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2026-04-04 12:06 UTC

Howdy everyone! I’m happy to say I’ve finally gotten off the iOS ecosystem and loaded into grapheneos! Does anyone have any recommendations for apps to get? I’ve been away for a long time and saw tachiyomi was killed so I’ve lost my edge on apps for this side of the mobile space. Currently I’ve got: F-droid (god I’m happy this has never died) Aurora store Obtanium Mihon (I think this might be a successor to tachiyomi) And the fossify communication apps (phone, messages, contacts) But let this also be a good thread for others like me having privacy back in their lives, even if a slow transition like mine.

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@pipes@sh.itjust.works 2026-04-04 13:25

Howdy pardner, for comicbooks I use Kahon which is basically Mihon but in F-droid repo. I like Voice for audiobooks, works a charm with .m4b files with chapters and pretty covers; Privacy Browser I don’t see mentioned often, it’s a fantastically efficient android-webview-based browser, with built in Easylist blockers, and defaults to javascript off (and a single button to turn JS on): great for skimming a news article or opening a random link

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@Hond@piefed.social 2026-04-04 12:37

- Accrescent of the GrapheneOS appstore, its another appstore - Ironfox(accrescent) as my main browser, hardened firefox - Aurora Store for the very rare case i need something from the playstore - Comaps for navigation - Etar, calender - Quillpad, note taking - Breezy Weather, weather... - Material Files, file manager - KDE Connect, connecting with pc, file transfer, virtual trackpad, etc - Tubular, YT with background playback, only audio, downloads, sponsorblock, adfree - VLC, for local video and music playback - Google Cam and Photos from the aurora store. I just dont give them internet access. - Image Toolbox, i dont really need/use it. But it has cool tools for image manipulation - Silicone Calculator, ... - Duckstation, PS1 emulator - PPSSPP, PSP emulator

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@JayGray91@piefed.social 2026-04-05 11:48

I also like to promote [LibreFind](https://github.com/jksalcedo/librefind) . It is an app to find FOSS alternatives on your phone. Not the project owner but I like to highlight this app because I think it's important to make finding FOSS alternatives easier. They need help to propose alternatives into their database > **Community Contributions** > Propose new FOSS alternatives for review > Submit pros and cons for existing alternatives > Vote on app recommendations > Help build a comprehensive alternative database > You can contribute from within the app, or you can go to librefind-submission.web.app and use the web version.

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@sefra1@lemmy.zip 2026-04-05 15:57

App repo: F-droid YouTube: Pipepipe (newpipe fork with sponsorblock) YouTube Music: RiPlay (vimusic/rimusic fork that currently works, but be ready to change forks every few months) DSP: rootless James DSP (not sure if this one works with grapheneOS, works with stock android, but try it, you need adb to give it special permissions) Video player: mpv Manga: kotatsu ? ( tbh I haven't used to in years so idk if it still works, either way, just search on f-droid PDF and epub reader: Librera Email: Fairemail Lemmy: Voyager Browser: Firefox or it's forks (fernec, mutt) and ublock origin System-wide adblocking and/or global or per app wireguard client: Rethink DNS

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@Makeshift@sh.itjust.works 2026-04-04 13:58

So far my favorites are Phocid (music player, found on F-Droid), and Grayjay (works for multiple video/music services)

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