Easily the most used app on my phone
What are your favorite can not live without apps?
3 years ago by Lanky_Pomegranate530 to c/asklemmy
DogMuffins 3 points 3 years ago
Adding voice and audiobookshelf, for non-DRM books.
MentalEdge 2 points 3 years ago
Also podcasts, with progress sync across devices.
EthicalDogMeat 19 points 3 years ago
Xmanager, newpipe, Firefox with ublock origin and dark reader extensions.
FrankTheHealer 2 points 3 years ago
Been meaning to check out Wallabag for some time now. How easy/ difficult is it to setup your own instance?
mim 2 points 3 years ago
I don't self-host a lot of things, but I'd say this is not the easiest I've done, just because it involves setting up multiple containers (unlike something like SearXNG). Also thought that I had to set-up an SMTP container, but I got away with not having to do it.
I used ansible (and pass to store credentials), so this is how I did it (maybe someone can pitch in and tell me what I can improve):
- name: Deploy Wallabag database
community.docker.docker_container:
name: db_wallabag
image: mariadb
recreate: true
state: started
memory: 500MB
restart_policy: always
log_options:
max-size: "10m"
max-file: "1"
env:
MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: "{{ lookup('community.general.passwordstore', 'self_host_containers/wallabag_mysql_root_password', missing='warn') }}"
volumes:
- ~/wallabag/data:/var/lib/mysql
healthcheck:
test: ["CMD", "mysqladmin", "ping", "-h", "localhost"]
interval: 20s
timeout: 3s
- name: Deploy Wallabag redis
community.docker.docker_container:
name: redis_wallabag
image: redis:alpine
recreate: true
state: started
memory: 500MB
restart_policy: always
log_options:
max-size: "10m"
max-file: "1"
links:
- "db_wallabag:db_wallabag"
healthcheck:
test: ["CMD", "redis-cli", "ping"]
interval: 20s
timeout: 3s
- name: Deploy Wallabag
community.docker.docker_container:
image: wallabag/wallabag:latest
name: wallabag
recreate: true
state: started
memory: 500MB
restart_policy: always
log_options:
max-size: "10m"
max-file: "1"
links:
- "redis_wallabag:redis_wallabag"
- "db_wallabag:db_wallabag"
ports:
- "80"
env:
MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: "{{ lookup('community.general.passwordstore', 'self_host_containers/wallabag_mysql_root_password', missing='warn') }}"
SYMFONY__ENV__DATABASE_DRIVER: pdo_mysql
SYMFONY__ENV__DATABASE_HOST: db_wallabag
SYMFONY__ENV__DATABASE_PORT: "3306"
SYMFONY__ENV__DATABASE_NAME: db_wallabag
SYMFONY__ENV__DATABASE_USER: db_wallabag
SYMFONY__ENV__DATABASE_PASSWORD: "{{ lookup('community.general.passwordstore', 'self_host_containers/wallabag_symfony_env_database_password', missing='warn') }}"
SYMFONY__ENV__DATABASE_CHARSET: utf8mb4
SYMFONY__ENV__DATABASE_TABLE_PREFIX: "wallabag_"
SYMFONY__ENV__MAILER_DSN: smtp://127.0.0.1
SYMFONY__ENV__FROM_EMAIL: wallabag@example.com
SYMFONY__ENV__DOMAIN_NAME:
SYMFONY__ENV__SERVER_NAME:
volumes:
- ~/wallabag/images:/var/www/wallabag/web/assets/images
- ~/wallabag/data:/var/www/wallabag/data
healthcheck:
test: ["CMD", "wget", "--no-verbose", "--tries=1", "--spider", "http://localhost"]
interval: 1m
timeout: 3s
Then I set up caddy for the reverse proxy
- name: Upload Caddyfile
ansible.builtin.copy:
src: ./upload_files/Caddyfile
dest: ~/Caddyfile
- name: Deploy caddy
community.docker.docker_container:
image: caddy:2
name: caddy
user: "1000:1000"
recreate: true
state: started
memory: 500MB
restart_policy: always
log_options:
max-size: "10m"
max-file: "1"
links:
- "wallabag:wallabag"
ports:
- "80:80"
- "443:443"
volumes:
- ~/Caddyfile:/etc/caddy/Caddyfile
- ~/caddy_data:/data
- ~/caddy_config:/config
And this is the Caddyfile
my.url.com {
reverse_proxy wallabag:80
}
Finally, you then have to login with user:wallabag and password:wallabag and change them in the webUI. I changed the "wallabag" user to my user and set a new password.
NENathaniel 12 points 3 years ago
TickTick would be hard to replace. Ive yet to find another cross-platform reminders app that's so good
Most of my other fav apps (Voyager for Lemmy, Bitwarden, NextCloud, NeoStore) could be replaced if I needed pretty easily (altho itd be a downgrade)
demystify 5 points 3 years ago
May I recommend Tasks? Not only is it open source and doesn't collect nearly as much information as TickTick apparently does (according to Play Market), but it's packed full of features, and also interfaces with a bunch of other apps, like Google Calendar and Google Drive for backups.
Edit: it also is still maintained and updated regularly
NENathaniel 5 points 3 years ago
I will check it out but, unless I'm just missing it, it doesn't seem to have an iOS/iPad app. That unfortunately might be enough to be a dealbreaker
fartsparkles 1 point 3 years ago
It’s Android only.
d13 10 points 3 years ago
A few I haven't seen mentioned:
- Moon+ Reader - My favorite ebook reader of all time.
- Tea Time - Simple timer widgets
- Simple Time Tracker - Track what you do
- NES.emu, Snes9x EX+, M64+ FZ - Emulators
- Thunder - Lemmy
- Root Explorer - file explorer
- Lichess - Chess, free of ads, no fees. Almost entirely FOSS.
Also +1 to the usual favorites: Firefox, Termux, Nova, etc.
kratoz29 8 points 3 years ago
Sync for Lemmy, Voyager and Summit, if I need to narrow it down to three Lemmy clients.
Google Photos with Pixelifly 🏴☠️
Telegram to discuss about custom ROMs and talk with my gf.
Spark Mail because I love Inbox Zero, also has some nice team features.
Spotify for music, ViMusic as a close second.
Google Chrome (looking to replace it with Ice Raven, Firefox when it gets full extension support).
Feedly and Feeder, the one to discover and manager plus multi platform, the second because I think it is a superior RSS app, used along with Discovery Killer to replace cringe Google Discover.
Bitwarden (Vaultwarden) for password management.
Showly synced with Trak.tv to manage my TV shows/Anime and Movies.
Todoist (looking to replace it with Tasks.org, but I really need this to be multiplatform, just as with Feedly), also testing with Ruppu for simpler stuff.
Droidify to handle all these awesome Open Source mess ;)
Smart Dock
Classic PowerMenu
Ice Box and App Manager/SD Maid
Franco Kernel Manager and Magisk.
Runners up:
Download Progress ++ and Media Bar
I think this would be the summarized list.
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kratoz29 1 point 3 years ago
Pixelifly for Google Photos allows you to spoof the Google Photos app to the Pixel XL, meaning we get full quality unlimited storage for the photos and videos (requires root).
Smart Dock is a dock which places in the bottom of your screen for quick access to apps and system actions, it can be used to replace the Android app switcher and Android Buttons, but I only use it for multitasking and accessing my favorite apps quickly.
Classic PowerMenu allows you to have your Gpay stuff when you hold the power button, I don't use it because my country does not support it lol, I mainly liked it because I like the quick access to the smart devices, also requires root.
Download Progress and Media Bar add a tiny bar near the statusbar, one for downloads from every app (no need to pull down QS 😂) media bar for all music and video apps, also lets you to rewind, forward and pause from there, as many other features.
MrZee 7 points 3 years ago
Alarmed (iOS only, unfortunately). It allows you to set nagging reminders with notifications and has great features for snoozing a reminder or setting up routine reminders.
It’s great for ADHD. I basically use it for my schedule I’ll have it remind me the morning of something (or the day before depending on the event), when the reminder comes up, I’ll snooze it to to just before I have to leave.
I had been using apples “reminders”, which just seem to disappear into the ether if you happen to miss the notification.
ICE_WALRUS 6 points 3 years ago
Jalapeño Poppers Wings Clams half shell Drunken clams Calamari Potato skins
FrankTheHealer 6 points 3 years ago
Joplin - general note taking and to do lists
Feeder - my favorite RSS app. I also use it to save my YouTube subscriptions
Sync For Lemmy - The best Lemmy app out there rn IMO
NewPipe - YouTube app with built in ad blocking, background play, download function etc no login required.
Proton Mail - Emails
Proton Calendar - Calendar
Proton Drive - Cloud Storage
Proton VPN - VPN
AntennaPod - Podcast app
Spotify - Music
VLC - playing local video/ audio files
Firefox - Web Browser
Waze - Navigation
Signal - Messaging
Jellyfin - Accessing my movies and TV shows
Tailscale - What I use to access my Jellyfin when I'm away from home.
CamScanner - Very handy for scanning/ digitizing physical documents.
Speedtest from Ookla - I use it a lot to check my internet connection
Shazam - Music detection
PhotoScan - one of the only Google apps I use, let's you easily scan/ digitize old photographs
Bitwarden - Password Manager
fireshaper 2 points 3 years ago
Have you considered Proton Pass as an alternative to BitWarden? I made the switch recently and I’m much happier with the integrations.
jay 6 points 3 years ago
Google Calendar - I live my life by this calendar. If it's not on the calendar, I'm not doing it
Audible - Audiobooks by Amazon (I know they suck, but it's a really decent service)
Tachiyomi - Manga and Comics manager and reader
Libby - Books and Audiobooks for free from your local library
Youtube - I use this way too much. I learn everything from here
pretzelise 1 point 3 years ago
+1 for Tachiyomi. Absolutely incredible app to manage my collection digitally :)
techgearwhips 5 points 3 years ago
So many:
afwall+
joplin
proton vpn
protonmail
davx5
tasks.org
nova launcher
simple gallery
simple dialer
simple contacts
simple calendar
nextcloud
mega.nz
dropbox
aniyomi
buzzkill
voyager
infinity for reddit revanced
fdroid
mixplorer
xmanager
youtube revanced
the score
foss telegram
bitwarden
adaway
kde connect
tailscale
remote desktop client
nzb360
instander
ibraodcast
bubble upnp
nextcloud
localsend
syncthing
native alpha+
Librera FD
Feeder
Magic Earth
obtanium
seal
termux
unchained
premiumized
shelter
youcut or capcut
picsay pro
idm+
xbrowser sync
fennec
ocr
neo backup
magisk
imgur viewer
gptAssist
freebiealerts
aftership
de-bloater
fairemail
hypatia
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lazylion_ca 1 point 3 years ago
Someone recently recommended Keyboard Designer to me. Now i can type on my phone without my hands going numb in under ten minutes.
unscholarly_source 1 point 3 years ago
Thanks for the plexamp reco! I didn't realize there was a music app by Plex.
Unsustainable 5 points 3 years ago
Tasker
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Unsustainable 2 points 3 years ago
I use it for lots of things. I'm not a coder, so I can't make my own apps from scratch. With Tasker I can make my own apps. I've made tons of them.
I still have a Reddit account because there are some core subs that haven't migrated, but I don't have to official app installed. I use Tasker to check Reddit and notify me of posts.
My memory is horrible and my schedule is varied every day, so I can't set alarms for certain times. I made an app where I can say something to my watch and it will remind me depending on my location. For example, I can remind myself to get paper towels on my way home from work. When I leave work, it will send a reminder to my watch.
I use it for call screening. I only let calls from my contacts ring. It sends all other calls to voicemail.
I use it to run scripts in Termux.
I have a routine that will tell me why an app was closed.
I have it POST things to the timeline on my watch with JSON.
I have it reassign functions to my phone's buttons. I made an app that turns on the flashlight when I shake the phone.
I have it put the battery level of my Bluetooth devices in my notification bar and on my watchface.
I have it gather weather and notify me conditions and severe weather alerts.
I could go on and on, but you get the idea. You can do just about anything with it.
Anti_Weeb_Penguin 4 points 3 years ago
Swift Backup, i just can't imagine using my phone without that app.
richieadler 4 points 3 years ago
- Syncthing
- AntennaPod
- NewPipe
- Army Knife
- Sync for Lemmy
- Telegram
- Tusky
CalcProgrammer1 3 points 3 years ago
LibreWolf
Terminal
VLC Media Player
Visual Studio Code
Qt Creator
gcc
Home Assistant
OpenWRT
OpenVPN
Steam
Bottles (manage Wine installations/run Windows software)
Squeekboard/phosh (Linux phone UI/onscreen keyboard)
Hacker's Keyboard (Android onscreen keyboard)
OpenRGB
filister 3 points 3 years ago
Weawow - the greatest weather app ever created. No ads 4.9 review in the Play Store, highly recommend it.
Termux
Tasker
Homeassistant
ChatGPT
Files by Google - actually it is pretty good and allows you to transfer files peer to peer with other devices
Anytype - Notion alternative
DuckDuckGo - for app tracking and blocking of tracking requests
Wireguard
ZeroTier One
ReadEra
TradingView
JustETF
Infinity for Lemmy
The rest were already mentioned here
filister 2 points 3 years ago
https://play.google.com/... here you go
miss_brainfart 3 points 3 years ago
- Newpipe
- Mull
- Signal
- OpenCamera
And Librewolf on the Desktop
Carighan 2 points 3 years ago
On Windows, my absolutely vital stuff on the gaming rig are:
- Discord
- Firefox
- Keepass - KeepassXC in my case, but that's because I also use it on other OSes and well, same UI; otherwise on Windows itself I'd recommend the actual Keepass.
- MPC-HC, a media player that has a tiny install size and easily outperforms VLC without even breaking a sweat
- Playnite, a multi-library game launcher.
pseudozero 2 points 3 years ago
Firefox Focus
TyrionsNose 3 points 3 years ago
What’s wrong with Signal besides requiring a phone number?
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bitsplease 2 points 3 years ago
Audiobook Shelf - self hosted Audiobook server with a really excellent UI and very reliable
Tody - a habit tracking app specifically built around house chores, with functionality for multiple family members sharing the load
Sync for Lemmy - self explanatory
Tusky - also self explanatory
dotslashme 2 points 3 years ago
- Markor - amazing android text editor.
- Symfonium - music player that I can use with my selfhosted navidrome.
- Vivino - wine rating app.
- Deedum - gemini browser.
- Fluffychat - matrix chat app.
AvaAmazing 2 points 3 years ago
Nova launcher (super customizable and clean and you can unlock premium with revanced Manager)
KWGT (allows you to create custom widgets for your phone and has a very good editor so you can jam pack all the info you want into one widget)
Revanced Manager (ad free YouTube with extra features like return dislike and sponsor block and more)
Xmanager (free Spotify premium)
Vlc (best way to play video and audio files)
Fdroid (alternative app store which allows you to basically find a clone of most apps but open source and privacy friendly, plus a ton of other privacy respecting apps)
Aurora store (Google Play store but more customization and less Google tracking stuff attached)
Seal (allows you to download videos and stuff from basically any big site)
FinallyDebunked 1 point 3 years ago
joplin
MentalEdge 1 point 3 years ago
- Sleep as Android
- QP-Gallery - QuickPic, modded to be good again
- Tachiyomi - Manga and Comics manager and reader
- Audiobookshelf - Self hosted podcasts and audiobook player with progress sync
- FolderSync - Just filesyncing, since the nextcloud app sucks at it
benwubbleyou 1 point 3 years ago
I use Slidepad on my Mac every day. I have it mapped to a button in my mouse. It’s an embedded browser thing for web apps. But you can also put files there like pdfs and stuff which is handy when when you need to review something and don’t want another window always on your screen.
semperverus 1 point 3 years ago
Jellyfin, nextcloud, Conversations for Android paired with Prosody, Joplin, auxio, and homeassistant.
Vupperware 1 point 3 years ago
Apple Music, YouTube, and my online banking app.
owiseedoubleyou 1 point 3 years ago
F-Droid
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Libby, freaking love audiobooks.
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