LIST OF APPROVED ANDROID APPLICATIONS, WHICH ARE TELEMETRY-FREE [MOSTLY]

UPDATED ON: 2025-10-019
List will be updated in the future.
Most of the applications can be found on [F-Droid market] and work on Android 8.0.
Permissions checker: [Exodus] .
Most of applications do not require wild amount of permissions, but exceptions could occur.

[AdAway] ► Root-based host-file adblocker
[AFWall+] ► IP-tables based firewall
[AnyDesk] ► Remote desktop control
[Audio Recorder] ► 24-bit audio recorder
[Aurora Store] ► Proxy to google play store
[Battery Charge Limit] ► Limit maximum charge from 100% to desired value [default is 80%] to save battery and increase it’s lifespan
[Binary Eye] ► QR-scanner
[Element] ► Secure & private chat
[Equate] ► Basic measure converter
[Fennec] ► Another secure Firefox fork
[Foobar 2000] ► Nice audio player that came from desktop
[FX Manager] ► Convenient file manager
[Ghost Commander] ► Dedicated to replication of well-known text-based Far file manager
[GPS Test] ► GPS tester
[IceRaven] ► Firefox fork with support of almost all desktop addons
[IronFox] ► privacy Firefox fork, replacing Mull browser
[K-9 Mail] ► Secure e-mail client
[KeepassDX] ► Password safe
[KeepScreenOn] ► Keep Screen On
[LibreTorrent] ► Download torrents
[Light Manager LED] ► Tune color of your notifications
[Magisk] ► Root enabler
[Macro Droid] ► Advanced macros for your device
[Mpv] ► Backup video player [using it if for some reason VLC is not playing media]
[muPDF] ► PDF viewer
[Neutron] ► the very best Hi-End audio player in the whole world
[PipePipe] ► modern rewrite of NewPipe YT client with loads of features
[Tubular] ► Watch YT videos without google tracking and annoying Ads
[Nextcloud] ► File hosting with sync
[Nova Launcher] ► Very cool & highly customizable program launcher
[Open Calc] ► Simple calculator
[Obsidian] ► Your personal data/thoughts/planner storage
[Orbot] ► Connect to internet through TOR protocol
[OSMAnd~] ► Open-source map navigation
[PrinterShare] ► Print wirelessly
[RadarWeather] ► Weather predictor
[Power Menu] ► Opens power menu functionality via touch screen
[ProgressBar] ► Simple progress monitor
[Red Moon] ► Eliminate 380-550nm blue spectrum, which cause threat to retinal neurons
[RedReader] ► Reddit browser
[S2 slashdot] ► Slashdot reader
[Session] ► Secure and private chat, complementary to Element
[Andoid 8.0 works very bad with newer versions, last lag-free version without noticable performance regressions v1.5.4]
[Shazam] ► Music ID [i bet that they mine data, coz it’s apple property]
[Simple Mobile Tools Calendar] ► Essential calendar without bloat
[Simple Mobile Tools Contacts Pro] ► Nice replacement to default phone book
[Simple Mobile Tools Dialer] ► Simple dialer with black theme
[Simple Mobile Tools Draw] ► Simple drawing app
[Simple Mobile Tools Gallery] ► Nice picture gallery
[SoundHound] ► Another music ID [use it in conjunction with Shazam]
[VHS Camcoder] ► Retro 90s camcoder
[VLC] ► Advanced video/audio player
[VolumeLockr] ► Lock volume level of system/media/notification events
[Unexpected Keyboard] ► replace bloated stock keyboard of your device
[XEQ Equ] ► Gives a nice frequency boost to the pathetic speakers of your phone
[XMP Mod Player] ► Nice player of tracker music

And yeah, forget about those cleaners and system optimizers. They I doing almost zero useful actions.

The main purpose of such programs is to gather your data and send it back to sell to marketing companies for targeted ads.
So be smart not to install them. And if you do, block their traffic via firewall [Android permissions are complete joke].

Oh, I almost forgot, the above words could be applied to any of your bank client software.
Damn it, just use their websites via the latest browser available.