GrapheneOS AppVerse: A Curated Collection of Privacy-Respecting Apps

Eirikr70

Hello, that is a nice list.
If I may, I would suggest not to mix together self-hosted apps (Immich) with normies' apps. You might dedicate a specific chapter to those who are willing to self-host, if you want to emphasise on the extra-level of privacy that it provides (with increased risk for data security).

ianonymous3000

Eirikr70 Ah right! Good catch - will update it asap. Thanks :)

Eirikr70

I would also add Geometric weather to the meteorological chapter.

ianonymous3000

Eirikr70 Can you confirm if the project is active? https://github.com/WangDaYeeeeee/GeometricWeather
The last commit was made 2 years ago. Do I have the right repo link?

Eirikr70

ianonymous3000 Sorry, it's Breezy weather, which is a fork of Geometric weather.

ianonymous3000

Eirikr70 Added to the list! After a quick glance - seems like a great weather app. Thanks again for the contribution!

yam8449

Rethink DNS is often recommended for firewall + DNS filtering.

ianonymous3000

yam8449 Yes, I have heard a lot of good stuff about it but why need a DNS when the VPN already takes care of it? (at least the ones on my list)

Wouldn't it be redundant? Or what am I missing here?

ignoramous

ianonymous3000 Yes, I have heard a lot of good stuff about it but why need a DNS when the VPN already takes care of it? (at least the ones on my list)

Wouldn't it be redundant? Or what am I missing here?

Because Rethink DNS (despite its name) isn't just a DNS stub resolver. This has been discussed previously: https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/7930-rethinkdns-needed-on-grapheneos/8

Of course, Rethink DNS + Firewall isn't anywhere close to a must have but it also isn't made redundant by other VPN apps.

Eirikr70

I would say that RethinkDNS is quite different from a VPN (although it partly acts as and takes the place of a VPN) since it provides with an on-device DNS filter.

Overlay1404

@ianonymous3000 Consider adding QuickWeather it can be paired with Open-Mateo for a free, open source, and privacy respecting weather app.

ianonymous3000

Overlay1404 Done! Another solid suggestion :)

brookie229

Maybe RecordYou a privacy focused voice and screen recorder - although no further updates as it is considered complete.

https://github.com/you-apps/RecordYou

DeletedUser217

Overall, this is a good list and could definitely be useful for people starting out. A couple of suggestions, if I may:

Remove Binary Eye, which is made redundant by Secure Camera, which has QR and barcode scanning functionality.
Remove Secure Photo Viewer, which seems to be from 2018 with very few reviews.
Perhaps you would like to include launcher recommendations. From my experience, Lawnchair and Kvaesitso are both FOSS and very nice to use, especially as the default Launcher3 is fairly barebones.
RSS readers might also be worth considering. I’m currently using Feeder, which is another great, FOSS app.

DeletedUser87

DeletedUser217

Remove Binary Eye, which is made redundant by Secure Camera, which has QR and barcode scanning functionality.

Redundant? Have you seen the feature set of BinaryEye?
@OP Leave it in, do not remove it!

ianonymous3000

DeletedUser217 1 & 2 done! Have updated the list.

Will think about 3 & 4. Thanks for your contribution!

(Although I think Binary Eye seems to offer way more)

missing-root

DeletedUser217

I think secure photo viewer just doesnt need an update. It displays a picture on the lockscreen, nothing more.

There is no alternative, and in most cases people wont hack you but might scroll through your phone. So that app is brilliant!

Weather apps are often really location dependend.

DeletedUser69

https://github.com/offa/android-foss
https://github.com/F3FFO/AndroidFossApps
https://github.com/Generator/Awesome-Android-TV-FOSS-Apps

Who needs more? There are several more lists available just on GitHub but not as up to date. In any case eagerness to spread the privacy word is highly appreciated.

dot_______166

Could you add Etar https://github.com/Etar-Group/Etar-Calendar to the calendar app section

brookie229

Another that I use occasionally is Localsend https://github.com/localsend/localsend

ianonymous3000

brookie229 Added LocalSend to the list!

Thanks for the contribution!

aurocha

brookie229 I use it as well. Love it!