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This Week in F-Droid
TWIF curated on Thursday, 13 Nov 2025, Week 46
F-Droid core
Without much fanfare, remember the old CPU issues we had? Well… for the last 3 or 4 cycles we have been building apps on our new modern hardware. So stay tuned for more info, more updated apps and faster updates notifications.
The first batch of missed updates starts today…
Community News
Bartek of Wolność w Kieszeni or better said of Freedom in the Pocket has written a detailed post (in Polish) about nice apps from F-Droid, entitled “Unlock your smartphone: Applications”. After reading this you can peruse the other posts too as they seem nicely aligned with FLOSS and F-Droid goals.
ArcaneChat and Delta Chat were updated to 2.25.0 improving onboarding, adding more metadata protection, reducing app size and much more.
Kotatsu was updated to 9.4.1 but development has stopped. The developer wrote: “In light of recent challenges — including threatening actions from Kakao Entertainment Corp and upcoming Google’s new sideloading policy — we’ve made the difficult decision to shut down Kotatsu and end its support. We’re deeply grateful to everyone who contributed and to the amazing community that grew around this project.”
Luanti (former Minetest) is a popular game, and they’ve just joined Open Collective Europe, a non-profit based in Belgium that provides fiscal hosting to open source projects. OCE hosts many notable projects, including EndeavourOS, F-Droid, and postmarketOS. This allows Luanti to operate like a non-profit and unlocks many new opportunities. Read more here to find out how you can help too.
Notesnook - Private notes app was updated to 3.3.8 after a long delay. What did we miss? A new sidebar UI and a tree view for notebooks at least, plus a new search, archive and importer secondly, and search filters and stats recently. Of note, latest version brings new pricing plans that you might want to read about.
OsmAnd~ had another big update, to 5.2.9, adding numerous new features and bug fixes. The list is huge so just head over to the dedicated announcement. Note: As usual, this update is not yet suggested as stable, if you want to have it now, just enable “Allow beta updates” from the app details menu.
Session F-Droid was updated to 1.29.0 with plenty of changes you can read about here. Bonus post, the devs talk about “screenshot alerts”. What are those? Most decentralized chat users and devs would call them “security theater” so here’s a 5 minutes explainer.
@paulali visited a conference:
This week there was Droidcon Kampala happening on the 10th to the 11th of November. I had the opportunity to talk about F-Droid and how users can distribute their own apps using F-Droid + Repomaker. The talk was aimed at college students interested in Android development.
Many thanks to the Droidcon Uganda team and the F-Droid team for making an amazing project.
The slides are available here.
Removed Apps
2 apps were removed
- Music Player GO: Very simple, nice, privacy-friendly and original local Android Music Player
- Precio Luz: Official electricity rate in Spain (PVPC). Note: While there’s a successor in Open_luz, we can’t include it as it requires a private key.
Newly Added Apps
15 apps were newly added
- AirheadWaves: Stream Android audio to any Linux device over WiFi
- GDF HEMA Timer: A precise and minimal timer for HEMA training and sparring
- HappyTaxes: Private bookkeeping for freelancers, small business, or personal finances
- HypoStats: Simple tracking and stats for hypos
- Keep Alive Lite: Notify others if you haven’t used your device in a given period of time
- Komodo Wallet: Cross-platform cryptocurrency wallet and decentralized exchange (DEX)
- OpenAssistant: A simple, open-source AI app that uses Grok
- Paiesque: Personal Activity Intelligence (PAI) calculator
- PassVault: A secure, 100% offline password manager
- Prayer mode: Automatic DND for prayer times without being disturbed during your Salah
- QuickNotes: Capture and organize notes with AI-assisted tagging and reminders
- Resticopia: Restic Backup Android App (Unofficial)
- Ringdroid - Ringtone editor: An application for creating your own ringtones (Nice to have the old Ringdroid brought back to life!)
- Space Vertex Multiplayer: Have you ever played a Cat and Mouse game with your friends ... in Space?
- Torrents Digger - Dig Torrents From Internet: Dig Torrents from Internet
Updated Apps
197 more apps were updated
(expand for the full list)
- 8-Bit Wonders was updated to
0.8.8c - a-rithist was updated to
1.0.7 - AAAAXY was updated to
1.6.314+20251110.3932.723db6e6 - AirGuard - AirTag protection was updated to
2.6.2 - Aisleron Shopping List was updated to
2025.9.1 - AliasVault was updated to
0.24.0 - aShell was updated to
v0.23 - Audio Spectrum Analyzer was updated to
3.1 - Auxio was updated to
4.0.10 - Baby Name was updated to
2.0.4 - baresip was updated to
71.1.1 - baresip+ was updated to
58.1.0 - bilimiao was updated to
2.4.8 - Birthday Adapter was updated to
3.1 - Booming Music was updated to
1.1.0 - Box, Box! was updated to
0.10.1 - BTC Map was updated to
1.0.0 - Calliope mini was updated to
2.0.8 - CAPod - Companion for AirPods was updated to
3.0.3-rc0 - Casio G-Shock Smart Sync was updated to
24.0 - Catima — Loyalty Card Wallet was updated to
2.39.2 - Cavity was updated to
1.10.2 - Chess was updated to
9.9.12 - Chooser was updated to
1.4.9 - CoMaps - Hike, Bike, Drive Offline with Privacy was updated to
2025.11.07-2-FDroid - ConnectBot was updated to
1.9.13-oss - Coordinate Joker was updated to
1.4.42 - Copy SMS Code - OTP Helper was updated to
1.20.1 - CuteMusic was updated to
3.1.0 - DAVx⁵ was updated to
4.5.5-ose - De1984 was updated to
2.3.7 - Deepr was updated to
1.0.19 - Delta Icon Pack was updated to
2.9.0 - Die Simulator was updated to
1.0 - DuckDuckGo Privacy Browser was updated to
5.254.1 - Easter Eggs was updated to
4.2.0 - Easy Diary was updated to
1.4.339.202510260 - Eblan Launcher was updated to
0.1.9-alpha - eduVPN was updated to
3.5.0 - Element X - Secure Chat & Call was updated to
25.11.0 - Ente Photos - Encrypted photo storage was updated to
1.2.18 - Escapepod - Podcast Player was updated to
1.6.2 - Exclave was updated to
0.16.12 - Exercise Reminders was updated to
1.7.2 - FairScan – PDF Scanner was updated to
1.5.0 - FastTrack was updated to
4.1.1 - Fcitx5 was updated to
0.1.2-0-g5a4870c0 - Fcitx5 (Anthy Plugin) was updated to
0.1.2-0-g5a4870c0 - Fcitx5 (Chewing Plugin) was updated to
0.1.2-0-g5a4870c0 - Fcitx5 (Clipboard Filter Plugin) was updated to
0.1.2-0-g5a4870c0 - Fcitx5 (Hangul Plugin) was updated to
0.1.2-0-g5a4870c0 - Fcitx5 (Jyutping Plugin) was updated to
0.1.2-0-g5a4870c0 - Fcitx5 (RIME Plugin) was updated to
0.1.2-0-g5a4870c0 - Fcitx5 (Sayura Plugin) was updated to
0.1.2-0-g5a4870c0 - Fcitx5 (That Plugin) was updated to
0.1.2-0-g5a4870c0 - Fcitx5 (Unikey Plugin) was updated to
0.1.2-0-g5a4870c0 - Feeder was updated to
2.16.0 - Feeder (Play version) was updated to
2.16.0 - Fennec F-Droid was updated to
145.0.0 - Find Family was updated to
v1.11 - Flip 2 DND was updated to
8.0.1 - Force Stop Helper was updated to
0.9.0 - Fossify Calendar was updated to
1.8.1 - Fossify Gallery was updated to
1.9.0 - Fossify Music Player was updated to
1.6.0 - Fossify Phone was updated to
1.9.0 - Fossify Voice Recorder Beta was updated to
1.5.1 - FossWallet was updated to
0.31.0 - Gas Prices was updated to
3.2 - Geo Share was updated to
5.7.0 - GitNex for Forgejo and Gitea was updated to
11.0.0 - GitNote was updated to
25.11 - GMaps WV was updated to
4.8 - Grit was updated to
5.1.0 - Habit-Maker was updated to
0.0.38 - Home Assistant was updated to
2025.11.1-minimal - Human Benchmark was updated to
1.1.0 - Immich was updated to
2.2.3 - Infomaniak kDrive was updated to
5.10.5 - InviZible Pro: Tor & Firewall, DNSCrypt & I2P was updated to
7.3.0 - Jami was updated to
20251107-01 - Jellyfin for Android TV was updated to
0.19.3 - Jitsi Meet was updated to
25.6.1 - Json List was updated to
1.8 - jtx Board journals|notes|tasks was updated to
2.14.01.ose - KDE Connect was updated to
1.34.3 - Kwik EFIS was updated to
7.16 - Lalumo was updated to
6.0 - LibreTube was updated to
0.29.1 - LinkDroid for Linkwarden was updated to
2.1.4 - Linkora was updated to
0.14.0 - Linux Command Library was updated to
3.4.9 - Linwood Butterfly Nightly was updated to
2.4.1-rc.4 - Lissen: Audiobookshelf client was updated to
1.7.9 - LISTEN.moe was updated to
6.4.0 - LxReader was updated to
0.8.6 (fdroid) - Mastodon was updated to
2.11.4 - Material Notes was updated to
2.1.3 - Materialious was updated to
1.11.3 - Materials Live Wallpaper was updated to
1.9 - MMRL was updated to
v34195-release - Neo Backup was updated to
8.3.14 - Neo Store was updated to
1.1.5 - Network Survey was updated to
1.44.1 - Nextcloud was updated to
3.34.1 RC1 - Nextcloud Dev was updated to
20251108 - Nextcloud Notes was updated to
4.5.2 RC1 - NextDNS Manager was updated to
5.5.17 - NextPush was updated to
2.3.4 - NFC Alarm Clock was updated to
12.6.3 - Nora was updated to
0.4.5 - NotallyX - Quick Notes/Tasks was updated to
7.5.3 - Notes (PFA) was updated to
2.1.1 - NouTube was updated to
0.4.4 - Obtainium was updated to
1.2.8 - Offi was updated to
13.0.16 - Open Sudoku was updated to
4.5.8 - OpenComicVine was updated to
1.1.3 - OpenTopoMap Viewer was updated to
1.24.1 - OpenTracks (Non-reproducible) was updated to
v4.23.2irreproducible - OpenTracks (Reproducible build) was updated to
v4.23.2 - Organic Maps: Hike, Bike, Drive Offline was updated to
2025.11.11-5-FDroid - Orgro was updated to
1.66.4 - OuterTune was updated to
0.10.0 - oxproxion was updated to
1.9.0 - P.CASH Crypto Wallet was updated to
0.48.8 - Pagan was updated to
1.7.21 - PennyWise AI was updated to
2.15.38 - Peristyle was updated to
v9.3.3 - Petals was updated to
3.37.2 - Photok was updated to
2.2.0 - PhotoSwooper was updated to
2025.11.2 - Pie Launcher was updated to
1.23.8 - PiPixiv was updated to
1.2.0 - Pixiv-MultiPlatform was updated to
1.8.2 - Play Maker was updated to
1.14.1 - PlayOnDlna was updated to
1.5 - Plexus was updated to
2.1.5 - PocketTRacker was updated to
2.5.4 - Podcini.X - Podcast instrument was updated to
8.25.2 - Pomodorot was updated to
0.12.2 - pOT-Droid was updated to
5.5.5 - Primitive FTPd was updated to
7.4 - PrivacyFlip was updated to
2.0.0 - QRAlarm was updated to
2.7.3 - QRshare was updated to
1.0.21 - QuickDic was updated to
5.8.2 - Quitter was updated to
1.0.82 - Rank-My-Favs was updated to
0.6.16 - Readeck App was updated to
0.8.0 - RetroArch was updated to
1.22.0 - Ricochlime was updated to
1.11.11 - Robot36 - SSTV Image Decoder was updated to
2.16 - RSAF was updated to
3.22 - Ruffle was updated to
0.251110 - rust-keylock-android was updated to
0.16.4 - Saber was updated to
1.28.1 - Satunes was updated to
3.3.1 - SchildiChat Legacy was updated to
1.6.48.sc90 - Screenshot Tile (NoRoot) was updated to
2.14.0 - SharedHaven was updated to
1.6.6 - ShoppingList was updated to
11.0 - Smither was updated to
3.6.4 - SmsLoc was updated to
1.3.2 - Soul Searching was updated to
0.13.0 - Squeeze Client was updated to
2.2 - Standard Notes was updated to
3.201.2 - StreetComplete was updated to
62.0-beta1 - StyncyNotes was updated to
1.2 - Sumire Japanese Keyboard was updated to
1.4.467 - Super Productivity was updated to
16.3.1 - Syncthing-Fork was updated to
2.0.11.2 - Table Habit was updated to
1.21.0 - TermuC was updated to
0.2.1 - Threema Libre was updated to
6.2.0l - Thumb-Key was updated to
5.0.10 - Tomato was updated to
1.6.5 - Trailence was updated to
1.2.0 - Tsacdop-Fork - Podcast Player was updated to
0.9.2 - Tuner was updated to
9.0.0 - Unchained was updated to
1.4.0 - Vespucci was updated to
21.1.7.0 - Voice Audiobook Player was updated to
25.10.5 - Waterfly III was updated to
1.1.8 - Webview Kiosk was updated to
0.24.26 - wger Workout Manager was updated to
1.9.1 - Wiki Fronted was updated to
r/2.7.50555-r-2025-11-03 - Wikipedia was updated to
r/2.7.50555-r-2025-11-03 - WikiReader was updated to
2.5.5 - Wire • Secure Messenger was updated to
4.16.2 - YAM Launcher was updated to
1.8 - Youamp was updated to
2.0.2 - Zimly S3 Backup was updated to
3.4.0 - Zulip was updated to
30.0.267 - 聚在工大 was updated to
4.18.4.1 - TeXeTeScribe was updated to
1.1 - 🌜 LunaTracker 🌛 was updated to
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