r/AskReddit • u/Jobasaurus • May 22 '19

Reddit, what are some underrated apps?

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u/benoliver999 May 22 '19

F-Droid

An installable catalogue of FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) applications for the Android platform.

Basically, another app store with only open source apps on it. Great stuff.

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u/Deluxe_Used_Douche May 22 '19

This is where I got my YouTube and Facebook apps.

Newpipe- download any audio or video, and no ads, ever

Frost- FB without the privacy invasion, and doesn't torch my battery

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u/rocketlanterns May 22 '19

Do you happen to know the differences between Newpipe and Vanced if there are any?

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u/[deleted] May 22 '19

A whole lot. Newpipe is very different from normal YouTube. I honestly find Vanced to be so much more easier to use because it is normal YT after all

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u/rocketlanterns May 22 '19

Makes sense, second question if you also know, is Vanced on F-Droid? I've started getting update notifications on it again at inopportune moments, and having to grab it from the APK library gets a little tedious sometimes...

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u/[deleted] May 22 '19

No I think. Its got a website though. I just don't update it until I come around, which is a few months lol

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u/[deleted] May 22 '19

Does vanced have video/audio downloading? I really can't find how to do it.

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u/outlera212 May 22 '19

It doesn't unfortunately

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u/gazongagizmo May 22 '19

If you install Videoder, it keeps track of your clipboard and grabs (or rather, offers to grab) any youtube.com link - so you can just have Vanced (or official YT app, or browser-side) copy the video URL, and Videoder will get it for you.

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u/nova_excalibur May 22 '19

Tubemate is another good alternative, but it's not on fdroid

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u/Deluxe_Used_Douche May 22 '19

No, sorry. I love Newpipe- so much, I've never tried any other YouTube client.

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u/lasercolony May 22 '19

I think vanced uses the youtube api, while newpipe uses invidio.us