It’s time to celebrate the biggest advantage of Android devices, sideloading!
ReVanced Manager/YouTube ReVanced Link to heading
Removes ads on YouTube App, enables play in background feature. Able to patch various other app too via ReVanced Manager.
Fastest way:
Visit: https://revanced.net/
Download APK file for YouTube ReVanced and MicroG and install them. (MicroG makes it possible for you to log into your google account with ReVanced)
Patch the app yourself (get APK files from APKMirror):
https://github.com/ReVanced/revanced-manager
xManager Link to heading
Ad-free Spotify patch:
https://github.com/Team-xManager/xManager
ViMusic: another alternative to ad-free music https://github.com/vfsfitvnm/ViMusic
FlorisBoard Link to heading
Allow access to clipboard history (and hence, pinned clipboard items) while being on the number keyboard. Couldn’t find this feature in any other keyboards.
https://github.com/florisboard/florisboard
F-Droid Link to heading
FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) store for Android.
IceRaven Link to heading
A fork of Firefox, allows you to install browser add-ons such as the legendary uBlock Origin. Other options exist too (Chromite).
Universal Android Debloater (UAD) Link to heading
This is not really an app you can download to your phone via APK, but rather, download it on your PC and communicate to your Android via ADB.