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TWIF curated on Friday, 26 Dec 2025, Week 52

Community News

AFWall+ was updated to 4.0.1. We missed a minor fixes version last year, hence this update comes after a two year pause in development. This classic app has now Material Design, new rules management, logging, more security, latest Android support, arm64 support and more. The AFWall+ proposition is harder and harder to use, as devices are hard to unlock and gain root control. If you don’t have root access, and most of you don’t, try our other VPN-based, no-root firewalls.

FadCam was updated to 3.0.1, now with annotations, remote control during live streaming, fragmented MP4, custom watermarks, performance improvements (45-50% less CPU, 28-33% better battery, 30% less memory), a cleaner interface, better settings, improved audio, video corruption fixes, fixed memory leaks, better stability and more.

While reading device reviews we usually look at performance scores to find out if we want to upgrade our old devices. The test apps are (mostly?) proprietary, which make them either unwanted on our devices or harder to get. We’ve just included Finalbenchmark 2 - CPU Test, Comprehensive open source CPU benchmark and performance test, so hopefully we have an easier way to test. What’s next? Ask reviewers to start using it too, easy, right?

kitshn (for Tandoor) was updated to 2.0.0 adding compatibility with Tandoor v2, overhauled design using Material 3 Expressive, a new Social Media Import function to import Instagram and TikTok posts and much more.

LaundryNotes was updated to 2.0 but now it has a new key, as sometimes these things happens. Did you install it in the past? Make sure you backup, uninstall and reinstall the new one.

Li-Ri was updated to 3.1.6 adding experimental TV and controller support. Use the holidays to test?

NWS Weather Alerts Widget was updated to 2.2.3 and brings an app almost entirely rewritten in Kotlin, targeting modern Android, Modern Design, updates for the widget, new way to connect to the NWS services and more

Shots Studio was updated to 1.9.52 as we had to skip several versions until reproducible builds were fixed. A lot has changed in the last 4 months: Material Design was added, better on-boarding, fonts, more models support, Settings UI was revamped, more languages, smoother animations and zoom, easier collections creation and plenty of fixes and polish.

Stocks Widget was updated to 4.0.035 and it’s back with a FLOSS version.

Newly Added Apps

11 more apps were newly added
  • Caff: Quick settings tile providing caffeine mode functionality (keep display on)
  • Cfait: Powerful, fast and elegant CalDAV task / TODO manager
  • CleverKeys: Open-source gesture keyboard with Termux support
  • Medical Calendarlog: Privacy-focused medical event tracking using your device’s calendar system
  • My Price Log: Track and compare prices at local shops, offline
  • NotiFilter: Silence annoying notifications
  • OpenPhotoFrame: Turn your old Android tablet into a beautiful digital photo frame
  • PocketCheck: A working memory app - “Anything to put in your pocket?”
  • Rebooter: Reboot device on schedule or variety of conditions
  • Trudido: Privacy-friendly, open-source to-do list app. No ads, no tracking.
  • Word Maker: A fun word puzzle game, completely private and offline

Updated Apps

173 more apps were updated
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