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!

  • Free Palestine 🇵🇸@sh.itjust.works
    2·
    10 months ago

    I have Android 13 and when I tap on a link it asks me what app to open, also you can set this within the settings app per app basis.

    On many occasions, Android nowadays uses “Verified links” to figure out what app to open instead of prompting the user LinkSheet also provides other cool features that I already described in my previous comment:

    It has many great features like the ability to remove tracking parameters from URLs or using FastForward to annoying bypass URL shorteners

    Is this like Better Open With?

    Yes

    • kratoz29English
      1·
      10 months ago

      I missed the bypassing URL shorteners, heck, that would have been so helpful to me back in the day when I was sailing the seas for some “obscure” content.

        • kratoz29English
          1·
          10 months ago

          Oh no, I didn’t stop!

          I finished my search for “obscure content” (which it is actually old cartoons and tv shows in my native language to improve my nostalgic DizqueTV channels lol), I don’t need to look up too hard for current content because Sonarr and Radarr along with the public torrent trackers (and one private) can handle this pretty well without seeing a single ad :)

          What did stop me a bit was the fact that I filled up all my NAS lol, but to offload some charge I got a Real Debrid account which I use with Stremio and Kodi.

          • Free Palestine 🇵🇸@sh.itjust.works
            2·
            10 months ago

            Oh no, I didn’t stop!

            I finished my search for “obscure content” (which it is actually old cartoons and tv shows in my native language to improve my nostalgic DizqueTV channels lol), I don’t need to look up too hard for current content because Sonarr and Radarr along with the public torrent trackers (and one private) can handle this pretty well without seeing a single ad :)

            That’s great

            And make sure never surrender to the greedy media corporations, my fellow sailer!

            What did stop me a bit was the fact that I filled up all my NAS lol, but to offload some charge I got a Real Debrid account which I use with Stremio and Kodi.

            Ah yeah, I know the struggle. I just expanded my NAS to over 100TB, I’m downloading and hosting an incredibly large media library for the entire family. Everyone is connected through Tailscale (running my own Headscale server), it’s awesome. I thought about getting RealDebrid, but I will stick to my seedbox as I like the decentralized P2P aspect of the BitTorrent network and I want to support it by seeding as much as possible.

            • kratoz29English
              1·
              10 months ago

              I get it, to be honest I always seed the shit I download lol, I have symlinks or whatever they are called made by Softwarr so it doesn’t affect me where they are being downloaded, I can have my stuff nicely organized and recognizable by Plex, I also do share my PMS, but only with a cousin.

              • Free Palestine 🇵🇸@sh.itjust.works
                2·
                10 months ago

                I also do share my PMS, but only with a cousin

                Remember, sharing is caring! I even offer my friends access to my Jellyfin, Tailscale with self-hosted Headscale is such an awesome tool for that.

                • kratoz29English
                  1·
                  10 months ago

                  And do they actually use it?

                  I mean, even when my PMS doesn’t require a VPN to interact with it (thanks to adjustments on my end) they don’t always use it 😂

                  I can’t see they would never use it if they need to have Tailscale on lol.

                  • Free Palestine 🇵🇸@sh.itjust.works
                    2·
                    10 months ago

                    And do they actually use it?

                    Of course, it’s basically free Netflix. But unlike Netflix, I don’t randomly remove content from my library. Unlike Netflix, I don’t have an artificial limit on simultaneous video streams. If someone wants to watch a specific piece of content, they can use Jellyseerr to request it and I will try to find it on a public or private torrent tracker and add it to the library. Connecting to Tailscale is just a minor inconvenience for essentially getting free and unlimited Netflix.