What Are Your Favorite Hidden Gem Android Apps?

PumpkinDrama@reddthat.com to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world – 273 points –

I'm sure there are countless apps out there that are incredibly cool, interesting, or useful, but just haven't hit the mainstream yet. Maybe it's a productivity tool that's boosted your efficiency, a unique game that's kept you entertained for hours, or a niche app that's catered perfectly to one of your hobbies or interests.

What are some Android hidden gem apps that you've used a bunch or think it's really cool/interesting/useful?

Please share your recommendations, and if possible, a brief description of what the app does and why you find it so valuable.

Looking forward to uncovering some hidden treasures in the Android app world. Thanks in advance for your suggestions!

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Joplin https://joplinapp.org/ It is a free an open source note taking app similar to Evernote. You can keep your data on a cloud service (such as Dropbox) to keep your notes in sync between Android, Windows, Linux and IOS or you can pay for Joplin Cloud storage.

Why has every note app gone into the cloud.

Like its hard to find a note app that doesn't try to get me to sign up and subscribe to features. I just want to take notes like I'm a PI investigating people at my local mall

You can use Joplin without any cloud sync at all and the notes just stay on your one device.

You can also use Syncthing to keep your notes synchronized across multiple devices. Syncthing is an app that does just that (keep files synchronized in the background).

Qownnotes

It's a desktop app, but can sync with self-hosted cloud servers. It's also literally just text/markdown files.