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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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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What do you like about it that can't be done with e.g. Simple File Manager?

I will say the Cloud storage integration looks nice.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Honestly, Simple File Manager is a bit better then I remembered. But here are some, in order of how much they matter to me.

  • As you said, browsing network shares.
  • Fast filtering in addition to recursive search.
  • Selective file extracting from archives.
  • Checksums in formats aside from md5.

Amaze checks some of these boxes, but I find it kind of buggy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Those are good features. Thanks, I'll check it out!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This is a pretty solid app, and I have no regrets purchasing this one.

Is there a reason apps that access file system are getting pushy about having notifications enabled though? I've seen it on a few different apps and solid explorer is especially annoying if you don't enable notifications. It basically gives you 2 prompts urging you to enable notifications every time you move files. The file transfer works perfectly fine without the notifications from what I can see. This has caused me to use a lesser file management app in the meantime. I just don't understand why a file manager HAS to have notifications I guess.

I sent the dev an email about it, but it got ignored.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

From what I gather, Solid needs notifications for file transfers, should you decide to push large chunks of data through it and proceed to different tasks in the meantime.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It shows you notification when the ftp server is running atleast. Haven't seen sny other notifications.