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

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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
  • Streaming
    • YouTube
    • YouTube Music
    • Spotify

• Communication

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

• Tools

  • Calculators
  • Dialers & Contacts

• Utilities

  • Device info
  • Firewalls
  • Cleaners
  • Password managers
  • Keyboards

• Developers

  • GitHub
  • Terminal & SSH
  • Code editors

• Launchers
• Calendars
• GPS
• Widgets
• Games

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Web browsers

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

Download managers

• ADM Holo (APKPure mirror) — Holo is the old one, the new one is material but contains ads and payments
• Navi (GitHub mirror) — Dead, last updated 2022-03-15

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.
• Fossify*

Notes

• Google Keep
• ColorNote
• Fossify*

Office suites

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

Music players

• AIMP
• Pulsar
• Audify
• Fossify*

Video players

• mpv
• VLC
• Pop (APKPure mirror) — Dead, last updated 2020-06-04
• EnjoyMobi

Cameras

• Google
• Google port hub* — These versions may include Night Sight, HDR10+ and etc. (model-specific features)
• Open
• Motorola
• Asus (APKMirror mirror) — Dead, last updated 2022-05-07

Image gallery

• Cloud Innovation Studio Gallery — Dark theme, powerful image editor included
• AK Gallery (APKPure mirror) — Dead, last updated 2019-11-12
• Google
• Fossify*

Photo editors

• Snapseed
• Adobe Photoshop Express

YouTube

• LibreTube* — Uses Piped instances instead of frequently broken local scraping
• Tubular* — Fork of NewPipe adding SponsorBlock
• NewPipe*

YouTube Music

• RiMusic*

Spotify

• Spotube

E-mail

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

SMS

• Fossify*
• Google

Social networks

• Reddit
  • Infinity* — Fork using user's own API key, original became paid using proprietary API key
  • RedReader
  • Stealth*

Others

• Signal
• Telegram
• Discord
• Meetup
• WhatsApp

Calculators

• Calculator++
• Fossify*
• Google

Dialers & Contacts

• Google
• Fossify Dialer*
• Fossify Contacts*
• Simpler
• Dialpad (APKPure mirror) — Dead, last updated 2015-11-13

Device info

• General
  • Quixom Device Info (APKPure mirror) — Dead, last updated 2018-11-14
  • Andrey Efremov Device Info
  • Cellular-Z
• GPS
  • GPSTest
• Microphone
  • Decibel (APKPure mirror) — Dead, last updated 2019-09-24

Firewalls

• AFWall+
• NoRoot

Cleaners

• Norton

Password managers

• KeeWeb* — Webapp
• KeePass DX
• AuthPass

Keyboards

• FlorisBoard*
• HeliBoard*
• Fossify*
• Google
• Yandex

GitHub

• OctoDroid*

Terminal & SSH

• TTerm (APKPure mirror) — Dead, last updated 2018-01-25
• Termux
• ConnectBot

Code editors

• 920 (GitHub mirror) — Dead, last updated 2017-08-30
• DeX (APKPure mirror) — Dead, last updated 2019-05-04, optimized for Samsung desktop but also compatible with smartphone format

Launchers

• Nova
• Lawnchair
• Evie
• Microsoft

Calendars

• Google
• Fossify*
• Cal (APKMirror mirror) — Dead, last updated 2016-01-27
• One
• Etar

GPS

• Waze
• Google
• Here

Widgets

• Todo Agenda

Games

• Frozen Bubble
• 2048
• miniSweeper (APKPure mirror) — Dead, last updated 2019-01-26
• Mazes
  • The Maze - Infinite Challenges
  • Marker Maze (APKPure mirror) — Dead, last updated 2019-10-04

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(*) Not on Google Play

Contribute

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

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 !

Hello! That's a great list, actually. I wonder can you update the list? Some link are broken, such as pop and navi. And some of them is having ads / app purchase. Also I wanted to add this Spotube into the list, it's a great app. Thanks for sharing!

That's a great list, actually.

Thanks !

Some link are broken, such as pop and navi

I checked all links, updated moved ones and added mirrors to dead ones.

And some of them is having ads / app purchase.

Which ones ? I can't rely on what the Google Play says though, because there are false positives.

Also I wanted to add this Spotube into the list, it's a great app.

Done !

Thanks for sharing!

You're welcome !

I really don't think u were going to reply that fast. Well, if there's false positives, then what I mean was that false positives. Thanks for updating again!

Found a free office suites (in google said it has IAP, but I'm not really sure, because I don't need em in android)

Website:
https://www.freeoffice.com/en/
Playstore:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=SoftMaker+Software+GmbH

IAP confirmed by app description.