Saw some users commenting that we should have these megathreads in here as well.

Recommend and/or request an android app in the comments!

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    Here’s my personal list of recommended apps for a few things:

    • Aegis (Play Store / F-Droid / GitHub) - 2FA FOSS app that’s minimal and simple
    • Auxio (F-Droid / GitHub) - No-nonsense music player for local files
    • ConnectBot (Play Store / F-Droid / GitHub) - Simple SSH client
    • K-9 Mail, soon to be Thunderbird (Play Store / F-Droid / GitHub) - No-nonsense e-mail client
    • NewPipe (F-Droid / GitHub) - YouTube client for privacy, has no ads, supports background playing, local subscription lists, and ability to download videos
    • Techmino (GitHub) - FOSS Tetris clone with no ads and multiple modes, definitely my favourite
    • Waistline (F-Droid / GitHub) - Calorie counter app that stores all data locally. Need to add products yourself but have full control.
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    Obtainium is one that I have been using for over a week now. It keeps all my FOSS apps up to date. I have 30 apps added now, and 80% of them are now updated directly from their github page!

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          Bitwardens auto sync uses push notifications through Google services, so I’d recommend play store for that one if you use multiple devices.

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            I don’t use bitwarden for much besides copying/pasting my passwords on my phone. I figure its better than memorizing a single password like I used to!

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          How did you manage to add breezy-weather? It complains that it can’t find a suitable release for me if I try to add the repo url directly

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        I use Obtanium to keep Liftoff and Thunder up to date, since the updates come faster than they do from the Play Store :) Very easy to set up…even if you originally installed from the Play Store, you can still use Obtanium to update going forward.

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        The easiest way is to look at your Installed apps through F-Droid as it will show both apps installed through F-Droid and apps from the Play Store that are available through F-Droid. You can copy-paste each source link into Obtainium.

    • AlmightySnoo 🐢🇮🇱🇺🇦@lemmy.world
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      I’d love for wefwef to have a Material Design theme automatically applied when using an Android phone, but other than that it’s right now the perfect Lemmy app and it’s extremely fast when you install it with Chrome!

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        I want to use wefwef but I just can’t get past the fact that it looks like a single page app designed exclusively for iOS. I think it’s the permanent back button which you basically never see on Android because it has a dedicated back button/action.

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    Antennapod is a Free Open Source Software (FOSS) podcast app. The app is well designed with great features. You can also use it for playing audio books locally as well.

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    Connect for Lemmy has a sync for reddit feel and is working quite well for me as I make the switch from reddit

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      I think I like connect the best so far but the logo for it changed today and the change is horrible lol I miss the goofy mascot lol. 1/10

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        On connect i can only choose all or local for scrolling. I can’t get subscribed.

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          That’s odd… You’re clearly logged in or you wouldn’t be able to post. I guess it’s possible connect is losing your subscriptions? Is the app showing your account subscribed to a bunch of communities inside connect?

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            Yes. On the other apps i can choose to list posts in subscribed, local, or all. On connect i have buttons for frontpage, local, and all. I guess maybe front-page has my subscribed communities?

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          Connect dev here. Third logo dropping soon, another Lemmy user that has design skills messaged me and was able to help out!

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              Report functionality is definitely coming soon! Subscribe counts in searching is interesting I haven’t heard that suggested before but it totally makes sense.

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                Good to hear! Looking forward to both functionalities. There’s one particular user that I’m convinced is a troll making the rounds, every one of his posts have been just incendiary remarks, and it’s been frustrating having to switch to browser to report.

                I’ve also noticed that posts which show as “deleted by mod” in browser still show up in Connect. Will that be patched as well at some point?

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      Same here, besides the pack of animations it’s really getting me used to using Lemmy. Till sync for Lemmy comes out, that is. I can’t wait

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        I just switched from Jerboa to Connect and have no few regrets so far. Still feels like the wild west out here.

        Can’t wait for Sync though!

        EDIT: I do have at least one regret, no easy way to report comments on Connect, AFAICT. Guess I need to keep exploring my options.

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    With all the social media corps going full ham on advertising, I’m going to make the switch from Chrome to Firefox with ad-blocking add-ons. However, I’m at a crossroads since there are many variations ranging from the official Firefox app to Firefox Nightly and even Fennec or Fenix.

    Any recommendations?

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      Just get the regular Firefox with uBlock Origin if all you’re concerned about are advertisements. The default settings out of the box are fine for most users.

      Get the Mull browser if you’re concerned about privacy as well, as this is a hardened Firefox similar to LibreWolf. Not sure if this is on the Play Store, but it’s definitely on F-Droid.

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      If you are trying to switch from Chrome, then just use regular Firefox with the ublock extension (and maybe some of the other privacy extension officially supported). If you are a “power user” and want modify/access about:config and other settings then you need Firefox Nightly. The Fennec and Fenix (iirc) are just stripped down Firefox that either only have private mode or additional settings for privacy (that are already present in regular version, but way not be enabled by default). Hope that helps.

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      Before jumping ship from Chrome completely try Vivaldi, it’s built on the Chrome engine (so you can continue using your extensions and what nots) but it’s made by one of the guys that created Opera but jumped ship before it got sold off to big money.

      So like old Opera there’s a huge emphasis on not only pushing what a browser can do (Opera pioneered speed dial for instance and tabs too iirc) but privacy and security as well.

      I’ve been using it for a while now with Firefox really not being able to scratch the itch left by Opera and I’m really impressed with just how good it is for being built on Chrome.

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      I liked IceRaven, but it’s not regularly updated anymore. I would go with Firefox Nightly, since that lets you install any extension you want (through an arduous process), where regular Firefox only lets you install add-ons on Mozilla’s approved whitelist.

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      I use Fennec it disables telemetry and updates pretty quickly from Firefox upstream releases. Also supports custom sync server and add-ons collection without having to run nightly builds.

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    Does anyone have recommendations for an app that does heart/step/etc health tracking but is FOSS supporting WearOS watches.

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    Komoot - great bike route planner and gpx recorder.

    Mapy.cz - great hiking navigation with trails colors/indications. Mosty Europe I guess.

    Fdroid ->Catima - simple loyalty cards / barcodes instead of supermarket apps

    Fdroid -> StreetComplete very easy contributing to osmMaps. You know your neighbourhood? Answer questions if that trafic lights have sound indication for blind people or about the type of surface that bike line has.

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        I checked right now and I’m logged in and I think it’s necessary to contribute. But it’s a simple form to register and you should try. It’s pretty addictive to answer questions about your surroundings :)

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      I had no idea that it was a Dutch app! It’s really great, I’ve been using it on and off for a year now to great success.

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    Musicolet is my favorite local music player because of the ability to switch between queues without losing the position of the last played track. I don’t understand how not all music player have the same feature

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      I have been using / testing 6 of them Liftoff, Connect, Thunder, Jerboa, Wefwef, Summit. All have strong points… But with it’s recent update I will give the edge to Liftoff. Accent theming added… And the Amoled (my favorite) theme is beautiful

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        Agreed. Liftoff seems to hit all the right buttons so far. Allows multiple instances/accounts, beautiful theming, animations, smooth performance.

        That being said, Sync has its work cut out for it, but i have no doubt it’s going to be amazing when ready

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          Oh yeah, I was using Sync for Reddit exclusively and it was a kinda sad moment when I uninstalled it today… It’s so great to see so much development and choice with lemmy apps tho, and a lot of collaboration

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            Keeping Sync on my phone so I can sell it in 10 years for $40k like phones with Flappy Bird

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              I read your comment, jumped over to the play store and the dev already removed all Sync versions from the store.

              Keep your copy safe and sound.

              All other Reddit 3rd party client are still there.

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        Agreed. Liftoff seems to hit all the right buttons so far. Allows multiple instances/accounts, beautiful theming, animations, smooth performance.

        That being said, Sync has its work cut out for it, but i have no doubt it’s going to be amazing when ready

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        Agreed. Liftoff seems to hit all the right buttons so far. Allows multiple instances/accounts, beautiful theming, smooth performance.

        Sync has it’s work cut out for it, but i have no doubt it’s going to be amazing when ready

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      I’m personally waiting for Sync for Lemmy to come out, but in the meantime, Liftoff for Lemmy and Thunder have been pretty good for me

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      Connect is working really well for me, but I prefer jerboa. Unfortunately that isn’t working right now with lemmy. World being on an older version. Once they go to 18.1, I should be able to use it again.

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      There are a lot of options for Lemmy, but beware they still need to mature a bit. The two apps I keep using the most are Thunder and Connect for Lemmy. Lots of users swear by Liftoff but I find the aesthetics a bit lacking for me. There’s also Lemming which is the most barebones but has a great UI for something that has only had a couple of alpha releases. Most if not all of these are available to download from Github.

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      All the apps I have tried so far have been great. Liftfof however is on a class of it’s own. A unique feature it has is the ability to combined feet from different accounts on different instances.

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    I’ve been using Trunks as my go-to Mastodon client for a couple of weeks now and I’m really liking it.

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        I was using Moshidon, but the official Mastodon app just got Material You so I switched back to it

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            Yeah sorry if I wasn’t clear, but I switched to Moshidon because it had Material You before the official app did, but now that the official app has Material You I went back to it because it’s just a bit more streamlined

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              ah that makes sense, personally I like the icons and animation flair of Moshidon so I’m gonna stay 😁

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                That, and you still can’t follow hashtags in the official app. Kinda insane really.

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    For self hosted music lovers, I would like to introduce you to Tempo, an open source and lightweight music client for Subsonic, designed and built natively for Android.

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      I’m waiting for more comprehensive offline support, but it does look promising. DSub and Ultrasonic are other good FOSS subsonic clients (although DSub isn’t being actively developed).

      EDIT: Actually looks like there has been some recent activity with DSub, which is great to see.