Amazon Music★★★☆☆I want to use it to listen to music. Amazon wants to use it to sell me more subscriptions.
Assistant for No Man’s Sky★★★★★Very useful for looking up crafting recipes and other reference while playing the game on my PC. Updated quickly when the game adds new features.
Clusterduck★★★★☆Fun and weird, good for killing time while you’re waiting in line. Eventually it gets monotonous, but it takes a while to get there.
CSCPay Mobile★★☆☆☆Now my laundry doesn’t just depend on the washer and dryer, but on a controller box, its internet connection, my internet connection, my phone charge, and an online service.
DAVx⁵★★★★★Background app that syncs your non-Google cloud accounts with your Android system calendars and contacts.
Fossify Calendar★★★★☆Basic calendar app that works with your phone’s local calendars. You can do all the usual things you want to use a calendar for on your phone. Doesn’t clutter up your schedule with ads or vacuum up your personal data.
Fossify Contacts★★★★☆Basic, privacy-respecting contacts app for Android that works with all contacts accounts on your phone.
Fossify Gallery★★★★☆Basic on-device gallery that lets you manage your photos without sending them to a cloud service just to deal with what’s on your phone.
Fossify Keyboard★★★☆☆I wanted to like this keyboard, but I can’t seem to type reliably with it just by tapping on my phone, and there’s no swipe gesture or autosuggest support. It works better at tablet size.
Fossify Launcher★★★☆☆Works fine for launching apps. Widget support needs more work. Does not auto-rotate.
Gmail (Android App)★★★☆☆Works well with multiple accounts and display modes, but tracks you more than it should.
iNaturalist (App)★★★★★Streamlines the basic use case of posting an observation from your phone and narrowing down the plant or animal you’re looking at.
Jellyfin★★★★★Great for playing music across my local network, doesn’t phone home to a cloud or try to upsell subscriptions.
K-9 Email★★★★☆Classic email app for Android: No frills, no ads, no tracking. Supports multiple accounts, phone-to-tablet layouts, and dark mode.
KeePass Password Managers★★★★★KeePassXC, its browser extension, and KeePass2Android are a nice, clean set of apps to manage your passwords on your OWN desktop and mobile devices, auto-fill websites and apps, and sync over your own server or cloud provider.
KeePass2Android★★★★★Nice, clean interface to a KeePass2 database with auto-fill support for both websites and apps and seamless syncing over your own server or the cloud of your choice.
Lagrange (Gemini Client)★★★★★Lagrange quickly became my favorite Gemini client on the desktop with its clean and convenient UI, stability and speed across platforms. And the mobile version works well too.
Manyverse★★★★☆Takes the pain out of setting up and running SSB. Unfortunately it doesn’t overcome SSB’s inherent challenges of discovery, data size or multiple devices. (So far?)
Microsoft Outlook (Android)★★★★☆It works. More stable than the desktop version. Handles mail, calendar and contacts, offers the focused/other inbox view. Tries to keep you in Microsoft’s apps. OK for work, wouldn’t use it for personal mail.
Onyx BOOX Poke3★★★★☆I’ve been using the Poke3 as my main ebook reader for a couple of years now, mainly because it’s a convenient size, has a clear e-ink display, and can run the Android app for any eBook store.
OpenTasks★★★★★Simple to-do list that works great with a Nextcloud server or local storage on your phone.
PixelDroid★★★★★Optimized for photo sharing and viewing, works smoothly and integrates well with the system. FOSS, won’t vacuum up your personal data.
QuickEdit★★★★★Full-featured text editor for Android. Good in a pinch on a phone, better on a tablet.
StreetComplete★★★★★StreetComplete is an easy way to contribute to OpenStreetMap on the go, as a beginner, or both from your Android phone.
Target (app)★★★★★Well-designed, runs smoothly, great for ordering items to pick up in-store or for shipping.
Tusky for Mastodon★★★★★Impressed at how smoothly the app works, especially with multiple accounts.
Vespucci (App)★★★★★Vespucci is a powerful editor for OpenStreetMap on Android that can handle just about anything, though the learning curve is steep.
Vivaldi (Web Browser)★★★★★Spiritual successor to the original Opera browser, this ultra-customizable web browser can open into a full suite for email, calendar, feeds and more – but only if you want it to.
