- Jerboa
- Firefox
- Feedly
- Home Assistant
- Ghost Commander
- Joplin
- Moon+ Reader Pro
- Avenza
- Kodi
- Twilight
Honorable mentions to Newpipe and Termux.
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Firefox is absolutely horrendous on mobile. A lot of websites don't render properly, or when scrolling everything jumps around. Browsing Facebook is especially bad. Also UX is a lot worse than competing browsers.
The only browser that supports proper extensions such as Ublock origin (which is much more advanced than the built-in adblockers in other browsers).
Compared to any browsing experience without uBlock, Firefox wins by a very large margin.
I disagree about the UX but that is probably just my preference. I use Facebook marketplace sometimes and it seems fully functional, no jumping around or whatever. Every now and then I have to use desktop mode but only on like government sites. Maybe it's because I use an ad blocker that I don't notice the problems you report.
Racoon for lemmy Grayjay for video Antennapod for podcasts
Racoon for lemmy
This is the 1st time I decided to check about this (I have heard that name before here), after a 1st glance it looks a lot like Boost for Lemmy, and since Boost seems to be the best working client for me at this moment (image and posts load for example is way faster than Summit, Voyager and Eternity), in terms of speed Sync for Lemmy is faster, but it is so broken with my current instance that is not worth to use it anymore.
I might install Raccoon soonish :)
About the racoon recommendation have you tried other Lemmy apps? Curious what made you choose racoon
I have tried one other app which was Jerboa for lemmy but found Racoon easier to use so I stuck with it ever since.
I use Android as my secondary phone, my primary is an iPhone. Though for the past six months, my use of Android has surpassed iOS as the latter is now only for calls, messages and reading emails. For replying to emails, I use a computer.
I have removed as many Google apps as I could using Canta, as long as the phone is able to boot and function.
The apps, in no particular order (read: the order in which I can recollect):
App | Notes |
---|---|
Droidify | F-Droid client |
HeliBoard | General keyboard |
Unexpected Keyboard | Programmer’s keyboard |
Fossify Calendar, Gallery, Music | Self-explanatory |
Voyager | Lemmy client, although not a native Android app |
Eternity | Native Android Lemmy client, although not as good as Voyager |
Tubular | PeerTube and YouTube client with QoL niceties |
Calculator++ | Calculator with QoL niceties |
Cromite | Chromium based browser with QoL niceties |
Termux | Terminal emulator |
Rethink DNS + Firewall | To block ads and monitor network activity |
Orbot | For accessing TOR |
Emacs | Still setting it up on Android, only to browse my Denote repository (which seems the only way I can browse it on any mobile device) |
Aurora store | To install Apple Music |
Apple Music | To use the music subscription from my primary phone |
Proton VPN | Self-explanatory |
Bitwarden | Password manager |
P.S.
I finally found a chance to use tables on Lemmy.
The tables are actually helpful
Just curious how people really enjoy twitch. I can't spend time just watching people play games or doing stuff while I could be doing things
I sometimes watch IRL streamers from parts of the world I've never been to. I've never been to New York City but due to watching streams from a bike messenger I feel like I know the city quite well.
That's actually nice
I see you're a person with great taste in Android apps. Thanks for introducing me to Medito! I need to chill.
I haven't seen anyone mention Gboard yet so I'll say Gboard. Best keyboard on Android.
Move to iOS: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.apple.movetoios&hl=en-US
spoiler
kek
Ios is just too caged for me.
You need to put a space after the period after your numbers to make a numbered list. Your list is all jumbled up into a paragraph. Doing it the right way also means the numbers you use don't actually matter, which is nice because inserting an item near the top doesn't mean you then have to edit all the numbers under it. They can all be 1.
and the list will be numbered correctly.
My list:
For giggles, view the source of my comment. Oh shit, I broke it by adding a 10th item. At least in Thunder. It doesn't support 1000000000 as a number for an ordered list.
those apps are all open source.
FUTO keyboard is actually nice that is what I am using.. Its great
1: GrayJay, Revanced and PipePipe - YouTube 2: Voyager for Lemmy (currently in a hunt for a push notifications client for Lemmy) 3: Tap Tap for back taps (gives you ability to execute certain tasks just by tapping) 4: Shelter for separating work apps 5: RetroArch - retro emulator games 6: ReThink - dns/trackers and adblocking systemwide. 7: ProtonPass - password management 8: **Open link with ** - opening links is specific app 9: OnStream, Stremio and CloudStream - streaming movies/series 10: Loops - reels 11: LocalSend - - transfer 12: LibreTorrent - torrents 13: JINA for sideview panel (some android phones don’t have the side panel) 14: Install with one - install batch of apks with one press (requires shizuku enabled) 15: GMaps WV - Google map 16: Filen - Cloud storage 17: FFshare - file conversion 18: Ente Auth - 2FA 19: Aves Libre - Gallery 20: GCam - Camera
I'm pretty basic:
In my list everything is open source
If I had to pick some of my favorites:
Anyway yeah, those are some of the ones I use frequently. Sorry for not linking to them, but it would have taken forever lol.
I am gonna cheat and name multiple apps with the same/similar purpose:
Honorable mention to Kinestop, finally being able to use my phone on a vehicle? It was the last place where I would dare to doom scroll!
I seriously could go on... I have too many apps.
the only two apps i use but have not yet seen mentioned:
dishonorable mention:
I don't think I even use 10 apps, I use like 3 of them
Musicolet
Memorion
Comic screen
Lastfm.
Vivaldi
App(s) | Use |
---|---|
Should I Answer? | Call Spam Blocking |
Droidify | F-droid Client |
Obtainium | Github Access For Apps |
AnySoftKeyboard | Keyboard |
Macrodroid | Automation |
KDE Connect | Desktop Integration |
FairEmail | |
QUIK | SMS |
Open Camera | Camera |
KeePassDX | Password & 2FA Management |
Breezy Weather | Weather |
VLC | Music |
Tubular, YouTube Revanced | Youtube |
F-Stop | Image Library |
Amaze | File Manager |
Syncthing | File Synchronization |
Organic Maps | GPS/Maps |
Markor | Notes |
Aliucord | Discord Client |
Tusky | Mastodon Client |
Eternity | Lemmy Client |
Telegram | Messaging |
RDX | Reddit Read-only Client |
URL Check | Link Filtering For Sharing |
Binary Eye | QR Code Scanning |
Pushbullet | Info Passing |
(In no particular order)
Why brave browser? They look sketchy because of their crypto affliction
To be honest if you disable crypto stuff in brave it's a solid browser. I recommend it to those people who are still using chrome .