ObscuraCam vs Simple-Calendar

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ObscuraCam		Simple-Calendar
	Project
2	Mentions	58
303	Stars	3,475
-0.3%	Growth	0.9%
0.0	Activity	9.2
3 months ago	Latest Commit	2 months ago
Java	Language	Kotlin
GNU General Public License v3.0 only	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 only

The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

ObscuraCam

Posts with mentions or reviews of ObscuraCam. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-06-04.

Camera with PGP encryption ?
2 projects | /r/fdroid | 4 Jun 2022
⟳ 6 apps added, 85 updated at f-droid.org
67 projects | /r/FDroidUpdates | 5 Aug 2021

ObscuraCam: The Privacy Camera 5.0.0-beta-1: Picture anonymity: Take pictures & blur identities with this privacy camera app

Simple-Calendar

Posts with mentions or reviews of Simple-Calendar. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-07.

Does Sony really not have Notes?
1 project | /r/SonyXperia | 11 Dec 2023

My go to for those sort of app replacements are Simple Mobile Tools. https://www.simplemobiletools.com/
Looking for an alternative calender app.
3 projects | /r/degoogle | 7 Dec 2023

calender
Tibor Kaputa predáva SimpleMobileTools
1 project | /r/Slovakia | 6 Dec 2023
Unity’s New Pricing: A Wake-Up Call on the Importance of Open Source in Gaming
5 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 15 Sep 2023

Simple mobile tools shows its definitely possible [0]. Simple gallery pro has 110k reviews, for example.
>You have a better chance of winning a lottery, happens every day.
Agreed here, though.
[0] https://www.simplemobiletools.com/
A group of open source Android apps without ads and unnecessary permissions
1 project | /r/hypeurls | 14 Sep 2023

1 project | /r/patient_hackernews | 12 Sep 2023

3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 10 Sep 2023

I would be wary of using their calendar app. It has had a long-standing bug in basic timezone / DST handling:
https://github.com/SimpleMobileTools/Simple-Calendar/issues/...
Contacts Manager
1 project | /r/privacy | 7 Jul 2023

Check out https://www.simplemobiletools.com/
Google is about to make life more difficult for custom ROM fans
4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 28 Jun 2023

Most custom ROMs don't seem to use the AOSP dialer anyway. I've mostly seen forks with some nice features Google's dialer still lacks (called recording, for one).
AOSP hasn't been a useful Android distribution for years. Luckily, you can make it useful through third party apps like the Simple apps: https://www.simplemobiletools.com/
Reddit Alternative for /r/flashlight
6 projects | /r/flashlight | 1 Jun 2023

Simple Calendar - what it sounds like; supports sync

What are some alternatives?

When comparing ObscuraCam and Simple-Calendar you can also consider the following projects:

NClientV2 - An unofficial NHentai android client

Etar Calendar - Android open source calendar

tailscale - The easiest, most secure way to use WireGuard and 2FA.

nextcloud-deck - 📋 Android client for nextcloud deck app

Vigilante - 🛡️ Android security (camera/microphone dots indicators) app using Hilt, Animations, Coroutines, Material, StateFlow, Jetpack (Room, ViewModel, Paging, Security, Biometrics, Start-up) based on MVVM architecture.

markor - Text editor - Notes & ToDo (for Android) - Markdown, todo.txt, plaintext, math, ..

exodus-android-app - εxodus Android application

termux-packages - A package build system for Termux.

tasks - Bringing Astrid Tasks back from the dead

app - Think fearlessly with end-to-end encrypted notes and files. For issues, visit https://standardnotes.com/forum or https://standardnotes.com/help.

CalPose - Android/Jetpack Compose library for Calendar rendering