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  • NiagaraLauncher is naturally my mister used mobile app, but also my favourite. Makes using my phone a breeze, love how much more accessible my phones becomes with this installed. Highly recommend trying this launcher out: it has a free and paid version. Zevs also very nice, they allow you to buy the apk if you want to avoid google 😅

    https://niagaralauncher.com/

    • Fossify Messages - Free open source way to filter text message spam, got this after another app put that feature behind a paywall
    • Kiwi Browser - Way to use arbitrary browser extensions on mobile
    • Chwazi - Straw drawing app, everyone puts their finger on the screen and it picks one person at random, very simple, useful, and satisfying

  • Social: Mlem, Mona, Popsky, Letterboxd

    News: Feeeed, Flipboard

    Other: Apple Podcasts, Signal, Skylight, Loops (if it ever gets fixed, that would be great)

  • Adaway, for ad blocking, until I set up either a pihole or adguard

    Aegis, auth for 2fa

    LocalSend, to transfer files back and forth between my PC and phone

    Scrambled Exif, to remove identifying data from pictures I share online

    Yet another call blocker, block unwanted calls such as afs and scams and whatnot

  • I currently use Joplin and Voyager for Lemmy the most (if you don't count Firefox), so I'd say those two.

    Voyager is such a nice app to browse lemmy. It's simple and hides a lot of the stuff behind menus so you are not overwhelmed.

    I started de-microsofting and de-googling awhile back and was looking for onenote alternative and found Joplin. Been using it for 4 months now and love it so far.

    I first tried obsidian, which is way fancier, but ended up moving everything to Joplin. I don't remember my exact logic for choosing Joplin over obsidian but I recall it had something to do with licensing and Joplin being a more open ecosystem. I don't need all the stuff from Obsidian and love that I can sync my Joplin notes fully E2E encrypted on my cloud storage provider.

    • I've not thought of voyager I'm on jerboa but I don't love it

      • Highly recommend checking out few of the other apps too! Voyager is my personal favourite, but Thunder was also quite nice.

        The only downside of finding a lemmy app that suits you the best is that you'll just spend more time on lemmy and on your phone... Oh well.

  • I've got morning diary, which doesn't seem to exist on the app store anymore. I list 3 positive things in the morning and 3 at night, not every day is good but there's something good in every day! It helps me think positively

    • Mlem
    • Tailscale
    • Apple News
    • Apple Podcasts
    • Safari (though if I didn’t have have heavy ad/tracking blocking at the DNS level I’d switch to Orion with UBlock Origin)

  • Kinscreen - Nifty little app that uses your phone's sensors to control the backlight and screen locking. So the screen will never dim as long as you're holding your phone in your hands and will lock itself about 10 seconds after being put onto a flat surface. It cost about as much as a cup of coffee years ago and I feel like smartphones aren't quite as 'smart' without it.

    Mixplorer - Great file manager that was free for years on XDA. I didn't have to but I bought the Play Store version just to support the dev. Highly configurable UI, capability to add network drives, Google drive etc. Its own in built text editor, code editor, pdf / ebook reader, video player etc. It's like the crown jewel of Android apps in my opinion.

    Poweramp - I prefer having my own mp3 collection to using streaming services. Especially when I'm on the move and using mobile data. So this music player app is one of my most used apps of all. I love the absolute sea of options to play with.

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