Boost for Lemmy - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rubenmayayo.lemmy
+1 for boost as well here. It's the closest I got to RIF, which was awesome... sucks that the dev went to tildes, with not even half the activity as lemmy.
Slay the Spire
Don't tell me this! I have it on my steam deck and it is addictive enough. I had no idea it was available on android. I am going to try and pretend I didn't read this.
It's coming for you... I've already bought it and played it all the way through on pc, switch, and android
Easy question for me, Tasker. Don't know what I'd do without it. Come to think of it, as someone has already mentioned, Stardew Valley is pretty good too.
I like the idea of Tasker, but can't think of usecases. What's yours?
Some examples of using Tasker:
When a specific phone contact or contact calls, it raises the volumes to max. This is useful if you went to an appointment, set your phone on silent or vibrate but forgot to reset it. After the call has been completed, it returns the phone to the original volume you set.
When I scan a NFC Tag, i have it send a webhook to my August lock to unlock it. As an apartment dweller, if I go down to the car to unload groceries, the door by default auto locks. This means I have to pull the phone out, unlock it, open the August App, and then tell it to unlock the door and sometimes use the biometric to do so. Having the NFC tag do this means I can put it in my wallet and when I put my phone in the same pocket where the wallet it is, it triggers the door.
When connected to my computer only, it keeps the screen on all the time.
When I launch certain apps, it keeps the screen on until the app is closed. Very useful when you are at the grocery store working within a strict budget and want to see how much you have put in to the cart!
I have a widget on my screen which toggles my Private DNS on/off. This allows me to disable the adblock dns I use if I encounter a public wifi which insists I disable it. (I usually stay away from those, and use my mobile data, but sometimes it's unavoidable when there is so much interference your 5G goes to NONE and you have to be there for a while.)
Likewise, I have a widget which toggles my Tailscale connection on/off which comes in handy as well. Again, if the Wifi spot rejects custom DNS's and I'm in the scenario above.
If you have a Google Account (Sadly, this is the only way). You can view the list of profiles/tasks which other people have built. It's a growing list. https://taskernet.com/shares/
Using third party software such as Wake on LAN, when I come home and connect to my WiFi, it wakes my computer. (Or really any condition I set to trigger it).
I will say that the dev is very responsive and active in releasing updates and new features.
With that said, it has a slight learning curve which he(the developer) is working on to help simplify things and modernize it more. Since taking over the project from the previous owner, it's really grown.
I admit though, I used to have a lot more tasks and profiles, but it seems that Android is starting to bake those functions in so it's not as used on my end. But don't let it it sway you. Your imagination is the only limit with what you can do with Tasker.
Generally, for less than a cup of coffee, it's worth the purchase price. :)
When my house guests text "#wifi" to me, they get an auto reply with the WiFi password.
NFC tag stuck to my medication pouch. When I boop my phone to it (or tap a shortcut on homescreen), I can select what medication I have taken. The medication and the time gets added to the bottom of a Google sheets spreadsheet, that I, or someone supporting me can check to get an overview of how frequently I've been taking medication (especially useful for spotting high pain chunks of time due to more frequent usage of PRN pain meds).
Another aspect of the medication tracking above is that it also can tell me the last time I took medication. For example, if I take ADHD meds at 12pm, then my next dose would be 4pm. If I tap the shortcut at 3pm, it'll tell me I last took meds at 12pm and I'm next due at 4pm. Alarms tend to either startle me or not be noticed, but when I had smart lights and a notification light on my phone, I could make a colour gradient where "you have just taken meds" = red and "you are due to take meds" = blue, and as time progresses, the colour slowly becomes more blue. This works well for me, because I like visual reminders
Personally I use it to
Tasker. Pretty much programming your Android to automate things. Such a powerful app.
Stardew Valley
NZB360 for managing my *arr services for downloading movies and TV shows
My Android paid must haves are: Titanium Backup (for scheduled backups and quick recovery), Threema (Messenger) and airMusic (former AirAudio, stream from mobile to e.g. Sonos).
What makes Threema better than Signal?
I am not aware of any advantage, but my family and friends are using either Threema, Signal or Telegram. So I use all three of them.
Currently limited to groups chats of 256 participants and group calls of 16 participants
For privacy, freedom, and control, iOS is out. As with Telegram, I advise staying away from the Google variant and highly recommend the Threema Libre implementation for Android. Licenses are not compatible across variants, so stick with the Threema Shop!
The largest criticism levied against Threema:
"While some of the findings presented in the paper may be interesting from a theoretical standpoint, none of them ever had any considerable real-world impact," the post stated. "Most assume extensive and unrealistic prerequisites that would have far greater consequences than the respective finding itself."
Last time I used Titanium Bckup it was losing compatibility and I moved on to Neo Backup. Did Titanium get updated again ad some point or something?
Titanium has been abandoned for years. Swift backup is what I switched to, or DataBackup on GitHub if you want a free option.
Titanium Backup hasn't been updated in five years, and I think that update was just to meet requirements to stay on the store. Their last changelog entry is adding the menu icon after Android ditched the physical menu button. There are a bunch of settings that are broken or do nothing due to changes to Android over the decades (TB has been around for so long that it supports Android 1.5).
I've been using Swift Backup as a replacement these past few years. It's closed source but was recommended to me, and I haven't run into any problems yet. Is Neo better in some way, aside from being FOSS?
Stardew Valley.
The only other app I have paid for that wasn't a game is "iVCam" so I can use my phone's camera as a webcam that isn't limited to some stupidly small resolution or have a watermark, can do more than 30fps, and also works as a source in OBS. I mostly use it for full body tracking in VR with the April tag system. But I wouldn't say it's my favorite.
it was nova launcher pro till they fucked the dev team down to 1 dev who does everything so I moved to lawn chair because I can't trust that the project is going to stay alive.
The only paid app that I have is Moon+ Reader Pro.
I read a boatload of ebooks on my device, and this has been my ebook-reader of choice for a while. I found it to be so good that I did the IAP, and stopped using Librera Reader.
For all that matters, I am a huge supporter of FOSS apps (that's the reason I have only one paid app lol) - but Moon+ reader Pro beats Librera in two areas - Librera is pretty slow when it tries to open a huge file, and Librera also can't download book covers like Moon+ does.
Buzzkill! Perfect to remove distracting notifications during work hours or to not see some notifications altogether
FX as an explorer replacement when Xiaomi put pubs in theirs.
You have a free version too, I don't even use the "pro" stuff just wanted to contribute.
Torque Pro. Extra gauges for your car, like oil temp, timing, fuel trim, air-to-fuel ratio, tire pressures, MPG, and so much more. Also you can use it to see if you'll pass emissions before you even go in for testing. (Requires OBD-II Bluetooth dongle.)
Also if you're willing to answer a couple of surveys a month, you can get paid apps for free forever using the Google Opinion Rewards app.
Google Opinion Rewards app.
Unless Google Googles you. I used to use this, but I have apparently been permanently silently banned from it with no explanation and no recourse. I did nothing wrong or disingenuous as far as I can tell; It simply kept asking me -- presumably based on my location -- how my experience was with retailer X, Y, or Z was. Always stores which I had not visited but simply gone near, and I truthfully answered that I did not go to those places and it'd give me thirty cents or whatever, but then one day it just stopped offering me surveys at all, apparently forever.
So I guess this flags the magic Google algorithm that I am worthless as a consumer and the app no just longer does anything on any of my devices anymore. It loads, it displays, but it never presents me any surveys. It squatted there on my phone completely silent for six months, so I uninstalled it. What a crock.
Also, I'm sure they're spying on you all the time through that app. Obviously it tracks your location, and Satan himself only knows what else it reports back to them. I think I'd give it a miss at this point. I'd rather pay $2 of real money for some app versus having Google snooping around behind me all the time just to get something for "free."
But yeah, Torque Pro is worth it. I use it all the time. So is Alpine Quest. Those are the only two paid apps I ever use on my phone.
Meteogram, super customizable weather app. The subscription or one-time-for-life-payment allows access to all paid weather providers that are currently implemented
Paprika app. Helps us meal plan and be prepared for the week. Cloud sync with my spouse, shared grocery list, calendar, pantry tracking, recipe scaling, and many more features. The best feature however, is that the screen does not go off while you are cooking.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hindsightlabs.paprika.android.v3
Niagara (on pixel).
Windy. The best weather forecast app. You can have a free account, but with premium you get more often updated data from various models.
Aio launcher... Slick and I just like what it provides.
And before it became the next great yt sponsor... Ground.news . I've had it for like 4 years and it's refreshing ... I do miss the comments section but I also understand it was becoming a mess to moderate with their tiny team
Poweramp, IMO the UX is excellent and it has tons of powerful features. No other music player I've tried comes close.
RadarScope Pro is the first that came to my mind. I don't live in tornado country anymore, but got plenty of use out of it when I did
Unified remote. WiFi or Bluetooth control over any win/Linux/Mac machine with many remotes and incredible functionality.
F-Droid image gallery. So many useful features, but I use it mostly for automatic galleries and metadata tagging
Motioncam is an must have if your phone is powerful enough
Sd maid Se . worth paying
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