Apps

Apps on my phone so I can factory reset and get most of them back after. Some of these are only available via the F-Droid app store.

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Essential

• F-Droid - alternative app store app
• AdAway - no adverts!!!! best reason to get your phone rooted.
• Contact Owner - show your name/contact on lock screen
• Nova Launcher - replace your phone 'desktop' (extra icon rows, etc.)
• Elixir2 - system information/management
• aCalendar - Calendar app with good widgets
• 24h Analog Clock Widget - shows sun rise/set via central shadow
• Chibe - small vibration on every day hour (or whatever)
• Open Camera - good camera app
• MAPS.ME - offline Open Street Map with directions
• Where is Public Toilet - does what is says on the tin
• Aix Weather Widget - nice 24h forecast bar widget
• Windyty - more in-depth weather
• AntennaPod - nice podcast client
• RadioDroid - many streaming radio stations (or InternetRadio) - Simple Android app to stream Internet radio stations.
• Lofi Radio - good chill-hop music
• NewPipe - alternative YouTube client with background playback and floating videos
• Signal - best for messaging, set as default, be sure to make backups
• WhatsApp - for messaging
• Messenger - Facebook messages
• Firefox - best browser
• Chrome - to test sites with/just in case
• Materialistic - Hacker News reader
• Lobste.rs - Lobste.rs reader
• Drive - access Google Drive
• Documents - access Google Documents
• OctoDroid - access GitHub project info and issues
• Servers Ultimate - a large number of server varieties in one app - $
• Keepass2 - encrypted password listing, keyfile accessible with desktop apps
• Ghost Commander - dual panel file manager, with plugins
• CM Lite - system cleaner, came with my ROM
• DiskUsage - graphical display of storage usage
• Meditation Assistant - track your daily practice
• iBlue - easy on the eyes late at night
• Tap 'n' Turn - gives an icon to press to turn screen, rather than turn automatically
• WifiAnalyser - find what Wi-Fi channel is least used
• /system/app mover - make it so you can delete an app that came with the phone
• Easy Voice Recorder - or similar. to find: one that supports Opus and/or Codec2?
• Field Recorder - $

Handy

Maybe these are worth installing:

• Edinburgh Bus Times
• Flashlight - just a square of light, alternative to camera light
• PalmCalc 2019 - scientific calculator skeuomorphic
• App Quarantine - stop apps from running the background
• Android Battery Dog - manage battery charging for longer battery life
• Amazon Shopping
• eBay
• Gumtree
• Freegle
• Capital Cars - Edinburgh taxi service
• Cool Reader - e-reader, no PDF
• Instapaper - read later service, no PDF
• Hackers Keyboard - SSH friendly keyboard, just in case
• Barcode Scanner - or equivalent
• Dark Sky - alternative weather app
• Blitztorung - thunder
• Aurora - ...
• SatStat - information on navigation satellites above
• Heavens-Above - advanced satellite info
• Micopi+ - give contacts random colour profile pictures
• Clockwork Tomato - pomodoro
• Daily Dozen - exercise routine
• Bat! HITS - exercise routine
• Pushup Buddy - counts pushups
• Greet Sun - sun salutation yoga asana series
• DataStats - network use information
• Diode - Reddit client
• Discourse - forums
• DSC Auto - rename camera pictures
• Face Slim - lightweight Facebook client
• Functional Ear Trainer - train your music hearing skills
• Earmouse - ditto
• Gmail - guess
• Gnaural Ear - binaural drone generator
• HyperRouge - non-Euclidian game
• KDE Connect - connect with a Linux computer
• Kandroid - Kanboard client
• Laptop Remote
• Trax Music - really good music file player
• LibreVox Pro - free audiobooks
• live dmesg - init message on phone boot
• MAZI Recorder - related to the MAZI project
• Microphone - send phone microphone out headphone jack
• Mirror Mirror - reverse camera
• Music to Note - frequency to note
• Net Monitor - what apps are using net
• Network Discovery - local network info
• Network Scanner - local network info
• SuttaCentral - offline website app
• Yoga Sutra - with the swastika icon. Todo: find an app with multiple translations
• NRSV Bible - has apocrypha
• Oblique Strategies - Brian Eno's card set for inspiration
• OkCupid - dating app
• Paced Breathing - external cues for breathing, with tempo ramps
• Prana Breathing - similar
• Portal - WiFi File Transfers
• Quasseldroid - IRC client for Quassel server
• Google Rewards - take surveys for free money to use for buying apps
• Stay Alive! - toggle stop the screen from turning off
• Sun Alarm - alarms relative to the rising/setting of the sun
• SyncOnWifi - disable syncing on data connection
• Syncthing - share files between devices/computers
• Trainline - plan a journey on public transport
• Translate - Google Translate, works on photos
• TripleCamel - Amazon price tracker service
• radio reddit - music posted in some music subreddits
• TripSet - drug info and chat
• Tuner - for musical instruments
• Data Structures - learn some programming
• Hour of Regex - learn some scripting
• Vim Master - learn some text editor
• Visual metronome
• VLC - play media files
• VLC Remote - remote control for VLC on a computer
• OS Monitor
• RadioBeacon
• RadioGuard
• Remote for VLS
• ServeStream
• Seven - workout
• Shader Editor - 3D programming tool
• Shazam - detect name of track
• Skiddle - e-tickets
• Sky Map - requires compass/gyrpscope
• Sleep With Android - alarm that also records your sleep patterns
• Barnacle Wifi Tether - easy Wi-Fi tethering
• SnoopSnitch - participate in reporting cell tower information to catch unofficial towers
• ClassyShark - similar?
• SoundCloud - playback from the music service
• Soundpad
• Spectroid
• Spectrum Analyser - audio spectrum visual
• SprintF
• Stykur
• SuperSU - used on rooted systems
• bVNC Free - VNC client (remote access another computer)
• ConnectBot - SSH client
• Fwknop2 - port knocking client
• FasterGPS - ?
• Flite - ?
• DriveDroid
• Telman
• Terminal Emulator
• throughput
• Tickmate - one bit journal
• trashnothing
• Saucillator - synth
• Kosmische - synth
• Chrome Doze - synth
• DroidBeat - 'groovemachine'
• Cadeli Drums
• PiO MuSiC
• Xprivacy
• Keygenmusic
• ZArchiver - open archive/compressed files
• /r/Android - alternative app store
• agram - anagrams