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Useful android apps you are using? (beehaw.org)
submitted 11 months ago by Nyoelle@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org
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As in title, preferably open-source, but doesn't have to, I will start:

KOReader - Amazing reader app, and being able to use the same app across various devices, even non-android ones, is pure bliss. Japanese support is pretty good too, which makes me happy. Though.. Sadly no vertical text support :c

Syncthing-fork - Being able to keep a library of books, and some files, and easily keep the shared folder across various devices, is mega comfy. Tachiyomi - Cute manga reader.

NewPipe - Really pleasant youtube client, that i sometimes use to listen to things in the background.

Kaku - An useful Japanese OCR app, that works.. quite decently for when I encounter kanji that I do not recognize, and is not text.

EinkBro - A web browser, that on e-ink devices, is quite comfy. Has few... quirks, but works well on e-ink

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[–] cymor@midwest.social 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Some I haven't seen listed yet:

[–] Librerian@beehaw.org 6 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I stopped using Nova Launcher when it was aquired by an analytics company, since launchers usually have access to a lot of permissions, and I don't trust a company dealing in analytics to operate in good faith with that access. I have used Lawnchair 2 and recently switched over to Neo Launcher.

[–] cymor@midwest.social 1 points 11 months ago

Good to know!

[–] serial@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

How would you compare nova to neo, analytics aside? Is it far enough along to be a practical competitor?

[–] Librerian@beehaw.org 1 points 11 months ago

I find that Neo covers most of my needs. Although there is one thing in particular that I miss: swiping actions on seperate icons to launch another app/action. I haven't used Nova in a while, but it had nicer previews inside the options, and I find that Neo has a few minor bugs that annoy me at times. But Neo has the things that are most important to me: multiple pages, tabs or folders in the app drawer, icon pack support, search and gestures (not on each icon, as noted earlier). I also miss the ability to place icons between the defined grid as in Nova.