it was nova launcher pro till they fucked the dev team down to 1 dev who does everything so I moved to lawn chair because I can't trust that the project is going to stay alive.
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Stardew Valley
RealCalc
It's a really nice calculator.
I have this one. It's the best Android calculator I've used.
I love the widget feature. You can add a whole calculator to your home screen, I have it taking up my second page, so whenever I need a calculator I swipe across once and it's there.
My Android paid must haves are: Titanium Backup (for scheduled backups and quick recovery), Threema (Messenger) and airMusic (former AirAudio, stream from mobile to e.g. Sonos).
+1 for AirMusic. I use it for my snapcast multi-room streaming setup.
Stardew Valley.
The only other app I have paid for that wasn't a game is "iVCam" so I can use my phone's camera as a webcam that isn't limited to some stupidly small resolution or have a watermark, can do more than 30fps, and also works as a source in OBS. I mostly use it for full body tracking in VR with the April tag system. But I wouldn't say it's my favorite.
Niagara (on pixel).
Poweramp, IMO the UX is excellent and it has tons of powerful features. No other music player I've tried comes close.
Meteogram, super customizable weather app. The subscription or one-time-for-life-payment allows access to all paid weather providers that are currently implemented
Ping Tools Pro, but it may be not actively developed anymore.
Koala sampler with samurai mode.
Boost for Lemmy - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rubenmayayo.lemmy
I'm more of a fan of Thunder, myself.
Slay the Spire
I wonder if it ever goes on sale. I added it to my Google playstore wishlist to keep tabs.
Don't tell me this! I have it on my steam deck and it is addictive enough. I had no idea it was available on android. I am going to try and pretend I didn't read this.
I've put 400 hours in on phone alone from public transit commutes.
You are not helping!
It's has been a great game on my steam deck while I have been traveling.
Easy question for me, Tasker. Don't know what I'd do without it. Come to think of it, as someone has already mentioned, Stardew Valley is pretty good too.
I like the idea of Tasker, but can't think of usecases. What's yours?
A couple of favorites that are different from what others already said:
- I strongly dislike autorotate on my phone so I always keep it off, however it makes perfect sense in apps like YouTube/Twitch. So I have one task that turns it on when opening one of those apps, and off again when closing them
- When I've got Bluetooth headphones, I can choose to have incoming texts read out to me. Very nice when walking/running outside and not needing to pull my phone out
- Similarly, I've got a task that will (optionally) read out the name of the song that's playing to Bluetooth
Personally I use it to
- put a slider on the display that controls the flashlight when it is on.
- Quick setting tiles for fast charging, mono/stereo audio and adb debugging.
- a basic local website, so I can copy text from my phone to PC and vice-versa
- toggle settings when specific apps are open i.e. when google wallet is open turn on NFC
- request music from Rockbot while at work
Some examples of using Tasker:
- When a specific contact sends a text message, it alerts me using TTS so I can be aware they are trying to reach me. I have an older family member she lives closer to, so having an alert from her is important if anything should happen forbid it does. When I plug my phone in to charge, it auto silences the phone and keeps it silenced until I unplug it, built into the same task, if monitors for phone calls from my contact and a few others and overrides it.
When a specific phone contact or contact calls, it raises the volumes to max. This is useful if you went to an appointment, set your phone on silent or vibrate but forgot to reset it. After the call has been completed, it returns the phone to the original volume you set.
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When I scan a NFC Tag, i have it send a webhook to my August lock to unlock it. As an apartment dweller, if I go down to the car to unload groceries, the door by default auto locks. This means I have to pull the phone out, unlock it, open the August App, and then tell it to unlock the door and sometimes use the biometric to do so. Having the NFC tag do this means I can put it in my wallet and when I put my phone in the same pocket where the wallet it is, it triggers the door.
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When connected to my computer only, it keeps the screen on all the time.
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When I launch certain apps, it keeps the screen on until the app is closed. Very useful when you are at the grocery store working within a strict budget and want to see how much you have put in to the cart!
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I have a widget on my screen which toggles my Private DNS on/off. This allows me to disable the adblock dns I use if I encounter a public wifi which insists I disable it. (I usually stay away from those, and use my mobile data, but sometimes it's unavoidable when there is so much interference your 5G goes to NONE and you have to be there for a while.)
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Likewise, I have a widget which toggles my Tailscale connection on/off which comes in handy as well. Again, if the Wifi spot rejects custom DNS's and I'm in the scenario above.
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If you have a Google Account (Sadly, this is the only way). You can view the list of profiles/tasks which other people have built. It's a growing list. https://taskernet.com/shares/
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Using third party software such as Wake on LAN, when I come home and connect to my WiFi, it wakes my computer. (Or really any condition I set to trigger it).
I will say that the dev is very responsive and active in releasing updates and new features.
With that said, it has a slight learning curve which he(the developer) is working on to help simplify things and modernize it more. Since taking over the project from the previous owner, it's really grown.
I admit though, I used to have a lot more tasks and profiles, but it seems that Android is starting to bake those functions in so it's not as used on my end. But don't let it it sway you. Your imagination is the only limit with what you can do with Tasker.
Generally, for less than a cup of coffee, it's worth the purchase price. :)
Tasker. Pretty much programming your Android to automate things. Such a powerful app.
I got recommended Macrodroid, so I'm going to try that as well as a comparison for my needs
NZB360 for managing my *arr services for downloading movies and TV shows
The only paid app that I have is Moon+ Reader Pro.
I read a boatload of ebooks on my device, and this has been my ebook-reader of choice for a while. I found it to be so good that I did the IAP, and stopped using Librera Reader.
For all that matters, I am a huge supporter of FOSS apps (that's the reason I have only one paid app lol) - but Moon+ reader Pro beats Librera in two areas - Librera is pretty slow when it tries to open a huge file, and Librera also can't download book covers like Moon+ does.
Buzzkill! Perfect to remove distracting notifications during work hours or to not see some notifications altogether
FX as an explorer replacement when Xiaomi put pubs in theirs.
You have a free version too, I don't even use the "pro" stuff just wanted to contribute.