Niche FOSS Android apps that are useful
Niche FOSS Android apps that are useful
These are some of the apps that I use daily. Suggest yours and I will add it to the list.
- URLCheck - Set it as your default browser and quickly analyze links, remove tracking params and more.
- SMS Import/Export - SMS Import / Export imports and exports SMS and MMS messages, call logs, and contacts from and to JSON files.
- InnerTube - With this app, you're like getting a free music streaming service. You can listen to music from YouTube Music and build your own library.
- Loop Habit Tracker - Loop Habit Tracker helps you create and maintain long-term positive habits in your life.
- Coffee - Coffee allows you to keep the display awake without having to change the device settings.
- Private DNS Quick Settings Toggle - Adds a Private DNS quick tile to the Android Quick Settings. (By ryuko)
- Noice - Noice is an app that allows you to create personalised sound environments. It enables you to combine different sounds at different volume levels to create perfect ambient atmospheres. (By OsrsNeedsF2P)
- Organic Maps - Open-source, community-driven maps for travelers, tourists, cyclists & hikers based on OSM (By vxnxnt)
- Feeder - Simple RSS Reader (By drilly)
- UntrackMe - UntrackMe once set by default to open Twitter, YouTube and Instagram links will transform them into Nitter, Invidious and Bibliogram links and delegate the action to another app (By https://lemmy.ml/u/shreddy_scientist)
- Did I take my meds? - Did I Take My Meds? helps keep track of when to take medications. It is designed to help prevent a user from skipping doses and/or overdosing (By Velveteen)
Obtanium - an app store that downloads apps directly from the developer's github.
This is great. Thanks for sharing it!
+1 for:
- Syncthing
- Loop Habit Tracker
- Markor - note-taking app
- OsmAnd+ - open street map client
Jerboa hehe.
The one niche software I have used was Meshroom. A free alternative to software that costs hundreds of thousands of dollars, to take input images, use similarities between images to place them in a 3d space, and output a 3D model.
WebODM, OpenMVG and COLMAP are also open source with similar functions, but Meshroom is an easy-to-use one-stop shop for beginners to enthusiasts.
FitoTrack: a great running/workout tracking app. It works incredibly well.
QuillPad: It is like google keep except without Google.
SD Maid SE with root to keep my android devices clean.
Yes, this is great
I doubt this is niche to most of us in this community, but it's possible very few of us consider using a terminal on our mobile devices. I highly recommend Termux (Github, F-Droid). It's really handy if you need to self-host a web-app for times you have no wifi or data connection. You can play interactive fiction on it. You can also do your writing in it. If you rely on swipe typing or auto-complete, you can just swipe left and get an input field that works with those.
To pair with my first suggestion, I also like to put forth Unexpected Keyboard (Github, F-Droid). For the times when I need to write some code on my phone, having quick access to certain symbols without having to tap a specific button, and maybe having to tap it again, is really nice. The "swipe to corner" feature takes some getting used, but for me, it's been way faster and makes writing code on my phone bearable!
Noice - White noise player! Supports brown noise (for drowning out construction sounds), as well as rain/waves/other sound loops. Helps me fall asleep in under 5 minutes each time!
Couldn't live without white noise apps (at least when traveling). Easy Noise is solid too
Hi, can you suggest me a call blocker? Because Yet another call blocker isn't working anymore on my device. Thanks!
I am not aware of any call blocker. Sorry!
Silence! (The app name, not you.)
Firefox for Android is unfortunately rather niche, so, that.
I use the Mull build of Firefox so even more niche
Organic Maps is my go to for navigation! It even works completely offline and utilizes OpenStreetMap.
I enjoy Feeder for an rss reader.
Amarok is an app that lets you hide files or apps on your phone.
UntrackMe from F-Droid is big for me, converts YT, Reddit, Twitter, GoogleMaps, and other similar links to a privacy respecting alternative.
OSS Weather is great too, it's OSM's weather app which is simple to use and tends to be very accurate.
it's OSM's weather app
no, it's a third party app that uses OpenWeatherMap weather data. OpenStreetMap and OpenWeatherMap aren't affiliated in any way.
Oh, dang, guess the names made me assume they were related. Thanks for clearing it up!
The ones that come to my mind:
Syncthing, because I'm tired of losing data by damaged hardware.
Open in whatsapp, because that damn app is really popular in Brazil, and I don't want to add random strangers to my contacts list.
Cache cleaner, because my phone is quite limited on storage for modern usage, and I have to urgently free some space here and there.
DroidFS, to securely store my documents and avoid someone using them in case I get robbed.
For me it's PDF Doc Scan. It's lightweight, easy to use and doesn't restrict you to specifically defined page sizes
IzzyOnDroid link: https://android.izzysoft.de/repo/apk/com.littletrickster.scanner
Did I Take My Meds? is crucial for me.
Private DNS Quick Settings Toggle - Definitely a bit niche, but I sometimes need to turn off private DNS when it doesn't work on some wifi networks, and this saves having to go several menu items deep every time.
100% relatable, installing it right now.
I love Loop Habit, I use it religiously <3 Out of curiosity, is there something that you'd suggest for SMS? I was using Signal, but have been on Simple SMS ever since Signal dropped SMS support. I even used Google Messaging for a while out of a desire for P2P encryption
I used habit tracker and I love it. Great list!