+6
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Android
- youtube-dl
- F-Droid
+6
Needed for sharing files between main profile, private space or work profile. Also useful for bad apps that don't allow exporting files normally.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Android
allows to dim screen darker than Androids pretty useless "extradark". Many apps refuse to work with the overlay on though, like KeepassDX.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Android
- F-Droid
+4
Free the internet from data collection with Mullvad VPN – a service that helps keep your online activity, identity, and location private. Only €5/month.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- Chrome OS
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- F-Droid
- WireGuard
- OpenWrt
- Tomato
- pfSense
- DD-WRT
+10
Specific Apps
SMS are insecure. But if you don't have internet, you can use this app to write encrypted SMS with a contact that also uses it.
+3
A modern Android app for installing and managing APK packages with split APK support, silent install via Shizuku, and VirusTotal malware scanning.
+2
Provides cropping, filters, EXIF editing, background removal, PDF editing, batch processing, custom filters, OCR, encryption, and format export.
+5
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application types
Platforms
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
+5
SoundAura is an open source ambient sound app. It does not include any audio tracks to save on download size, but allows users to add local files from their device and play any (reasonable) number of them concurrently, with individual volume controls for each track.
+1
Add audio effects to most music players, like Equalizer, Soundstage wideness or dynamic bass boost.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Android
- F-Droid
+1
Monerujo is the first app for managing and using Monero wallets on Android. It is a lightwallet: it uses remote nodes for synchronizing to the Monero blockchain while keeping all your private data on your device.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Android
- F-Droid
+3
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Android
- Android Tablet
- F-Droid
+12
Signal but better. Combine with MollySocket and a unifiedPush distributor like "Sunup" to save batterylife without Google tracking
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Android
- F-Droid
Markor is a TextEditor for Android, versatile, flexible, and lightweight. Markor utilizes simple markup formats like Markdown and todo.txt for note-taking and list management. It is versatile at working with text; it can also be used for keeping bookmarks, copying to clipboard...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Android
- Android Tablet
- F-Droid
get control over which app to use for which link. using link cleaning can slow it down a lot.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Android
- Android Tablet
+5
Jerboa is an app for Lemmy, a federated reddit alternative. Jerboa is made by Lemmy's developers, and is free, open-source software, meaning no advertising, monetizing, or venture capital, ever.
A free and cloudless replacement for your gadget vendors' closed source Android applications. Supports Pebble, Mi Band, Liveview, HPlus and more.
+10
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Android
- iPhone
- HUAWEI AppGallery
+7
Feeder is a fully free/libre feed reader. It supports all common feed formats, including JSONFeed. It doesn't track you. It doesn't require any setup. It doesn't even need you to create an account!
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Android
- Android Tablet
- F-Droid
+1
proprietary but privacy friendly. You can change it to offline after downloading dictionaries. Use Ironfox for full text translations, "about:translations".
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application types
Platforms
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
+3
Öffi is an Android app that tells you where and when trains and buses go, including delays and replacement bus services for more and more transport authorities in Europe and worldwide.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Android
- Android Tablet
- F-Droid
+6
+2
FitoTrack is a mobile app for logging and viewing your workouts. Whether you’re running, cycling or hiking, FitoTrack will show you the most important information, with detailed charts and statistics. It is open-source and completely ad-free.
+1
learn to contribute to OpenStreetMap, you will see your changes in OSMAnd and CoMaps after a while
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Android
- Android Tablet
- OpenStreetMap
- F-Droid
+5
Warn if you are followed by airtag or similar. Use if you fear that people want to surveill where you are.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Android
- F-Droid
+1
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Android
- Android Tablet
- F-Droid
+5
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Android
- F-Droid
+1
LibreTorrent is a Free as in Freedom torrent client for Android 4 and later, based on libtorrent. Download and share files directly on your device.
This list will never be complete, but aims at giving you a headstart in a free Android experience!
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