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Is there any closed source android app that you wish had a good open source alternative?
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An equivalent to iOS Shortcuts for Android and Linux.
this post was submitted on 06 Jun 2024
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SMS Backup & Restore? Unless there is an alternative that I'm missing? Play store link
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Xplore file browser
It's trivial to replace the independent pieces of xplore, but it has so many features in one app that I just can't let it go. It's got dual pane file browsing, disk usage chart, smb, ftp, and many other cloud storage connections. It also handles many types of compression.
It's become my main offline music player as well, because it has the simple ability to shuffle a folder of music, which is all I really need.
It can also view installed apps, export them to apk, and view and modify appdata (as non root!).
Same but with FX File Explorer
It just has so many useful features
Sailforms Android app!
https://groups.google.com/g/sailforms-users
Use like 12 years for keeping track of lots of personal stuff. It's a generic database / table / forms app that's very powerfull. Buttons, queries, reports, calculated fields etc.
But: the app developer stopped despite a rather enthusiastic community. Now it isn't even on the Play Store anymore and I guess everybody must have an exit strategy.
Why is there not an app that tells you which grocery stores have the best prices? I should be able to give it a list and it'll tell me where to buy each item.
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Visual voicemail
Readably
No RSS reader is quite like it.
Synfonium
Best music player out there.
Uber? What do you use for rides?
I don't have any suggestions. I can't think of any proprietary app good enough that I'd give up control of my computing for. However, consider objective requirements rather than subjective terms like good. What do you use the proprietary app for, why are existing free alternatives not sufficient, and can a free app be made that satisfies those requirements?
I'd be happy if Voiply would just work without GMS and could be downloaded from F-droid.
It’s not an Android app but ServerCat is the best multi device monitoring/ssh software for mobile that I’ve come across. Sadly none of the alternatives on iOS or Android compare. Totally room for a proper competitor that fits a lot of information in an intuitive and clean ui.