I used to think the same for WhatsApp, Spotify, Twitter and Apollo but they can all be replaced by alternatives (Telegram / Signal, Amazon Music, Mastodon, Memmy).
I know about Keepass but it’s definitely not as convenient and easy to use as Bitwarden.
I don’t use YouTube app because of ads everywhere but I would have trouble stop using YouTube on my computer.
KeePass is really good, but it definitely requires to handle everything outside the password management (like syncronization between devices, TOTP, password quality check, etc.). It is not user friendly at all. Thankfully KeePassDX (on Android, not pc) has a way better built-in experience.
For YouTube, check out newpipe on F-Droid. No ads, you can download content, play videos in background, etc.
youtube revanced is the goat, but make sure to get it from github. It's the only official source at the moment. You gotta patch it yourself but it's basically youtube vanced once it's all set up.
#1 would be the phone app, pretty handy for calling people in real time. Without it I would have to carry a phone separately, It's become pretty hard finding a phone booth today.
#2 Would be SMS, these are quite handy for quick messages without interrupting something important.
#3 GPS maps, I have the most amazing sense of orientation, that basically guarantees I never end up where I’m supposed to, unless I have GPS.
You may take these functions for granted children. But back in the day, maps were something you had in the glove compartment of your car. Phones were something you had on the wall, with a long wire hanging out of them, to connect you to a wired network. Messages was something you send on paper, put a stamp on, and posted through the postal service.
Of course compared to back then, a smartphone has plenty more clever functions. Like the calculator, which we did either in the head or more complex calculations were done on paper.
But I guess these aren’t what you kids were looking for. But they are actually quite amazing, even if you take them for granted. ;)
Anybody without Maps on their list must take it so deeply for granted. Even for me, growing up printing MapQuest maps as a teenager, it's crazy how much before that was "whip out your massive dangerously distracting atlas and try to figure it out including where you are."
Yes camera is very cool too. Especially compared to buying film and then have to have them developed. Which was pretty expensive. The quality of pictures from a modern phone is even way way better.
I knew you meant apps besides "default" or the obvious, I just came to think how different it is today with smartphones, compared to before we had the first mobile phones. Which brings us back to the very early 80's. So I posted as mostly a joke, but also as a reminder that smartphones are pretty amazing IMO. ;)
PS. I'm from Denmark, and we were very early with first generation nationwide mobile network NMT already in 1982. And a phone for it could be had for as cheap as $7000. How time flies.
Well for one it is not just a side functionality as the manager in chrome. It also is open source and was audited several time by external experts. And lastly it is super simple to use on pretty much any platform.
Ever wondered how other browsers like Firefox can import passwords from chrome without any password? Well, viruses can do that too. With bitwarden they can't just read the passwords from disk because they would need your master password.
Disclaimer: haven't been saving my passwords in the browser for a while so not sure if other browsers can still scrape the passwords just like that anymore
I've heard about it, definitely planning to use it if it does come around. But I'm not even sure if Lemmy is going to replace reddit for my "daily driving" yet. The dust hasn't settled yet, there were so many things reddit did that I'm not sure what the future holds. Lemmy is the only option right now however.
Especially Firefox Nightly and kiwi browser run full desktop extensions. There might be others but those are the only two I know for sure that I can get to work.
Kiwi browser is the only one that I can reliably use the bypass paywall extension that gets me through the financial times of the Wall Street journal or basically any payw.
Wait Vanced still works?! I've been using NewPipe which wasn't great at the beginning but much better now, though Vanced was definitely a much better experience.
As someone familiar with what both are capable of doing, but not how, why can vanced be shutdown but revanced can't? And is revanced in danger of the new three strikes policy yt is rolling out?
Vanced distributed a modified Youtube apk which infringed on Google's intellectual property rights. ReVanced is on much stronger legal ground since they only distribute their own software, the manager and patcher, and the patches to the Youtube apk. AFAIK the three strikes policy has to do with how ads are blocked on the youtube website so I guess we will have to wait and see.
To me it's still Nova. Ever since they were bought out I've been trying to find a replacement but nothing seems to match it feature for feature. Especially on Samsung or LG phones, I'm using Nova constantly.
I just developed a muscle memory to be able to swipe down or up on any app to trigger a specific task. It allows me to really keep my home screen clean.
I've turned off automatic updates to try to limit branches intrusiveness but I'm eventually going to have to move on.
After that kiwi browser or Firefox Nightly. I need at least one of those. Those are the only browsers that allowed desktop extensions.
I guess I would choose with Firefox Nightly as it gets updated much more frequently and isn't chromium.
My honorable mentions are revanced, Google keep (The easiest way to have my notes sync up as I use a bunch of different phones and tablets), newpipe, musicolet...
I've never heard of O launcher, looks like a similar concept to Niagara (which is what I've used for a few years now). I love the simplified interface and cleaner look of both!
Tasks - My life would be a mess without this or something very similar.
Firefox - Ad blocking, dark mode, bookmarks etc. synced to my laptop.
My bank app.
If it weren't for Spotify and Strava for bike rides, I would gladly get rid of my smartphone and replace it with a flip phone. Life was better before the entire internet traveled with you everywhere you go.
There are way more options. Been a long time I didn't use Google authenticator, but with Aegis, you can customize a lot of things and you can export/import your data.
A myriad of things mostly based on location or time. I have profiles that change the way the phone behaves (notification volumes, screen on time, WiFi/Bluetooth state) based on a combination of where I am and what time it is. I also have profiles that pop up information depending on where I am (for example, the 8 digit door code at a place - it changes monthly, but is not really a secure location).
I've built a couple of mini apps in Tasker that do things like set up timers or interact with voice recording software. the other major use is to handle notifications for really repetitive apps (e.g. if people are chatting a lot in Messages, it slows the pace of notification sounds).
Edit: Apparently "Network Timeout" does not imply that your message didn't get posted 😬
Oh yeah, I got into manga last year and its a whole new world. Its awesome, quick to read and has some really unique stories, you may not have asked for it but here are some recommendations lol
The Boxer: This is a manhwa (korean, colored and also mobile friendly), its about boxing but its so good and so beautiful to read. A must in my opinion.
Kingdom: This is my recommended 700+ chapters series to get into, skip One Piece and Hunter X Hunter, this manga is about the unification of China and while the art is a bit rough the story, war and tactics is absolutely insane, it only gets better.
Eyeshield 21: You don't care about american football? Me neither, but the art here is done by Murata, a master in this field, and the characters are lovable, a bit old and aged but great.
One Punch Man: You already know what this is about, and its awesome. Murata draws it too and its still going
Solo Leveling: Another Manhwa, this is all about fantasy and an OP main character versus a world of giant creatures and dungeons. Absolutely insane art and crazy story, pretty fun read, I flew through it.
Claymore: You heard of Attack on Titan and stuff, this came before it and its fairly similar but also totally different, the art is also insane but the fights can be a bit hard to follow sometimes. Still, great story, dark fantasy at its best
Sakamoto Days: Jhon Wick but he has a family and he got a bit fat after retiring, very funny but sick action
So anyways there you go, I hope you have a good time if you read any of them
That's fair. What do you do about other devices? For example, if I pull up my laptop, and want to edit my calendar, where do you go? Samsung doesn't have their apps on other non android devices, right? I guess that's why I always defaulted to Google. If I ever switched devices or something I was synced that way.
Bitwarden - used for all my passwords and 2FA
WhatsApp - wish I could replace with Signal but network effects too wide
Twitter - I'm too addicted. This used to be Flamingo (RIP)
The last spot could've been between Flamingo and Reddit Sync, sad times.
Evernote (functional note-taking app), ReVanced (Youtube ads are a blight on civilization), My Boy! (Fire Emblem GBA series are my comfort games which get me through my bus commute. I would buy them on actual hardware if Nintendo didn't make it such an obtuse PITA with limited-time subscriptions to induce artificial scarcity.)
Google Notes: Hosted Obsidian is AMAZING! You can self host for free, but I recommend supporting them.
1Password: I use Bitwarden (personal) and Keeper (work). Both, in my opinion, much better than 1Pass.
WhatsApp: this one is hard, as it has to do with your contacts. I'm in the same boat here. I use Signal for most friends, but my foreign friends use WhatsApp, which means that I do too.
I use pretty much the same stack except I use Standard Notes over Obsidian. Obsidian I will agree has more polish, but Standard Notes is open source and undergoes 3rd party security audits every couple years. I'm okay with things being rough around the edges if a project aligns with my own principals.
I'm not familiar with Standard Notes, but I like what I'm reading about them so far. E2ee is super important and is a bit annoying that I have to encrypt my Obsidian md notes folder. That said, the fact that the notes are standard md is super nice. I may try Standard Notes. Thanks!
If you asked me month ago I'd say Relay for reddit but here we are. Today I'll go with Youtube Revanced, without it yt experience is severely lessened.
EDIT: Oh three apps. Firefox and Power Amp
Yup. Obsidian is a 'second brain' system development-like app and there's lots to it. It supports markdown, has a canvas where you can lay out and interconnect ideas and stuff. It's very customisable, it's just not open source. Libre Office, on the other hand, is a free and open source Microsoft 365/Office alternative.
Sure. I use edge for work / personal as I like the way it keeps the accounts separate. Also like the vertical tabs and having edge on the phone everything just synchronises seamlessly. Not a popular choice I know but it just works for me.
KeePassDX - I've migrated all my passwords to KeePass and use tasker to automatically backup to google drive. I have a nextcloud automatic backup configured too. I used to have Aegis but KeePassDX can take care of that too
Kiss Launcher - My first install!
Poweramp for audio, I still prefer local audio than streaming. I use Youtube Music or Spotify to discover new ones.
Apollo - Twitter - Google Reader
😂 😂 😂
Bitwarden.
I used to think the same for WhatsApp, Spotify, Twitter and Apollo but they can all be replaced by alternatives (Telegram / Signal, Amazon Music, Mastodon, Memmy).
I know about Keepass but it’s definitely not as convenient and easy to use as Bitwarden.
I don’t use YouTube app because of ads everywhere but I would have trouble stop using YouTube on my computer.
Keepass was my go-to (KeepassXC and KeepassDX), but ever since selfhosting bitwarden (vaultwarden), I haven't looked back.
KeePass is really good, but it definitely requires to handle everything outside the password management (like syncronization between devices, TOTP, password quality check, etc.). It is not user friendly at all. Thankfully KeePassDX (on Android, not pc) has a way better built-in experience.
For YouTube, check out newpipe on F-Droid. No ads, you can download content, play videos in background, etc.
youtube revanced is the goat, but make sure to get it from github. It's the only official source at the moment. You gotta patch it yourself but it's basically youtube vanced once it's all set up.
#1 would be the phone app, pretty handy for calling people in real time. Without it I would have to carry a phone separately, It's become pretty hard finding a phone booth today.
#2 Would be SMS, these are quite handy for quick messages without interrupting something important.
#3 GPS maps, I have the most amazing sense of orientation, that basically guarantees I never end up where I’m supposed to, unless I have GPS.
You may take these functions for granted children. But back in the day, maps were something you had in the glove compartment of your car. Phones were something you had on the wall, with a long wire hanging out of them, to connect you to a wired network. Messages was something you send on paper, put a stamp on, and posted through the postal service.
Of course compared to back then, a smartphone has plenty more clever functions. Like the calculator, which we did either in the head or more complex calculations were done on paper.
But I guess these aren’t what you kids were looking for. But they are actually quite amazing, even if you take them for granted. ;)
Anybody without Maps on their list must take it so deeply for granted. Even for me, growing up printing MapQuest maps as a teenager, it's crazy how much before that was "whip out your massive dangerously distracting atlas and try to figure it out including where you are."
Yeah those are all huge. Camera app is pretty good important too.
I was trying to think of stuff beyond system apps but point taken
Yes camera is very cool too. Especially compared to buying film and then have to have them developed. Which was pretty expensive. The quality of pictures from a modern phone is even way way better.
I knew you meant apps besides "default" or the obvious, I just came to think how different it is today with smartphones, compared to before we had the first mobile phones. Which brings us back to the very early 80's. So I posted as mostly a joke, but also as a reminder that smartphones are pretty amazing IMO. ;)
PS. I'm from Denmark, and we were very early with first generation nationwide mobile network NMT already in 1982. And a phone for it could be had for as cheap as $7000. How time flies.
Amazing comment
Thank you. 😉
A lot of people here are recommending bitwarden. What are the advantages of this over Google's native password manager?
The free tier has all the features you need, it's open-source and it's not a Google product.
It's also quite easy to switch to it from other managers, even the Google one.
Well for one it is not just a side functionality as the manager in chrome. It also is open source and was audited several time by external experts. And lastly it is super simple to use on pretty much any platform.
Ever wondered how other browsers like Firefox can import passwords from chrome without any password? Well, viruses can do that too. With bitwarden they can't just read the passwords from disk because they would need your master password.
Disclaimer: haven't been saving my passwords in the browser for a while so not sure if other browsers can still scrape the passwords just like that anymore
You can self-host the server
I like that I can set up a public container and share certain passwords but still manage it
Bitwarden, Firefox, and Spotify.
Bitwarden
YouTube
PornhubBraveFirefox, liftoff (slide before) and bitwarden
It used to be Sync for Reddit, Tachiyomi (Manga reader), and Vivaldi (Web browser, formerly Chrome but I needed adblock)
Replacement for Sync is not found.
Sync (and Boost) have Lemmy-compatible versions in development right now. Sync for Lemmy might even be out already, I haven't checked yet.
I've heard about it, definitely planning to use it if it does come around. But I'm not even sure if Lemmy is going to replace reddit for my "daily driving" yet. The dust hasn't settled yet, there were so many things reddit did that I'm not sure what the future holds. Lemmy is the only option right now however.
Give redreader a try
Telegram, Google Maps and Spotify.... But really 3 apps is just too few!
Bitwarden, Firefox and KDE Connect
I used KDEConnect for 48h and can't live without it anymore.
Best media control, file sharing without usb/bluetooth and sharedclip board is next lvl.
What is kdeconnect?
Especially Firefox Nightly and kiwi browser run full desktop extensions. There might be others but those are the only two I know for sure that I can get to work.
Kiwi browser is the only one that I can reliably use the bypass paywall extension that gets me through the financial times of the Wall Street journal or basically any payw.
Firefox with uBlock Bitwarden Spotify
Mull, pokemmo, and youtube revanced are my go to apps.
Didn't realize pokemmo had a mobile app.
YouTube Bitwarden WhatsApp
Fennec (Firefox fork), Tutanota (Email/Calendar), and Spotify (evil proprietary company)
Try Mull, doesn't have the traciking that Fennec has
Firefox, Whatsapp and Boost for Reddit (soon Boost for Lemmy, I think)
KeePassDX, Firefox, FairEmail
I love keepassdx. The keyboard function works real well too to avoid copy pasting.
Wait Vanced still works?! I've been using NewPipe which wasn't great at the beginning but much better now, though Vanced was definitely a much better experience.
There is a new project, ReVanced. They only provide patches so can't really be shut down by Google.
As someone familiar with what both are capable of doing, but not how, why can vanced be shutdown but revanced can't? And is revanced in danger of the new three strikes policy yt is rolling out?
Vanced distributed a modified Youtube apk which infringed on Google's intellectual property rights. ReVanced is on much stronger legal ground since they only distribute their own software, the manager and patcher, and the patches to the Youtube apk. AFAIK the three strikes policy has to do with how ads are blocked on the youtube website so I guess we will have to wait and see.
YouTube Revance
Calculator, message and phonebook...
To me it's still Nova. Ever since they were bought out I've been trying to find a replacement but nothing seems to match it feature for feature. Especially on Samsung or LG phones, I'm using Nova constantly.
I just developed a muscle memory to be able to swipe down or up on any app to trigger a specific task. It allows me to really keep my home screen clean.
I've turned off automatic updates to try to limit branches intrusiveness but I'm eventually going to have to move on.
After that kiwi browser or Firefox Nightly. I need at least one of those. Those are the only browsers that allowed desktop extensions.
I guess I would choose with Firefox Nightly as it gets updated much more frequently and isn't chromium.
My honorable mentions are revanced, Google keep (The easiest way to have my notes sync up as I use a bunch of different phones and tablets), newpipe, musicolet...
You can do this on IceRaven and Mull, which are open source, you can install all addons using this trick: https://github.com/Divested-Mobile/Mull-Fenix/issues/6#issuecomment-865333904
Plex, tachiyomi and whatever replaces my rif addiction.
Tachiyomi is the singular reason I will never be able to own an iPhone. No other manga reader comes close.
You speak truth
Check out TachiJ2K if you haven't already!
Revanced
Meteo Swiss
CFF/SBB app
What is meteo swiss
Bitwarden, Spotify and since 18 days jerboa
wefwef
Blockinger (tetris game)
Musicolet
Honorable mention to Music speed changer (uses an advanced algorithm to change the pitch and speed of locally stored audio with minimal distortion)
#1, #3, and the honorable mention are Android only. This is a huge reason why I stay on Android.
Yup, all browsers on iOS are restricted to WebKit and might as well be Safari-lite
Potato skins mozzarella sticks and jalapeno poppers
Signal, Brave and Bitwarden.
Firefox, Signal, OrganicMaps
I'm having a hard time with OM taking me through weird routes, when there's a simpler, shorter path. Have you had that issue?
Signal, Firefox, ReadEra (best EBook reader for Android hands down)
Honourable mentions to OLauncher. Super clean UI that makes my phone less distracting and easy to use
Swap Signal for Telegram and we're the same.
I've never heard of O launcher, looks like a similar concept to Niagara (which is what I've used for a few years now). I love the simplified interface and cleaner look of both!
Tasks - My life would be a mess without this or something very similar.
Firefox - Ad blocking, dark mode, bookmarks etc. synced to my laptop.
My bank app.
Firefox Phone Camera
Seriously phone without phone app or camera would be a photo frame lol
Revanced, Cloudstream and coffee from fdroid
Coffee is awesome. Such an easy quick way to keep screen awake. Thanks for the recommendation.
Speaking of coffee, cofi from FDroid is great for timing coffee recipes
Spotify
Strava
Default alarm clock app
If it weren't for Spotify and Strava for bike rides, I would gladly get rid of my smartphone and replace it with a flip phone. Life was better before the entire internet traveled with you everywhere you go.
Haha, I have almost the same list. Love it
I'll pick the lesser known ones in my collection:
Aegis is great! I really don't know why people use Google Authenticator when much better alternatives exist.
What makes it better? (Honest question)
There are way more options. Been a long time I didn't use Google authenticator, but with Aegis, you can customize a lot of things and you can export/import your data.
It's backupable unlike Google authenticator!
I use my YubiKey for that. Really useful and convenient
Liftoff still works? 🤨
Edit: Oh. NVM. Didn't notice this post was necro'd. 🤦♂️
Can't believe I haven't seen Tasker yet. Firefox and Feedly are my other two!
What do you have set up in Tasker?
A myriad of things mostly based on location or time. I have profiles that change the way the phone behaves (notification volumes, screen on time, WiFi/Bluetooth state) based on a combination of where I am and what time it is. I also have profiles that pop up information depending on where I am (for example, the 8 digit door code at a place - it changes monthly, but is not really a secure location).
I've built a couple of mini apps in Tasker that do things like set up timers or interact with voice recording software. the other major use is to handle notifications for really repetitive apps (e.g. if people are chatting a lot in Messages, it slows the pace of notification sounds).
Edit: Apparently "Network Timeout" does not imply that your message didn't get posted 😬
keepass2android fairemail kiwi browser
Google Maps, YouTube, Podcast Addict
Audiobook Shelf Tailscale KDE Connect Venmo AccuBattery Pro
That's my exact top 3 as well haha
Firefox, vscode and password manager!
Keepass, Nextcloud, Fairemail
I used to use Fairmail but now I'm strongly on the Canary Mail bandwagon
These are definitely up there for me too but I prefer K9 Mail
Tachiyomi for manga
Skyleap to play Granblue Fantasy
Bitwarden for password management
Tachiyomi is absolutely fantastic, so powerful and well made
I like a good Material You app
Tachiyomi helped me get into manga - still barely scratching the surface tho
Oh yeah, I got into manga last year and its a whole new world. Its awesome, quick to read and has some really unique stories, you may not have asked for it but here are some recommendations lol
The Boxer: This is a manhwa (korean, colored and also mobile friendly), its about boxing but its so good and so beautiful to read. A must in my opinion.
Kingdom: This is my recommended 700+ chapters series to get into, skip One Piece and Hunter X Hunter, this manga is about the unification of China and while the art is a bit rough the story, war and tactics is absolutely insane, it only gets better.
Eyeshield 21: You don't care about american football? Me neither, but the art here is done by Murata, a master in this field, and the characters are lovable, a bit old and aged but great.
One Punch Man: You already know what this is about, and its awesome. Murata draws it too and its still going
Solo Leveling: Another Manhwa, this is all about fantasy and an OP main character versus a world of giant creatures and dungeons. Absolutely insane art and crazy story, pretty fun read, I flew through it.
Claymore: You heard of Attack on Titan and stuff, this came before it and its fairly similar but also totally different, the art is also insane but the fights can be a bit hard to follow sometimes. Still, great story, dark fantasy at its best
Sakamoto Days: Jhon Wick but he has a family and he got a bit fat after retiring, very funny but sick action
So anyways there you go, I hope you have a good time if you read any of them
Telegram, Bitwarden, Ticktick
Telegram Bitwarden Firefox
Bitwarden, Google Maps, Brave browser
Mull, element, bitwarden
Bitwarden, Spotify, Aliucord
Wish I could replace Spotify but haven't found something similar that's selfhosted and foss.
I absolutely love Aliucord. I've always thought that the UI on mobile looked really bad so using a MD3 theme + compact mode plugin fixed all my issues
If you're looking for an alternative, spotube is a decent one.
It still uses your paid account but with a different front end? Neat.
Samsung browser (with adblock), spotify, Samsung email
Is Samsung email that good? Are their other default apps better than the Google ones?
For me is good enough to not use the google ones.
That's fair. What do you do about other devices? For example, if I pull up my laptop, and want to edit my calendar, where do you go? Samsung doesn't have their apps on other non android devices, right? I guess that's why I always defaulted to Google. If I ever switched devices or something I was synced that way.
Well for calendar I use too the default app, but my usage it is pretty basic.
Echoing others on the thread:
Bitwarden - used for all my passwords and 2FA WhatsApp - wish I could replace with Signal but network effects too wide Twitter - I'm too addicted. This used to be Flamingo (RIP)
The last spot could've been between Flamingo and Reddit Sync, sad times.
Bitwarden, Spotify and Yr (weather)
Neimen, hallo der!
What's bitwarden?
Password manager
YouTube Music, Vivaldi, and Telegram.
3 Stores-ish nested 3 deep count?
I'll allow it🧑⚖️
Evernote (functional note-taking app), ReVanced (Youtube ads are a blight on civilization), My Boy! (Fire Emblem GBA series are my comfort games which get me through my bus commute. I would buy them on actual hardware if Nintendo didn't make it such an obtuse PITA with limited-time subscriptions to induce artificial scarcity.)
Literally why I got a Deck instead of a Switch.
Seeing a lot of bitwarden+firefox. If you're already using Firefox why not use lockwise?
Bitwarden is better
Day-to-day use: Bitwarden, YouTube (Revanced), Liftoff.
Productivity use: Duo Authenticator, JuiceSSH, WireGuard
Syncthing, KeepassDX, F-Droid.
Although in reality, most apps I use could be plausibly replaced with other alternatives.
YouTube, Bitwarden, Niagara Launcher.
Bitwarden, Firefox, Signal.
F-Droid too... I'm not going to be able to limit it to three ;)
I should switch to Bitwarden…
Bitwarden, Apple Music, WhatsApp
Telegram, Trust Wallet, and my bank app
SkyDemon (aerial navigation), Signal, Fennec (unbranded Firefox).
KeepassDX, Nextcloud, and Termux (I do some software development via Samsung DeX on a lapdock)
Nextcloud, zulip, home assistant. I have more must have apps but since you asked for 3
Google Notes: Hosted Obsidian is AMAZING! You can self host for free, but I recommend supporting them.
1Password: I use Bitwarden (personal) and Keeper (work). Both, in my opinion, much better than 1Pass.
WhatsApp: this one is hard, as it has to do with your contacts. I'm in the same boat here. I use Signal for most friends, but my foreign friends use WhatsApp, which means that I do too.
I use pretty much the same stack except I use Standard Notes over Obsidian. Obsidian I will agree has more polish, but Standard Notes is open source and undergoes 3rd party security audits every couple years. I'm okay with things being rough around the edges if a project aligns with my own principals.
I'm not familiar with Standard Notes, but I like what I'm reading about them so far. E2ee is super important and is a bit annoying that I have to encrypt my Obsidian md notes folder. That said, the fact that the notes are standard md is super nice. I may try Standard Notes. Thanks!
Youtube Revanced, Firefox, and Citra (or another emulator)
Considering that you can also use Amap and Meituan in WeChat, the new list would be:
WhatsApp, YouTube, Spotify
If you asked me month ago I'd say Relay for reddit but here we are. Today I'll go with Youtube Revanced, without it yt experience is severely lessened. EDIT: Oh three apps. Firefox and Power Amp
Kiwi browser (with uBlock) Joplin (notes) Keepass2Android
Google maps, bitwarden, telegram
Honorable mention: Boost for reddit (hopefully soon to be replaced by boost for Lemmy 😁)
F-droid, DPI Tunnel, Magisk
Spotify Google Maps Firefox
YouTube, 1Password, Amazon
Sorry, I know I’m supposed to say something cooler than Amazon but it is hard to imagine life without it now.
Authenticator apps. Everything else is replaceable.
Obsidian, fastmail, Bitwarden, Waze, and a messenger (telegram)
Signal, Jerboa and Firefox
Right now, Smart Launcher, Bitwarden and probably YouTube, sadly.
Snaptube Perplixity ai Readera Lemmy
Discord, Nine, and Radio Alarm Clock
Gelli(music player for Jellyfin)
Brave
RCX for transferring files from computer to phone
I'll be boring but hyper pragmatic.
Maps
Camera
Mail
OsmAnd+, Poweramp and Vivaldi
Bitwarden, Outlook, Nova Launcher
Honorary foss mentions: Lawnchair, Simple Gallery Pro, feeder rss reader.
Protonmail, ProtonVPN, Protonpass. Adguard-DNS.
Showly for tracking shows 365 Scores for sports scores Tick Tick for reminders
ViMusic (free YouTube Music) https://github.com/vfsfitvnm/ViMusic
Bitwarden
KDEConnect
I'm a barbaric who uses web browser to open most things even on mobile...
Webtoon (and LINE), Clock, Maps
Spotify, Pocket Casts, Youtube (revanced)
Obsidian, Telegram and LibreOffice.
What is Obsidian and Libre?
Obsidian is a note taking app, LibreOffice is an office suite similiar to Microsoft Office.
Yup. Obsidian is a 'second brain' system development-like app and there's lots to it. It supports markdown, has a canvas where you can lay out and interconnect ideas and stuff. It's very customisable, it's just not open source. Libre Office, on the other hand, is a free and open source Microsoft 365/Office alternative.
AntennaPod, WhatsApp, Solid Explorer
Bitwarden, Brave, and Poweramp
Ask me a month ago and it would've been Reddit Sync.
Now - WhatsApp, kbin, YouTube
Firefox, Bitwarden, NewPipe/Libretube (Youtube)
Telegram, Music app, Firefox
Edge, YouTube, and was reddit is fun.. Guess whatsapp instead now.
Instagram, Ekşi Sözlük (it's a turkish app like a blogger/reddit app) and Jerboa
Bitwarden, DGT GTD, Workflowy
YouTube, YouTube Music, and probably Maps
Firefox, Bitwarden, NewPipe/Libretube (Youtube)
Avira Password Manager, Spotify and Snapchat.
Google notes? You mean Google keep or they introduced a new app?
Since they closed Google notepad with all my notes just to introduce a new separate app one year later I can't trust them for this important data.
Dashlane, ReadEra, Dashlane
Whatsapp and Browsers.....
and may be google maps.
Messenger
Keyboard (since it's an app)
Firefox
Moshidon Client for Mastodon
Vivaldi Browser
and
XPlore File Manager with paid features
Brave, Whatsapp and Camera/photos.
Visual Studio, Chrome, Ms Teams.
I work in software development.. they are core to me living.
1Password, Firefox, Spotify
What's 1password?
Signal, Firefox, ConnectBot
Bitwarden; pocketcasts; edge browser
Runners up: Signal, Snapseed, Microsoft translator.
Edge on android? May I ask why?
Sure. I use edge for work / personal as I like the way it keeps the accounts separate. Also like the vertical tabs and having edge on the phone everything just synchronises seamlessly. Not a popular choice I know but it just works for me.
Authenticator Pro, Bitwarden, KDE Connect.
Telegram ProtonMail My bank's crappy app
Firefox
Keepass2Android
Signal
Fyi your comment posted three times
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There three are really bad choices