For notes I’m using Joplin with sync with desktop client through a nextcloud instance. Really a very nice app if you want sync with multiple devices anc user friendly interface.

For maps OsmAnd, I even pay a subscription to support the project (and have hourly updated maps which is pretty cool when I fix wood paths in openstreetmap).

Really happy with this fork, using it for several months now. Also occasionally Unexpected Keyboard for termux / ssh / code …

I use helium314/openboard on day to day basis, but the few times I use termux or have to ssh a linux box from my phone, unexpected keyboard is really awesome.

In my developer career, the littlest commit I did was the removal of a single ‘;’ which was causing a wonderful to debug bug ;)

I think that one of the structural change that helped a lot to have less stalled or unmaintained open source projects is the improvement in the DevOps tools.

I mean that, until recently, I always had been an open source user and supporter but, despite being a professional software engineer, I never coded in open source projects. The reason to this is that I did not wanted to commit myself into a project that I cannot afford to work regularly on because of professional and/or personal time constraints.

Now with the broad use of git and related platforms for open source projects (GitHub, gitlab, …), it’s possible to work only a little on open source projects. You can fix a bug impacting you as an user, translate some strings in your native language, improve the doc, … without commiting to work regularly on the project. You just change the stuff, have no requirements to inform anyone, make a pull request and it’s merged or not by the maintener …

I think this is really what contributed to improvement in the way open source projects evolved.

So I’ll contribute with my list too.

Most used utilities apps:

• Droid-ify: F-droid repositories client in modern design for Android. (NeoStore is nice too but I find this one more stable)
• Obtainium: For stuff either not available on f-droid mirrors or for “young” projects, in order to have latest updates sooner.
• MJ PDF
• Barcode Scanner
• Simple Gallery
• Unexpected Keyboard: for programming/CLI stuff
• yetCalc: Calculator and units converter
• Acode editor: Android code/text editor
• Termux
• OsmAnd: Maps and navigation software (Using it from play store because I pay a subscription to support the devs while doing hiking)
• Copy to clipboard: Add an action in Android “share to” to copy shared text to clipboard
• Coffee: Utility to force keep screen on for a configured delay
• LinkSheet: Allow to configure App chooser properly for URL opening even with Android 12+
• Breezy Weather: Provide weather from many providers in a beautiful UI
• Fedilab: Mastodon client
• Voyager: Lemmy client
• Feeder: RSS client
• LibreTube: Android interface to piped to watch YouTube videos with privacy in mind
• Authenticator Pro: Two-factor authenticator TOTP/HOTP manager
• BitWarden: Password manager

Games (because it can help fighting boredom when in a waiting room or so):

• Nonocross: Nonogram puzzle, with random generator
• Anuto TD: Tower defense game (dev says ugly, I don’t agree ;))
• Antimine: Mine sweeper (like the former Windows default game)
• Super Tux Kart: Classical Linux game, inspired by Nintendo Mario Kart
• 2048 Open Fun Game
• SolitaireCG: a collection of solitaire card games
• Blockinger: Tetris clone