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Awesome Privacy Android Apps (202408251217)

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202408251217

Awesome Privacy Android Apps

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Apps for Android with privacy and security as their main focus.

I’ve personally tried these apps before recommending them.

You can search for these apps on F-Droid

Network Privacy

  • NetGuard - Manage internet access to any app or service in you Android phone without root
  • TrackerControl - NetGuard Fork, more usable and centered on trackers instead of just network traffic

Security

2FA (Two Factor Autentication)

  • BitWarden Autenticator - 2FA Foss with cloud Sync
  • Aegis - 2FA FOSS local-first, no sync capabilities
  • BitWarden - Password Manager

RSS

  • Feeder - Private RSS reader

Email

  • Proton Mail - Secure E2EE mail
  • K-9 Mail - FOSS Mail app (Future Thunderbird for Android)
  • SimpleLogin - Email aliases currently owned by ProtonMail

Office Suite

  • OnlyOffice - FOSS Office suite, pdf reader, Cloud capabilities, multiplatform, E2EE.

Podcasts

  • Antennapod - Podcasts FOSS app, no cloud-sync by default

Notifications

  • P!n - personalized notifications, for remainders or notes on the notification bar

Data sharing and sync

  • LocalSend - File Sender, private, works on LAN, airDrop alternative, multiplatform
  • SyncThing - Secure and E2EE file synchronization via LAN or Internet without remote external server or cloud inbetween

File Explorer

  • Material Files - Private File explorer FOSS
  • Fossify File Manager - Private File Explorer FOSS

File Encryption

  • DroidFS - Encrypted Folders/Vaults that no other app can open

Launchers

  • Lawnchair - FOSS and private app Launcher

Video clients

  • New Pipe - Youtube Front End alternative and PeerTube client

Notes

Simple Notes

  • Markor - MarkDown notes, local-first
  • Standard Notes - End to End Encrypted notes (E2EE) with cloud sync

Advanced Notes

  • Obsidian - Markdown, PKM, local-first
  • LogSeq - local-first, Markdown, org-mode, PKM

Task managemet

  • Tasks (Tasks.org) - Private and local-first task management. Has private Location notification capabilities.

Wallets and fidelity cards

  • Catima - Local-only Fidelity card manager
  • fWallet - Private and local-only Wallet for boarding or other type of passes. Allows you to import PKPass files
  • KDE Itinerary - PKPass files and boardings passes, with lots of other features

Weather

  • Breezy Weather - Privacy respecting weather app, data from Open-Meteo or other sources. No tracking, no ads.

Maps

  • Organic Maps - FOSS maps, based on OSM data, Private, Offline capabilities.
  • OSMAnd - FOSS maps, based on OSM data, with more layers and overall information than others alternatives, a lot of customization options, for the hardcore map addicts. Private. Steeper learning curve. Allows some OSM Contributions.

OpenStreetMap (OSM) Contributions

  • StreetComplete - A simple editor that allows you to resolve simple tasks and add information to Open Street Maps. Low learning curve.
  • SCEE - A more advanced Street Complete Fork that adds some custom capabilities, like add new POIs (Point Of Inerest) and a Image Map Layer. Low-mid learning curve.
  • Vespucci - OSM editor for Android, for the hardcore mappers, steep learning curve, lots of options and features.
  • OSMAnd - Allows basic contributions and POI edits

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