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Ada - like webmd, but more interactive. gives me a rough idea of potential scenarios based on xyz symptoms i'm having.
Cone - not every day use, but identifies colour hex codes using your smartphone camera
SyncThing - Specifically Syncthing-Fork on Android which has better rules to prevent battery drain. Syncs all my photos to my NAS and syncs my Obsidian vaults.
Todoist - Would be lost without it. Not that "special" except for its positive impact.
ObsidianMD - Posted about a lot here. It's amazing.
Stellarium - AR sky maps with a nice UI, my wife uses it as well. The kids love it.
HTTP Shortcuts - Create shortcuts, not just "http", can also create obsidian:// shortcuts and use the Advanced URI plugin.
Automate - Automate tasks on a phone, I use it to turn a smart outlet off when my phone charges to 80%.
The Photographers Empheris and/or PhotoPills - Plan landscape photos
Star Rover - Star maps
I've been journaling with it for two years now nearly every day and it's 100% wonderful. At the end of each year I order a physical copy of the journal for my personal archive. Highly recommend.
KDE connect - basically apple's handoff but open source and for Linux and windows. Libretube - YouTube without ads, trackers or an account.
inaturalist- photograph and track organisms you see, and submit their location to relevant research projects
Joplin : Notes
Macrodroid : mostly to keep my files tidy. Way back in the day of SD cards in phones it helped transfer things over nightly in preparation for my sync job with...
Syncthing : Magical and finicky software
Loop Habit Tracker : Notification pops up, "Did you exercise today?" You answer yes or no and it logs it. I have several questions throughout my day, one of which being how I felt for the day. It's interesting to go back and see which habits improve my day.
Tasks.org (app) : simple to-do app
RaspController : manage local raspberry pis
Wireguard : Selfhost a VPN to "remote" into my home network
Quickimgur : this one is hard to find now. Adds a simple option to the "Share" button on photos. It uploads to imgur and copies the link to my clipboard. No account required.
Aurora Droid : A nice skin for F Droid
YouTube Vanced : Removes YT ads and enables background play. Also restores dislikes and works with Sponsorblock
Privacy.com (app) : Let's you spin up temporary credit card numbers when purchasing things online.
Zone Launcher : shortcut launcher. I swipe from the bottom right of my screen from anywhere on my phone and release over the app I want to launch.
Probably others but I don't even know if these are "special". Just some of my first downloads on a new phone.
- Syncthing: free sync among devices/servers
- Newpipe: YouTube without ads. Subscribing to channels without logging in. One click downloads of videos and audio.
- VRTV Free: see any video in Cardboard-like VR headset
- Gforth: runming FORTH in android
- Scrambled EXIF: scrambles EXIF data before sharing to anyone
- Smart Audiobook Player: best free audiobook player out there
- Binaural Bits: what it sounds like. no ads. nice UI.
- Bodhi Timer: simple times that is lightweight and cool
- Notes, Calendar from Simple Mobile Tools- all paid versions (some cents per app for forever)
- Feeder: open source rss reader, unlimited feeds, free
- Showly: tracking movies and shows. auto syncs with Trakt
- Simple Soroban: best abacus learning app out there
- Switch: one tap wifi server launcher. can access phone files from any machine with nice GUI
- X11 Basic: runs BASIC on android
After reading much of the thread, I am now using Pushover and notin, too.
Auto Text : Can schedule texts, including reoccurring ones. Also great for reminders in the notification bar. Use it every day. Joplin : Notes Macrodroid : mostly to keep my files tidy. Way back in the day of SD cards in phones it helped transfer things over nightly in preparation for my sync job with... Syncthing : Magical and finicky software Loop Habit Tracker : Notification pops up, "Did you exercise today?" You…