What Android apps are worth paying for?

Deconceptualist@lemm.ee to Android@lemmy.world – 135 points –

What non-game paid apps do you use that are worthwhile and still relevant in 2023?

For context, I have a decent amount of Google Play credit thanks to Opinion Rewards and a gift card. I'm not looking to start a book or movie collection there, nor sign up for subscription services. But I'm happy to buy the paid/pro version of useful apps.

I'm excluding games just because that's a whole topic on its own.

Here are some one-time paid apps I've been happy with:

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I have to admit I haven't been buying a lot of new apps the last few years. I don't play games on my phone and most of the apps I use daily are basically the same ones for a few years already.

  • FX file explorer An excellent file manager that I have been using since forever. There are other good ones, such as Solid Explorer, but FX is my favorite.

  • Tasker I used to play around with this so much, the things you can do with this app are endless. But I have been using it less lately, switched to Google home since it has better/easier integration with other devices in the house.

  • Nova Launcher I think most of you will be familiar with this launcher. I have probably been using this one since it came out. It's perfect!

  • JuiceSSH Pro To be honest I don't even know what features are unlocked by purchasing the pro edition without looking because it has been so long since I bought it. It's an SSH cliënt and one of my most-used apps.

  • Sync for Lemmy There are plenty of Lemmy apps that are good but I was using Sync for Reddit since forever so I jumped on the hype-train when it came out. I paid for Ultra monthly because 2€ per month for something I use daily is a no-brainer.

Besides these there are some Google Wear watch faces I purchased. There had been other apps that I bought years ago like sdmaid or some other tools from when I used to install custom roms but I don't really use those anymore - too much hassle for marginal improvements. And the question was about apps that are still relevant.

I prefer Niagara launcher. I was using Nova for years, it got a bit stagnant, and they've been purchased by a data mining company.

Revoke internet access for Nova, problem solved. Slap nextdns on top of that and you're golden.

Looks at the paid apps on my phone..... The fuck. Right down to the SDmaid and using roms years ago. Like identical... seriously it's a small community of popular apps that run in these communities sometimes.

My gestures keep breaking on Nova, even on the beta v8. This is on OneUI

Same since A11 or 12 can't remember, I have paid for Nova before, but I am not using it because the fucked up animations.

For anyone that doesn't want to pay, I use Termux for SSH and it works great.

Tasker is my most useful app, use it every day, can't live without it at this point

What do you do with Tasker? It sounds like an amazing solution to problems I don't have.

Depends on what you use your phone for. I have mine:

  1. switch wallpapers every 12 hrs
  2. request music on Rockbot (at work)
  3. download anime automatically with XDCC
  4. custom Quick Setting tiles for mono and fast charging
  5. Custom setting for Eye Comfort Shield to run from sunrise to sunset
  6. keeping track of my car when I park
  7. disabling ADB in my bank app so i can use FP scanner
  8. a flashlight slider to control the intensity
  9. custom double tap power button action
  10. I sometimes use ADB Wifi in order to run ADB commands locally

If you ever feel like you need something automated, Tasker is the way to go

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