HXA notes
Android apps recommended
NOTE HXA7241 2018-02-04T11:16Z
A selection of Android apps that have been tried and found creditable, and that are: free, mostly adless (except where marked with [A]), some open-source (where marked with [OS]), tending to be small.
Basics
Hacker's Keyboard
[OS]
– (keyboard replacement)
https://github.com/klausw/hackerskeyboard
Automate
– (app scripting by GUI)
http://llamalab.com/automate/
Files
Quoda
– (text editor)
http://www.getquoda.com/
Jota
– (text editor)
https://sites.google.com/site/aquamarinepandora/home/jota-text-editor
Turbo Editor
[OS]
– (text editor)
http://vmihalachi.github.io/turbo-editor/
https://github.com/vmihalachi/turbo-editor/
OI file manager
[OS]
– (file manager)
http://www.openintents.org/filemanager/
https://github.com/openintents/filemanager
ZArchiver
– (archiver)
Command-line
Termux
[OS]
– (terminal + packages)
https://termux.com/
https://github.com/termux/
ConnectBot
[OS]
– (SSH client)
https://connectbot.org/
https://github.com/connectbot/connectbot/
AndFTP
[A]
– (FTP client)
http://www.lysesoft.com/products/andftp/
EBook
PocketBook
– (ebook/doc reader)
http://reader.pocketbook.digital/eng
Document Viewer
[OS]
– (ebook/doc reader)
https://www.schuermann.eu/android/
https://github.com/PrivacyApps/document-viewer
WordWeb
– (dictionary/thesaurus)
http://www.wordwebsoftware.com/android/WordWeb.html
Music
PitchLab Guitar Tuner (lite)
[A]
– (chromatic tuner)
Simple Metronome
– (metronome)
https://wheresthegig.com/
Net
Firefox
– (www browser)
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/products/mobile
Opera Mini
[A]
– (www browser)
http://www.opera.com/mobile/android-os
Opera Free VPN
[A]
– (VPN client)
https://www.operavpn.com/
Skype
[A]
– (VOIP client)
https://www.skype.com/en/
Dropbox
– (storage and sync)
https://www.dropbox.com/
Sensor
Open Camera
[OS]
– (camera)
http://opencamera.org.uk/
https://sourceforge.net/p/opencamera/
Physics Toolbox Sensor Suite
– (sensor display/log)
http://www.vieyrasoftware.net/
GPS Logger for Android
[OS]
– (GPS logger)
http://code.mendhak.com/gpslogger/
https://github.com/mendhak/gpslogger
GPX Viewer
– (GPS log viewer)
https://vecturagames.com/gpxviewer/
Easy Sound Recorder
[OS]
– (audio recorder)
https://github.com/dkim0419/SoundRecorder
Games
Andor's Trail
[OS]
– (graphical rogue-like-ish)
http://andorstrail.com/
https://github.com/Zukero/andors-trail/
http://www.hxa.name/notes/