Awesome list — Free, ad-free and in-app-free Android apps

awesome-android-x3Free.md

Inspired by Awesome

DISCLAIMER : this isn't really an awesome list, I don't care about guidelines, rules and etc. so I don't bother make a real repo and a real pull request.

About this list

This list uses the power of my advanced Google Play search engine to get some free, in-app-free and ad-free apps from it.

DISCLAIMER : these 3 criteria are the only one I use, what I mean is open source, decentralization and retrocompatibility aren't important in this list.

However, I sort these apps according to my own user experience.

Apps

• Internet

  • Web browsers
  • Download managers
  • Content blockers

• Multimedia

  • File explorers
  • Notes
  • Office suites
  • Music players
  • Video players
  • Cameras
  • Image gallery
  • Photo editors
  • YouTube

• Communication

  • E-Mail
  • SMS
  • Social networks & co.

• Tools

  • Calculators
  • Dialers & Contacts

• Utilities

  • Device info
  • Firewalls
  • Cleaners
  • Password managers

• Developers

  • GitHub
  • Terminal & SSH
  • Code editors

• Launchers
• Calendars
• GPS
• Widgets
• Games

---

Web browsers

• Kiwi — Based on Chrome, one of the few that supports extensions
• Firefox
• Via
• Focus
• Pure

Download managers

• ADM Holo — Holo is the old one, the new one is material but contains ads and payments
• Navi

Content blockers

• Blockada — VPN mode
• AdAway — Root mode

File explorers

• MiXplorer — Many many features, especially for geeks. 👍
• Cx — Supports internal, external, network (last SMB version included) and cloud.

Notes

• Google Keep
• ColorNote

Office suites

Sorry I can't find any for now. You have one ? Please comment !

Music players

• AIMP
• Pulsar
• Audify

Video players

• mpv
• VLC
• Pop
• EnjoyMobi

Cameras

• Google
• Google port hub — These versions may include Night Sight, HDR10+ and etc. (model-specific features)
• Open
• Motorola
• Asus

Image gallery

• Cloud Innovation Studio Gallery — Dark theme, powerful image editor included
• AK Gallery
• Google

Photo editors

• Snapseed
• Adobe Photoshop Express

YouTube

• NewPipe

E-mail

• BlueMail — Many compatible accounts, dark mode, advanced spam filtering, tasks & priority management
• Spark Mail

SMS

• Google

Social networks

• Twitter
  • Tui — Beta
• Facebook
  • Phoenix
  • SlimSocial
• Tumblr
  • Tumbviewer
• Skype
  • Lite
• Reddit
  • Infinity
  • RedReader
  • Karma Machine
  • Riptide
• Disqus
  • Discusim

Others

• Signal
• Telegram
• Discord
• Meetup
• WhatsApp

Calculators

• Google

Dialers & Contacts

• Google
• Simpler
• Dialpad

Device info

• General
  • Quixom Device Info
  • Andrey Efremov Device Info
  • Cellular-Z
• GPS
  • GPSTest
• Microphone
  • Decibel

Firewalls

• AFWall+
• NoRoot

Cleaners

• Norton

Password managers

• KeeWeb — Not native (webapp)
• KeePass DX — Beta

GitHub

• OctoDroid
• OpenHub

Terminal & SSH

• TTerm
• Termux
• ConnectBot

Code editors

• 920
• DeX — Optimized for Samsung desktop but also compatible with smartphone format

Launchers

• Nova
• Lawnchair
• Evie
• Microsoft

Calendars

• Google
• Cal
• One
• Etar

GPS

• Waze
• Google
• Here

Widgets

• Todo Agenda

Games

• Frozen Bubble
• 2048
• miniSweeper
• Mazes
  • The Maze - Infinite Challenges
  • Marker Maze

Contribute

Having an advanced search engine doesn't mean everything, experience does. Feel free to suggest your favourite apps in comments 😉

Hello, I like your search engine with filters,
and I have just seen that same kind of filters with/without add, purchase, free in official google play games app (only for fames).

So maybe one day I hope this feature will be in play store too.

PS : in the list I would have like to see a PDF file reader with comment editor (it is why I came first here), so I will try some of them because some times even if free/no ads/no purchase, the loolike niceapp try to send info on web without ask.

Hello,

I have just seen that same kind of filters with/without add, purchase, free in official google play games app

Sorry I don't understand.

maybe one day I hope this feature will be in play store too

It won't, because allowing users to search for ad-free apps, would decrease Google's income.

I would have like to see a PDF file reader with comment editor (it is why I came first here), so I will try some of them

If you find some, don't hesitate to tell about it here and it will be added.

some times even if free/no ads/no purchase, the loolike niceapp try to send info on web without ask

Remember that free, in-app-free and ad-free are the only criteria I use to make this list, some of these apps may not be privacy-friendly.

Thank You for your favourite apps list dude! ❤️🙂

Cx File Explorer was A COMPLETE COPYCAT from original "Alphainventor's FILE MANAGER+ app, Korea" (and redesigned to ad-free), here's how:
[1.] FM+ released in 2015 Oct 19 where CxFE was released in 2018 Jul 11.
[2.] FM+ has provided developer LOCATION in play store where CxFE DOESN'T (purposefully).
[3.] No dark theme (again purposefully).
[4.] FM+ used their own domain email, CxFE DIDN'T.
[5.] CxFE is releasing exact features after release of FM+.
[6.] You cannot go back while using app for Accessing from network (otherwise FTP service will be stopped) in CxFE (and This does not happen in FM+ because of the "Always Show Navigation" option in settings)

So I replaced CxFE with FM+.

Thanks for reporting this, I'll definitely add an anchor to your comment next to Cx.

If AlphaInventor's would be ad-free & in-app free, then I would have replaced Cx with the former, but as it's not the case, then the latter still deserves to keep its place in the list.

You can write as CxFileExplorer/FileManager+(alphainventor) then 👍

Actually, I won't do anything, as it turns out Cx File Explorer is AlphaInventor's too.

Actually, I won't do anything, as it turns out Cx File Explorer is AlphaInventor's too.

Ohhhh, I see! Now I clearly understood why they didn't given DARK Theme 😆 Firstly I thought it was A COMPLETE COPYCAT from original "alphainventor's FILE MANAGER+, Korea" (and redesigned to ad-free), but now I knew because you said it both (CXFE & FM+) apps made by alphainventor.com 🤣

WPS OFFICE goes alright 🤙🏼🤙🏼

WPS Office isn't ad-free nor IAP-free.

WPS Office isn't ad-free nor IAP-free.

My apologies, you are quite correct, I mistakenly confused it with the iOS libre app I was using earlier. It reminded me that there are still companies who support iOS exclusively. Love your list though... very thorough collection.

Thanks !