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This collection is maintained by the Free software replacement project team.

Android is a mostly free operating system developed mainly by Google. Unfortunately, the drivers for most devices and most applications from the "market" are not free (as in free speech, not as in no cost). They frequently work against the interest of the users, spy on them, and sometimes cannot even be removed. We urge all Android users to switch to a free Replicant as soon as possible.'

Here is a list of popular free software applications that run on Android — along with the proprietary applications they replace. If you are still a Android user, you can take a first step towards free software by installing these applications.

When we say these application programs are free software, we're talking about freedom, not price. It means that you are free to use these programs constructively, either alone or in a community, while respecting the freedom of others. The source code is available, so that you can study the software, adapt it to your needs, fix bugs, and release versions with new features. You can also convince or pay others to do these things for you. You are also free to give away and free to sell copies, under the terms of the applicable free software license. These programs are free software because you have freedom in using them. Free software develops under the control of its users.

Using free software on Android (or any nonfree operating system) is the first step towards freedom, but it does not get you all the way there. You're still under Google power as long as you use Android.

However, on this page we're concerned with the first step.

Free programs

Type	Free program	Replacement for
Repository client	F-droid	Google play
dialer	simple dialer koler	Google Phone Drupe
SMS messenger	QKSMS simple SMS messenger	Google Messages Pulse SMS
App locker	AppLock	Photon App Lock
BitTorrent client	LibreTorrent Android Torrent Client Transdroid tremotesf	BitTorrent µTorrent Flud Vuze
Camera and video camera (2 in 1)	Open Camera Simple camera Secure camera	Google Camera VSCO Photoshop Camera
Document viewer	MuPDF CuprumPDF Pdf Viewer Plus	Adobe Acrobat Reader Foxit Reader Xodo
Email client	k9-mail FairEmail	Microsoft outlook Gmail
News agreggator	Feeder NewsBlur	Feedly Google news
Radio	Transistor - Simple Radio App	di.fm
Music player	simple music player Funkwhale	foobar2000 Spotify
Clock	simple clock (stopwatch, alarm) Just a clock	Google Clock Alarm Clock Xtreme
Calculator	simple calculator	Google Calculator
unit converter	Units	Wolfram Alpha
Gallery	simple gallery LeafPic Revived Photok Secure photo viewer Floral Piwigo Stingle Photos	Google Photos Flickr Photobucket F-Stop Media Gallery Piktures ShoeBox Picmix
Media player	VLC media player MPV Nova Video Player	MX Player KMPlayer GOM Player
calendar	simple calendar Etar DAVx5 EteSync	Google Calendar Microsoft Mail and Calendar fruux Proton Calendar
screensaver	xscreensaver
voice recorder	simple voice recorder Audio recorder Urecord	Easy Voice Recorder Hi-Q MP3 Voice Recorder Samsung Voice Recorder
keyboard	hacker's keyboard simple keyboard OpenBoard FlorisBoard AnySoftKeyboard	Gboard Microsoft SwiftKey Multiling O Keyboard Fleksy Grammarly Keyboard
flashlight	simple flashlight
App launcher	KISS launcher	NOVA launcher
Weather	Forecastie Clima	Windy AccuWeather
Maps	Osmand organic maps	google maps Google Earth
Download Manager	Aria2App Download Navi	Free Download Manager Loader Droid
TODOs	Tasks.org 1list fokus	Google Tasks Todoist Taskade
Notes	Standard notes joplin Notally scarled notes FD Carnet Quillnote Markor p!n	Obsidian NoteLedge Notion Microsoft OneNote Google Keep Evernote Roam Research Zoho Notebook
Finance	MoneyWallet Simple Money Tracker Debitum WalletCount WeeklyBudget Currencies SplitBills Plutus - Investment Tracker Candle (cosmos)	You Need A Budget Mint.com Buxfer Splitwise Wallet App Toshl Money Lover Money Manager Zenmoney
Office	Collabora Office LibreOffice Viewer	Microsoft Office Suite WPS Office
Firewall	NetGuard Blokada DNS66 RethinkDNS	Mobiwol AdProtect NoRoot Firewall Blok: Simple Fast Firewall
VPN	OpenVPN	Tailscale
Two Factors Authentification (2FA TOTP)	Aegis Authenticator andOTP	Authy Google Authenticator Microsoft Authenticator
Password manager	KeePassDX KeePassDroid	1Password LastPass
Encryption	OpenKeychain Cryptomator	Tresorit Boxcryptor
Reader	Librera Reader KOReader Tachiyomi Kinoko QuickNovel Shosetsu	FBReader Amazon Kindle Moon+ Reader ReadEra
Image Manipulation & Painting	Pocket Paint Krita ImagePipe LLCrop Easy Watermark MemeTastic	MediBang Paint Clip Studio Paint ibis Paint X Tayasui Sketches Artrage Adobe Photoshop Sketch
Podcast	AntennaPod Escapepod Podverse Tsacdop	Google Podcasts Pocket Casts Podcast Addict Overcast
Audiobook	Voice AudioAnchor	Smart AudioBook Player Listen Audiobook Player
Web browser	Bromite	Fennec chrome
Instant messaging client	Element.io - Matrix Syphon - Matrix Conversations - XMPP/Jabber Revolution IRC	Slack WhatsApp Google hangouts Viber
Dating	Alovoa	Tinder

Android-only free software

Libre Torrent

See also

• FSD: UserNotices
• Collection:Replicant

External links

• Adobe's Software is Malware
• Apple's Operating Systems Are Malware
• Google's Software is Malware
• Microsoft's Software is Malware