List Of Approved Android Applications, Which Are Telemetry-Free [Mostly]

UPDATED ON: 2026-07-13
SUPPORT STATUS: Support of this list has been ended.

Larger portion of software can be found on [F-Droid market] and will work on Android 8.0.
Permissions checker: [Exodus] .
Most of applications do not require wild amount of permissions, but exceptions could occur.

[Audio Recorder] ► HiRes 24-bit audio recorder
[Binary Eye] ► QR-scanner
[Cirrus] ► Weather and rain radar
[Ciyue] ► GUI for Mdict dictionaries
[Currencies] ► Exchange rates currency converter
[DeepL] ► The most advanced translation on the market
[Echo Equalizer] ► Improve quality of the puny speakers of your smartphone
[Element] ► Secure & private chat
[Equate] ► Basic measure converter
[IceRaven] ► Firefox fork with support of almost all desktop addons
[IronFox] ► privacy Firefox fork, replacing Mull browser
[Fennec] ► Another secure Firefox fork
[Foobar 2000] ► Nice audio player that came from desktop
[Fossify Calendar] ► Essential calendar without bloat
[Fossify Gallery] ► Nice picture gallery
[Fossify Paint] ► Simple drawing app
[FX Manager] ► Convenient file manager
[Ghost Commander] ► Dedicated to replication of well-known text-based Far file manager
[GPS Test] ► GPS tester
[K-9 Mail] ► Secure e-mail client
[KeepassDX] ► Password safe
[KeepScreenOn] ► Keep Screen On
[LibreTorrent] ► Download torrents
[miXplorer] ► File explorer with very clean design
[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
[Nextcloud] ► File hosting with sync
[Nova Launcher] ► Very cool & highly customizable program launcher
[Obsidian] ► Your personal data/thoughts/planner storage
[OSMAnd~] ► Open-source map navigation
[PrinterShare] ► Print wirelessly
[ProgressBar] ► Simple progress monitor
[RedReader] ► Reddit browser
[Ruler] ► Simple ruler
[S2 slashdot] ► Slashdot reader
[Session] ► Secure and private chat, complementary to Element
[Shazam] ► Music ID [i bet that they mine data, coz it’s apple property]
[Sony Music Center] ► Control your Sony BT speakers and more
[SoundHound] ► Another music ID [use it in conjunction with Shazam]
[Termux] ► Bash shell with loads of tools
[Tubular] ► Watch YT videos without google tracking and annoying Ads
[Vanilla] ► Simple calculator
[VHS Camcoder] ► Retro 90s camcoder
[Unexpected Keyboard] ► replace bloated stock keyboard of your device
[Urban Dictionary] ► Translate slang words
[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 mentioned words could be applied to any of your bank client software.
Damn it, just use their websites via the latest browser available.

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