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04-27-2020 06:23 PM (Last edited 04-27-2020 07:44 PM ) in
Others
- Blokada.org a free, device-wide adblocker
- SD Maid, the only serious cleaning tool
- Nova Launcher
- Past Recorder, to block the microphone access
- Simple Notes, multi platform notes
- EasyJoin, transfer files to/from pc etc.
- Replaio, radio app
- Audials internet radio with a recording feature
- [Musicolet player](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id~~~~=in.krosbits.musicolet)
the best photo gallery
- Photo editors:
good for basic jobs, text on photo
[dev.mcyver](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.iudesk.android.photo.editor) often considered the best.
- Photo markup, blur:
Screen Master, Annotate, PointBlur
- Flashlight from Simple Apps
(free, clean and safe series of apps)
- Volume Notification, manage volumes individually
- Firefox with addons: uBlock Origin, Privacy Badger, Decentraleyes, Cookie Autodelete
- [Copy]
(https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.weberdo.apps.copy) screen text copy
- [Universal Copy](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.camel.corp.universalcopy)
super handy tool to copy text from anywhere
- NewPipe,
alternative Youtube app (github.com)
- YMusic, Youtube music player/downloader (official link: ymusic.app)
[Vanced](https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-youtube-vanced-edition-t3758757) Youtube Red altn.
- [Asus File Manager](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.asus.filemanager😞 super easy file manager
- Bitwarden, open source password manager
- [Ehrhardt Password](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.reneph.passwordsafe😞 extra secure because offline
- Bouncer to manage app permissions
- [Screen Recorder](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kimcy929.screenrecorder)
- [Albatross For Twitter](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nick.mowen.albatross) permission-less Twitter client
- [Video Panda](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pandavideocompressor) video compressor
- [PictPics](
- [Gaaiho PDF reader](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zeon.Gaaiho.Reader) clean and simple PDF viewer
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Podcast apps:
[Podcast Go](
***MixCast*** has an awesome radio with hundreds of music genres and subgenres.
***Podcast Addict*** has a ton of features, favorite of podcast fanatics.
***AntennaPod*** is open source.
***Podcast Go*** if you like very simple, has a nice design.
Antivirus apps are pretty useless, so are cleaners, boosters and battery savers which are all **bleep**.
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Avoid popular Chinese brands like Cheetah Mobile, InShot, DU etc. avoid everything called 'cleaner', 'boosters' etc. it's all placebo. Avoid antivirus apps.
When you got ***pop-up adware***, find the bad app:
- Right after getting a popup go to Play store > My apps > Installed > Last used. Which apps on top there?
(feature removed in latest Play app, you can use [this app](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.saipriyank.recentapps) to see last active)
- Which apps have 'appear on top' [permission?]
- Under Settings > Apps, check on installed apps without icon (green droid icon)
- Check [Device admin]
if any suspicious app uncheck it, may be one without icon
- Samsung phones: bloatware Peel Remote is a notorious adware that generates pop-ups, disable or uninstall it.
- **When solved, please post the bad app [here]
to warn others and report the app in Play store**
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Privacy respecting apps:
Will update it soon
Also will move it to tech talk soon
*Sorry couldn't provide links for all apps
*Beware some links are not working
(Google assistant has podcast inbuilt)
* 3rd party Clipboard will not work in Android 10.
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