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Personally paid for Niagara launcher as I find that to be the far superior launcher to any other I've tried. My second one is Symfonium, the most feature rich and well developed audio player.

What are yours?

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[–] lud@lemm.ee 1 points 3 hours ago

Nova launcher. I have yet to find a launcher that surpasses Nova.

[–] Stomata@buddyverse.one 3 points 7 hours ago

Sd maid Se . worth paying

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 5 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Torque Pro. Extra gauges for your car, like oil temp, timing, fuel trim, air-to-fuel ratio, tire pressures, MPG, and so much more. Also you can use it to see if you'll pass emissions before you even go in for testing. (Requires OBD-II Bluetooth dongle.)

Also if you're willing to answer a couple of surveys a month, you can get paid apps for free forever using the Google Opinion Rewards app.

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

Google Opinion Rewards app.

Unless Google Googles you. I used to use this, but I have apparently been permanently silently banned from it with no explanation and no recourse. I did nothing wrong or disingenuous as far as I can tell; It simply kept asking me -- presumably based on my location -- how my experience was with retailer X, Y, or Z was. Always stores which I had not visited but simply gone near, and I truthfully answered that I did not go to those places and it'd give me thirty cents or whatever, but then one day it just stopped offering me surveys at all, apparently forever.

So I guess this flags the magic Google algorithm that I am worthless as a consumer and the app no just longer does anything on any of my devices anymore. It loads, it displays, but it never presents me any surveys. It squatted there on my phone completely silent for six months, so I uninstalled it. What a crock.

Also, I'm sure they're spying on you all the time through that app. Obviously it tracks your location, and Satan himself only knows what else it reports back to them. I think I'd give it a miss at this point. I'd rather pay $2 of real money for some app versus having Google snooping around behind me all the time just to get something for "free."

But yeah, Torque Pro is worth it. I use it all the time. So is Alpine Quest. Those are the only two paid apps I ever use on my phone.

[–] phlegmy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 hours ago

Google don't need an app if they want to spy on you.

Unless you've switched to a rom without google play services, they can essentially do anything they want on your phone without you knowing.

[–] Pika@sh.itjust.works 9 points 15 hours ago

it was nova launcher pro till they fucked the dev team down to 1 dev who does everything so I moved to lawn chair because I can't trust that the project is going to stay alive.

[–] sygnius@lemmy.world 17 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Tasker. Pretty much programming your Android to automate things. Such a powerful app.

[–] raptore39@lemm.ee 3 points 4 hours ago

I got recommended Macrodroid, so I'm going to try that as well as a comparison for my needs

[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I bought blackplayer EX a while ago because it was a great music player but now it seems to be abandonded with the last update being a year ago and I have started encountering some issues.

[–] BilboBargains@lemmy.world 5 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Poweramp still going strong ten years later.

[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

Might have to look into it after blackplayer dies on me

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 5 points 17 hours ago

RealCalc

It's a really nice calculator.

[–] DeadNinja@lemmy.world 8 points 20 hours ago

The only paid app that I have is Moon+ Reader Pro.

I read a boatload of ebooks on my device, and this has been my ebook-reader of choice for a while. I found it to be so good that I did the IAP, and stopped using Librera Reader.

For all that matters, I am a huge supporter of FOSS apps (that's the reason I have only one paid app lol) - but Moon+ reader Pro beats Librera in two areas - Librera is pretty slow when it tries to open a huge file, and Librera also can't download book covers like Moon+ does.

[–] this_1_is_mine@lemmy.world 4 points 18 hours ago

Unified remote. WiFi or Bluetooth control over any win/Linux/Mac machine with many remotes and incredible functionality.

[–] bastion@feddit.nl 2 points 15 hours ago

Sirin audiobook reader.

[–] deadcatbounce@reddthat.com 4 points 18 hours ago

Niagara (on pixel).

[–] claymore@pawb.social 5 points 21 hours ago

Poweramp, IMO the UX is excellent and it has tons of powerful features. No other music player I've tried comes close.

[–] huginn@feddit.it 25 points 1 day ago (9 children)
[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I wonder if it ever goes on sale. I added it to my Google playstore wishlist to keep tabs.

[–] huginn@feddit.it 1 points 2 hours ago

I don't think it goes on sale ever, but $10 is effectively a permanent sale compared to Steam

[–] vxx@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (3 children)
[–] ouch@lemmy.world 6 points 22 hours ago

Not today, Satan.

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[–] OBXDadLife@lemmy.world 6 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Paprika app. Helps us meal plan and be prepared for the week. Cloud sync with my spouse, shared grocery list, calendar, pantry tracking, recipe scaling, and many more features. The best feature however, is that the screen does not go off while you are cooking.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hindsightlabs.paprika.android.v3

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[–] trevorb@lemmy.sdf.org 18 points 1 day ago (11 children)

Easy question for me, Tasker. Don't know what I'd do without it. Come to think of it, as someone has already mentioned, Stardew Valley is pretty good too.

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[–] Spitzspot@lemmings.world 27 points 1 day ago (5 children)
[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 hours ago

I'm more of a fan of Thunder, myself.

[–] hogmomma@lemmy.world 3 points 20 hours ago

My client of choice.

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[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

FX as an explorer replacement when Xiaomi put pubs in theirs.

You have a free version too, I don't even use the "pro" stuff just wanted to contribute.

[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 17 points 1 day ago

Stardew Valley

[–] newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

NZB360 for managing my *arr services for downloading movies and TV shows

[–] triptrapper@lemmy.world 1 points 19 minutes ago

WOW I had no idea this existed, but I've been wanting it for a long time. Thank you so much.

[–] bradboimler@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] yamanii@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

Surprised they still update it to work considering how old it is.

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