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Is there a list of highly recommended and trustworthy android apps, both FOSS and proprietary?

I see some posts but there must be a community approved list that is periodically updated.

Thanks!

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[–] Yaky@slrpnk.net 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Apps on F-Droid and IzzyOnDroid (f-droid repo) are generally trustworthy.

Anything specific you are looking for?

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 1 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

I have some 1800 APKs on my server - if we say half of them are duplicates that's still 800.

And you expect me to index and review them all for you?

You'd be better served to ask for specific recommendations.

[–] redplayer5@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Not specifically. I just discovered Blip from a post and it's been great. I was curious about what people find are useful that are not well known.

A week or so ago, I did see that some people were raising some concern over downloading from f-droid and to use obtanium to directly install apps from GitHub instead.

[–] db2@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I'm using both, the only real difference is you have to trust the github hosted apk with obtainium.