I am an active contributor to OpenStreetMap project since 2013 and this app means a lot to me because this was the only alternative map application back then & for long-time for Android & iOS devices.

Merely contributing to OSM was not fruitful until such a consumer side app exists which makes contributing to OSM meaningful because we can de-google (i.e live without google) ourselves for privacy & sovereign reasons.

1. The app supports offline first usage (we have to download map data of our area of interest) and no need to worry about lack of Internet connectivity when traveling abroad or remote regions.
2. Offline navigation & voice instructions on language of your choice through TTS. Additionally it can also integrate with online routing services like OSRM, etc.
3. The app also has a collection plugins which enhances the features like close integration with Wikipedia, street level images through Mapilary & wikimedia commons.
4. The app screens are customizable with various widgets.
5. Supports multiple usage profiles (car, bike, public transport, cycling, etc).
6. Display the map in language of your choice (the names in OSM should be localized to that language)
7. Bookmark or save favorite places
8. Record GPS tracks, plan a route and share it with friends & family members. Tracks can be uploaded to OSM for helping armchair mappers too.

Feature wise it is extensible. The app renders vector tiles and since it does it all in our phone, the rendering will not be as smooth as Google maps or CoMaps or OrganicMaps.

Map data also takes up a small portion of storage (this data can be moved to external storage, if available) and the app also supports receiving live updates of data (if you are an OSM contributor).

Overall, a fantastic app that will never fail you (map data quality varies from region to region based on how actively people contribute to OSM in that region).

A very small, simple, effective app works as expected. Rings an anti-theft alarm whenever the phone is unplugged from charging cable. Useful while charging in public places. However triggers a false alarm during a power failure too. Can’t blame the app, there is no easy way to distinguish between power failure & cable unplug.

It’s a personal expense, income, credit & investment tracker app. I really like how simple it is.

Though the name has AI in it, there is No complicated ML models involved which means it’s light on phone.

The fact that it is FOSS and doesn’t require Internet access is why I trust this app with SMS permissions.

Works well with parsing SMS from banks & other financial service providers. Give it a try.

App is simple to use and works over LAN / WLAN. Makes life easy by sharing text, files, apps, media to other networks on the same network. The exchange traffic is also encrypted which is good for privacy and security.

I have been using NewPipe for more than 5 years to access YouTube and I must say it always works as expected. No ads, background playback, video/audio downloads, offline subscription, I use all of those features.

The app will break very rarely, but it’s not NewPipe’s fault. Google now & then makes a change in YouTube service which breaks the app, but the community finds a solution / workaround which gets fixed quickly in the next hotfix version.

Beyond YouTube, the app also has support to access video/audio contents PeerTube, SoundCloud, CCC Media, etc.,

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This is a full featured clock application. It has all the usual features such as alarms, stopwatch and timer. The app has a clear UI. Everything is as it should.

Except

Except that the alarm didn’t ring any audible bells. Well at least I got a long nap… This may not be the app’s fault per se. Maybe it’s something related to my particular phone (Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro), but nonetheless this unfortunately makes the application useless, for me anyway.

Still, go ahead and give it a try. Maybe it works better on your device. Just make sure to test it before relying on it…

Tested with version 5.8.1.

Organic maps is FOSS and uses Open Street Map data. You can download regional maps for offline usage. All the basic mapping features are there, though some more advanced ones might still be lacking at this date.

Compared to Google Maps and the like, Organic maps respects your privacy.

Compared OsmAnd — which is the de facto mobile app for OSM — Organic is faster and has a cleaner UI. OsmAnd gets quite laggy when there are a lot of maps downloaded.

This is just brilliant offline dictionary app. It uses dictionary files generated from Wiktionary, so the data is top notch. The UI simple and straightforward. No bloat.

PS. If you ever need good dictionary-files, you can download the ones used by this app from here.

This is a great app. It might not be as polished and have as much of that just-works-ness as something like Google Maps, but consider that the map is stored locally on your phone. You’re not telling Google or some other giant tech company where you’re going. It’s also very flexible. You can add “favorite places” like bookmarks, tell it to remember your parking space, and even add Wikipedia annotations to landmarks.

Along with privacy comes the fact that there is bound to be room for improvement - and you have control over that. If something is missing or incorrect on the map, don’t throw up your hands and switch back to Waze or whatever you were using before. Remember that OpenStreetMap is edited by volunteers, kind of like Wikipedia. All you have to do is go to openstreetmap.org and start improving the map. Any changes you submit to OSM will soon be available as an update to the maps installed locally on your phone. If you see a mistake in Google maps, all you can do is submit a request for someone else to consider fixing it.

Pros: Privacy, flexibility, ability to edit maps, offline navigation

cons: maps take up a lot of storage. My maps take up a total of 1.24GB. UI might be confusing to some because of all the options and some general rough edges. Calculating a route might take a moment longer since the calculation is done by your phone’s CPU and not a remote server.

NewPipe is a easy to use YouTube client that also supports other sources like SoundCloud oder FramaTube (both beta). It automatically blocks ads and has a built-in subscription feature, where you can also group channels e.g. to a catagory “LetsPlays”. You don’t need (and can’t use) a google account - so commenting and likes are not available.

I highly recommend using it, after I subscribed to some channels it became my daily YT client