AntennaPod is The best podcast app I've come across
Delta chat is chat over email infrastructure
Linklater is a client for my selfhosted linkding bookmark app
Tusky is my mastodon app of choice
Unciv is Civ5 scaled down to pixel graphics
Termux is my terminal emulator for android
Weechat-android I use for chatting on IRC
Kahon I use for reading manga and comics
But my instinct is to first check on fdroid before I look for something on Google play
Vector pinball, lol
It's great for killing 10 minutes at a time
Forkyz (Crossword puzzles)
Insular (aka Island) for using the work profile without a corporate log in.
K-9 Email A Thunderbird fork Picked up by Mozilla to become the new Thunderbird
Open Camera A camera app with some missing features from the built-in camera app.
Not in any particular order.
Although I use Obtanium when possible, but all are available in F-droid.
wX for weather.
DNS66, it blocks ads on a dns level so I never see them on my phone
Port Authority, it's not been updated in ages but still works and is super useful for checking open ports on your network.
Gallery (org.fossify.gallery).
GPSLogger, the GOAT.
Not only recording GPX daily and uploading them to the cloud for me to record walks, rides and all movements, but also sending location data to a selfhosted Traccar server. Disappeared off Google Play due to problems keeping it listed there, but still available on Fdroid.
articons, amazing. An icon pack that is simple and suports almost every app you likely have installed.
aves libre. Probably the best photo gallery for android.
breezy weather. My main weather app, beutiful ui.
chrono, nice clock app that beats the default provided by oneui.
evmap, if you have an ev.
find my device (fmd) currently what I can see as the only available option for finding my phone with foss software.
Goodtime, pomodoro timer i use.
jerboa, I think you know.
local send, foss airdrop
OpenTracks, Etar (calendar app), Tuner, Audile (like Shazam), QuickWeather, PySolFC (zillion solitaire variations), URL Radio, KDE Connect, IronFox, SunTimes, Moon Phase
i use librera for reading!
A bunch of games but also
CAPod - AirPods companion
Aves Libre - Gallery
Dicio - Basic voice assistant
Neo Backup - App (and app data) backup/restore
App Manager - Block trackers, package installer, disable system apps, etc.
PipePipe - NewPipe fork with sponsorblock, returnyoutubedislikes, etc.
SimpMusic - YouTube Music client
ExifEraser - Deletes metadata from images
FfShare - compresses video/images before sending them over MMS
RHVoice - text to speech engine
Droid-ify - F-Droid client
BitWarden - password manager
ProtonMail - email
Quik - SMS/MMS
Pirate Solitaire
Candle
Uses your display as a flashlight, with customisable colors/brightness.
Being able to have it set to a dark red for night vision without disturbing my partner is fantastic.
Trying to replace the bad apps placed on the phone by the manufacturer and google with these:
My next phone is gonna be a degoogled one in the first place.
Image Toolbox
Antenna Pod
Catima
Super Productivity
https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.farmerbb.notepad/ Every app I kept finding on play store had ads or added functionality it just did not need. This now is even cleaner than Microsoft's notepad app which used to be hailed as simple. I legit just need an app to take notes with no special support or features.
SpamBlocker - helps reduce spam phone calls, blocks spoofs STIR, setup rulea as needed
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