What are some useful apps that are only found on F-Droid?

Termux cos the Google Play version is depreciated since Android 10.

Dimmer, Newpipe, Vimusic, Xtra, Aurora Store, Yet another call blocker

Droid-ify it's, a better F-Droid client

Adaway is an open source ad blocker for Android using the hosts file.

I use an app called Seal. You could think of it as a fronted for youtubedl. The interface is really beautiful and you can download videos from many different websites.

Another one is ViMusic, this is just an app that streams songs from YouTube music without any ads. edit: fixed spelling of vimusic

TrackerControl full version

TrackerControl is an Android app that allows users to monitor and control the widespread, ongoing, hidden data collection in mobile apps about user behaviour (‘tracking’).

https://trackercontrol.org/

Fennec, Termux, NewPipe, LiberaReader, NeoStore

F-droid is great. But I wish f-droid had some kind of rating system so that I could use it more.

NewPipe

Simple calendar

Simple gallery

SD Maid

KeePassDX

MuPDF mini

Open contacts

OsmAnd~

Slight backup

VLC

Jerboa

F-droid

ps: how do you make a list on Jerboa/lemmy?

Not that it's only on Fdroid, but DAVx5 is free on Fdroid and $10 on Play.

For those that use the Signal messenger, Langis is just Signal without Google Play services.

Native Alpha.

Save web apps, into one application, with extra privacy settings (like javascript blocking)

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NewPipe, Noto, Mucke, QKMS, OSMAnd, Mull

Netguard. There is a Google Play version, but it cannot do system-wide adblocking.

Not sure if it's only on F-droid, but I've switched from G-board to Open-board. It's a virtual keyboard app that has many "extra" features compared to Simple board. There's autocorrect, swipe to complete, and a clipboard visualizer. I'm trying to figure out if I can add entries to the dictionary so it suggests some words I use often instead of others tho.

Kvaesitso, a really great and elegant launcher for Android.

MinCal Widget nice tiny calendar widget

Seal, handsome video downloader

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Dimmer: screen dimmer
Insular: isolate sketchy apps.
Xtra: twitch with bttv
Florisboard: non big brother keyboard
Superfrezz: kill background apps

Sleep timer: stops media when the timer runs out.

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/fr.smarquis.sleeptimer/

Transistor https://codeberg.org/y20k/transistor

Minetest + mineclone2 = FOSS legally distinct minecraft

I used to use it for Bromite since then I've used it for Mull Browser and Antennapod.

That said I've never found the main app very useful I use foxy droid to browse and update those apps

SD Maid FOSS Edition

Many apps that are on F-Droid are also on Google Play, but there are exceptions. Gadgetbridge (smart watch connection app) warns that the Google Play version is unofficial and unaffiliated. An unofficial app might be upstream compiled without modifications, but this opens users to potential supply chain attacks from the uploader and Google.

DNS66 is an amazing adblocker

LibreTube is the best youtube client out there

Tachiyomi, but honestly I mostly use Neko which is a fork of TachiyomiJ2K which is a fork of Tachiyomi. Both aren't on Fdroid but at least they are completely FOSS.

It's the best Manga reader out there and it supports basically every Manga website out there and more.