OpenPods vs XPrivacyLua

OpenPods

The Free and Open Source app for monitoring your AirPods on Android (by adolfintel)

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XPrivacyLua

Really simple to use privacy manager for Android 6.0 Marshmallow and later (by M66B)

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OpenPods		XPrivacyLua
	Project
6	Mentions	40
899	Stars	14
-	Growth	-
5.7	Activity	4.8
25 days ago	Latest Commit	almost 2 years ago
Java	Language	Java
GNU General Public License v3.0 only	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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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.

OpenPods

Posts with mentions or reviews of OpenPods. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-09-16.

Which APP would you guys recommend to show battery level for Airpod pro on Android phone, specifically Pixel 6?
1 project | /r/androidapps | 1 Nov 2022

Try OpenPod it ain't on playstore but it's open source and on F-Droid so you know it respects your privacy Get it on F-Droid https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.dosse.airpods Or GitHub https://github.com/adolfintel/OpenPods
⟳ 3 apps added, 79 updated at f-droid.org
14 projects | /r/FDroidUpdates | 16 Sep 2022

OpenPods (version 1.8): The Free and Open Source app for monitoring your AirPods on Android
Android app?
1 project | /r/airpods | 28 Jun 2022

haven't tried this as i don't own airpods, but it's free and open source and looks to do what you want it to https://github.com/adolfintel/OpenPods
I want to write a program to interface with my earbuds, where do I start? Is it even possible?
2 projects | /r/cpp_questions | 28 Jun 2021

For instance, I looked up airpods on GitHub and found OpenPods, which is apparently an open source project for that particular brand of earphones.
OpenPods. Ad-free, open source Airpods control app with proper battery indicator, available on F-Droid
1 project | /r/androidapps | 15 Jun 2021

Github Releases
Battery usage graph only goes back <1hr
1 project | /r/LineageOS | 10 Apr 2021

So, after seeing that the logcat was being spammed by messages a la D/BtGatt.ScanManager: awakened up at time 472024 I came across this OpenPods issue.

XPrivacyLua

Posts with mentions or reviews of XPrivacyLua. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-08.

XPrivacyLua alternative?
1 project | /r/androidapps | 22 Nov 2023

Is there any alternative to XPrivacyLua since it has been discontinued?
Nifflas: “When an app asks for permission feed fake data” – Fosstodon
4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 8 Jul 2023

Hell yeah, fake data should totally be an option!
This could be achieved with something like Xposed, a cool project is https://github.com/M66B/XPrivacyLua.
I actually made a "clone" with the option to generate data per permission as a school project, good times
[Help] Everything needed to make an App not recognize your device
2 projects | /r/xposed | 1 Apr 2023
Is there a Foss way to spoof location?
1 project | /r/fossdroid | 11 Mar 2023

Maybe XPrivacyLua is overkill but it works quite well on my phone (Android 13). You can have per app location or global location with XPrivacyLua Pro.
End of Support for XPrivacyLua
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 22 Dec 2022
Turn on device at time
5 projects | /r/tasker | 15 Nov 2022

The combination I use is LSPosed, Shamiko, Safetynet-Fix, and depending on my needs, [XPrivacyLu(https://github.com/M66B/XPrivacyLua.
What alternatives to samsung's secure folder are there that allows you to isolate apps/files from the rest of the device and lock them?
1 project | /r/privacy | 25 Oct 2022

XPrivacyLua
Prevent App Access to Android "Device or Other IDs"
1 project | /r/AndroidQuestions | 8 Sep 2022

Unless you have root access, in which case you can use xprivacylua.
Are there any apps (for android device) that track and collects info about other apps tracking and sending and sharing info with big tech like DDG tracking protection?
3 projects | /r/PrivacyGuides | 5 Sep 2022
Mexican Loan Apps, Extortion, and the Google Play Store
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 14 Aug 2022

XPrivacyLua has the ability to feed fake data to apps.
https://github.com/M66B/XPrivacyLua
Requires Android + Xposed though.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing OpenPods and XPrivacyLua you can also consider the following projects:

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

LSPosed - LSPosed Framework

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

Hentoid - Doujinshi Android App

Shuttle - Shuttle Music Player

Magisk - The Magic Mask for Android

android-developer-roadmap - Android Developer Roadmap - A complete roadmap to learn Android App Development

EdXposedManager - Companion Android application for EdXposed

jabra-node-sdk - Jabra Node.Js SDK based on N-API

PermissionManagerX - eXtended Permission Manager for Android - view, set, watch Manifest Permissions and AppOps

shuttle - Build & ship backends without writing any infrastructure files.

safetynet-fix - Google SafetyNet attestation workarounds for Magisk