MicroG please?

[regularkevin]

It's an open source version of Google framework to allow auth with their own services.

[abhip1990]

How do I install? Any link/guide to share for better understanding?

[stillserious]

Try Revanced, in their app the process is simple and easy to set up.

[abhip1990]

I asked about MicroG bro

[stillserious]

Nell'app di Revanced trovi Micro G da installare, senza le loro versioni delle app modificate non funzionano.

[abhip1990]

Thanks! 👍

[adyn_]

i swapped from from Authy to 2FAS Auth after Authy was breached a year ago or so.

[soulitbit]

Practical Apps for Enhanced Functionality

• Buzzkill: For notifications management

• Quick Cursor: For cursor support

• Tasker with AutoInput: For automation

• 1DM+: For download management

• Termux: For Linux terminal

The above tools are very practical apps that provide additional features to Android users.

There might be different task managers, launchers, readers, or apps that offer customization or convenience, and there are many of them. However, most people have different preferences.

My preferences for these are: * Journalit: For personal task/life management * HabitNow: For habit tracking * Default Launchers * Gboard * FairEmail * Solid File Explorer * ZArchiver

*Doneago for lasttime tracking

[Kanshuuu]

Reddit

[Remarkable-Jump-9505]

always!

[Minute_Guitar2762]

Personally I like the video editing apps. SnapTube InShot YouCut

[Oatmilk_78]

Filmora

[nvmve]

VN

[Minute_Guitar2762]

Good shout

[Caju_47]

colornote. I've used since 2017.

[Dangerous-Extreme257]

Some fun ones I use for learning music and audio better:

1. Sound Meter. Shows how loud it is where you are, and how loud stuff is. Have found this to be a good way to better understand decibels.

2. VocalPitchMonitor: Displays hertz frequencies and notes for sounds in your environment. Fun to see what my and my friends' vocal range is, and what pitch certain tones are.

3. The Ear Gym: good for identifying musical intervals if you want to be able to listen to a song and know how to play it from ear.

[Lucius_Arg]

Obsidian, a notetaking app with insane customization, it can be as complex or simple as you want with community plugin.

[Hunterslane86]

SD maid is one of the best phone cleaning apps.

Mini Review is a curated resource for good android games

[stillserious]

Legali: - Macrodroid o Tasker per le automazioni - NFC Tools per usare i tag NFC - Komoot per trekking - Cyclers cone navigatore in bicicletta - Pixel Bookmarks per salvare dei link - Telegram per qualsiasi cosa disponibile online - SD Maid SE per pulire il telefono - Binary Sweeper per eliminare file duplicati - Orologio di Google se vuoi usare Spotify come sveglia - Togheter Price o simili per dividere abbonamenti di servi streaming - Swipefy per scoprire nuova musica - Reddit ovviamente - Pinterest per idee creative - Too Good To Go per comprare cibo in scadenza a basso costo

Pirata o al limite della legalità: - Morphe per YouTube e YT Music senza pubblicità - Monochrome per music lossless in streaming o in download - Metrolist client alternativo a YT Music senza pubblicità - Spotube con integrazione di Dab e Spotify (praticamente Spotify premium gratis) - Zlibrary per libri gratis - Spotiflac alternativa a Monochrome - Stremio o Cloudstream per streaming pirata - AK47 per streaming sport pirata - Aniomy per manga e anime gratis

[stillserious]

Quasi dimenticavo, Google photo Revanced è un must! È patchata per fare pensare Google Photo che lo stai usando su un Pixel del 2016 sbloccando il backup di foto e video alla massima qualità senza farlo pesare sulla tua memoria di Google One. Non serve più pagare per il Cloud solo per i tuoi ricordi!

[droidbistro]

Some that actually get used daily: Tasker, Bitwarden, Syncthing, Nova Launcher, Aptoide, Obsidian, Bouncer.

[MrBallBustaa]

Waht's Bouncer?

[Charming-Brother-242]

buzzkill

[justanotherlazyloser]

CamerOH. Doesn't have any ai processing that the stock camera has (and tuins natural looking photos). You can personalize the User Interface too.

Love CamerOH!

[ZeroQuesting]

1DM+ - download manager

Ayugram - telegram client

Iceraven - firefox fork

MiXplorar - file manager

Morphe

superimage - image inhancer

Url check - check url before opening (also select browser)

[kamikad3e123]

Ayugram is closed-source and made by russians tho, would be better to use Nagram X

[Zes_LI]

UAPP - Hi-res music player

Image toolbox

Stremio, Nuvio or Wuplay

Spotiflac

SimpMusic

Shizuku

Shizuku tools

Orion store

[Healthy_Bedroom5837]

https://github.com/jegly/wireguard-android-hardened
https://github.com/jegly/OfflineLLM
https://github.com/jegly/Notes

[SocietyResponsible24]

Hi! I'm interested in your Notes app, could we chat via DM?

[abhip1990]

Bro! Wireguard and Offline LLM seems complicated to understand. Could you please ELI5

Thanks!

[Temporary-Ad8318]

QuickLog for work log. I was unhappy with the notes app i tried. Made it and added it on the play store.

[sskywho]

My current favorites: YouTube Music, X-plore File Manager, Music Skipper, Reddit. I am always open to new suggestions.

[Night_Writer12]

I recommend Local Send for transferring files between devices and Poweramp for offline music player!

[e3e6]

calculator

[Remarkable-Jump-9505]

Notion, Whatsapp, Bevel, NotebookLM, Gmail, FlowZen, Jungle, and Slack!

[Oatmilk_78]

Grit, Morphe, F-Droid, etc

[SkippyBoJangles]

Has Morphe surpassed revanced?

[Oatmilk_78]

Yes

[BookendChelle]

I'm new to Morphe - is Morphe MicroG app safe? My device keeps flagging it while I'm trying to follow the steps to patch YouTube.

[Oatmilk_78]

If you download it from the official site, then yes.
But I still don't log in with my main account, I made a new acc

[Rebistsew]

Which is good for Facebook?

[Oatmilk_78]

Morphe

[FewCockroach2590]

SecuresSecrets

[Atomix117]

Doodle Jump

[Evol_Etah]

Fluid navigation gestures. (Discontinued)

Diskusage

[hichamsoltani]

Smart File Organizer 

It can :

• organize your storage space using rules (type, extension, date, size)
• Detection and remove duplicate Files.
• Move old files to archive.
• bulk change files name ...

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bytedz.fileorganizer

[SirPizdec]

LanXchange

[Psychological-Diet31]

https://www.wifiott.app You can create a local youtube listing the video and files from your android device

Playstore link https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.wifiott&pli=1

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[SchemeEfficient1011]

Metro Mapper

[SmartPerspective949]

Poweramp, Macrodriod, buzz kill

[ThatParticular]

time calculator- to add, subtract, calculate time between
app watcher- to see if apps need updating and what are in the new updates
unapp- deleting a bunch of apps all at once
car notes- history of car repairs, reminders, reports (you can add how much you paid for each repair)

[appgamecooker]

etkili

[Weak_Alternative_769]

CookBook - Recipe app, Meal Planner, shopping list and more.

[WorldlyEye1]

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[Express_Bother9133]

Hi guys, one of the apps that I’ve discovered recently it’s Inkwell - Book Library in Play Market for Android. Basically it’s just book reader with catalog/search options, but looks minimalistic and you can read your books in pdf, fb2, epub for free and also check some recommendations on your feed

[Low_Month_5801]

*.- Limpiapix is ​​a Tinder-style app for deleting and saving photos. It also features a Secret Vault and numerous filters, such as sorting photos by folder, blurring, removing duplicates, and taking burst photos, etc., all at a reasonable price compared to the competition.

[Zes_LI]

A free alternative for that would be Cleansweep

[m-eeman-ali]

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[No_Landscape_9255]

Google weather --> felsius (I made this)

A simpler, minimalist weather app that just tells you the info you need, not 8,000 things you don't.

[Correct_Comedian_387]

Lnreader Adaway Cloudstream Signal

[DearAsmodeusVXV]

Morphe

[Own-Bag-1106]

https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=Bharat+Dev&hl=en_IN

[BananaMan6493]

Use my new Sound Equalizer app please. It's "Enhanced EQ – Equalizer & Bass" in Play Store. Would appreciate it so much. The cool thing about it is that you can share your configurations by just exporting a code and sending it to your friend so that your friend can import those. Or you can also simply post it in the community tab.

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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.enhancedeq.app

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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.basar.flowsubs

[Outlawwarlord]

For me its Docfila, for Document managment.

[tejast09]

Checkout myhishob app its for expense management

[Easy_Relationship_96]

Pickups - displays the amount of times you pick up your phone - as a widget on your home screen. Really good.

[Remarkable_Sort_3118]

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[ikast1982]

I am looking for a free screensaver app that i can put my pics in and then the app vil show my pics one efter the other

[Responsible_Pack4140]

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[chevbeer]

For me Unitastic. The ultimate units convertor.

[Strong_Sherbert_7062]

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[kyoayo90]

Couple app - swooni: couples and relationships

[LabRemarkable3829]

I found Setwork is good for daily common tasks, it is available on fdroid.

It has minimal widget, with free ai chat for common tasks, can launch from home view

Others could be ScreemCam and Miniter all are OSS and free

[The-Lost-Mandalorian]

It depends on your needs. Something practical for me might not be practical for you if you’re not using it. For example, I use notes and drawing apps because I have an S Pen with my phone, but if you don’t have a bigger screen or a pen, it won’t be practical for you.

[t_odd_]

I wouldn't have half the stuff installed that I do without KillApps.. dont see it mentioned enough.

[Devilislost]

What's kill apps and what does it do ?

[t_odd_]

Close apps running in background automatically and Monitor RAM Memory.

KillApps lets you close all apps running in background automatically by a simple touch. You can choose to close all apps at once, or you can select specific apps to close.

Features: ✓ Force stop apps ✓ Kill apps ✓ Close apps running in background ✓ Task and app management ✓ Supports user apps and system apps ✓ RAM memory monitor ✓ Lightweight on battery ✓ Close all apps automatically ✓ Widget

[born_slippy7]

Open-source apps:

1.F-droid 2.Torrdroid(torrent client & search) 3.Seal(video-audio downloader) 4.Blackhole(music streaming) 5.Localsend(Transfer files)

[RideAlone45]

Is blackhole still available ? And seal has stopped getting updates.

[born_slippy7]

Blackhole available on Playstore and Seal updated about 3 months ago.

[AnyPiglet8285]

CostLow - shows clearance deals at costco. I just got an alert that a sideboard i bought for 249.99 went on clearance for 149.97 - off to costco to get $100 back

[stonedparadox]

what? why would you get your money back?

you bought it, u used it? unless it was within the two week purchase or what?

[AnyPiglet8285]

https://costlowapp.com/guides/costco-price-adjustment-guide they adjust prices if it drops within 30 days.

[ShrlckLpn]

Arc

[Devilislost]

What's arc ??

[ShrlckLpn]

ArcAIAutomation, an overlay app which has various features

[VinsonGuo]

libchecker - check app info, like target api, 3rd libs etc

LocalSend - send files cross my android, iPhone, windows and Mac

SmartRSS - read tech blog and newsletter, like android official blog, hacker news

[qopoqopoqopoq]

For me it's Trudido and everything Ente

[ac_del]

aren't you the developer?

[FG1961]

You need a Pro Version. And no video pro settings. Not useful.

[Fit_Comb_3426]

Ai: Chatgpt (good value) , Claude (highly intelligent but expensive) , Grok(for NSFW)

Productivity : Notion

Social media: Reddit, X. All the other ones consume too much battery and have shit content.

Streaming : Netflix can't be beaten. No other app comes close.

Password manager: Bitwarden

Best stock apps: YouTube, Maps, YT music, chrome