{"id":3400,"date":"2022-01-22T23:42:13","date_gmt":"2022-01-23T07:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wonghoi.humgar.com\/blog\/?p=3400"},"modified":"2022-01-23T17:19:47","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T01:19:47","slug":"excellent-android-free-and-open-source-apps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wonghoi.humgar.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/22\/excellent-android-free-and-open-source-apps\/","title":{"rendered":"Excellent Android Free and Open Source Apps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Simple Mobile Tools has very nice replacement for basic features no matter you are using the apps that came with your phone&#8217;s stock ROM or LineageOS which has the minimum. It&#8217;s lightweight yet it does a little more than most default basic apps<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Phone<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Yet Another Call Blocker (it downloads a database to your phone instead of uploading the phone number to the server to do the check)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Browser<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Brave (Can use sync chain that your data is not stored in other people&#8217;s cloud)<\/li><li>DuckDuckGo<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Maps &amp; Navitation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/osmand.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">OsmAnd<\/a> &#8211; Offline Mobile Maps and Navigation<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/organicmaps.app\/\" target=\"_blank\">Organic Maps<\/a> &#8211; very neat map apps that shows the walking trails!<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>I do not recommend Navit for Android as it&#8217;s very slow and broken. GTK+ style GUI looks very odd on Android.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Utilities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>File Manager: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/zhanghai\/MaterialFiles\" target=\"_blank\">Material Files<\/a> (it also has a  built-in FTP server)<\/li><li>Gallery: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.simplemobiletools.com\/gallery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Simple Gallery Pro<\/a> (comes with a handy image editor and freestyle annotation)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Productivity<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Calendar: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.simplemobiletools.com\/calendar\" target=\"_blank\">Simple Calendar Pro<\/a><\/li><li>Contacts: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.simplemobiletools.com\/contacts\" target=\"_blank\">Simple Contacts Pro<\/a> (optionally show phone number next to name)<\/li><li>Email: Maildroid, Fairmail<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Multimedia<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Rumble<\/li><li>Odysee (LRBY)<\/li><li>Youtube Vanced (Youtube app broke which keeps demanding me to update when it&#8217;s already the latest)<br>You can change the comments behavior in Vanced settings<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Social Media<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Twidere: excellent Twitter\/Mastodon client (Twitter&#8217;s official client is very resource intensive and sluggish.)<\/li><\/ul>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div><p id=\"pvc_stats_3400\" class=\"pvc_stats all  \" data-element-id=\"3400\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-prefix=\"far\" data-icon=\"chart-bar\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-chart-bar fa-w-16 fa-2x\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M396.8 352h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V108.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v230.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm-192 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V140.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v198.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm96 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V204.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v134.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zM496 400H48V80c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16H16C7.16 64 0 71.16 0 80v336c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h464c8.84 0 16-7.16 16-16v-16c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16zm-387.2-48h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8v-70.4c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v70.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8z\" class=\"\"><\/path><\/svg><\/i> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading\" src=\"https:\/\/wonghoi.humgar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/page-views-count\/ajax-loader-2x.gif\" border=0 \/><\/p><div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Simple Mobile Tools has very nice replacement for basic features no matter you are using the apps that came with your phone&#8217;s stock ROM or LineageOS which has the minimum. 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