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Smartphone Apps I Use 2024-01-17

This is most of the apps I use on my smartphone in January 2024, and some thoughts on how difficult it will be to give it up.

App Purpose Need
1Password Password Manager I'll have to rely on the browser version
A Better Route Planner Electric Car Trip Planner The new phone has some version of Google Maps, and longer trips can be planned on the computer beforehand
Amtrak Rail Travel App this one could be tough. Having the Amtrak app is very helpful on train voyages when problems happen.
Andronome Metronome I bet I can make a web app on woozle.org to do this.
AntennaPod Podcasts I think there's a podcast app for KaiOS.
Authenticator 2-Factor Authentication There's a TOTP app for KaiOS. I may need to update it.
Awful Something Awful Forums Client I'll use the web version.
Book Reader Ebook Reader I wasn't reading books on the phone. What's funny is that I read Moby Dick on my Nokia 5310. But the smartphone is too distracting to read.
Calculator Calculator KaiOS has a calculator.
ChargePoint EV charger app I may have to either pay more and use my credit card, or get their plastic card for in-network rates.
ConnectBot ssh client There's one on my laptop.
Contacts Address Book There's one built into KaiOS.
Electrify America Car Charger Network App same story as ChargePoint.
EVGo Car Charger Network App same story.
Firefox Web Browser KaiOS has a browser. I bet it's awful. But I don't think I'll use it much.
Fitbit Fitness Tracker Gonna have to give this one up.
Gmail Email Client I'm already off gmail.
Google Calendar Appointment Reminder This may be the thing that pulls me back. Getting push reminders of upcoming events has been a big deal.
Google Home Smart Home Manager I think I actually need to keep the phone just for this app.
Google Messages Text Messages It'll be SMS only for me.
Google News News good riddance.
Google Photos Photo manager web version.
Google Podcasts Podcasts they're killing this anyway.
Google Pay Tap to pay app credit cards have tap to pay.
Listen Audiobook Player Audiobook player I'll have to see if I can find a KaiOS app for this.
Mattermost Chat No more work push notifications for me, so sad.
Open Camera Camera The camera is not as big a part of my life now as it once was. I can get snapshots with the dumbphone. Not good ones, but good enough. I grew up with crummy 110 film cameras. It'll be okay.
Plex Video/Music Player maybe I can copy video files over, for the train trips. Will I want to watch movies on a 2-inch screen, though? Good thing I have a laptop!
PlexAmp Music Player I will have to copy music files over to my phone, like I did 20 years ago. It'll be okay.
Proton Mail Email laptop ahoy!
Signal Chat Ironically, Signal is the one app that absolutely cannot run without a smartphone. And it's where most of my friends are.
gStrings instrument tuner I may have to buy a guitar tuner!
YouTube Video Player comes with the phone, although, again, 2-inch screen.
YouTube Music Music Player same story as PlexAmp. Music files on phone.
Work Apps Work I'll just use my work laptop for work. It'll be fine, the main inconvenience will be when I forget to do my timecard, I'll have to grab the laptop.
Banking Apps Banking! they all have web sites I can use, although one of my credit cards leans fairly heavily into the app.