Droid-ify it’s, a better F-Droid client
Did you try Neo Store?
Neo feel more complicated for me, so I stick with Droid-ify
I used Droid-ify before, it doesn’t support one-click install for all apps while Neo Store can.
I use an app called Seal. You could think of it as a fronted for youtubedl. The interface is really beautiful and you can download videos from many different websites.
Another one is ViMusic, this is just an app that streams songs from YouTube music without any ads. edit: fixed spelling of vimusic
There’s also a similiar alternative to Seal called YTDLnis.
That is cool.
Just in case, NewPipe is a super complete YouTube player without ads (and there is a fork also without sponsor sections). It can also view comments of the videos and it can keep your own subscribed videos feed, all without using a YouTube account. You can also download them, and play the audio only, also in the background. All in all, my complete YouTube replacement.
Thank you for showing me ViMusic.
Adaway is an open source ad blocker for Android using the hosts file.
FYI you don’t need apps that pretend to be a VPN to block ads anymore, you can just go to
Settings > Network and Internet > Private DNSand set it to something likedns.adguard.comto block almost all ads, no install required!I am afraid the UK isps Virgin, three and Sky have blocked me completely from trying to browse anything at all if I try to enable this setting at all.
IF I enable it on any of them I have no Internet at all. Sucks but in the UK it’s basically turning off you’re Internet. I still have an older version of blokada working but when it updates it kills my Internet like the rest of them so I’m constantly fighting that.
That’s odd, it works on GiffGaff and Lebara for me, and for everyone else I’ve set it up for. Maybe an issue with your phone? Does it work over WiFi?
My phone works perfectly until I enable it and I’ve tried a few different dns options with it and yes even use the longer domains designed for it.
Never had my phone work at all while they are On sadly I think it’s been blocked by these isps honestly.
its a nothing phone on Android 13 and here’s proof enabling it takes me immediately offline https://ibb.co/t3mpwNS.
Also uk, and I’ve never ran into this issue.
Isn’t it also available on the Play Store?
No.
Termux cos the Google Play version is depreciated since Android 10.
TrackerControl full version
TrackerControl is an Android app that allows users to monitor and control the widespread, ongoing, hidden data collection in mobile apps about user behaviour (‘tracking’).
This is amazing, thank you
welcome to the rabbit hole lol
Fennec, Termux, NewPipe, LiberaReader, NeoStore
NewPipe, Noto, Mucke, QKMS, OSMAnd, Mull
I also use Noto, great journaling app.
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?
It’s markdown format, starting a line with - will show a bullet point
I second the wish for a ratings system!
Native Alpha.
Save web apps, into one application, with extra privacy settings (like javascript blocking)
Transistor https://codeberg.org/y20k/transistor
Not that it’s only on Fdroid, but DAVx5 is free on Fdroid and $10 on Play.
I always looked at this form of app monetization as “You are tech savvy enough to know the risks of trusting a 3rd party app store therefore we will not charge you” type of tax haha
Sleep timer: stops media when the timer runs out.
Kvaesitso, a really great and elegant launcher for Android.
MinCal Widget nice tiny calendar widget
Seal, handsome video downloader
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.
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.
Yeah, you have more control on the widgets in Kvaesitso.
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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.
So, I tried it but I’m totally addicted to swiping when writing. This one is sadly missing this feature…
AnySoftKeyboard has swiping, though it’s not quite as good as commercial offerings at that.
That is true. I found swipe to type convenient, but never necessary personally so it wasn’t a feature i thought to mention 😅
Do you have a link to Open-board? Can find it neither in f-droid nor in Google play.
There’s just no dash, Openboard 😊
This looks interesting, but is it still being updated? It seems like almost 1 full year since last update.
