Top Essential Android Apps
This is a non-exhaustive list of some android apps that I use.
Editing :
- Adobe Lightroom- Edit RAW images.
- InShot - Easiest app to edit Videos.
- Photoroom
- Retouch - Remove objects in image
- Stitchcraft - Photo stitching and screenshot app.
Creative:
- Nexsnap - Share "beautified" screenshots for social media.
- Microsoft Designer
- Canva
- ~Adobe Express~
Music
- Fossify Gallery - A simple and light, ad-free, photo organiser and viewer.
- Gramophone - A beautiful open-source local music player that supports Material You theming.
Internet:
- Raindrop - Bookmarks
- Pocket - Save web articles for later reading
- Droidify - A client for fdroid which is an appstore for open-source android apps.
- ProtonVPN - Free and private VPN from a trusted company.
- Pictrove - Search images from multiple image search sites at the same time.
- iNaturalist - An app for recording observations of plants, animals, insects
- Browsers :
- ~Kiwi Browser - Chromium browser that supports chrome extensions.~ Outdated
- Via Browser - A light browser that has tons of useful tools: Resource Sniffer, View Source, User-Agent, User Scripts support, Customisable Reader Mode, Save page as PDF, Network Log.
- Microsoft Edge - Now supports extensions
- Seal - Media downloader
Keeping track of things:
- Hurry - Store event details and and track countdowns to each
- Remember the Milk - A light app to store todos and lists of different things.
- Memento - Maintain a database of things (Lists of music I've listened to for each year, etc)
- ~DayOne - A journal app to keep track of all the important life moments. It stores images in HQ compared to other alternatives.~
- Proton Calendar
- Bitwarden - Generate and store strong passwords
Weather
- TodayWeather - One of the best weather apps with a large number of weather sources.
- Weather & Radar - Realtime weather sattelite radar images
Writing:
- Nicemind - Mind maps.
- Diaro- Diary app.
- Notes
- Google Keep
- Upnote - Notion / Evernote alternative thats not bloated or slow.
- ~Notion - One of the best apps to maintain notes, docs, lists.~
- Zettlr - Write notes and sync to github repo.
Reading + Watching
- ~QuickBible~
- Moonreader - Ebook reader
- ~Google PDF - Simple pdf viewer~
- Twitch - Game + other live streaming
- Google News
Tools
- AIO Calculator - Calculator + Unit Converter
- MiXplorer - Light, ad-free and feature packed file-manager
- MyBoy - Gameboy Advance emulator (This is what I use to play Pokemon roms)
Social
- Boost - Reddit client
- Letterboxd - Social media for film reviews. Create lists of movies.
Cloud storage
- Proton Drive, Collect, Onedrive, Google Drive, Google Photos.
Other
- Nova Launcher
- DataDex - Pokedex app
- Dagger - Dota tournament stats
Edited: Dec '24