My top android apps are :
1.Local send for file transfer
2.Bitwarden for password manager
3. Antennapod for my podcast
4.Seal for YouTube download
5.Boost for lemmy
6.Rimusic for YouTube music
7. Poweramp for local music on my phone
8.Lichess for chess
9.protonvpn for vpn
10.fairmail for email
I use Android as my secondary phone, my primary is an iPhone. Though for the past six months, my use of Android has surpassed iOS as the latter is now only for calls, messages and reading emails. For replying to emails, I use a computer.
I have removed as many Google apps as I could using Canta, as long as the phone is able to boot and function.
The apps, in no particular order (read: the order in which I can recollect):
App
Notes
Droidify
F-Droid client
HeliBoard
General keyboard
Unexpected Keyboard
Programmer’s keyboard
Fossify Calendar, Gallery, Music
Self-explanatory
Voyager
Lemmy client, although not a native Android app
Eternity
Native Android Lemmy client, although not as good as Voyager
Tubular
PeerTube and YouTube client with QoL niceties
Calculator++
Calculator with QoL niceties
Cromite
Chromium based browser with QoL niceties
Termux
Terminal emulator
Rethink DNS + Firewall
To block ads and monitor network activity
Orbot
For accessing TOR
Emacs
Still setting it up on Android, only to browse my Denote repository (which seems the only way I can browse it on any mobile device)
Aurora store
To install Apple Music
Apple Music
To use the music subscription from my primary phone