I used CoMaps very well when i hiked in Spain and parts of Scandinavia, I am surprised how well hiking oaths or just paths in general are marked. it has a nice mix of what an good app should be and the feeling of having a paper map.

I follow the color signs on the tree trunks... Yeah I dont go hiking much lol

I'm a noob, so there's that, but I use Organic Maps, which is basic and does offline driving, too.

I've never seen the point of all these apps; the only 3 i think are worth caring about is comaps, osmand (both of these basically do the same thing), and especially trailsense if you don't mind something which is more of a toolbox than a navigation app.

But really the important thing is having a phone with as good GPS hardware as possible, ideally you'd bring a proper separate GPS reciever that can plug into the phone. Modern GPS can be so good that you'll get at least a rough position even in forests, and when you have your position everything else becomes relatively trivial.

OruxMaps is the best I've ever found (and it's free). Been using it for nearly 15 years, still getting updated. Extremely flexible and powerful, though navigating the app itself sometimes feels kind of obtuse.

OpenAndroMaps for getting nice maps to use with it.

I have CoMaps and OsmAnd~ installed. The "~" is important, it's the the f-droid version that has most of the paid features for free.

The one I use most though is c:geo, it's actually designed for a game called geocaching, but its offline maps are simple and work really well.

Definitely OsmAnd for me

Locus Map

For the few times I used it off roads OsmAND has been great

Can you adjust the notification sound for just that reminder or notification type? Outside of that the most obvious solution to me would be to use something like tasker to pull that first event from your calendar then set the alarm time relative to that.

latest release :

Version 2026080501 focuses on Android compatibility, VPN/tunnel reliability, and clearer privacy diagnostics. github

• Android 17 local-network support: Adds support for Android 17’s local-network protections, with clearer warnings when TrackerControl lacks or is blocked from local-network access.
• Better tethering behavior: Tethering compatibility mode now routes the entire tunnel, improving consistency for devices sharing the connection.
• More reliable Mullvad/IVPN connections: Automatically switches to another relay if the currently selected relay remains unavailable.
• Improved tracker attribution and visibility: Shared-IP DNS evidence is attributed based on recency, tracker activity that was recorded but could not previously be displayed is now surfaced, and the system-app filter has been restored.
• Maintenance and usability fixes: Updated tracker/host lists, translations, and dependencies; also fixes the release-asset ordering so the in-app updater retrieves the APK correctly.

i see what your saying.
i think it would be most ideal to test it.
it may be lower resource to force kill.
estimates vary.. but i average, as low as: 20x , 4x lower. (those are unverified approximations. and i really think it depends on the app)
for cache clearing.. i can see lemmy(voyager) is using 34mb(some apps like firefox use alot more).. clearing puts it down to zero.

this app can live in my RAM all day https://f-droid.org/packages/org.billthefarmer.editor

related/relevant(for readers):https://f-droid.org/packages/com.aistra.hail via shizuku via ADB .
warning: unwise use of adb can brick your system and you would have to wipe your whole phone

Not bad as a background weather app because the widgets are a bit lacking for me.

Currently using Breezy Weather and it works well and the widget setup allows me to have one with a clock, date and 5 day forecast and allows me to access my alarms and calendar through the widget and that is the only negative about this app, lacking widgets.

you can, now, choose to disable all "background usage" from
Settings > Apps > * App info > App battery usage

that's what i did for Voyager. If it's not on screen in the foreground, it's not 'working'.

At first i missed superFreeze and tried all the alternatives too, but then i read some about the updated battery permissions (there's also no bloatware on LineageOS). i ended up uninstalling superFreeze.
With my first Android with all the bloat designed to "phone home" all the time, superFreeze was essential (as well as Netguard and ADB)

i think i know what you mean.
im glad to discuss it:
it seems like a flaw. but i really think its a feature!
i like having the menu for each app and personally decide wether to kill the app (and clear cache).
regarding android battery controls..
if u go to developer menu from settings and find standby apps, then find the app you want to sleep.. you can do that.
but for example.. Voyager lemmy app: if i put it in restricted, then everytime i change windows.. the app needs to re-load. its functional(but dysfunctional).
so.. i like it better now that i just give it permission to run, then when i know that im done with it, i can choose to kill it until next time (plus manage other heavyweight apps).
i have it set to prompt/kill my 5 bigggest apps only. that's all i need. the app doesnt work if you have 100 apps. that would take too long. there are other solutions for other goals.(ADB until google makes it unusable.)

it worked well on android 10, now it's just looping on the first app info
＋ now android itself has background battery usage limitations

https://github.com/ossappscollective/oss-weather

Not sure if it has the exact feature you are looking for but https://github.com/curbox-app/curbox-android does seem to be an all-in-one solution to your problem in general.

I ended up going with YouMail again - used them years ago and after some research there's no huge glaring privacy issues.

i mean they can be, there are open source transcription softwares, but as far as implementing it into a voicemail app I havent seen that yet.

You could redirect your voicemail to it and use it as your voicemail app, though

Yeah, I know Privacy and transcription really can't be expected to be friends, sadly.

I used YouMail years ago. I'm not keen on paying for a full service just to fix my voicemail problems, but I will look at it again. Thank you for the tip.

I do use Google Voice separately for my second number... sadly can't really replace my phone's app with it.

If you're not opposed to it, I've been pretty happy with using Google Voice for voicemail

https://support.google.com/voice/answer/165656