Cost / License
- Freemium
- Open Source
Platforms
- Android
- Android Tablet
+5
A clean Android setup with the best apps (mostly open source)
For podcast lovers this is an awesome foss app, stream podcasts, download them it's simple yet powerful!
Worth mentioning :
Pocket Casts freemiumCost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Android
- Android Tablet
- F-Droid
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application types
Platforms
- Android
- iPhone
- iPad
Song recognition
I think this one is well known and doesn't need a presentation. Great if you're using
Apple Music or 
SpotifyCost / License
- Free Personal
- Proprietary
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Apple Watch
- Google Chrome
- Android Wear
- Messages
An open source super lightweight Shazam-like app. Great if you're on
Spotify , 
YouTube , 
TIDAL , Apple Music , 
SoundCloud , 
Amazon Music , 
Deezer , 
Napster , 
Pandora , 
Yandex Music or 
YouTube Music (Free YTMusic clients listed above should be able to open these links if you set it up in your phone settings under Apps The foss YTMusic client app Open links.)
Audio recording
A really great lightweight foss recording app, less than 1Mb apk and has an awesome UX
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Android
- F-Droid
Launcher
A pixel inspired open source and customizable launcher
Worth mentioning :
Fossify Launcher
Ion Launcher
A free and open source minimalist launcher - distraction free.
Worth mentioning :
mLauncher-android
YAM Launcher
Escape Launcher
Unlauncher
Focus Home Screen - Launcher proprietary launcher that combine a regular UX and a minimalist one so you can easily switch from one another.
A lightweight launcher that is really good on low-end hardware.
Worth mentioning :
TinyBit LauncherCost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Android
- Android Tablet
- F-Droid
Weather
+4
Security
For your security I recommend you to use 2FA on most of your accounts with this app.
DO BACKUPS
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Flathub
- F-Droid
- Flatpak
- WebApps
+7
You should use a password manager !
If you don't have any I recommand you to try BitWarden as the free plan is generous with cloud synch on all your devices. The project is open source, have been independently audited and let you selfhosting it if you prefer!
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Self-Hosted
- Apple Watch
- Snapcraft
- Microsoft Edge
- Vivaldi
- Google Chrome
- Flathub
- Microsoft SQL Server
- Tor Browser
- Safari
- F-Droid
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Flatpak
- Cloudron
- Opera
- Chocolatey
- Mono
- Brave
- Mozilla Firefox
- Docker
+10
If you only need a password manager locally on your phone or you want to sync your vault yourself. Based on the KeePass standard.
Another Open Source password manager with sync feature to use accross all of your devices.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Google Chrome
- Flathub
- Safari
- F-Droid
- Mozilla Firefox
- Snapcraft
+3
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Chrome OS
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Apple Watch
- Microsoft Edge
- Vivaldi
- Google Chrome
- Safari
- Yandex Browser
- Opera
- Brave
- Mozilla Firefox
- Snapcraft
+2
If you want a firewall app, that can block ads and tracker for exemple. On modern Android you can setup custom DNS domain and uses either
AdGuard DNS or 
MullvadDNS public DNS to block ads and tracker without having an app using your VPN slot.Worth mentioning :
DNSNetCost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Online
- Android
- Android Tablet
- F-Droid
VPNs
You probably don't need a VPN but if you want one or need one here arre the bests :
Cost / License
- Paid
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Chrome OS
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- F-Droid
- WireGuard
- Tor
- OpenWrt
- Tomato
- pfSense
- DD-WRT
+10
A new but interesting decentralized VPN built on top of the
Nym mixnet. You can get the fast mode which uses two hops of the mixnet and for less data-demanding taks you can use the Anonymous mode that uses five hops of the mixnet providing a slow but near-impossible to de-anonymize connections. Can pay anonymously with crypto and provide a Zero-Knowledge Proof solution to decorelate your payment info of your account improving your anonymity.Cost / License
- Paid
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- AppImageHub
- Arch Linux
- Flathub
- F-Droid
- WireGuard
- Ubuntu
- Debian
- Flatpak
- GitHub
A freemium VPN that is limited on free tier (country list, speed, priority and other features such as Port-forwarding) but isn't a privacy invasive nightmare compared to other commercial and free options.
Worth mentioning :
WindscribeCost / License
- Freemium
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- Chrome OS
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Google Chrome
- Apple TV
- Flathub
- F-Droid
- Android TV
- Flatpak
- Fire TV
- Mozilla Firefox
+6
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- F-Droid
- Snapcraft
A free app to route your entire phone's traffic to the
Tor darknet ensuring great anonymity (can be more easily attacked to de-anonymized than a mixnet but still good) through three hops. You can select per-app routing and enjoying the slow speed of a darknetWorth mentioning :
InviZible Pro Support Tor and 
I2P darknets and let you use dns-crypt too.Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
Menstruation apps (Period tracker)
If you are a woman you might want a menstrual tracking app. This one doesn't track you and is open source !
Worth mentioning :
Mensinator
If you don't like drip. you might give a try to Euki, it's not open source but it does respect your privacy and collect no data as it works offline !
More apps
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- AppImageHub
- Snapcraft
- Flathub
- F-Droid
- Chocolatey
+5
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Android
- F-Droid
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