Android without Google System Apps
Android without Google System Apps
One should be able to install whatever apps one wants on their device, rather than be locked-in to gatekeepers. With this in-mind, here is some information on uninstalling Google Apps on Android devices and some recommended Apps.
Alternative App Stores
- F-Droid
- Foxy Droid - Alternative to F-Droid
- Amazon Appstore
Best to find, install and try out the Apps below BEFORE disabling Google Apps.
- /d/gapps - disables/deletes Google Apps. This will require that your Android phone is ROOTed first.
- As an alternative Android Operating System, you may want to try LineageOS
The list of apps here was made using List My Apps
Apps
App Tools
- List My Apps - List all apps installed on device, with option to export in various formats.
- ApkTrack - Search for and update installed apps
- App Manager
- LTE Cleaner - App cleaner
Alternative Apps
- OpenLauncher - Alternative Homescreen Launcher
- AnySoftKeyboard - Replacement Keyboard
- Clock
- Suntimes - Solar tracking and clock application
- Weather
File Utilities/Management
- File Manager
- OI File Manager
- USB Media Explorer - Handle plugged-in USB file storage
- DiskUsage - Display how device storage is used
- Hash Droid - Calculate hash checksums of files
- EtchDroid - Write disk images to USB keys
File Sharing
- lWS - Webserver to share files on phone on the local network
- lWS QR - QR Code generator to share above webserver URL
- NitroShare - Send files to any other devices running the same software on the local network (Mac/Linux/Android/iOS etc)
- MEGA - A popular Dropbox alternative
- LibreTorrent - Torrent downloader
Communication
- QKSMS - SMS App
- SMS Backup & Restore
- K-9 Mail - Email
Graphics
- Open Camera - Advanced Camera Replacement
Gallery
Image Editing
- ObscuraCam - Blurs out faces in images
- Exif Eraser - Remove EXIF metadata information from image, e.g. for sharing on social media
- Exiftool - Edit EXIF metadata
- LLCrop (lossless) - Crop a JPEG image without losing quality
- Snapseed - General-purpose image manipulation tool
- Autodesk SketchBook - Drawing Tool
Audio
- Audio Recorder
- Binaural Beats - Ambient Sound Creaor
- MP3 Merger Mp3 Cutter
- Simple tone generator
- Pronounce - Text-to-speech
- Tonality - Piano
Music
- Musicolet - Music player
- MusicPiped - Youtube Music player
- Mixcloud
- SoundCloud
Podcast
Web Browsers
- Brave
- Opera
- Wayback Machine - View old versions of archived web pages
Network Tools
- Network Monitor
- Port Authority
- PingTools
- ConnectBot - SSH app
- JuiceSSH
System
- Termux - Terminal App
- CPU Info - Display device CPU information
- BusyBox Free - Command-line tools for ROOTed phones
- Kernel Adiutor
- Official TWRP App - Backup/install/reset phone software for ROOTed phones
NFC
- NFC Tools Plugin : Reuse Tag - Program NFC tags
- ReadID - NFC Passport Reader - Read the NFC chip in a passport to extract the photo and details
Location/Tracking
- Compass
- I am here! - Display current geographic location address
- Fake Traveler - Simulate/fake current device location
- OpenTracks - Track your journey
Maps
Video
- NewPipe - YouTube player
- VLC - Video Player
- Video Transcoder
Books/Reading
- ReadEra - Ebook reader, best for non-PDFs
- PocketBook - Ebook reader, best for PDFs
- Librera PRO - Ebook reader
- Feeder
- GuteBooks - Project Gutenberg free books app
- LibriVox - Audio books
- Audio Book Librivox
- Bible Hub - Display passages from multiple bible translations
Dictionary
Writing/Notes
- Joplin - Markdown text notes application, synchronizes to various plaforms
- Turbo Editor - Text editor
- Textie - Markdown editor
Misc Apps
- Mi Remote - Infra-Red Remote Control
- Level - Spirit Level
- ConvertPad - Unit Converter - Unit Conversion
- Share to Clipboard
- Cardiograph - Use phone camera/flash to measure your pulse
Games/Emulation
- Magic DosBox Free - DOS emulator
- ScummVM - DOS emulator for various games using the Scumm engine (e.g. Secret of Monkey Island)
- Dig - Emulator front-end
- RetroArch - Emulator front-end and installer
- MAME4droid (0.139u1) - Arcade machine Emulaor
- openMSX - MSX computer emulator
- Uae4all2 - Commodore Amiga computer emulator
Commerce
- Parcel Tracker
- Amazon Shopping
- CurrenC - Currency Exchange Rates
- Credit Card Reader - Read a credit card by its NFC chip
Barcodes
Programming
- SQLiteViewer - View database used by most apps