List of FREE apps with NO ads ?

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#272952 27-Jul-2020 11:15

Hi.

Are there lists of recommneded apps that are 100% ad free
eg a list a email epps & wifi scanner apps that are ad free ?
I upgraded my ph, some of my app's latest versions have annoying inline ads

ShinyChrome

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#2529373 27-Jul-2020 11:38

Honestly, I would be more wary of ad-free "free" apps on Android. It's the old adage of "if you don't pay for it, you are the product" and all of those Play store licenses don't pay for themselves. And given the amount of data that can potentially be scraped by supposedly vetted apps...

For simple single use case app, maybe... but for things like email, there aren't a whole lot of what I would consider good options, but even some of the built-in options (ie. Gmail, Samsung Email etc) are still better than rando "free" apps.

Edit: Unless we are talking about apps made by developers with trustworthy FOSS commitments here, in which case different story

HowickDota

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#2529380 27-Jul-2020 11:50

Every app on F-Droid (open source app repository) should be ad free.

muppet

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#2529402 27-Jul-2020 12:43

HowickDota: Every app on F-Droid (open source app repository) should be ad free.

Exactly this. Look at the F-Droid repo for various apps, most of them you can still download on the Google Play Store.

There is also now Google Play Pass which for a free gives you access to many apps with the ads removed etc. Probably not what you're after though.

My trick when trying to find an app with no apps is to add "open source" to the search. You have to shift through a lot of garbage though.

chevrolux

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#2529408 27-Jul-2020 12:57

Yea free apps are fantastic lol...

https://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=73&topicid=272944

My thought goes, if the app is free, either I'm the product or very little effort is going to go in to the continual development and support of it.

1101

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#2529662 27-Jul-2020 16:10

Often , for me, updated versions of apps are worse than what I had.
Update = ad's , plus less functionality for free version , plus new interface I dont like . :-)

AquaMail is a good example
The old version on my old phone : no adverts , allows multiple email accounts
New free version : ads + only a single email a/c supported :-(