As in title, preferably open-source, but doesn’t have to, I will start:

KOReader - Amazing reader app, and being able to use the same app across various devices, even non-android ones, is pure bliss. Japanese support is pretty good too, which makes me happy. Though… Sadly no vertical text support :c

Syncthing-fork - Being able to keep a library of books, and some files, and easily keep the shared folder across various devices, is mega comfy. Tachiyomi - Cute manga reader.

NewPipe - Really pleasant youtube client, that i sometimes use to listen to things in the background.

Kaku - An useful Japanese OCR app, that works… quite decently for when I encounter kanji that I do not recognize, and is not text.

EinkBro - A web browser, that on e-ink devices, is quite comfy. Has few… quirks, but works well on e-ink

    • 0nyxee@beehaw.orgEnglish
      6·
      2 years ago

      Oh how cool though, I didn’t realize they had anything out there that can identify birds by song like that. Is it pretty accurate?

  • kyub@discuss.tchncs.de
    14·
    2 years ago

    NetGuard Pro - Allows you to see and control traffic from all apps, so you can prevent data flows to 3rd party hosts like the ones from Google or Facebook. The pro edition is paid and necessary, but it’s all open source, just not gratis

    Aegis Authenticator - open source 2FA authenticator

    LibreTube - alternative, privacy-respecting, open source YouTube frontend using the Piped API

    • wagoner@infosec.pub
      1·
      2 years ago

      Is netguard still maintained? I seem to recall seeing the developer freeze development maybe a year or two ago? Hopefully I’m wrong.

      • kyub@discuss.tchncs.de
        1·
        2 years ago

        Looks healthy. There was activity and new releases in 2021, 2022 and June 2023. Also, the app might be near feature complete, and if that’s the case there will only be sporadic work left like keeping it updated/compatible or fixing security ssues.

  • aboutscientific@beehaw.orgEnglish
    6·
    2 years ago

    Joplin is one of the most important apps I use daily on my Android phone. The desktop version for Linux, an Appimage, synchronizes with the shared database used by the Android app. One can use common cloud services or pay a small fee (now about 18 euros/year) for a specific cloud synchronization service (1Gb).

  • wagoner@infosec.pub
    6·
    2 years ago

    Since you clearly have an eink android device, what other eink-friendly apps do you recommend? Would love to hear of any.

    • Nyoelle@beehaw.orgOP
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      2 years ago

      I would say… Termux/SSH clients, as they are text based… Tachiyomi, with disabled animations… But beside that, not much. I just abuse the fact that e-ink devices that I do have, do refresh the screen at decent speed (e.g Hisense A9, Onyx boox Tab Ultra), so… most apps are actually useable, even if… the experience on other devices would be pure misery.

      Sorry for not being able to be much of help #_#

  • JillyB@beehaw.orgEnglish
    6·
    2 years ago

    Torque. It allows you to connect to your car’s OBD2 port via a cheap Bluetooth adapter. From the app, you can read and clear diagnostic codes, setup custom gauges, and log data. It was very helpful when my alternator was dying and when my car was overheating. I don’t have voltage or coolant temp gauges.

  • flatbield@beehaw.orgEnglish
    4·
    2 years ago
    • just weather
    • Joplin
    • Open Sync
    • OpenTasks
    • Lock Screen
    • K-9 Mail
    • OsmAnd
    • AntennaPod
    • Nextcloud
    • SMS Backup+
    • VLC
    • KeePassDX
    • OpenKeychain
    • Signal
    • ConnectBot
    • Wi-Fi Automatic
    • DAAP
    • primitive ftpd
    • My App List
    • Firefox
    • Wi-Fi Analyzer
    • Nyoelle@beehaw.orgOPEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      Ooh, an open source weather app. Might check it out. I did try Joplin, but… Ultimately it just wasn’t what I was looking for Thanks :3

  • elder_lurker@beehaw.orgEnglish
    3·
    2 years ago

    moonlight-android - opensource android application to connect to your NVIDIA gamestream functionality provided by most modern NVIDIA graphic cards

    I use it often for streaming my computer from my bed to play tactic/mouse heavy games, but latency wise it’s very good if using hardware encoding. Less friction than a parsec and/or steam link setup.

    Additionally (though I haven’t tried it) there is a server software to emulate the NVIDIA™ gamestream functionality for AMD/Intel/etc, giving you an open source and low friction way to setup remote game streaming and/or desktop use https://github.com/LizardByte/Sunshine

  • Darkassassin07@lemmy.caEnglish
    3·
    2 years ago

    X-plore file manager.

    Local, SD card, FTP, SFTP, FTPS, DLNA, Dropbox, Google Drive, and about a dozen other cloud storages all in the same place with multiple windows you can switch between so you can easily open two folders in wildly different locations and move files between them as if it was all one big filesystem.

    Also let’s you host FTP or a webapp from your phone for transfers between other lan devices.

  • mckean@programming.dev
    3·
    2 years ago

    List made using List My Apps

  • Laticauda@lemmy.ca
    2·
    2 years ago

    Revanced, it’s the successor to vanced and just as good. I tried newpipe but I didn’t like that I couldn’t log in among other issues.

    DraStic. I like playing older pokemon game roms on it.

    Kanji tree, a great way to practice kanji.

    Island, let’s me use different accounts on apps that don’t allow account switching. For example, it lets me access both my regular amazon account for kindle and my Japanese account that I use to buy manga and books in Japanese occasionally, without having to log in and out all the time. It basically clones apps and let’s you open the clone version as a separate app, so you can have the same app open twice with different accounts.

    AI enlarger. Just an app that does a good job enlarging images. I usually use it for art so idk how good it is for photos, but I imagine it’s pretty good. It does an amazing job with art. Better than most other image enlarging programs or apps I’ve tried, except for one paid one that I tested with the free points you get for signing up, which was still about the same in quality.

    Kiwi browser, works like chrome but let’s you use extensions on mobile. I usually prefer Firefox but there are some sites or activities where I really want to be able to use certain extensions and Firefox doesn’t have the ability to use the equivalents on the mobile browser. I think Kiwi provides privacy options that help with chrome’s privacy issues though, but don’t quote me on that.

    • Nyoelle@beehaw.orgOP
      1·
      2 years ago

      Oh, I do it a bit differently. I just buy on PC, download azw3, deDRM, then convert to epub with calibre, and yoink onto the devices with syncthing, to read on koreader Also, AI enlarger seems nice, so I will check it out