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#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today with 12 updated and 2 added apps:

* Booming Music: audio player with supports for lyrics, sleep timer, tag editor & more 🛡️
* RecordEqualizer: record audio from the microphone and adjust it using the equalizer

RB status: 593 apps (45.8%)

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo :awesome:

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I’m So Tired


Recently I was shopping for a water gun for my son’s birthday, and to my surprise, it was hard to find a simple, sturdy one that didn’t have some kind of battery-powered feature. Not only is that one more thing to break, but I really don’t want to add yet another device to the list of things in our house that require charging. It got me thinking: nearly every purchase these days feels like a negotiation between joy and technology.

That’s not to say they’re always at odds. But finding the sweet spot is getting harder.

There was a time when the march of “smarter” items was a net positive. It made things smoother, smarter, simpler and generally more joyful or interesting to use. These days, that optimism is harder to summon. I know I sound like the aging guy yelling at clouds, but I don’t think it’s just nostalgia. The balance really does seem to have shifted over the past decade, and the trend line isn’t encouraging.

Sure, there’s still plenty to like. I can check the weather, unlock my front door, and queue up music from the same screen. But the magic wears off fast. What starts as convenience often ends in clutter. Every small problem now has an app, gadget, or subscription that fixes one issue and quietly creates three new ones.

Streaming music feels less intimate than owning a few beloved albums. Delivery apps bring cold fries, surge pricing, and mystery fees. Social media promised connection but mostly delivers outrage. Smart homes? Great until the WiFi blinks and nothing works or your fridge needs a firmware update. Even the web is a mess of pop-ups, autoplay videos, cookie banners, newsletter traps, and paywalls. Every click has a privacy cost as well.

You can never possibly watch all of the amazing entertainment that on YouTube and every streaming service out there. And yet, it’s more frustrating than ever to navigate subscription costs while fighting the algorithm that recommends more and more ragebait on YouTube. Toys for toddlers need firmware updates. Cars have become rolling iPads. Your heated seats might already be installed, but unless you pay a monthly fee, they stay cold — taunting you with unearned luxury. Most products require an account. They harvest data. They nag for upgrades. When they break, you’re not allowed to fix them. The tools don’t serve us — they serve their makers. And it’s exhausting.

Even Apple, a company I’ve long admired, feels less like a craftsman and more like a casino. Their stuff still (mostly) works great, but it no longer feels entirely yours. Most of the apps I use are rented. Let a subscription lapse and the functionality vanishes. Not all subscriptions are bad, but when everything is a subscription, it dulls the entire experience. Even products that don’t have a subscription (yet) associated with them loom over us. We’re just waiting for the shoe to drop.

I don’t know what to do about this, really. I have tried to be more intentional about my purchases in general, limiting my exposure to subscriptions, overly complicated features, and “smart” tech in general. I fully appreciate that this makes me sound like the old man I’m increasingly turning into. But my optimism around any consumer purchase has been replaced by cynicism and even a bit of dread. It makes me sad but hopeful that a turning point looms as more folks tire of the state of “smart” everything and looks for something a bit simpler.

#apps #smartHome #software #streaming #technology


#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 14 updated (11 RB) and 2 added apps:

* OpenStore: a libre client for RuStore 🛡️
* Seqular: a Mastodon client (fork of Moshidon) 🛡️

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo :awesome:


We have no new apps to report today (well, 10 updated apps is also good, right?) – but reached round numbers with our RBs once more:

590 apps (45%) of the #android #apps at the #IzzyOnDroid repo are now #reproducibleBuilds :awesome:


#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 11 updated and 1 added apps:

* HW Fido2 Provider: Use security key with Bluetooth, NFC, USB or your phone secure element (e.g. your Yubikey for 2FA) 🛡️

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo :awesome:


#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 13 updated and 1 added apps:

* Lumolight: configurable flashlight app that can perform both front and back flash

7 #Magisk modules have been updated at apt.izzysoft.de/magisk

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo :awesome:


#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 13 updated (ugh, and 13 RB) and 2 added (also RB) apps:

* Screen Lock: quickly toggle the screen on or off with a single tap
* Pulse: redirect outgoing calls to Signal/Telegram/Threema if available

Current RB status: 587 apps (44.8%) covered and RB.

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo :awesome:


#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 17 updated and 2 added apps:

* Quotes.app: a minimalistic quotes app 🛡️
* CLauncher: an Olauncher Fork where apps are invisible by default 🛡️

2 #Magisk modules have been updated at apt.izzysoft.de/magisk

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo :awesome:


#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 18 updated (13 RB) and 1 added apps:

* camsung: silence the camera shutter on your Samsung device 🛡️

I really enjoyed working with Eric on that one! And I hope you'll all enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo :awesome:


#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 12 updated and 1 added apps:

* Choona: a guitar tuner with support for custom tunings 🛡️

And Schnappszahl with out RB Status: 580 apps (44.4%)

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo :awesome:


#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today with 13 updated and 2 added apps:

* Nearby Settings: Modify compatible app settings on nearby devices 🛡️
* Geotag video camera:
Camera with a map and coordinates overlay 🛡️

RB status: 578 apps (44.3%)

1 #Magisk module has been updated at apt.izzysoft.de/magisk

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo :awesome:


#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 13 updated and 2 added apps:

* CClauncher: a minimal launcher, forked from Clauncher but entirely rewritten in Kotlin 🛡️
* SysAdmin - Linux Server Management: Manage servers on the go via SSH 🛡️

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo :awesome:


#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today with 15 updated and 1 added apps:

* Calculator: calculator, unit converter, time converter, currency converter… 🛡️

4 #Magisk modules were updated at apt.izzysoft.de/magisk

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo :awesome:


#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 11 updated and 2 added apps:

* Biometric Bypass: Xposed module to bypass biometric confirmation in System UI 🛡️
* Kreate: a fork of the (no longer updated) RiMusic that prioritizes performance 🛡️

RB status: 573 apps (44%)

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo :awesome:


#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today with 10 updated and 1 added apps:

* XMLForge: a simple and powerful XML formatter & attribute reordering tool 🛡️

4 #Magisk modules have been updated at apt.izzysoft.de/magisk

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo :awesome:


#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today with 15 updated and 2 added apps:

+ AstraCrypt: hide and encrypt your files with modern security standards 🛡️
+ Mint: a lightweight Misskey Android client (in early development state) 🛡️

3 apps have been removed as they were reported broken:

- Kuroba
- Tappic
- moVirt

1 app moved to a new packageId 1 month ago, so the old one was removed today:

* Dharmik

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo :awesome:


#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 5 updated (4 RB) and 4 added apps:

* BLEtoMQTT: Android BLE to MQTT bridging service 🛡️
* IPerf3Client: active measurements of the max bandwidth on IP networks 🛡️
* Stepsy: a simple and lightweight step counter app 🛡️
* LinkGuardian: Android client for Linkwarden

New milestone: we crossed the number of 1.300 apps available 🥳

RB status: 568 apps (43.7%)

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo :awesome:


#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 15 updated and 1 added apps:

* JetSpacer: pulls data from multiple NASA APIs and wraps it all in a minimal UI 🛡️

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo :awesome:


#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 16 updated and 2 added apps:

* Floating Mute: Quickly mute and unmute your device 🛡️
* Igatha: SOS Signaling & Recovery for emergencies when communication networks fail 🛡️

4 #Magisk modules have been updated at
apt.izzysoft.de/magisk

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo :awesome:


#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 22 updated (10 RB + 1 failed RB) and 2 added apps:

+ Parcel: Track all your parcels with ease 🛡️
+ Edge Seek: Control audio and brightness by sliding on edges 🛡️

Current RB status: 563 apps (43.5%)

4 #Magisk modules have been updated at apt.izzysoft.de/magisk

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo :awesome:


#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today with 16 updated (13 RB) and 1 added apps:

+ Railway station photos: Collect photos of railway stations for railway-stations.org 🛡️

1 app has changed its appId, so you need to switch if you use it and want updates: MSM (all in one manager for your media server)

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo :awesome:


#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today with 13 updated (11 RB) and 2 added apps:

* Inure App Manager (Trial): multi-purpose app manager for all rooted and non-rooted devices 🛡️
* Dharmik Online: Browse Bhagavad Gita 🛡️

Dharmik Only replaces the Dharmik app at IzzyOnDroid. The latter includes all media and is fully offline, but unfortunately jumped to an APK size of > 300 MB…

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo :awesome:


#AndroidAppRain at
apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today with 10 updated (7 RB, + 1 failed as a dev forgot to push commits & tagged the wrong one then; will hopefully be fixed tomorrow with a new release) and 2 added apps:

* Assempix: a coded OFDM update to SSTV to receive digital images over SSB, AM and FM radio 🛡️
* Shredpix: the counter-part, a coded OFDM update to SSTV to send images digitally over SSB, AM and FM radio 🛡️

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo :awesome:


#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today with 12 updated and 1 added apps:

+ PhotoSwooper: a dating app for ur photos (swipe to delete/keep) 🛡️

RB status: 553 apps (43%)

4 #Magisk modules were updated at apt.izzysoft.de/magisk

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo :awesome:


#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today with 15 updated (14 RB) & 2 added apps:

* URL Cleaner: remove tracking & other redundant parameters from web links for sharing 🛡️
* Golden Ratio: calculate Golden Ratio easily 🛡️

3 apps were removed:

- VpnHood & Iconify switched to a different packageName a month ago
- Telegram SMS was caught with 24 flags at VT (& its development seemingly stalled)

RB Status: 552 apps (42.9%)

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo :awesome:


#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 11 updated (9 RB) and 6 added (RB) apps:

* Sound Toggle: audio mode QuickSettings toggle 🛡️
* AltLocationServices: network location via BeaconDB (no Google) 🛡️
* Readeck App: manage saved articles and bookmarks 🛡️
* airplanes.live: search/track airplane locations 🛡️
* BasicCashFlow: track your cash 🛡️
* Fossify Thank You: Support Fossify apps with a warm thank you 🛡️

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo :awesome:


#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 21 updated (15 RB) and 1 rebranded apps:

* Fossify Calculator had to change its packageName/appId. So if you're using it, you should switch to the new one to receive future updates. 🛡️

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo :awesome:


#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 15 updated and 1 added apps:

+ MediNote: tracking blood pressure measurements offline 🛡️

RB status: 540 apps (42.2% of the currently 1.280 listed apps) covered.

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo :awesome:


#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 20 updated and 1 added apps:

+ Pomodoro: a very simple and tiny pomodoro timer app (less than 100 kB!) 🛡️

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo :awesome:


#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 1 added and 18 updated apps:

* Androoster: a comprehensive root tweak toolbox 🛡️

RB status: 522 apps (41.2%)

3 #Magisk modules were updated at apt.izzysoft.de/magisk

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo :awesome:


#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today with 1 added, 5 returned and 10 updated apps:

* Karui ToDo: a privacy focussed todo list app to quickly jot down things to do 🛡️

Returned were treehouses remote, AutoDND, URLSanitizer, freeDictionaryApp and Blue Line Console. All of them RB. Altogether 16 apps today, 15 of them RB.

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo :awesome:


#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 17 updated (14 RB) and 1 added apps:

* NowiChat: a chat app with bluetooth networking and end-to-end security

RB status: 490 apps (39.7%)

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo :awesome:

PS: if you wonder that @fdroid reports more added apps: those have been here before, we're just restoring some that were removed earlier when they reached F-Droid.org (old policy, we no longer do that) 😉


#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 10 updated and 1 added apps:

* Baba: contribute to @panoramax – the federated FOSS alternative to StreetView 🛡️

RB stats: 479 apps (39.1%)

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo :awesome:


#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brought you 11 updated (7 RB) and 1 added apps:

* Delta: Hotspot manager using Shizuku API

2 #Magisk modules have been updated at apt.izzysoft.de/magisk

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo :awesome:


#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 17 updated (11 RB) and 2 added apps:

* Minimo Launcher: Home screen without distractions
* SocketChat: a simple app to chat with anyone you want on the same network 🛡️

RB status: 474 apps (38.8%)

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo :awesome:


#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 15 updated (10 RB) and 2 added apps:

* LaundryNotes: Store washing information and symbols for all your fabrics 🛡️
* DDNS Updater: Simple Dynamic DNS Updater

Removed apps:

* IrssiNotifier: inactive since 2018, proprietary/tracking libs
* Ficsave: Defunct (Server gone)

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo :awesome:


#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today with 12 updated (10 RB) & 2 added apps:

* EasyControlFork: remote control solution from Android to Android 🛡️
* Payload Dumper Android: extract boot.img or any other images without PC

The update to Telegram SMS had to be retracted due to malware warnings.

6 old/abandoned/broken apps have been removed: StopMotion, EP RSS Reader, Play Music Exporter, MyGrades, mensaApp, Timberdoodle.

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo!


#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brought you 16 updated (15 RB), 2 added and 5 removed apps:

+ URLCheck: analyze/share URLs before opening them 🛡️
+ Iconify (Foss): customize Android UI (rebranded from non-Foss)
- Monerujo (see previous toot)
- Howl: no longer maintained, author requested removal
- CameraRollX: same
- vTunnel: source gone 2y ago
- Compagnon HIIT: no updates since 2018 & source gone

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo :awesome:


#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brought you 11 updated apps, 10 of them RB. No apps have been added, but 5 old ones have been removed:

* Timetables (7y, usage unclear)
* Backups (repo disappeared)¹
* BlabberTabber (defunct)
* Whats Done (added trackers, no response on issues, development stopped)¹
* Radio Player: repo disappeared, unclear permissions¹

¹ alternatives exist

RB status: 469 apps (38%)

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo :awesome:


#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 8 updated (all RB) and 2 added (also RB) apps:

* ReTerminal: a Terminal Emulator 🛡️
* Dharmik: an offline app to browse Hindu texts (currently: Bhagavad Gita and Atharvaveda) 🛡️

Our first "RB only" AppRain, so to speak 🥳 Current RB status: 468 apps (37.7%)

3 #Magisk modules have been updated at apt.izzysoft.de/magisk

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repository :awesome:

#reproducibleBuilds