7 apps for Android that are not in the Google Play Store and are much more useful than you think
From time to time, we look for new free apps outside of the Google Play Store, since we usually tend to find real hidden gems, which although not distributed via the large Google Store, are very worthwhile and useful. Thus, a few months after discovering 4 great apps that are not on Google Play, today we are back with a new set of free apps that we are sure you will love.
Without further ado, we are going to list 8 Android apps that are not in the Google Store that you should not ignore.
- APKUpdater
It is a free application for Android and is responsible for automatically updating all the apps that you install manually using its APK file. To perform this task, this free app scans different platforms like APKMirror to find updates for your APK files.
The open-source application for Android you can download through the direct link of the project page on GitHub which we leave you above.
- QooApp
If you usually spend many hours playing with your Android mobile phone, you'll love QooApp, a game store for Android similar to the Google Play Store thanks to which you can play a wide range of games and the most interesting thing is that many of them are only available in countries like Japan, the birthplace of video games.
To install any of the games you'll find on QooApp, simply go to their website, and click on the game in question. Doing so downloads the APK file that you will have to install manually on your Android smartphone.
- Quillnote
An open-source notes app for Android that features a simple and simple interface that is very similar to that of Google Keep.
In addition, Quillnote supports a wide range of text formats in Markdown thanks to which you will be able to place first- and second-level titles and subtitles (H1, H2, H3), edit any bold, italic, underline, or strikethrough text, create task lists and tables that contain cells that you can fill in with text and images, and allow you to organize all your notes in notebooks and assign labels to them more easily from the app's home screen.
- FoCal
A strange application for Android that allows you to create your own photography calendar. Thus, with this app you can add a photo every day and write text about it to create a personal diary that allows you to remember what happened on a particular day in a more pictorial way.
- Florisboard
Although you can find a large number of keyboard apps for Android in the Google Play Store, the F-Droid Android app store also has several alternatives to consider. One of them is Florisboard, a keyboard app for Android that's simple, simple, lightweight (weighs only 17MB) and protects its privacy, because it doesn't connect to the internet to share what you type with third-party servers.
Of course, despite being a simple app, Florisboard has a large number of configuration options, with many themes to customize the keyboard to your liking and with some very useful functions such as an emoji keyboard, gestures to control the app and clipboard with your date.
- Fennnec
It is an open-source application for Firefox developed by the F-Droid development team itself. So, Fennec is a web browser that improves some of the privacy features of Mozilla's core browser and includes an easy-to-use tracker blocker.
- Wall You
If you want to customize your Android device's home screen with unique and innovative wallpapers, you should try Wall You, an open-source app that offers you a wide range of wallpapers extracted from repositories like Reddit, OWalls, Unsplash, and others.
In addition, Wall You lets you save your favorite wallpapers for easy access, apply different filters to find the wallpaper you're looking for, and automatically change the background after a certain period of time.