F-Droid Apps Reference
2 min readAug 16, 2021
A collection of useful apps, that can be downloaded from F-Droid. This means they are Open Source Apps and can replace your proprietary software. Reclaim your freedom! :)
Multimedia
- VLC-Player: Media Player for Audio and Video
- Antennapod: Podcast Player
- RadioDroid: Internet Radio
- Soundrecorder: Sound Recorder :)
- ScreenCam: Screenrecorder
- Imagepipe: Edit Images, Remove Metadata
- Scrambled Exif: Remove Metadata
- MuPDF: Light Weight Document Viewer for PDF Documents
Internet
- Fennec: Firefox without proprietary Software (e.g. Pocket)
- Bromite: Chromium fork with ad blocking and privacy enhancement
- Tor Browser: Browsing through Tor Network
- Orbot: VPN through Tor Network
- SimpleSearch: Search Widget, like from Google Search
Privacy & Security
- Blokada: Ad Blocker
- Netguard: Firewall
- Exodus: Display trackers and permissions of other apps. Needs internet connection
- Classyshark3xodus: Displays trackers and permission of other apps. Does not need Internet connection
- Wi-Fi Privacy Police: Prevents your phone of leaking sensitive data over Wifi
- KeepassDX: Password Manager
- AndOTP: 2FA App
- Aegis: 2FA App
Communication
- K-9 Mail: Email Client
- FairEmail: Email Client
- Tutanota: Email Client for Tutanota Mail Service
- DeltaChat: Decentral chatting App, that uses Email infrastructure
- Jitsi Meet: Video Chat, like Zoom
Social Media / Wrapper Apps
- FaceSlim: Facebook Wrapper
- Slim Social: Twitter Wrapper
- InstraGrabber: View and Download Public posts
- NewPipe: Youtube Wrapper, Soundcloud Wrapper …
- Tusky: Mastodon Wrapper
- WebApps: Sandbox for Web Apps
Productivity
- FitoTrack: Fitness Tracker for Jogging, Biking, Inline Skating
- OpenFoodFacts: Scan Barcodes of Food
- My Expenses: Personal finance manager
- MoneyWallet: Personal finance manager with multiple accounts
- Loop Habit Tracker: Track your habits
Useful Apps
- Unit Converter Ultimate: Unit Converter
- Simple Flashlight: Flashlight App
- Survival Manual: Manual that contains survival guides, e.g. how to make a fire
Traffic, Maps and Navigation
- Öffi: Public Transport Information in Germany
- Osmand: Map App that uses Open Street Map. Includes Car, Bike and Pedestrian Roads
- Transportr: Map App and shows public transport
Sytem Apps
- AnySoftKeyboard: Keyboard that does not use the Internet
- Simple Mobile Tools: Calender, Contacts, Photo Gallery…
Games
- Open Sudoku
Knowledge
- Wikipedia
- Kiwix: Download Wikipedia Articles to specific topics