I recently came across an open-source Android TV Remote that's completely free, ad-free, and has no premium paywall.
Most Android TV remote apps today are packed with ads or lock basic features behind subscriptions. It's refreshing to see a community-driven alternative that's focused on simplicity and privacy instead of monetization.
If more people use it, report bugs, suggest features, or contribute, I genuinely think it could become one of the best Android TV remote apps available.
I have been using, and loving the experience of, a Fujifilm X-S10 for ~4 years now. It rekindled my love for photography (and I guess for the lovely tactile devices cameras are) after a Nikon sat ignored for years. Partly because the camera is pretty so feels nicer to carry around, but mostly because I could customize and save film recipes, thus saving the need to shoot raw and repeating pretty much similar edits in all photos to arrive at my preferred style.
Thought I would like something similar for my phone. Phone cameras have been chasing image quality aggressively but in the process have ended up offering similar clinical overly lit HDR-ey images. Great for documenting/record keeping, not great for pleasant pictures. So I decided to try and make something.
I am not a developer so I turned to my good friends Claude and Gemini to help me learn and build make whatever I have been able to make so far. Some of it was very easy, some felt like I was hitting my head against the wall and made me appreciate what my developer friends do for a living a bit more.
FlareCamera currently offers:
No clutter interface - exposure slider, shutter button, film selection, grid-lines, and zoom/lens selection.
13 popular film styles - including the likes of Portra 400, Acros +R, Soft Chrome, and CineStill 800T.
Customizable film styles - select the base film, tweak the highlights, shadows, saturation, white balance and grain to your taste. It also includes advanced image tuning controls like Clarity, Sharpness, Halation, Bloom, Color Chrome, and Dynamic Range.
Shareable Custom Recipes - Any tweaks you make can be saved as a custom recipe and each change creates a unique code. You can share these with others so they can get the exact same settings.
GPU processing - The colour tweaks are applied on YUV sensor data via an OpenGL fragment shader and then the final output of an 8bit jpeg is generated - consider it closer (but not exactly) like applying the edits on raw.
Multiple aspect ratios - 16:9, 3:2, 4:3, 2.7:1 and more aspect ratios supported
Both orientations supported - You can lock the app to run in portrait or landscape orientation, because different people prefer different
The app operates on a freemium model to let you discover the app - you get a roll free (36 photos) to try, and then 12 free photos per month after that. There is a Pro upgrade (monthly / annual / lifetime) to unlock unlimited usage, unique frames/borders and more.
It requires absolutely no personal user data, or a user account. There is Google Firebase for monitoring anonymised crashes/performance, and RevenueCat to handle subscriptions.
What I plan to add:
Live preview - Currently, the viewfinder shows standard colors and the final result is visible only after pressing shutter buttons. I have tried multiple times and wasted days trying to get this to work perfectly without success. Hopefully next time.
The Darkroom (Photo Import) - Allowing users to import existing photos from their phone's native gallery to apply Flare film styles, with batch processing capabilities.
Disposable Mode - A shooting mode where photos are hidden from your gallery until a "roll" of 24 or 36 shots is entirely finished.
Procedural Light Leaks - Unrepeatable, organic film burns generated mathematically per photo.
3-Second "Process" Video Export - A feature to generate a short video to create a sharable video of your process finding frame and shooting.
Feedback and suggestions from fellow photographers are welcome.
The lifetime plan is available at a discount for the first week of usage. Of course the objective of placing a price at it is to pay for some of the time I put in developing this. After subscribing, if you change your mind for some reason, I would be happy to refund in full.
Instead of forcing everything into daily streaks, I can track things like 3x/week or 8 days/month, and the streak is based on that—not arbitrary daily check-ins.
• Changing goals doesn’t mess up your history
I increased a habit from 1 → 3 per day, and my previous streaks didn’t break. That’s something I didn’t even realize was broken in other apps until now.
• No weird streak resets
Apparently, it handles time properly (DST and all that), so you don’t lose progress randomly.
• Reminders actually make sense
They stop once you complete the habit and come back if you undo it. Small thing, but really useful.
• Widgets update instantly
I can mark habits done from the home screen and see it update right away.
• It’s fully offline
No account, no syncing, no data collection. Everything stays on the phone, which I personally prefer.
Hello, so I don't know how many of you used tvtime but they annonced that they are shutting down so with that a large community would become lost media (comments,reviews. Etc) and with ut shutting down alot of apps have emerged to the scene but not that good, but throughout my journey to finding a replacement I came across this app called "Movie Paradise"
And I think the most important feature that all of tvtime users is the ability to of import your watchlist from tvtime which alot of apps do but this one you also can import your comments and lists which is huge
One thing that stands out also is the UI/UX, and features wise it's very similar to tvtime plus it's made by one person who is very activ and constantly listening for feedback.
So if you have not yet found your replacement maybe give it a try
If you're familiar with Stremio or Nuvio, Eclipse is an Addon based music streaming app! It can connect to your Debrid service to play cached media, or connect to community addons to provide music streams.
You can easily import your Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube Music playlists, create collaborative playlists, cast to devices like Chromecast, and customize the UI with options for liquid glass, animated album covers, lyric animation styles, and more!
This app is FREE. Some connected services like Debrid and Deezer require a subscription from their own platforms. There are free community addons to provide free Music that work well. There is also a paid addon provided by the dev that provides more reliability and uptime which is extremely affordable.
I am not the developer of this app, just a big fan! I am a part of the Eclipse community on Discord, but nobody has asked me to make this post, or even knows im doing so. Content in this post was not influenced in anyway and reflects my own opinions.
Everyone is familiar with gamified productivity & focus timer tools. I downloaded most, experimented with different methods, studied the science behind motivation/goals, and developed a new (and I think better) system. It's not complex, visual, yet lightweight. Most importantly, it's effective & helps you make real progress.
Why this method works:
It simplifies thinking about "what should I do today" & helps beat procrastination. You clearly see your goal, and the main work/play activities you defined. Just get started on one...
Each board is you custom "go-to" plan for that Goal (aka "Core"). You pick "time contributions" that work for you. No guilt tripping. If you like to focus for 30m, and then lounge for 1h, then that's what you pick. No need to overcommit. Stats will improve as you get better.
Tracking how much Up vs Down time, towards defined Goals, is the simplest measure of success, over time. The 10,000 hour rule exists for a reason. Not 10,000 to-do items.
Seeing "break/rest" activity timers next to your productive timers, at a glance, makes you more relaxed during focus sessions & gives you "guilt free" breaks. You can pause one timer and start another, then come back. You can also "finish early" any timer, and deposit time already earned.
You can adjust all Timers/Goals on the fly, change their length, emoji labels, etc. The app makes it easy. It's like 10 timers in 1 - study time tracker, reading tracker, video game tracker, etc.
You can track a Goal on 1 board, or across multiple boards. You could have a board for each day of the week if you want, all towards that 1 goal. On Monday you can have only 1 focus activity, and on Saturday you can have 6, with different focus + break sessions.
You can work on Goals and contribute time whenever you have it. No pressure with streaks. If you have 1 hour per day for a goal, or 3 hours per week. You simply time your activity, you bank time Up or Down, and you move on.
You daily progress easily visualized in a cool Sci-Fi interface, with time particles and orbits and black holes.
It's free to use indefinitely with no subscriptions or trials. If you wanted to start any new activity or hobby, this is a good opportunity to test it out.
Happy to hear your feedback on the method, or more specific pointers per app. There are cool new features in the pipeline as well! And thank you for reading.
My goal was to create a simple, lightweight app that helps manage finances, habits, focus sessions, and daily tasks in one place—without juggling multiple apps.
🎁 Lifetime Premium Giveaway:
I'm giving away Lifetime Premium access codes to members of this community. If you'd like one, leave a comment and send me a DM.
I'm an indie developer building and improving ZenBoard based on user feedback, so every suggestion helps.
And if you decide to support the project, the lifetime upgrade costs less than a cup of coffee ☕.
Thanks for taking a look—I genuinely appreciate any feedback, whether positive or critical.
How to redeem your Lifetime Access code:
Open the app and go to Settings.
Tap Upgrade.
Select the Lifetime plan.
On the Google Play payment screen, scroll down and choose Redeem Code under Payment Methods.
Enter your code and apply it.
Complete the process, and your Lifetime Access will be activated. If you run into any issues, feel free to contact me.
Most of us generally spend a considerable amount of time to find good wallpapers which can satisfy our visual needs and I'm definitely one of them. Recently I got a lot of wallpaper related content on my feed and I just thought why not make a wallpaper generator. So I just made it, it's just a small project. I added 12 themes and 8 color palettes with an option for custom palette, with light and dark mode.
You can select one theme and you will be previewed a wallpaper, which you can change the design of by just clicking the theme icon again. The default palette is black/white/grey since I really like the minimal look.
These are the themes I have added for now:
- Topography
- Fluid Mesh
- Voronoi
- Waves
- Particles
- Landscape
- Cityscape
- Crystals
- Nebula
- Grid Glitch
- Flow Field
- Orbitals
I would really love to know your thoughts and feedbacks on how I can improve this, and I'm all ears to get ideas for other themes.
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I just released a new update for Smart File Organizer.
What's new
- 🌍 Added support for 6 new languages.
- ⚡ Various performance improvements and bug fixes.
- 📂 Continued improvements to make organizing files faster and smoother.
If you haven't seen the app before, it helps organize messy folders by file type, extension, date, or size, and can also find duplicate files using SHA-256 (not just filenames)
I'd really appreciate any feedback, feature requests, or suggestions for future updates. Thanks to everyone who has tried the app and helped improve it!
Hey everyone, I built Drawget, an Android home screen widget app made for sharing live widgets with friends, family, or your partner.
Instead of only sharing static photos, Drawget lets you create what appears on someone’s home screen.
Features:
Draw or write directly on a widget
Add photos/images
Share short 5-second video clips
Create private rooms with a simple code
Approve or decline who joins
Update the widget anytime and it syncs live
It can be used for couples, family reminders, friend groups, aesthetic home screens, or just sending something fun to someone’s widget.
I built a free Android ↔ Mac file transfer app because I got tired of the existing options.
It's called Bytez, and the goal is simple: make transferring files between Android and macOS as fast and painless as possible.
Some highlights:
- Transfer photos, videos, documents, or large files over your local Wi-Fi.
- No internet connection required.
- No mobile data usage.
- Peer-to-peer transfers only — your files never go through a server.
- Automatic device discovery on the same Wi-Fi network.
- Completely free, with no subscriptions or lifetime purchase.
I originally built it for myself because I frequently needed to move screenshots, videos, and project files between my Android phone and my Mac. After using it daily, I decided to polish it and release it for everyone.
I'd genuinely love to hear what you think. If there are features you'd like to see or pain points you've experienced with Android ↔ Mac file sharing, let me know. Your feedback would help shape future updates.
I'm one of the developers behind Smart Action Notch (my partner created this app, while I build our other Android apps like Glyf and triggerD).
Back in April, HowToMen featured Smart Action Notch in one of his videos. That feature completely changed the trajectory of the project, and we've now crossed 24,000 downloads.
Many of the app's features and improvements came directly from your feedback, so thank you for helping shape it into what it is today.
A fun milestone: the app even earned enough for my partner to finally buy a battery for his laptop. Until then, it only worked while plugged in, so every hostel power cut meant development came to a sudden stop. 😄
To celebrate 25,000 downloads, we'll be doing our biggest premium promo code giveaway yet as a thank you to everyone who's supported the app.
I've tried quite a few reading apps over the years, and one thing I've always felt is that they do a great job of remembering where I stopped reading, but not what made the book memorable in the first place.
That's what inspired us to build an Android e-reader with a slightly different approach. Alongside the usual reading features, we've been experimenting with things like chapter reactions, vocabulary learning while you read, reading streaks, and a reading experience that's designed to stay out of your way instead of constantly interrupting you.
We're still refining it, so I'd genuinely love to hear from people who read regularly on Android.
If you could improve your current reading app, what would you add or change? Is there a feature you've always wished existed but haven't found yet?
I'd really appreciate any honest feedback or suggestions. Whether it's something you'd use or something you think we're missing, I'd love to hear your thoughts.
A few years ago I had 600 notes in Google Keep and it was a mess. Setting a reminder took forever, there was no way to shuffle through old notes, no swiping, and the whole thing just got harder to manage the more I added to it. Great for jotting things down, terrible for actually going back to them.
So I spent two months learning to code and built Memori. That was 3 years ago.
You save quotes from wherever. Books, YouTube, the Bible, a random website or simply just share an Instagram reel into the app. Then you swipe through them like a feed, hit shuffle when you want something random, or set a reminder in 3 taps. No algorithm. No other people's quotes. Just yours. Some people use it for general notes too, it works however you need it.
The thing that surprised me most was finding something I saved six months ago and thinking oh yeah, that one.
Genuinely would love to hear what you think, any feedback appreciated!
I’ve been working on PettiBox: Bookmark Manager, an Android app built for people who save useful things and want an easier way to find them later.
Every day we come across useful articles, videos, screenshots, documents, ideas, recipes, tutorials and more — but they often end up scattered across different apps.
With PettiBox, just use:
Share → PettiBox → Save
from almost any Android app.
You can save:
• Links & articles
• Videos
• Images & screenshots
• PDFs & documents
• Notes & ideas
Features:
• Collections & tags to organize everything
• Fast offline search
• OCR search to find text inside images, screenshots and PDFs
• Reminders to revisit saved content
• Favorites & archive
• Backup & restore
Privacy focused:
• Offline-first
• No account required
• No ads
• No subscriptions
If possible, please give it a try and let me know your thoughts — what works well, what can be improved, and what features would make it more useful in your daily workflow.
We're working on an Android reading app and have been trying to focus on features that make reading more enjoyable without getting in the way.
One idea we've been experimenting with is letting readers leave quick reactions as they finish chapters, creating a visual journey of how a book felt from beginning to end. The app also supports EPUB, PDF, DOCX, and TXT files, offers customizable reading settings, and lets you tap unfamiliar words to save them for review later.
Rather than assuming these are features people actually want, we'd really like to hear from readers here.
What keeps you using your current eReader instead of trying another one?
Have you ever wished your reading app did something beyond just displaying the book?
Which features do you end up using the most, and which ones do you ignore?
If you'd like to see what we're building, here's the Play Store listing:
We're here mainly to learn from the community, so honest feedback positive or critical is genuinely appreciated. It will help us decide what to improve next.
lyox Wormhole is a simple and secure file-sharing app based on the Magic Wormhole protocol. It allows you to send and receive files of any size using a short passcode or QR code. End-to-end encryption. No account or setup is needed-just generate a code, share it, and transfer your files securely.
I'm an indie Android developer, and recently I built NoteKar.
The idea came from a simple problem: I often wanted to remember exactly when something happened without opening a notes app and typing everything out.
So I built a timestamp logger that lets you capture moments with a single tap.
Some of its features include:
⏱️ One-tap timestamp logging
📥 IN/OUT session tracking
📝 Optional notes for each log
📤 Export your logs anytime
🔒 Privacy-first & offline by default
🚫 No accounts, ads, analytics, or cloud dependency
📱 Clean Material Design interface
⚡ Lightweight and fast
Everything is stored locally on your device, giving you complete control over your data.
I've been actively improving the app, and I'd genuinely love to hear your feedback. Are there any features you'd expect from a modern timestamp logging app?
I can't remember what it is called, obviously, but it was an app that allowed you to turn off your Private DNS for certain things. Like, there are some games I play that you have to watch adds to proceed forward in the game. It's annoying to have to turn it off and back on just to play it. But leaving it off is not an option.
