I’m sure there are countless apps out there that are incredibly cool, interesting, or useful, but just haven’t hit the mainstream yet. Maybe it’s a productivity tool that’s boosted your efficiency, a unique game that’s kept you entertained for hours, or a niche app that’s catered perfectly to one of your hobbies or interests.

What are some Android hidden gem apps that you’ve used a bunch or think it’s really cool/interesting/useful?

Please share your recommendations, and if possible, a brief description of what the app does and why you find it so valuable.

Looking forward to uncovering some hidden treasures in the Android app world. Thanks in advance for your suggestions!

  • Jvrava9
    16•7 months ago

    Some alternatives and corrections to your list:

    • You can already download YT videos in LibreTube and NewPipe, speaking about NewPipe, I would suggest using NewPipeSponsosblock for blocking in video sponsors from creators. Aves Libre is a better advanced Gallery alternative with EXIF editing.
    • Aimp is a good alternative to Retro.
    • Spotiflyer is an alternative Murglar.
    • Schildi Chat is a better alternative to Element X, its based on Element but is a lot faster and has a lot more options.

    Ps: I’ve been seeing a lot of posts and comments by you in the communities that I follow, just want to tell you thx for contrubuting to them xD.

    • Free Palestine 🇵🇸
      13•7 months ago

      Thanks for participating in the discussion. I have to disagree on some of your point though.

      You can already download YT videos in LibreTube and NewPipe, speaking about NewPipe, I would suggest using NewPipeSponsosblock for blocking in video sponsors from creators.

      I have found the download features in both LibreTube and NewPipe to be pretty unreliable. Seal always works. NewPipe x SponsorBlock is great, I use LibreTube which also has SponsorBlock built in, I just included NewPipe in the list because LibreTube breaks sometimes. But yes, NewPipe x SponsorBlock is better than standard NewPipe. BraveNewPipe is even better.

      Aves Libre is a better advanced Gallery alternative with EXIF editing

      Aves is a good option, it’s also available on Accrescent. Personally though, I dislike the design of the app and prefer Gallery in combination with Image Toolbox for image editing.

      Aimp is a good alternative to Retro.

      It’s not open-source and thus not available on F-Droid.

      Spotiflyer is an alternative Murglar.

      In my experience Spotiflyer has been pretty unreliable. It either pulls low quality shit from YouTube or it tries to download from Spotify and fails. So far, Murglar has worked like a dream. Just like deemix on desktop btw. You can use Deezer Premium ARLs from this guide to log in and download genuine 320kbps MP3s or even FLACs. Never had any issues.

      Schildi Chat is a better alternative to Element X, its based on Element but is a lot faster and has a lot more options.

      I tried it out, personally, I didn’t really like it. Element has been pretty slow for me, but I never had these issues with Element X.