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A curated list & timeline of awesome android apps by indie developers / solopreneurs
https://github.com/ramakanthd92/awesome-indie-android-apps
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A curated list & timeline of awesome android apps by indie developers / solopreneurs
Host: GitHub
URL: https://github.com/ramakanthd92/awesome-indie-android-apps
Owner: ramakanthd92
Created: 2018-03-29T13:08:51.000Z (over 6 years ago)
Default Branch: master
Last Pushed: 2018-04-01T06:53:40.000Z (over 6 years ago)
Last Synced: 2024-08-08T13:17:17.693Z (about 1 month ago)
Topics: android, applications, curated, indiedev, links, list
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Forks: 3
Open Issues: 0
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- Readme: README.md
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        ## awesome-indie-android-apps      [![Awesome](https://awesome.re/badge.svg)](https://awesome.re)

### Productivity & Tools

 Application | Description | Downloads / Visits| Founded | Founders | Funding | Early Traction

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Termux [(App)](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.termux) [(Website)](https://termux.com/)|Linux terminal emulator for Android| 1M+ Downloads (2018)||[Fredrik Fornwall](https://www.appbrain.com/dev/Fredrik+Fornwall/)||

InstaBridge [(App)](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.instabridge.android) [(Website)](https://instabridge.com/en/)|Free WiFi Passwords and Hotspots across world|10M+ Downloads (2018) |Sep 1, 2012|[Niklas Agevik](https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikage/) [Erik Tigerholm](https://www.linkedin.com/in/erik-tigerholm-2a2a44/) [Alfred Beckman](https://www.linkedin.com/in/salmiak/)|$5M|

GlassWire [(App)](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.glasswire.android) [(Website)](https://www.glasswire.com/)| Network Data Usage Monitoring & Security App|100K+ Downloads (2018)|Aug 21, 2014|[Jon Hundley](https://twitter.com/hundley) [(HN profile)](https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=greenwalls)||[r/showHN](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8226455)

Remove Objects-Touch Eraser [(App)](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.remove.eraser.photo.object) | Remove unwanted content from your photos | 500K+ Downloads (2018)| | | 

MoveIt [(App)](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=moveit.movetosdcard.cleaner)|  Transfer media to SD Card & viceversa |100K+ Downloads (2018)| | | | 

Noisli [(App)](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.noisli.noisli) [(Website)](https://www.noisli.com/)| The background noise and color generator for working and relaxing | 50K+ Downloads (2018) | |[Stefano Merlo](https://www.linkedin.com/in/stefanomerlo/)|| [r/showHN](https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=noisli)

Wake Me Up! [(App)](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.moosa.alarmclock) |It stops ringing only when you have walked a certain number of steps |100K+ Downloads (2018)| | [Bazzinga Labs](http://bazzingalabs.com/?page_id=12)| 

Tldroid - Simplified man pages [(App)](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.github.hidroh.tldroid) |Android client for [tldr man pages](https://laravel-news.com/tldr-pages) |10K+ Downloads (2018)| |[Ha Duy Trung](https://github.com/hidroh) [(Blog)](http://www.hidroh.com/)| | 

Custom Voice Commands [(App)](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.treycent.wearapp)|Customized voice commands to talk to Alexa| 100K+ Downloads ||[Donald McSwain](https://www.linkedin.com/in/donmcswain/)||

neutriNote [(App)](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appmindlab.nano)| Note pad with support for Math (LaTeX) or Rich markdown & Drawings|10K+ Downloads (2018)||||

### Personalization

Application | Description | Downloads / Visits| Founded | Founders | Funding | Early Traction

------------ | -------------| -------------| -------------| -------------| ------------| -------------

Peek Launcher[(App)](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.waffleware.launcher)| ML based quick launcher| 50K+ Downloads (2018)|Dec 8, 2016|[Pol Kuijken](https://www.linkedin.com/in/polkuijken/)||[[Medium]](https://medium.com/@polkuijken/case-study-peek-launcher-220f0e505d51)

Medical ID [(App)](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.medicalid.free)|In-Emergencey medical profiles on lock screen||100K+ Downloads (2018)|[Laurent Pellegrino](https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurentpellegrino/) [(Blog)](http://www.pellegrino.link/)| |[r/showHN](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12572019)

THING Launcher [(App)](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thing.launcher) [Website](https://thing.se/)| Automation and Deep learning based launcher |100K+ Downloads (2018)| | [William Dahlheim](https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamdahlheim/)| | 

HPSTR Wallpapers [(App)](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hpstr.wllppr)| HD live wallpapers collection from best photo communities | 100K+ Downloads (2018)| |[Balazs Zsedely](https://www.linkedin.com/in/balazszsedely/)|| [ProductHunt](https://www.producthunt.com/posts/hpstr) [Medium](https://medium.com/we-are-makery/your-homescreens-deserve-to-be-beautiful-38da7d2fbaea)

DmonD Icon Pack [(App)](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.futureblink.dmond) | Clean and beautiful take on your daily android Icons|50K+ Downloads (2018)| | ||

Call Log Analytics [(App)](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.qohlo.ca)|Simple, clutter-free, and easy-to-use call log stats|100K+ Downloads||||[r/showHN](https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=chloeyoung)

Ap15 Launcher [(App)](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aurhe.ap15)|Home screen with App open count based word cloud|500K+ Downloads| | | [r/showHN](https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=apseren)

### Weather

Application | Description | Downloads / Visits| Founded | Founders | Funding | Early Traction

------------ | -------------| -------------| -------------| -------------| ------------| -------------

FlowX [(App)](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.enzuredigital.weatherbomb)|Visual long range weather forecast|100K+ Downloads (2018)| 2016 | [Duane Malcolm](https://unidirectory.auckland.ac.nz/profile/dmal002) [Sally Malcolm](https://www.flowx.io/about/)| | | [r/showHN](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14923316)

### Photography

Application | Description | Downloads / Visits| Founded | Founders | Funding | Early Traction

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Polarr Photo Editor [(App)](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=photo.editor.polarr&hl=en) [(Website)](https://photoeditor.polarr.co/)|  Advanced auto-enhance tools & sophisticated filters to edit photos| 1M+ Downloads (2018) |Aug 13, 2014 |[Borui Wang](https://www.linkedin.com/in/boruiwang/) [Enhao Gong](https://www.linkedin.com/in/enhao-gong/) |$2M| [r/showHN](https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=bwang29&next=8408640&n=31) [Medium](https://medium.com/@pixelmagazine/the-funny-thing-about-photo-editors-is-1a50320289ff)

Sunlocator lite [(App)](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.genewarrior.sunlocator.lite)|Predicts the sun and moon position and path at a specific location|100K+ Downloads (2018)|Sep 2016|||[r/showHN](https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=folli) [reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/53cjbk/dev_sun_locator_ar_predict_the_suns_location/)

 Camarada [(App)](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aimfire.camarada) [(Website)](https://camarada.co/)| 3D Camera, VR Camera by linking near by smartphones to form camera-arrays|10K+ Downloads| | [Clement Ren](https://www.linkedin.com/in/clement-ren-154b66b/) | |[KickStarter](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1535896761/camarada-the-first-true-3d-camera-app/description) [r/showHN](https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=aimfire)

 

### Social Networks

 Application | Description | Downloads / Visits| Founded | Founders | Funding | Early Traction

------------ | -------------| -------------| -------------| -------------| ------------| -------------

Joey for Reddit [(App)](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=o.o.joey)| 3rd party text to speech client for Reddit| 10K downloads (2018)||||[r/tech](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/5tffqi/i_have_made_joey_for_reddit_android_app_that_lets/)

Freelapp [App](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.faztudo)|Find Freelance Jobs on Real Time Maps|10K+ Downloads (2018)|April 28, 2017|[Patrick Steiger](https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-steiger-24844221/)| |

Hot Apps Nearby[(App)](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nearby.apps.hot.popular.com.hotappsnearby)|Discover popular apps and games in your nearby location|10K+ Downloads (2018)||[Patrick Steiger](https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-steiger-24844221/)| |

### Communication 

Application | Description | Downloads / Visits| Founded | Founders | Funding | Early Traction

------------ | -------------| -------------| -------------| -------------| ------------| -------------

Beelinguapp [(App)](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.david.android.languageswitch)| Learn Languages with Audio Books | 500K+ Downloads (2018)||[David Montiel](https://angel.co/david-montiel)||[[KS]](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/340177192/beelinguapp-read-and-listen-two-languages-in-paral)|

Guggy GIF Keyboard [(App)](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.guggy.funapp&hl=en)|Keyboard to instantly share funny GIFs in all your favorite messengers |50K+ Downloads (2018)| | [r/showHN](https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=HumorCity)

### Music & Audio

Application | Description | Downloads / Visits| Founded | Founders | Funding | Early Traction

------------ | -------------| -------------| -------------| -------------| ------------| -------------

Music DNA [(App)](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sdsmdg.harjot.MusicDNA)|Traditional Music Player with amazing visualizations |50K+ Downloads(2018)||[MDG,SDS](https://sdslabs.co/)||

Voice Recorder [(App)](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.triveous.recorder)|HQ Voice Recorder with video, slides , notes support|500K+ Downloads(2018)|2013| [Soham Mondal](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sohammondal/) |  | [YourStory](https://yourstory.com/2013/08/techie-tuesdays-soham-mondal-the-story-of-a-geek-turned-entrepreneur/)

909 [(App)](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gk.sequencer) |Drum Sequencer(modern interface) for sequence composition|100K+ Downloads(2018)||||

### Travel 

Application | Description | Downloads / Visits| Founded | Founders | Funding | Early Traction

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TrainMan [(App)](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=in.trainman.trainmanandroidapp) [(Website)](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=in.trainman.trainmanandroidapp)  | Indian railways train ticket confirmation status & prediction  |1 M+ Downloads (2018)| May 30, 2014 |[Md Amir](https://www.linkedin.com/in/amir3107/) [Vineet Chirania](https://www.linkedin.com/in/vineet-chirania-8a56915/) [Karan Kumar](https://www.linkedin.com/in/karan-kumar-ab539512/)| | [[BW]](http://bwdisrupt.businessworld.in/article/Trainman-An-Online-Platform-Making-Indian-Railways-Services-Easier-and-Disruptive/03-08-2016-103992/) [[HF]](https://www.huffingtonpost.in/2015/06/25/awesome-irctc-lifehack_n_7652048.html) [[Q]](https://www.huffingtonpost.in/2015/06/25/awesome-irctc-lifehack_n_7652048.html) [[ND]](https://gadgets.ndtv.com/internet/features/nine-simple-tips-to-make-your-irctc-experience-a-little-bit-less-painful-723823?pfrom=home-indepth) [[YS]](https://yourstory.com/2014/08/trainman-confirmed-reservation/) [[NM]](https://www.thenewsminute.com/technologies/81)[[TK]](http://trak.in/tags/business/2014/07/10/trainman-predicts-confirmation-irctc-train-tickets/) 

Shortcuts for Waze 2.0 [(App)](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.uxiomatic.shortcutsforwaze)|Navigate to where you want to go, without opening Waze | 10K+ Downloads| |[Rotem Yakir](https://www.linkedin.com/in/rotemyakir/) [Shahar Yakir](https://www.linkedin.com/in/shahar-yakir-1895a13/) | $520K| 

### Gaming 

Application | Description | Downloads / Visits| Founded | Founders | Funding | Early Traction

------------ | -------------| -------------| -------------| -------------| ------------| -------------

7x7 app [(App)](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.kiip.skeemo&hl=en)|Color Strategy game|1M+ Downloads (2018)|January 2013|||

Run,dude,run [(App)](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.agilizer.org)|Simple game testing logic & thinking speed|100K+ Downloads (2018)||[Andrey Demskiy](http://agilizer.org/)||

Avion Flight Simulator[(App)](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teapotgames.avionflightsimulator) |Aircraft cockpit view based simulation player|5M+ Downloads||[Satish Chandra](https://www.linkedin.com/in/satish-chandra-74312041/)| | 

Enemy Waters [(App)](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=teapotgames.com.enemywaters)|  Warship & Submarine Simulation player|1M+ Downloads|| [Satish Chandra](https://www.linkedin.com/in/satish-chandra-74312041/)||

BuildMyVocab [(App)](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.buildmyvocab.greenglishgame) [(Website)](https://buildmyvocab.com)| Psych inspired GRE preparation game| 100K+ Downloads (2018)| | || [r/showHN](https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=buildmyvocab.in)

Dragon Slayer [(App)](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thoughtshastra.dragonslayer)|Action 3D first person game|10K+ Downloads (2018)| | [Bharat Parikh](https://www.quora.com/profile/Bharat-Parikh)| |

Curated [(App)](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.curated.android)| Collection of Best Android games|10K+ Downloads (2018) | |

### News & Magazines

Application | Description | Downloads / Visits| Founded | Founders | Funding | Early Traction

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Materialistic - Hacker News [(App)](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.github.hidroh.materialistic)|Open-source Hacker News client with optimized speed & network usage| 50K+ Downloads (2018)| |[Ha Duy Trung](https://github.com/hidroh) [(Blog)](http://www.hidroh.com/)| | 

  

  

### Video Players & Editors

Application | Description | Downloads / Visits| Founded | Founders | Funding | Early Traction

------------ | -------------| -------------| -------------| -------------| ------------| -------------

Turkey Torrent Video Player [(App)](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=rocks.turkeytorrent.player)|Plays video torrents instantly on phone| 100K+ Downloads (2018)| | | |

 

 

### LifeStyle

Application | Description | Downloads / Visits| Founded | Founders | Funding | Early Traction

------------ | -------------| -------------| -------------| -------------| ------------| -------------

Furlenco [(App)](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.furlenco.android)| India’s first furniture and appliance rental/subscription app |100K+ Downloads (2018)| |[Ajith Mohan Karimpana](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajithkarimpana/)| [[r/showHN]](https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=amolgupta) [[inc42]](https://inc42.com/startups/furlenco/)

Day by Day • Habit Tracker [(App)](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.leoncvlt.daybyday) |Beautiful, material-design polished "Don't Break Habit" app for building habits | 10K+ Downloads| | [Leonardo Cavaletti](http://leoncvlt.com/resume/) [(Projects)](http://leoncvlt.com/projects/) | | 

### Finance 

Application | Description | Downloads / Visits| Founded | Founders | Funding | Early Traction

------------ | -------------| -------------| -------------| -------------| ------------| -------------

Valuta+ (Currency Converter) [(App)](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.danielnoehr.valuta)| Super simple & free currency converter| 100K+ Downloads (2018)| |[Daniel Nohr](https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielnoehr/?locale=da_DK)||

### Education

Application | Description | Downloads / Visits| Founded | Founders | Funding | Early Traction

------------ | -------------| -------------| -------------| -------------| ------------| -------------

Write Japanese: Kanji, Hiragana, and Katakana [(App)](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dmeeuwis.kanjimaster) | Teaches you Kana characters you don't know, reviews your drawing of characters you do know|50K+ Downloads (2018)| |[David Meeuwis](https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-meeuwis-9981726a/)| | 

 10,000 sentences [(App)](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=info.puzz.a10000sentences)| Learn new words in your target languages sentence by sentence| 10K+ Downloads (2018)| |[Tomo Krajina](https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomokrajina/) [(Github](https://github.com/tkrajina) | | [r/showHN](https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=puzz)

 

### Board 

Application | Description | Downloads / Visits| Founded | Founders | Funding | Early Traction

------------ | -------------| -------------| -------------| -------------| ------------| -------------

Chessify - Scan, Analyze, Play [(App)](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fimetech.chessfimee)| Scan, digitize & analyze chess diagrams using cloud chess engines | 100K+ Downloads (2018)| |[Gor Vardanyan](https://www.linkedin.com/in/gorvardanyan/) [Hambardzum Petrosyan](https://www.linkedin.com/in/hambardzum-petrosyan-10364822/) | €50K|    

### Health & Fitness

Application | Description | Downloads / Visits| Founded | Founders | Funding | Early Traction

------------ | -------------| -------------| -------------| -------------| ------------| -------------

Heart Rate Monitor [(App)](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.supersimpleapps.heart_rate_monitor_newui) |Heart rate recongnition by using the camera of your phone | 1M+ Downloads (2018)|||| [r/showHN](https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=desmondyip1978)

JBlueCut - Screen filter [(App)](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jintin.jbluecut.free)|Blue light screen filter - eye protection App|100K+ Downloads| |[Jintin Apps](https://www.facebook.com/JintinApps)| | [r/showHN](https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=Jintin)

### Business

Application | Description | Downloads / Visits| Founded | Founders | Funding | Early Traction

------------ | -------------| -------------| -------------| -------------| ------------| -------------

Invoice with ProBooks [(App)](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.twansoftware.invoicemakerpro&hl=en) | Realtime Invoicing | 100K+ Downloads (2018)| | | | [r/showHN](https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=chuinard) 

### Cross-platform Ideas & Inspiration 

 - [r/showHN - DropBox early Traction thread](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863)

 - [r/showHN - BeeLineReader - Dim online distractions & make reading faster / easier](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6335784)

 - [Channeling history into Exciting games](https://www.pcgamer.com/indie-developers-in-india-are-channeling-their-history-into-exciting-new-games/)

 - [Hacker News Books](https://hackernewsbooks.com/)

 - [ArtPip - A New Masterpicece everyday](https://www.artpip.com/) [Early Traction](https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=mcjiggerlog)