[yazan94]

What apps do you recommend one to download from F-Droid?

[cf100clunk]

It would be impossible to guess what is right for you as an individual, so see for yourself:

https://f-droid.org/

As others have mentioned, Aurora Droid and Aurora Store are helpful alternatives to the Google app store.

https://gitlab.com/AuroraOSS/auroradroid

https://gitlab.com/AuroraOSS/AuroraStore

[turova]

Not everything here will be for everyone and there's obviously a _lot_ more good stuff there, but here's a list of some good apps to look at:

- OsmAnd - offline version of Google Maps

- FreeOTP+ - FOSS 2FA app

- NewPipe and/or SkyTube - Youtube app alternatives. They break every so often when Google changes something, but when they work, the experience is much better than the stock YouTube app

- Simple Gallery Pro - view/manage photos

- OpenTracks - track running/biking/etc.

- MuPDF viewer - view PDFs

- FairEmail - privacy-first email client

- NetGuard - Application-level firewall (can block outgoing network requests)

- Forkyz - downloads and lets you solve daily crossword puzzles

- Gadgetbridge - app to connect/manage wearables

- Aurora Store - replacement for Google App Store

- Barinsta - Instagram client

- Fennec F-Droid - Firefox for Android

- Silence - Text message app

- VLC

[ignoramous]

See: https://github.com/offa/android-foss

[gibspaulding]

Not OP, but here are a few of my favorites:

RedReader (for Reddit)

AntennaePod (podcasts)

NewPipe (YouTube)

Wikipedia's official app

Voice (audiobook player)

Book Reader

RSS Reader

Twire (Twitch)

Easy XKCD

Ning (network scanner)

Some of these are available from the Play store as well of course, but not all. For random utilities where I want something lightweight that does a basic task it's the first place I go. Ironically it's some of these fdroid apps that are what keep me on Android. I'd love to be rid of Google, but would really miss AntennaePod and NewPipe.