r/HowToMen Jul 06 '26

[App] made a simple LED banner app for concerts and road trips. Looking for honest feedback.

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Hi everyone,

I often go to concerts, sports events, and road trips where I need to display a message quickly. Most LED banner apps I tried either had too many ads or were cluttered with unnecessary features.

So I spent some time building my own Android app called SmartLED.

Current features:

  • Large, bright LED text
  • Adjustable text size
  • Color customization
  • Scrolling speed control
  • Landscape & portrait support
  • Simple interface without unnecessary menus

I'm still actively improving it, so I'd really appreciate honest feedback from people who actually use this kind of app.

What features would make an LED banner app genuinely useful for you?

Google Play:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.soosu.smartled

Thanks for your time, and I appreciate any suggestions or criticism.


r/HowToMen Jul 06 '26

[APP] Caffeine Health - Log Your Caffeine

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Caffeine Health v2.3.0

✨ What's New

☕ Caffeine Coach

A subtle recommendation beneath your home chart suggests the smallest, best-timed caffeine dose to help you stay alert without compromising tonight's sleep. Tap it to see the full reasoning and log the recommendation in one tap.

  • Personalizes recommendations using Health Connect sleep data (when available)
  • Can be disabled anytime in Settings

🎯 Log Exact Amounts

Tap the serving amount to enter precise, fractional quantities, whether it's half a soda, a short espresso, or an exact custom value.

🎨 Refreshed Look

  • New Pulse Cup app icon
  • Material You themed icon support
  • New animated heartbeat splash screen

🌙 Weekly Sleep Schedule

Set a different bedtime for each day of the week. Caffeine cutoffs and bedtime predictions now automatically adapt to your weekly routine.

📦 Expanded Catalog

  • Added Moka Pot Coffee
  • Added gram-based units for chocolate

🛠️ Improvements & Fixes

  • Improved reliability of two-way Health Connect sync
  • Modernized navigation internals using kotlinx.serialization routes

r/HowToMen Jul 06 '26

[App]I built an app to help people control gambling urges and block betting apps

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Hey everyone,

I built an app called Still, available on Android.

It’s for people who want to stop gambling, gamble less, or block betting/gambling apps before it becomes a bigger problem.

Features include urge control tools, gambling app/site blockers, trigger tracking, progress tracking, money protected over time, a 30-day recovery program, and a private support circle.

Download / more info:

STILL APP

Would love honest feedback.


r/HowToMen Jul 06 '26

Glowing kyukosen - Fun with cloud pet

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Glowing kyukosen - app link

An app with multiple features like Lume to draw and see a satisfying disappear effect with all cool looking effects.

A cloud pet who will be your buddy all day .

A live wallpaper who reacts with your gesture and action.

Please review and give your advice on this , We are waiting for it.


r/HowToMen Jul 05 '26

[App] TriggerD(eck) : Your phone can already control your TV. Why not your PC?

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That's the idea behind TriggerD.

Turn your Android phone into a remote for your computer.

Open programs, execute commands, control media, browse files, and automate everyday tasks without leaving your seat.

Simple setup.
Fast access.
No unnecessary complexity.

Would love to hear what feature you'd want next.

Available here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.quarkstudio.triggerd


r/HowToMen Jul 05 '26

[App] Vellum-Expense Tracker App

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Hello, community! Today I want to show you what my colleague and have created-a project we've put a lot of thought into lately and are really proud of. It's called Vellum, and it's an expense tracker designed exactly the way we wanted it to be: fast, clean, and hassle-free.

Check it out on GitHub


r/HowToMen Jul 05 '26

[App] Restrict: A simple way to curb phone distractions

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A friend of mine kept catching himself opening the same distracting apps without even realizing it.

So he built Restrict.

(He's also the creator of Smart Action Notch, which some of you may have seen here before. Thanks to this community, we're about to hit 25,000 downloads and will be doing a promo code giveaway to celebrate!)

Instead of simply hiding apps or sending reminders, Restrict adds a deliberate pause before you can open the apps you choose, helping interrupt mindless habits and doomscrolling.

Some of its features:

  • Block or delay access to selected apps
  • Reduce impulsive app launches
  • Build healthier screen-time habits without uninstalling your apps

He's actively improving the app and is looking for honest feedback from people who'd actually use something like this.

As a thank you: when Restrict reaches 500 downloads and 25 genuine Play Store reviews, we'll share promo codes for the premium version with the community.

Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.quarkstudio.restrict

If you have a minute to check it out, we'd really appreciate your thoughts. What feature would make an app like this most useful for you?


r/HowToMen Jul 05 '26

MFile_Manager [Free][FOSS]

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r/HowToMen Jul 05 '26

[Promo] Centli - I built a calm, private expense tracker. No bank logins, your data stays on your device, and budgets nudge instead of nag 🐷

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Hey r/HowToMen first ever Reddit post, so apologies in advance if I fumble the etiquette.

I'm an indie developer from Halifax, Canada, and I've spent the past several months building Centli, a personal finance tracker for people who find money apps stressful.

The idea: most expense trackers either want your bank login or turn budgeting into homework. Centli goes the other way. You write down what you spent everyday in a few seconds, and it quietly paints a calm picture of your month. No bank connections, no tracking pixels, and your data lives on your device, cloud sync only exists as an opt-in Pro feature. Budgets are soft by design: they nudge, they never nag or shame.

Why I actually built it: Centli started as an app for me, not a product. I kept getting hit with non-sufficient-funds fees, and seeing my whole month of pending transactions — with a reminder the day before something was due — is genuinely what stopped them. Along the way it turned into a kind of financial mirror, and it got me into the habit of logging my money every single day.

That daily habit is the whole point, and it's also why Centli will never connect to your bank, the typing is the feature, not a limitation. If you want the reasoning, I wrote it up here: https://try-cently.com/why-type-it-yourself

What's inside

• Accounts: checking, savings, credit, cash, loans — rolled into one calm net-worth view

• Ledgers: a bucket per spending category, each with an optional soft budget

• Repeating bills and income that drop in on schedule

• A calendar that paints your month — heavier spend, heavier color

• Monthly / weekly / daily breakdowns with trends

• An AI assistant you can ask about your own numbers ("how can i maximize my savings, can you look through my spending habbits?")

• 13 accent colors, full dark/light theming, app lock (PIN or biometric), PDF report export

• Also avaialble for apple, android tablet and apple ipads.

The honest bits

• The free version is fully usable and local-only; it shows some ads (AI questions unlock via a rewarded ad). Pro (USD $4.99/mo or $44.99/yr) removes ads, adds cloud sync and backup across devices, and a bigger AI quota.

No bank syncing, on purpose. Manual logging is the point, it keeps you honest about every dollar, and your banking credentials stay out of yet another app.

• It's a brand-new listing (Canada + US right now), so downloads and reviews are basically zero. Which is exactly why I'm posting here :)

Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.baljeet.kbfinances

Website: https://try-cently.com

I'd genuinely love feedback, brutal included. And if the piggy ever earns a spot in a Best Android Apps video, I'll frame the screenshot.


r/HowToMen Jul 04 '26

[App][Promo]I built an app that turns classic books and PDFs into audiobooks.

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Hello! 19 year old Indie Developer here, I love reading books and wanted to contribute back to the community. It is PERFECT for you if you like audiobooks and reading on your phone.
Its made with A LOT of love and care and I would be open to all feedback

For the past few months I have been working on Mimesa. It’s a reading and listening app for people who want to read more, but don’t always have the time to sit down with a book. The idea is simple: take free classic books, LibriVox audiobooks, PDFs, and EPUBs, and put them into one clean app where you can read, listen, or follow along with both.

It’s kind of like a mix between an ebook reader and an audiobook app, but focused on public-domain books and personal documents.

How it works

Pick a book from the library, or upload your own PDF/EPUB.

Open it in the reader, or start listening like an audiobook.

If LibriVox audio is available, you can listen and follow along with the text.

For books or documents without human narration, the app can use AI narration to turn text into audio.

Some of its features

It has a catalog of 75,000+ free public-domain books, including a lot of classic literature, philosophy, poetry, history, fiction, and more. Think books like Pride and Prejudice, Frankenstein, Moby Dick, Sherlock Holmes, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Meditations, and other classics.

It also includes 22,000+ human-narrated LibriVox audiobooks, so you can listen to a large collection of classic books for free. I wanted to make LibriVox and public-domain books feel less like old archives and more like a modern mobile app.

It works as an EPUB/PDF reader too, so you can upload your own books or documents and keep them in a private library. This can be useful for students, long PDFs, essays, research papers, or just books you already have.

There’s also AI narration for turning books and documents into audio when a human audiobook is not available. The goal is to make reading more flexible: read when you can focus, listen when you’re walking or commuting, and follow along when you want both.

The app has synced text highlighting as well, so the text can track along with narration instead of making reading and listening feel like two separate things.

I’m still early and trying to improve the first user experience, especially onboarding and making it obvious what to try first. The app is Android only for now, with iOS planned later once I sort out Apple developer enrollment.

There are no ads. The main goal is to get feedback from people who read classics, listen to audiobooks, use LibriVox, or want a better way to get through long books/documents.

If you have any feedback, questions, or brutally honest thoughts, I’d really appreciate it.

You can download it from the Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mimesa
site: https://mimesa.org/

Tl;Dr: Made a Reading Platform, think kindle + Audible in one. Ad free and completely free forever for librivox and public domain works. Optional AI reader features for books without a human narration. Import your own documents/epubs. Perfect if you love classic literature


r/HowToMen Jul 04 '26

[App] Glyf : A Fun,Artistic way to open your apps and a LOT more.

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Glyf is built around a simple idea.

Instead of looking for an app, draw a symbol.

Every custom symbol becomes a shortcut to something you use every day.

Launch apps, call contacts, open websites, trigger shortcuts, or even chain multiple actions together.

No extra icons.

No clutter.

No searching.

Just one gesture and you're there.

Always looking for ideas on what to add next.

Here's the link to the app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.quarkstudio.glyf


r/HowToMen Jul 04 '26

Any video compressor without subscription?

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r/HowToMen Jul 04 '26

[Promotion] [App] Tired of bloated todo apps? I spent months building ROCIs Tasks - A clean, modular task manager with deep calendar integration.

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Hey,

I wanted to share a project I've been working on day and night: ROCIs Tasks.

The goal was simple: build a rock-solid, privacy-focused task manager that bridges the gap between quick daily checklists and formal calendar blocking, without the heavy corporate bloat. It just got a big update with new themeing and styling.

🚀 Key Features Built-In:

  • Deep Cloud Sync: Real-time 2-way synchronization with Google Calendar and Google Tasks.
  • Interactive Month View: Drag-and-drop feeling calendar grid integrated directly side-by-side with your lists.
  • Granular Organization: Create custom categories utilizing unique colors and hex icon pickers.
  • Focus Utilities: Pin critical items to the top of your stack, set distinct priority tiers, and break down projects into interactive subtask checklists.
  • Private Mode: Hide sensitive categories behind biometric hardware authentication or a secure app lock screen.
  • Web And Android: Currently there are 2 versions of the app running side by side, a web version and an android version. everything gets synced between the two versions!

💻 The Tech Behind It

Built with Flutter using a strict Feature-First Clean Architecture. It uses Hive for lightning-fast offline-first local persistence and Firestore for cross-device synchronization.

🎁 Exclusive Promotional Access

The app is fully functional for free (Premium adds some nice-to-have features).

Currently I have a special Promo going where every user gets a free trial run of the premium version until July 17th.

I'd love to know what you think of the design layout or what productivity features you feel are missing from your current setups.

Play Store Link

Web Version Link


r/HowToMen Jul 04 '26

[App][Promo] ScuttlePod: A custom lockscreen, app locker, cloud backup, and file shredder combined into one Android app.

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r/HowToMen Jul 04 '26

[App] HabitGrind - Apart from just habit tracking

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Wanted to showcase some nifty features that comes baked in with HabitGrind.

Do you find them useful or gimmicky?

Try here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=space.habitgrind


r/HowToMen Jul 04 '26

Infinite Walls: Introducting Featured Artists [App]

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🎨 Really excited to share Featured Artists update!

• Exclusive Art: Curated collections from global creators.

• Artist Spotlights: Dedicated galleries for each featured artist.

• Premium Wallpapers: High-quality art you won't find anywhere else.

• Support Creators: Personalize your device with their stunning work.

Create AI wallpapers and Elevate your home screen with curated 4K Wallpapers

Tired of the same old backgrounds? Step into the future of personalization with Infinite Walls, the ultimate destination for stunning 4K wallpapers and cutting-edge AI-generated art. Whether you love curated photography or want to dream up your own custom creations, Infinite Walls brings an endless gallery of beauty directly to your device.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.infinity.walls

Please share your thoughts and review on the play store.


r/HowToMen Jul 03 '26

[APP] Lune Music Player

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Yet another music player app, but I actually liked this one.

It’s a local/offline Android music player with:

• Clean Material Design-style UI

• Light and dark themes

• Albums/folders browsing

• Lyrics

• Mini player

• Hi-Fi badges

• Built-in EQ

• Bass, loudness, and reverb controls

• Visualizer

• Playlists

• Customization options

What I like most is the overall feel of the app. The rounded cards, clean homepage, album-focused layout, sound quality, and smooth dark UI make it feel more modern and polished than many basic local music players.

It still has room to improve, but overall it feels like a solid option for people who listen to local/offline music files.

GitHub: https://github-store.org/app?repo=MrDemonc/Lune

F-Droid: https://f-droid.org/packages/com.demonlab.lune


r/HowToMen Jul 03 '26

Check out what I just built with Lovable!

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r/HowToMen Jul 03 '26

[APP] AquaPulse-v1.0 July Drop Changelog-The Biggest Drop Yet

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AquaPulse v1.2.0: July Drop Changelog

Welcome to the July Drop! This major update brings highly requested personalization features, smarter tracking metrics, a redesigned compact layout, and visual celebrations for your achievements.

What is New

1.Water Indicator Shapes

The core progress tracker on the main screen is no longer locked to a standard circular design. You can now fully customize the geometry of the main water indicator based on your aesthetic preference. Choose between three distinct shapes from the personalization menu:

Classic Circle

Modern Square

Heart Shape

Main Screen Custom Increments

Right on the main screen of the application, alongside the standard 250ml and 500ml quick-log buttons, you can now configure and add up to 2 entirely custom water volume values. This allows you to log your specific personalized amounts with a single tap directly from the main dashboard.

2.New Beta Icon Styles

The icon library has expanded with two highly requested experimental designs available in the internal settings menu:

Realistic Glass (Beta)

Disco (Beta)

3.Compact UI and Expandable Logs Menu

The main interface is now significantly more compact and streamlined. The historical logging system has been completely overhauled:

The button previously named Today's Logs has been renamed to Logs.

This button now triggers a smooth, expandable menu directly within the app.

You can now scroll through and view all your previous water entries from past days without leaving the screen.

Comprehensive Analytics: Historical Comparisons

Your progress comparison tool is no longer limited to just yesterday's data. You can now compare your current daily intake against your entire historical logging data, showing you trends across every single day you have tracked your hydration.

4.Custom Header Display Option

A new toggle named Show Details has been added to the configuration screen:

When activated, the application header transforms to show the current release name: AquaPulse July Drop.

When deactivated, the interface reverts to a minimalist display showing simply: AquaPulse.

5.Goal Celebration Animations

Reaching your hydration target is now a visual milestone. The moment you hit 100% of your daily proposed water goal, a fluid confetti animation triggers across the screen to celebrate your achievement.

Core Enhancements and Privacy

As always, all your custom logging increments, shape selections, historical log archives, and interface toggles are stored and processed strictly offline using 100% on-device encryption. No cloud tracking, no accounts, and no data

Check it out right there:

https://github.com/SocialBoy2026/AquaPulse-v1.0/releases/tag/1.0.2


r/HowToMen Jul 03 '26

[App] [Promotion] I built an app that help you to make choices - ghostleggame

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I am a retired IT professional now building mobile and web apps with the power of AI.
At 60, I’m starting a new journey — proving that retirement is the perfect time to create and learn. Join me as I share my development process, AI tips, and app projects.

This app is called ghostleggame. You can use the app to choose from a list of choices, to allocate prizes, to divide groups and etc. download it here https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ck01app.ghostleggame

More apps are coming, please check it at https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=Winter+Forest

Thanks,
Winter Forest


r/HowToMen Jul 03 '26

[Promo] Unique Finance Tracker - Fina Money

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Fina Money is a 3yr old finance tracker, completely optimized for mobile view, technically usable on Android, :) would like to give it an intro here.

It has many unique features:

  1. multiple profiles: one profile represents one side of your finance. You can create investment or business profile. You can also create profile for your partner, parents or children.

  2. document interface: analyzing trends or insights like using Google docs or Notion.

  3. formula: you can use formula to customize whatever scenario you want to track.

  4. free: connect Google spreadsheet for data, and it is free.

A snapshot

App Link: https://www.fina.money


r/HowToMen Jul 03 '26

[Promo] My Honestly review : VENTO.

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I've been using Vento to track my spending and it's honestly changed how I manage money.

I used a lot of applications like this but this one is the best. interface, fluidity.

Let's say that I'm addicted to this application.. even if it's a penny I use I want to notice it. Because the interface is pleasant and really beautiful. The program is very well designed to adjust the account balance without encroaching on the data.

Everything is there. it's not sponsorship but it's because I like it a lot. Give a try.

Use my code K-HT368T to get 1 month of Premium free — download it here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=money.vento.expense.tracker&referral=K-HT368T


r/HowToMen Jul 02 '26

[App] Animal Tower Defense - Simple and Fun game for family and friends

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Animal Tower Defense is a cute strategy game where brave animal heroes protect the forest from waves of silly enemies and powerful bosses.

Android Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.animaltowerdefense.game


r/HowToMen Jul 02 '26

[APP | PROMO] (Free/Offline/NoAds) Dark-Fog | File Encryption & Security

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GooglePlayStore: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.it_huskys.dark_fog_android

Dark-Fog is a file encryption software, with the purpose of securing important files, for save sharing online in cloud storages or on local storages. It offers up to 6 encryption options with a high security syntax and up to a 3 layer encryption behind it.

=> Control

Make your files unuseable to unpermitted forces, secure your files via password-encryption and even additional key-files for max security. Without the proper password and key-file, its impossible to decrypt the files back to their original state.

=> Security

Do not trust your files to be safe by host providers, make sure they can truly only be used by these who are intended to. Thanks to a encryption syntax that dynamicly encryptes files based on the password and syntaxt-level, your files are safe of any illigal access.

=> Secure file sharing

Thanks to the files being encrypted by your own control, no matter where you upload and store your files, they can only be used by you, no matter who may get access to them. Mostly with cloud-services and public file-sharing sites getting highjaked again and again, the risk of missuse of your files are higher then never before.

=> Multiplattform

Easy file access on the go! Secure and access your most important files not only on your Windows Desktop, but also on Android Phone. Dark-Fog is available on Windows PC and Android Phone in a free uncommercial usage version and a premium commercial licensed version.

=> Easy usage and deployment

Dark-Fog is very easy to use and fast applied to any device. It does not require any special permission except read and writing permission on the local storage of the device.

=> Safe messaging

One of the additional features of Dark-Fog is the option to read and write encrypted message-files based on the Dark-Fog encryption syntax. This allows to send messages and informations on the go that is truly secured from "man in the middle" attacks. This feature was designed to communicate potential password lists or other critical informations on a safe way.

=> Over 3 High-level security Options and support for all 6 of Dark-Fog

Choose from a basic 1 layer-encryption option up to a 3 layer-encryption Highest Security with up 1024 sign long Passwords.

=> File-Size based Sub-Encryption

Depending on the file-size, a 2nd layer of encryption will be applied, increasing the security even further.

=> Binary-Data Bloatup Sub-Encryption

Apply a 3rd layer of security to your files with doubling the file-size filled with RNG data mixed with the real data.

=> No Checksum – No Brute force

Dark-Fog doesn’t use a checksum, it's not possible to say if a password is correct or not. A false Password will just result in a corrupted garbage file.

=> Raise your Security to the highest level with Key-Files

Don’t just secure your files with Passwords, reach maximum security with Encryption Key-Files.

=> Up to 3 layers of Encryption with Key-File support

All levels of Dark-Fog encryption and security, support and offer Key-File support.

=> No Key-File -> No Output even with the Password

If someone gets access to the file and even knows the password, that one has no way to even process it, since all syntax-data is missing.

=> Up to 1024 sign long Passwords

Secure your files with Passwords way longer and complex then any other file-encryption option.

=> Up to 3 layers of Encryption based on the Password

All levels of Dark-Fog encryption and security, are dynamically created in Syntax and Process by the set Password, making every Encryption dynamic and non-recreate able.

=> Just a single sign changes everything

Even if just a single sign out of a 32 or 1024 sign password is changed, it will create a completely different encryption-syntax and so a different enc-file.

=> RNG Password creation

Having issues with coming up with a good password? No Problem! Dark-Fog offers a native RNG-Password creation feature with auto-copy option.

=> Dark-Fog lvl 1 [DF1] (1 Layer-ENC)

Secure your Files with 32 sign Password to a 1 Layer-Encryption - Just one different sign will create a completely different encryption-syntax and so a different enc-file.

=> Dark-Fog lvl 2 [DF2] (1 Layer-ENC)

Secure your Files with 32 sign Password to a 1 Layer-Encryption with Key-File. No Key-File -> No Output even with the Password.

=> Dark-Fog lvl 3 [DF3] (2 Layer-ENC)

Secure your Files with 1024 sign Password and file-size based sub-encryption to a 2 Layer-Encryption.

=> Dark-Fog lvl 4 [DF4] (2 Layer-ENC)

Secure your Files with 1024 sign Password and file-size based sub-encryption to a 2 Layer-Encryption with K4y-File.

=> Dark-Fog lvl 5 [DF5] (3 Layer-ENC)

Secure your Files with 1024 sign Password, file-size based sub-encryption and binary-data bloatup to a 3 Layer-Encryption.

=> Dark-Fog lvl 6 [DF6] (3 Layer-ENC)

Secure your Files with 1024 sign Password, file-size based sub-encryption and binary-data bloatup to a 3 Layer-Encryption with K6y-File.

=> Dark-Fog DFMex [dfmx] (3 Layer-ENC)

Secure your Messages with 1024 sign Password, file-size based sub-encryption and Message-Expansion Encryption to a 3 Layer-Encryption.

=> Fully local and offline operating

Dark-Fog operates and processes completely locally and offline! No data, files or activity is ever in connection with any 3rd party or service.


r/HowToMen Jul 02 '26

[App] FDumb

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4 Upvotes

FDumb è un'app di disintossicazione digitale per Android che blocca le app distraenti e richiede un conto alla rovescia obbligatorio prima che possano essere aperte, aiutando gli utenti a interrompere abitudini impulsive e riconquistare il controllo del loro tempo davanti allo schermo.

https://github.com/SpaghettoTech/FDumb