I’m curious to discover more stuff that exists in the App realm, there must be some small indie apps we don’t know about everywhere
If you travel a lot, Toilet finder.
Edit: and not an app, but a website: Pairdrop - really useful for cross-platform file sharing, especially when you just need to email to colleagues something you snapped with your personal phone, but yoe have overly tight IT systems in place at work that stop you from connecting your personal phone to your email or OneDrive.
Data Jar: When you use iOS Shortcuts this is a great way to store persistent simple data in iCloud
Chafa - I can turn pictures in ANSI art for my terminal
Syncthing - A godsend for me and I can’t believe how easy it is to set up and have it just work, I was almost disappointed when I was setting it up expecting issues and then the mf just works perfectly fine without issue
Tailscale - Very useful to remotely ssh to my computer(s) even from my phone
Termux - terminal on android
This one you may have heard of and it’s not exactly niche, indie or small but I’ll add it anyways just in case: Too Good To Go - allows you to get cheap food and save it from going to waste. I use it a lot when I can’t go to the university cafeteria and don’t feel like cooking
For me it’s StreetComplete. It’s like Pokémon Go, but you’re doing actual map quests that help verify or correct information in Open Street Maps.
And if you do enough per month, you get free map downloads without a subscription if you use OSM the app.
I think it’s only on Android though.
I wish they’d get people to verify transit schedules literally the only reason Google maps finds itself on my phone
Hah, bold of you to assume my local public transport actually has a schedule.
This is the most addictive thing I’ve done in a while. It’s rare to find something where just two clicks can help in a bigger project, and at least where I live there are thousands on tiny dots to check
Glad you’re enjoying it. Have fun unlocking badges!
Same I use it so much. Really fun to fill in info
Wooow! Now that’s a fun and useful game like I’ve been searching for a while! Downloaded count me in!!!
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There’s also a more powerful version of it called SCEE
Though that’s more for advanced users. If people don’t already know about street complete, they should use the regular version.
Syncthing, its not a recent discovery.
https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.nutomic.syncthingandroid/
(written by one of our own!)
Not an app, a site:
Free Photoshop clone. For my needs, it’s over the top perfect.
It works really well and has been my go too for studies last year
I use YouCut to condense short porn vids into very short highlight loops
ShareWaste. You can sign up that you have a compost pile or chicken to feed, etc, and people with food scraps can find places to “donate” to! I have 3 or 4 regular contributers to my compost pile!
Yidio to find movies and shows and where they are cheapest.
Transit to take public transit to get somewhere. It’s not designed like a typical map app.
Db meter to see if the audio around you is too loud. I use this a lot when at bars.
Onx/gaia for mapping/nav when off-roading and other recreational activities where youll be off network.
Could you explain more about transit?
It’s designed specifically to take public transit. It also uses your location data when on a bus/train to let other people know if there are delays.
During route planning you see the type of transit and what your connections look like. It also tells you when the next bus/train is arriving. Knowing the next bus is 10mins away vs 45mins is important.
Sounds ace, thanks
I’ve been using Transit to get around the DC Metro area for a few years now. It’s pretty damn helpful and reliable. Sometimes they’re not accurate (buses don’t show up in their system, or are in the system, but never show at the stop) but I expect that with public transit.
Either way, it’s the best app I’ve found (for this area at least).
Walkscape. It’s like Pokémon go and runescape but without the emptional manipulation.
Or
Streetcomplete - gamify openstreetmap and help fill out the map.
I’ve just finished making my Streetcomplete account! And I’ve got some work around me it’s gonna be fun
I just got accepted into the beta for walkscapes. It’s such a relaxing game and using steps vs distance is super nice to have as a tracking system.
Trail Sense, it’s all the “survival” tools in one great package. Do I use it often? No. Does it feel like unwrapping my favourite toy every time I open it? Absolutely.
I use the AR tool for sun positions every time I’m finding a tent spot or to watch a sunrise/set, and the bubble level is perfect for finding a tent spot that isn’t tilted 2 degrees towards your head so you wake up with a headache.
That is a great use of this tool that I have not thought about!
If sunrise and sunset is your thing then the website suncalc.net works great to find what places will have the best views for different times of year.
I go watch the sunset as part of my solstice and equinox adventures so finding new places with nice views is fun.
I got a couple of apps I’d recommend in a heartbeat.
Spectdroid is a spectrogram app. Its unreasonable how often I’m using this app. I got some mild tinnitus that comes and goes and this app allows me to find out if I got some actual weird buzzing I’m the house or if it’s just in my head.
And LocalSend is an amazing app for sending files between various devices and OSes over a local network. I no longer need to set up file shares, plug in my phone to a computer, or use cloud storage just to transfer over some files.
Spectroid is great! I use it to tune my 3d printer.
Oh, that sounds cool! What is it you tune? I imagine some coil whine from heating elements maybe?
It’s for the belt tension actually! Like a guitar tuner. It’s just one tool in the process though as it is not just the frequency of the belts that matter. Instead the frequency/resonance helps get the belts into similar tension before doing more adjustment.
LocalSend
I’ve been using TrebleShot for that for a years now, but maybe I’ll try LocalSend
LocalSend is amazing. So easy to use! Impressed that google haven’t been able to make a product as simple as localsend for Android.
Knowing Google, they will probably kill it after months of neglect.
I’m not sure what you mean; Google doesn’t have anything to do with LocalSend, do they?
Lemmy Boost
Grainstorm
It’s a ridiculously versatile granular sampler synthesizer. Obviously not for everyone, but it’s super fun to just make weird soundscapes with. Even with just your phone mic.
