I built a widget that displays WhatsApp/RCS photos on your home screen. No app install required for your contacts.

Hey! I'm the developer behind Energy Ring, and I just released a new app called Viewget.

I wanted photos from friends and family to greet me every time I unlock my phone. Group chat pics, family snaps, random moments throughout the day, all right there on my home screen.

So I built Viewget (View + Widget).

The idea:

Viewget is a home screen widget that pulls photos from WhatsApp and Google Messages as they come in. Your contacts don't need to download anything, create accounts, or change how they text. They just keep sending photos like normal, and those photos show up on your widget automatically.

Tap any photo to jump directly into that conversation.

Widget options:

Free: A unified widget showing photos from up to 10 contacts
Pro: Individual widgets for specific people, plus group widgets for family chats or friend groups

Privacy:

Uses notification access to detect incoming photos. Everything stays local. No uploads, no servers, no cloud storage.

Why this approach:

Other photo widgets need everyone to install the same app and sign up. That's a tough sell for a whole family or friend group. Viewget piggybacks on apps people already use daily.

This is the first beta, so I'd love feedback. Any features you'd want to see? Issues on specific devices?

Available on Google Play Store!

Happy to answer questions. Also part of my IJP App Bundle if you use any of my other apps.

https://redd.it/1q9txjh
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Voice typing is fast, but I still avoid using it. Anyone else?

On paper, voice typing should solve mobile writing.

In reality, I avoid it unless absolutely necessary.

Speaking while managing punctuation, clarity, and structure feels like multitasking while talking. It saves keystrokes but increases mental effort.

Typing is slower but quieter mentally. Speaking is faster but louder cognitively.

Why does voice input still feel like work instead of relief?

https://redd.it/1q9v4le
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What are the best Android apps/most useful ones?

Just got a new phone and I’m trying to rebuild my app setup from scratch. Instead of just grabbing whatever is popular on the Play Store, I’d rather hear what people here actually rely on.
What are the best Android apps you use daily or feel you can’t live without?
Could be anything — productivity, media, customization, reading, social, utilities, etc.

https://redd.it/1qa3t6d
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New Android newcomer looking for some apps

Hi,

I'm coming from iOS. I have some apps which I'm already missing on Android. I'd kindly like to ask for alternatives.

1. Drafts: I use this app as an entry point to my textual things: I write notes, todos and other texts in it, and then I use its actions to move it to appropriate places. Does such an app exist in the Android world? Especially the easy making of actions is what I'm after.

2. WeatherGods: This app has an unique feature of playing a sound for different weather condition. For me its much more than a simple gimmick (I am blind, and such feature gives me a similar vibe to a quick glance for a sighted person).

3. Widget mirroring: on macOS I could mirror my iPhone widgets to the desktop. Is there such a way on Android? I'm slowly transitioning to KDE so doing it on KDE would be good too.

https://redd.it/1q9yvk8
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Self Promotion Megathread

Please direct all self promotion posts here.

https://redd.it/1qagtjs
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What Android productivity apps do you actually use?

Hey everyone,
I’m curious what productivity apps you use on Android to organize your life. Task managers, project planners, habit trackers, notes, calendars, anything that genuinely helps you stay on top of things.
I’ve tried a few but always end up bouncing between apps or dropping them after a while. Looking for ideas that actually stick in real life, not just in theory.
What do you use daily and why does it work for you?

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What is the first thing that makes you uninstall an Android app?

I have been testing a few Android apps recently and noticed I uninstall some within minutes. For me it is usually slow onboarding or too many permissions upfront. Curious what triggers it for others here. What is the fastest way an app loses you?


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Simple but nice looking windows notepad equivalent?

like literally just for making .txt file

open app > new > start typing

bonus if it autosave (with yyyyMMdd_hhmm as filename, but that's not important) and has a "homescreen" to show every txt file (i.e. my previously made notes) in the folder I assigned it

I've tried a couple, but they either kinda ugly (sorry), have too much features (I found one where you can actually code with it), or need me to open the folder manually

curious if there's any you guys have tried and can vouch for

free, paid, proprietary, open source, doesn't matter

https://redd.it/1qbdilh
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what android app locker

i saw this rlly good looking app locker on a how to men video i think. it has a matrial 3 expressive design. please help find! thanks!!

https://redd.it/1qbl1fh
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Threema app: Sold to Comitis Capital

https://comitiscapital.com/news/comitis-capital-announces-the-acquisition-of-threema




Let's keep an eye on this app. What will happen?

https://redd.it/1qbko28
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Is there a calendar or planner app that lets me set pictures for events/days like the example picture?

https://imgur.com/a/77FQIcO

https://redd.it/1qbnhmu
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What's the best way to run automations? And more specifically, regarding alarms.

I want to automate certain tasks, such as binding routines to alarms. Google clock has built in routines where you can set up a custom one, but:

1. You can't use routines stored in Google Home anyhow.
2. Google home doesn't have an alarm trigger.
3. They recently introduced a new bug where trying to edit an existing routine deletes it instead so you have to start over.
4. There's been a long history of buggy routines where they won't fire, or won't have permission to work on a locked phone, so I don't trust it too much.

I've heard about Automate, Tasker, and a few other options to do this, but I was wondering what would be the best way today to do automations in general.

Separately, there's the specific case of alarms. I want to be able to store and use automations, either from Google Home, or other apps I don't mind. Google home ones are convenient because they allow me to do almost everything I need.

For reference, what I'm doing now is, when I stop my weekdays' morning alarm it will set DND off, volume to correct levels, tell me the weather, calendar events, then play music. I've tried calling the Home automation from the alarm's routine using a custom command but it says it doesn't understand the command.

If anyone has any idea how to do this, or any feedback, I'm happy to read.


Thanks in advance!

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Any Fast Charge alternatives to Device Care so I can uninstall it and not have to constantly force stop the app to prevent it from trying to restart my phone and cause me immense irrational frustration

The installed by default Device Care app keeps asking me to restart my phone every so often and will restart it without my permission if I ignore the notifications and forget to temporarily stop the app itself, this has been getting on my nerves for months now and I am wondering if there are any basic trimmed down alternatives or apps that only enable fast charging as that feature is literally about the only reason I haven't forcibly uninstalled Device Care

https://redd.it/1qbp3l0
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Any apps for organizing home cleaning?

Not the classic Tody, but something truly practical.

https://redd.it/1qbpnoy
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Are apps with lifetime plans really useful?

I am a developer and user of apps created by other developers. I really want the developer and user views on this point. I stumbled upon a post in this sub where most users wanted or wished for lifetime plans of apps they like.

I prefer subnoscription plans—I have lost money because I mostly bought lifetime plans for apps. Moreover, lifetime plans are usually 10 times more expensive—plus you pay that upfront. Once you have paid, those apps disappear. This looks like some scam strategy because I see the same apps coming up with different names and different publisher names. These days, you hardly find reputable apps with lifetime plans. Now I practically stay away from lifetime paid apps, unlike others who want lifetime plans. I would rather buy a monthly or yearly subnoscription.

Let me know your views. And also apps that you find useful having a lifetime plan and how long you have used them?

https://redd.it/1qbjcpr
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Android apps that can monitor inbound/outbound network traffic?

Hey all,

I’m looking for Android security / antivirus apps that can actually monitor network traffic, not just show total data usage.

Ideally something that can:

Show per-app connections
Distinguish incoming vs outgoing traffic
Show IPs/domains/ports (even partially)
Work without root (rooted options also welcome)

Play Store apps preferred, but open-source or non-Play Store tools are fine too.

I know Android has VPN API limits, TLS encryption, etc — just looking for the best practical options people are using.

Any recommendations or real-world experience appreciated. Thanks!

https://redd.it/1qbondn
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Is it possible to zoom out with the camera past the "1" filter?

I can't seem to do that on my Moto G 2025 and the Motorolla Subreddit isn't responding. I am not sure what to search on Google, I just keep getting the same answer that I tried at first (which is what prompted this question) or different questions.

Is there something I need to enable?

https://redd.it/1qbv549
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YouTube client

Hello guys youtube app make me mad ahorts take 30 seconds to play even on revanced meanwhile on browser it run normal is there any YouTube client that support login to try or should i stay on browser

https://redd.it/1qbtr5k
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What Android app do you wish existed?

I really want to hear some of your creative thoughts

https://redd.it/1qby9h0
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Dev.Macgyver's Photo Editor app for Android?

So, I was looking for a free alternative to Photoshop, and stumbled across this as a recommendation to someone who had previously inquired about photo editing apps. However, I'm pretty incompetent in the photo editing arena. My intent is to learn how to use this app (or another freenone that's more appropriate) to make absurdly silly content, and nothing more. I don't know if I'm using the correct vernacular, but, I want to learn how to splice together, overlap, and distort one or multiple photos, for the aforementioned reason. I feel like I might end up smacking my forehead here, but I can't seem to find any tutorials for this app that aren't at least several years out of date. If anyone can help me out, and or redirect me to an appropriate sub, I'd be quite grateful. Thanks!

https://redd.it/1qbs9xo
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I love Droidify it has Shizuku install

Yea


sometimes i need to install my apks via ADB / Shizuku becorse the normal way is blocked or something else.

I tryed many alternate Stores like Fdroid and Neo Store both have no way to install when apk install from android is blocked from it company or so. but Droidify can do it

https://redd.it/1qc1omh
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