native apps I love

native-apps

asked 2019-02-19 15:02:08 +0300

Spark
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updated 2019-02-19 15:13:35 +0300

"Positive News"-time:

I am sure everyone has a bunch of native apps which simply work brilliantly on Sailfish OS and bring out the best of it for whatever reason. Let's share those and praise its devs. Maybe you'll discover a beautiful app you haven't heard of yet, making the daily use of SFOS a greater joy.

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Great topic! Thank you!

Filip K. ( 2019-02-19 19:21:45 +0300 )edit

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Great. Thats what every beginner needs.

knuth_ ( 2019-02-21 09:13:03 +0300 )edit

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one.per answer.would have.been great

pawel ( 2019-02-23 05:38:06 +0300 )edit

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@pawel I agree. And wiki style answers for poll like questions for this, IMO.

luen ( 2019-02-23 23:12:53 +0300 )edit

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answered 2019-02-19 15:09:30 +0300

Spark
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I'll start myself with the following apps:

Fahrplan: Insanely fast and practical public transport app. Just has what it needs, nothing more nothing less.
Stellarium: Beautiful for watching night skies.
Situations: Makes your smartphone smarter.
Pure maps: Made here maps obsolete for me. Detects GPS signal much faster than other apps.
Nightly clock: Advanced alarm features which the Jolla "Clock" doesn't provide.
Zaster Banker: Basic native "passive" banking, yay!

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+1 for Pure Maps, Situations, and Fahrplan!

ziellos ( 2019-02-19 15:50:53 +0300 )edit

Just found out by reading this answer that Stellarium for SFOS exists. Awesome! Is it somehow possible to zoom with two fingers gesture?

Pohli ( 2019-02-19 18:31:54 +0300 )edit

Is Pure Maps on the Jolla store or through Storeman? I don't find anything when searching for 'pure' and only Here and OSM Scout show up when searching for 'maps'.

sunburnedpenguin ( 2019-02-20 11:22:55 +0300 )edit

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@sunburnedpenguin: while OSM scout server (the background provider for offline maps) is available on the Jolla store, Pure maps has to be downloaded via Storeman from openrepos. However, openrepos packages may be preferable in some cases because they may provide more functionality or newer versions.

ziellos ( 2019-02-20 12:06:51 +0300 )edit

Thanks @ziellos!

sunburnedpenguin ( 2019-02-20 12:10:12 +0300 )edit

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answered 2019-02-19 15:34:40 +0300

ossi1967

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I doubt that you haven't heard of it yet, but for me the one app I use more than any other is Tidings for RSS feeds.

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For me Fuoten does the job, together with the News app on my Nextcloud server.

ziellos ( 2019-02-19 15:44:03 +0300 )edit

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answered 2019-02-19 15:56:10 +0300

ziellos
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updated 2019-02-19 21:50:50 +0300

Sailsync ownCloud - Nextcloud folder synchronization - link
ownKeepass - keepass compatible password manager - link
Notizen.md - markdown notes application - link
Fuoten - RSS news reader to be used with Nextcloud's News app - link

These four apps are very well suited for using Owncloud/Nextcloud with Sailfish OS!

Wunderfitz - offline dictionary for dict.cc - link
Voyager- together.jolla.com client - link
SailOTP - one time password generator - link
Spritradar - online price check for petrol stations - link
Laufhelden - tracking of sports activities with basic Strava integration - link
QuasarMX - comprehensive music player - link, link
As others already mentioned: Situations, Pure Maps, Fahrplan

Some of these apps may be also found in the official Jolla store. All of them work very well, and seem to be still maintained! Many thanks to the developers!

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QuasarMX Music beautified since Symbian V3, worth all your money for Music addicts like myself

DameCENO ( 2019-02-21 14:00:21 +0300 )edit

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answered 2019-02-19 16:46:59 +0300

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Depecher, Telegram client
MeeCast, Weather
Muuzik!, Audio player who scan only selected folders
jBoy, for Marioland :-)
Mimer, to set default apps

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answered 2019-02-19 18:40:47 +0300

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updated 2019-02-19 21:24:03 +0300

Situations (as others mentioned): automated behaviours based on different highly customisable situations. I just miss the silica gui to be perfect.
Euroconverter: extremely fast using official ECB rates.
Thao translator: excellent translator
Foilpics: encrypts pictures. works like a charm.
Puremaps (as others mentioned): excellent maps tool.

These native apps are what makes an incredible user experience that makes me stick to sailfish os. No bloatware, no marketing, privacy. Long life to sailfish os!!!

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+1 for TAO Translator.

sunburnedpenguin ( 2019-02-20 11:25:15 +0300 )edit

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answered 2019-02-19 18:58:48 +0300

kuba77

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updated 2019-02-19 19:00:48 +0300

Quickddit - reddit client, I think the best from all platforms, I wonder no one mention that yet
Muuzik! - folder based music player with nice UI
PureMaps, OSM Scout
TwitchTube - twitch client with ability stream only audio
SeriesFinale - list of favorite TV series and tracking which episode I saw and which not
ZuTun.txt - todo list
PiepMatz - Twitter
SailCron - GUI for cron