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What non-game paid apps do you use that are worthwhile and still relevant in 2023?

For context, I have a decent amount of Google Play credit thanks to Opinion Rewards and a gift card. I'm not looking to start a book or movie collection there, nor sign up for subscription services. But I'm happy to buy the paid/pro version of useful apps.

I'm excluding games just because that's a whole topic on its own.

Here are some one-time paid apps I've been happy with:

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Sleep as Android. I don't even use 75% of the features, but it's the best alarm clock I've ever had. Never slept through work since I got it.

[-] vervein@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

Niche but very valuable for me is: symfonium which is a very complete subsonic client. Prana Breath is a lean but featureful breathing app with a ton of different exercises from beginners to advanced yoga practitioners

Both apps are android only and are miles ahead of anything iphone can offer which is worth being mentioned imo.

[-] rrrurboatlibad@lemdro.id 3 points 1 year ago

Parents should try ChildIDFile. Creates a secure file that will expedite a search for a missing child. No ads. Private

[-] n3trunn3r@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Instead of Titanium Backup (which I paid for long ago and highly recommended back in the day), a more modern and mantained solution that has been rock solid for me is Swift Backup: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.swiftapps.swiftbackup

And for regular folder backups I haven't found a better alternative than Folder Sync Pro: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dk.tacit.android.foldersync.full (Has a free version if you want to try it)

[-] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I paid for the Gallery app because it's easier to navigate than Google Photos.

[-] pricky_rick@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

What a disappointment is the BigBag app. Bought it yesterday but I expected a better app (also UI wise). Especially the recipe book part. Maybe the will improve in the future, but I am not going to use it for now.

[-] Deconceptualist@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Really? I only used the recipe book once but it seemed easy to hit the checkboxes and move ingredients over to my grocery list.

Mostly I just use it to sync shopping lists between myself and my partner. For that it has been quite reliable. Yeah I can imagine some UI improvements, but overall I think it's pretty good.

Can you find a better grocery app? I've tried a ton of them and most were horrible. Either they had a hard-to-navigate UI with no dark mode, or they didn't allow syncing with another person, or some major functional problem.

There used to be a grocery app I loved called Cinnamon but the dev stopped maintaining it :(

[-] ev_@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I use Bring! The shared lists work well, not sure about any other features tbh

[-] sabreW4K3@lemmy.tf 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
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[-] HidingCat@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Photopills. If you do any kind of outdoor or landscape photography it's a must.

[-] YSwaggings@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago
[-] HidingCat@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Shows where the sun and moon is at any given time, along with a bunch of photography aids.

[-] YSwaggings@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago

A nice. I have golden hour+, which sounds similar, but I guess it's more focussed on the golden hour

[-] HidingCat@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Ah yes, it also has star-related stuff if you do astro, a useful AR overlay (so you can plan for shoots when scouting a location), as well as a bunch of useful calculators. The map feature is useful for planning outdoor shoots if you want to know things like sun angle, as well as shadow cast by objects. Lots of little, useful things!

[-] atomicpeach@pawb.social 2 points 1 year ago
  • Slice & Dice is a fun game here and there
  • Poweramp Equalizer is pretty nifty if you use decent headphones or swap listening devices frequently. You can save profiles per device.
[-] K1nsey6@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Im in the same boat, Ive got every imaginable app thats useful to me but Ive got about $75 in rewards

[-] Anamnesis@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

If you're gonna be boating, Navionics is absolutely worth paying for.

[-] nkiru@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Hey, me too. I just started to use their new SD MAID SE. Purchase of previous SD Maid Pro doesn't count, though, unfortunately.

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