The Best Apps for your DeGoogled Phone

INTRODUCTION

 Now that you have a Google Free (DeGoogled) phone what are the apps that you should be using?  Is there anything you shouldn't be using?  The following article has been written to help guide you towards finding the best apps as well as those that you should probably stay away from.

  

APP STORES

 Get apps for your phone from the following places...

  • F-Droid
  • Aurora Store (use anonymously, do not log in to Google)
  • Apkpure.com

 

Do not use...

  • The Google Playstore (note that you can essentially get any/all Playstore apps via the Aurora Store - see above)

 

 BROWSERS

 Decent browsers that you should consider include...

  • Brave
  • DuckDuckGo
  • Firefox

 

You should stay away from...

  • Google Chrome (especially if you log in)

  

EMAIL

 Email is not the best place to be putting your private information.  Nevertheless, the following are perhaps some of the better ones...

  • Protonmail
  • Tutanota
  • FastMail
  • HushMail

 

Email options that you should probably try to stay away from...

  • Gmail

  

EMAIL CLIENTS

 If you have more than one email account (and most do) you may want to use an email client so that you can manage your emails in one place.  The following are perhaps some of the better ones...

  • FairEmail
  • K-9
  • PEP

 

Email client options that you should stay away from...

  • Gmail

 

 MESSAGING

 The best messaging apps are those that are not associated with your email...

  • Signal
  • Telegram

 

You should definitely stay away from...

  • WhatsApp

  

SOCIAL MEDIA

 You should definitely stay away from...

  • Facebook
  • Instagram

 

 VIDEO / YOUTUBE

 You can always watch Youtube videos on your browser (but don't log in!).  If you would prefer a phone app to view Youtube videos these ones will work (and many would say they are actually better than the Youtube app)...

  • NewPipe
  • SkyTube

 


What is a degoogled phone?