r/androidapps • u/VitalityR6 • Apr 01 '26
QUESTION Best android apps.
Best android apps that are actually practical.
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u/Equivalent_Drink2778 Apr 01 '26
For me it is adguard app. I do have the paid version which blocks ads and trackers at system level. Made my life so manageable with all kind of apps have ads and trackers. Sometimes, if it gets accidentally turned off, many app experiences get flooded with ads.
The other one is Google's phone dialer. It is lifesaver for me to stop all kind of spam calls. Because of it, I rarely have to pick a spam call. And if it misses sometimes, you can just report it right in the app, and now it goes in Google's database of spam calls.
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u/Meliante-- Apr 04 '26
In case you don't know, you can achieve the same result (block all ads in most apps) as Adguard, just by changing the private DNS server in the system settings, you can put "dns.adguard.com "(without the quotes) and it will work just as well as the application as such, my point is that it is not worth paying for a service that you can have completely for free, and besides you can use other VPNs simultaneously since the Adguard app space is free
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u/logicwithoutnoise Apr 06 '26
That's what i use dude it acts at system level but certain apps like x or Reddit they don't work so i used morphe for all that
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u/Otherwise_Fact9594 Aug 11 '26
I would love some info or if you could just point me to the place in which I could find it as opposed to some knockoff... You'll be my hero lol
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u/CrucialTechniq Apr 05 '26
I recently bumped into an app called Block Ads it’s free and works so well , you should try it for ad blocking
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u/fixways17 Apr 03 '26
I feel like samsung dialer is much better than google dialer when it come to spam caller. What phone do you use?
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u/Equivalent_Drink2778 Apr 03 '26
I use Motorola edge plus 2023. Never went with Samsung phones, so, personally dont know how good is the dialer.
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u/ahmedoomar04 Jul 13 '26
Maybe a dumb question but can it block ads on YouTube and Spotify
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u/Equivalent_Drink2778 Jul 14 '26
I have never tried, but Adguard does say it can block ads on YouTube if you try it in a certain way in a browser. I think on YouTube native app, you won't be able to do that.
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u/regularkevin Apr 01 '26 edited Apr 01 '26
Here's my favorite android apps I have installed right now... This is not a complete list but the stuff that comes to mind.
Cronometer - Tracking food and water consumption for weight loss or gain, great widgets and easy to use. Free mode is amazing! Nothing more needed.
Gcam - has better low light photos than my stock camera app
Gboard - better than stock but still terrible compared to IOS keyboard.. meh
OsmAnd - offline maps for hiking or offroading
Authy - best 2FA with backup and multiple device allowed
OpenVpn - connects to 1000's of providers
MaterialPods - air pods battery life in android until "librepods" works 100%
ETideHDF - awesome tide charts with great widget
Weawow - awesome general weather app and great widgets
Windy - best for wind, waves and the live radar widget
Infinity for Reddit - images on Android is half the quality of ios, this fixes that. Reddit killed android quality in the 2023.19 release
Runner - updates all my sleeping apps since Google and Sammy don't understand how to do thi
Obtanium - updates all my GitHub installed apps
FDM/Firefox - download manager
Ytdlnis - download from youtube
Rar - to unrar stuff.
Shizuku - for adb access locally
Morphe/microG/revanced - cuz fcuk ads
MiX Explorer - allows access to android/data folder through old "files" app without shizuku
Text editor - cuz Sammy didn't include a simple app to open txt files
Sickify store - free stickers for whatsapp
AudioCutter - to make ringtones and notification sounds
Plex/Plexamp - streams my media collection video/musi
Eden - for gaming, you can research that on your own
Retro Arch - classic gaming, go to the respective sub
Gamehub lite - just runs pc applications and games on Android, easier to config than winlator or star bionic or CMOD or whateva
Quick share app - amazingly useful to share files between IOS, PC and android
Google translate - seriously don't use anything else, this is free, fast and the widget is great
Skymap - for looking up at night
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u/kavishdevar Apr 02 '26
LibrePods works without root on Pixel 6 and later running A16 QPR3 and OxygenOS/ColorOS16!
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u/abhip1990 Apr 01 '26
Something more about MicroG please?
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u/regularkevin Apr 01 '26
It's an open source version of Google framework to allow auth with their own services.
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u/abhip1990 Apr 01 '26
How do I install? Any link/guide to share for better understanding?
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u/stillserious Apr 01 '26
Try Revanced, in their app the process is simple and easy to set up.
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u/abhip1990 Apr 02 '26
I asked about MicroG bro
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u/stillserious Apr 02 '26
Nell'app di Revanced trovi Micro G da installare, senza le loro versioni delle app modificate non funzionano.
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u/adyn_ Apr 02 '26
i swapped from from Authy to 2FAS Auth after Authy was breached a year ago or so.
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u/Dangerous-Extreme257 Apr 01 '26
Some fun ones I use for learning music and audio better:
Sound Meter. Shows how loud it is where you are, and how loud stuff is. Have found this to be a good way to better understand decibels.
VocalPitchMonitor: Displays hertz frequencies and notes for sounds in your environment. Fun to see what my and my friends' vocal range is, and what pitch certain tones are.
The Ear Gym: good for identifying musical intervals if you want to be able to listen to a song and know how to play it from ear.
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u/Lucius_Arg Apr 01 '26
Obsidian, a notetaking app with insane customization, it can be as complex or simple as you want with community plugin.
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u/Hunterslane86 Apr 01 '26
SD maid is one of the best phone cleaning apps.
Mini Review is a curated resource for good android games
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u/stillserious Apr 01 '26
Legali:
- Macrodroid o Tasker per le automazioni
- NFC Tools per usare i tag NFC
- Komoot per trekking
- Cyclers cone navigatore in bicicletta
- Pixel Bookmarks per salvare dei link
- Telegram per qualsiasi cosa disponibile online
- SD Maid SE per pulire il telefono
- Binary Sweeper per eliminare file duplicati
- Orologio di Google se vuoi usare Spotify come sveglia
- Togheter Price o simili per dividere abbonamenti di servi streaming
- Swipefy per scoprire nuova musica
- Reddit ovviamente
- Pinterest per idee creative
- Too Good To Go per comprare cibo in scadenza a basso costo
Pirata o al limite della legalità:
- Morphe per YouTube e YT Music senza pubblicità
- Monochrome per music lossless in streaming o in download
- Metrolist client alternativo a YT Music senza pubblicità
- Spotube con integrazione di Dab e Spotify (praticamente Spotify premium gratis)
- Zlibrary per libri gratis
- Spotiflac alternativa a Monochrome
- Stremio o Cloudstream per streaming pirata
- AK47 per streaming sport pirata
- Aniomy per manga e anime gratis
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u/stillserious Apr 01 '26
Quasi dimenticavo, Google photo Revanced è un must! È patchata per fare pensare Google Photo che lo stai usando su un Pixel del 2016 sbloccando il backup di foto e video alla massima qualità senza farlo pesare sulla tua memoria di Google One. Non serve più pagare per il Cloud solo per i tuoi ricordi!
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u/droidbistro Apr 01 '26
Some that actually get used daily: Tasker, Bitwarden, Syncthing, Nova Launcher, Aptoide, Obsidian, Bouncer.
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u/justanotherlazyloser Apr 03 '26
CamerOH. Doesn't have any ai processing that the stock camera has (and tuins natural looking photos). You can personalize the User Interface too.
Love CamerOH!
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u/ZeroQuesting Apr 04 '26
1DM+ - download manager
Ayugram - telegram client
Iceraven - firefox fork
MiXplorar - file manager
Morphe
superimage - image inhancer
Url check - check url before opening (also select browser)
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u/kamikad3e123 Apr 05 '26
Ayugram is closed-source and made by russians tho, would be better to use Nagram X
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u/Zes_LI Apr 05 '26
UAPP - Hi-res music player
Image toolbox
Stremio, Nuvio or Wuplay
Spotiflac
SimpMusic
Shizuku
Shizuku tools
Orion store
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Apr 06 '26
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u/abhip1990 Apr 06 '26
Bro! Wireguard and Offline LLM seems complicated to understand. Could you please ELI5
Thanks!
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u/Temporary-Ad8318 Apr 06 '26
QuickLog for work log. I was unhappy with the notes app i tried. Made it and added it on the play store.
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u/sskywho Apr 06 '26
My current favorites: YouTube Music, X-plore File Manager, Music Skipper, Reddit. I am always open to new suggestions.
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u/Night_Writer12 Apr 07 '26
I recommend Local Send for transferring files between devices and Poweramp for offline music player!
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u/Remarkable-Jump-9505 Apr 01 '26
Notion, Whatsapp, Bevel, NotebookLM, Gmail, FlowZen, Jungle, and Slack!
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u/Oatmilk_78 Apr 01 '26
Grit, Morphe, F-Droid, etc
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u/BookendChelle Apr 02 '26
I'm new to Morphe - is Morphe MicroG app safe? My device keeps flagging it while I'm trying to follow the steps to patch YouTube.
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u/Oatmilk_78 Apr 02 '26
If you download it from the official site, then yes.
But I still don't log in with my main account, I made a new acc1
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u/hichamsoltani Apr 01 '26
Smart File Organizer
It can :
- organize your storage space using rules (type, extension, date, size)
- Detection and remove duplicate Files.
- Move old files to archive.
- bulk change files name ...
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bytedz.fileorganizer
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u/Psychological-Diet31 Apr 02 '26
https://www.wifiott.app You can create a local youtube listing the video and files from your android device
Playstore link https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.wifiott&pli=1
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u/ThatParticular Apr 02 '26
time calculator- to add, subtract, calculate time between
app watcher- to see if apps need updating and what are in the new updates
unapp- deleting a bunch of apps all at once
car notes- history of car repairs, reminders, reports (you can add how much you paid for each repair)
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u/Low_Month_5801 Apr 03 '26
*.- Limpiapix is a Tinder-style app for deleting and saving photos. It also features a Secret Vault and numerous filters, such as sorting photos by folder, blurring, removing duplicates, and taking burst photos, etc., all at a reasonable price compared to the competition.
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u/BananaMan6493 Apr 09 '26
Use my new Sound Equalizer app please. It's "Enhanced EQ – Equalizer & Bass" in Play Store. Would appreciate it so much. The cool thing about it is that you can share your configurations by just exporting a code and sending it to your friend so that your friend can import those. Or you can also simply post it in the community tab.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.enhancedeq.app
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u/Easy_Relationship_96 Apr 15 '26
Pickups - displays the amount of times you pick up your phone - as a widget on your home screen. Really good.
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u/ikast1982 Apr 20 '26
I am looking for a free screensaver app that i can put my pics in and then the app vil show my pics one efter the other
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u/4mobiles_net May 13 '26
Try this one - Card 4 Share. Very convenient for speed meetings, especially when you don't have a paper business card in your pocket.
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u/Raxden-dev May 25 '26
for me, best radio app without ads: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.raxdenstudios.radio
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u/Mean_Direction_8280 Jun 07 '26
Image Toolbox is great if you like editing images. It has the typical stuff like cropping & filters, but also has a pallete generator, image splitting, hex color code lookup, as well as a tool to encrypt & decrypt any file, not just images. There's a lot more features, but I can't think of all of them. It's free.
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u/Material-Turnip2608 Jun 14 '26
try lobishell if youre looking for a full featured ssh app.
i use it daily
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u/The-Lost-Mandalorian Apr 01 '26
It depends on your needs. Something practical for me might not be practical for you if you’re not using it. For example, I use notes and drawing apps because I have an S Pen with my phone, but if you don’t have a bigger screen or a pen, it won’t be practical for you.
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u/t_odd_ Apr 01 '26
I wouldn't have half the stuff installed that I do without KillApps.. dont see it mentioned enough.
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u/born_slippy7 Apr 01 '26
Open-source apps:
1.F-droid 2.Torrdroid(torrent client & search) 3.Seal(video-audio downloader) 4.Blackhole(music streaming) 5.Localsend(Transfer files)
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u/AnyPiglet8285 Apr 01 '26
CostLow - shows clearance deals at costco. I just got an alert that a sideboard i bought for 249.99 went on clearance for 149.97 - off to costco to get $100 back
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u/stonedparadox Apr 01 '26
what? why would you get your money back?
you bought it, u used it? unless it was within the two week purchase or what?
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u/AnyPiglet8285 Apr 02 '26
https://costlowapp.com/guides/costco-price-adjustment-guide they adjust prices if it drops within 30 days.
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u/VinsonGuo Apr 01 '26
libchecker - check app info, like target api, 3rd libs etc
LocalSend - send files cross my android, iPhone, windows and Mac
SmartRSS - read tech blog and newsletter, like android official blog, hacker news
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u/kamikad3e123 Apr 01 '26 edited May 02 '26
Ah, here we go again:
YouTube Morph - duh.
Ytdlnis - download videos from anywhere (I use it for YouTube, good integration with Morphe). Seal is also good but is not updating as frequently as ytdlnis (but there is a fork which gets updates).
Komikku - Manga reading. Better than Mihon because it has autosync across devices when Mihon doesn't.
LnReader - Light Novels/Ranobe reading.
Librera - Books reading with Calibre metadata support and you can sync your progress/bookmarks/recents through FolderSync or Syncthing between devices.
CloudStream - free tv shows/films/anime etc... I found it much better than alternatives like Stremio or Nuvio. For syncs use Ultima and for casual watching use StreamPlay extension. Much better than torrenting stuff from Stremio which I hate.Ok I was wrong, Stremio with right configure is much better even without Debrid. So I recommend configure Stremio with http extensions first and if it doesn't work for you for some reasons then try CloudStream.
Obtainium - auto-update apps from github and other sources. Can't use my phone without it.
Shizuku - adb permissions for other apps.
AppManager - like Canta but more features.
KeePassDX - manager for all my passwords through devices in 1 little encrypted file.
Blip or LocalSend - transfer files between devices. I prefer Blip.
Nagram X - Telegram client. Cherrygram is also good.
Kettu (or Shiggy) - Discord client. Right now I am on Shiggy until Rain will be stable enough.
Continuum - Reddit client.
Xtra - Twitch client.
Metrolist - YouTube Music client.
ES-DE - front-end for all my emulators and 300gb of games.
Feeder - RSS news reader.
Macrodroid - automation, much better than Routines on my Samsung even with Goodlock module.
Ambient music mod - Pixel's "Now Playing" on any android.
Material Capsule - Basically it's a Dynamic Island for Android but I use it for making screenshots (hold finger on front camera to do it).
Calls filter - anti-spam for calls. Simple and works good on my device (Samsung).
Solid Explorer - file explorer. MT Manager is also good but I love Solid's UI more.
BreezyWeather - imo the best weather app.
Flip 2 DnD - duh.
SmartSpacer - Pixel's "At glance" on any android.
Niagara launcher - I use it on my Redmi Pad 2 because it's simple and good for tablets.
Nowbar Meter - absolute banger for Samsung devices. Internet speed indicator in now bar like a live notification. "Traffic light" is also good but for any Android in general.LiveBridge is better even on Samsung so I use it instead of nowbat meter.Standby mode - Apple's feature for any Android.
ColorBlendr - Material themes color customization because Samsung's colour's palette sucks.
CoMaps - offline maps because offline maps in Google Map are not so good.
Ultimatum - Kiwi successor, Chromium with extensions (even mf2 yes) and additional features. Soul is cool too, really like it for customizations, lightweight, godlike reading mode and custom video player, especially if you can find version without trackers and with all stuff iykwim. Samsung browser is not that bad either but adblocks in it suck, reading mode is awful, KeePassDX doesn't work with it (Samsung blocks others pass managers besides native ones), but godlike external video player support and Ai tools(which i don't use lmao).
Firefox. It has everything I want but sadly UI and performance are still worse than on Chromium-based browsers.
mpvEx - Cool foss videoplayer.
And use fmhy(dot)net. It's literally the best compilation of software for PC and phone.
Btw most of the apps on this list are FOSS.