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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 |
| Document viewer | MuPDF CuprumPDF Pdf Viewer Plus |
Adobe Acrobat Reader Foxit Reader Xodo |
| Email client | k9-mail FairEmail |
Microsoft outlook Gmail |
| News agreggator | Feeder | Feedly |
| Radio | Transistor - Simple Radio App | di.fm |
| Music player | simple music player | foobar2000 |
| 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 Fotor 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 Google hangouts Viber |
| Dating | Alovoa | Tinder |
Android-only free software
Libre Torrent
See also
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