TowerCollector
The OpenCellID and MLS contributor's app. (by zamojski)
Simple-SMS-Messenger
An easy and quick way of managing SMS and MMS messages without ads. (by SimpleMobileTools)
| TowerCollector | Simple-SMS-Messenger | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | 21 | |
| 195 | 569 | |
| - | 0.7% | |
| 7.3 | 9.1 | |
| about 1 month ago | about 1 month ago | |
| Java | Kotlin | |
| Mozilla Public License 2.0 | 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.
TowerCollector
Posts with mentions or reviews of TowerCollector.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-09-01.
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⟳ 2 apps added, 64 updated at f-droid.org
Tower Collector (version 2.9.2): Join the community and collect cell towers locations from your area!
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CalyxOS – De-Googled Android Alternative
Mozilla Location Services is crowdsourced, and you can contribute data from your area with the Tower Collector app to make geolocation faster for you:
https://github.com/zamojski/TowerCollector
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Retiring Mozilla Stumbler
Looks like there is an alternative - https://github.com/zamojski/TowerCollector - so I installed it.
Simple-SMS-Messenger
Posts with mentions or reviews of Simple-SMS-Messenger.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-28.
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Google is about to make life more difficult for custom ROM fans
Check out Simple SMS Messenger[1], been using it since Signal dropped SMS support.
[1]: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.simplemobiletools.smsmes...
[2]: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.simplemobiletools.thanky...
[3]: https://github.com/SimpleMobileTools/Simple-SMS-Messenger
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Recovering from saved sqlite database
I accidentally my whole phone. I do have a Titanium Backup of Simple SMS Messenger, from which I can extract the conversations.db. However, when I launch the app, it replaces the conversations. I do not have an export. I would like a method of merging / importing the old conversations from the database. I'm techy and can write SQL, Python, etc. I've had a quick look at the exporter to see if I can replicate the JSON format of the exported conversations. But I thought I might ask in case anyone here has already solved this or has better advice. Cheers!
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Finally ditched almost all proprietary apps and hosted my own home server for media streaming and files/photo sharing. (Still using WhatsApp, Classroom and some food ordering apps though)
For SMS -> https://github.com/SimpleMobileTools/Simple-SMS-Messenger
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All my Open Source App Alternatives
SMS → Simple SMS
- Signal Alternative
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⟳ 1 apps added, 30 updated at f-droid.org
Simple SMS Messenger (version 5.16.1): SMS messaging and MMS messaging app for Android, send messages fast, nice UI
- FOSS SMS app compatible with Material You
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[Summary] Looking for a FOSS SMS Android app with RCS support r/fdroid
There is an open-source implementation of an RCS stack that these apps (QKSMS and Simple SMS) might be able to use.
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Signal Replacement
I wasn't impressed with Simple SMS, the devs are a bit slow to fix issues such as the one i reported.
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Removing SMS support from Signal Android (soon)
I take about sms app...QKSMS (https://github.com/moezbhatti/qksms) seems dead...But there is an active fork, PartisanSMS (https://github.com/wrwrabbit/Partisan-SMS), cons : it's not on f-droid...Simple SMS (https://github.com/SimpleMobileTools/Simple-SMS-Messenger/) not a huge fan of Simple apps... but on f-droid.Sad about all of this... It was a pro to migrate some people...
What are some alternatives?
When comparing TowerCollector and Simple-SMS-Messenger you can also consider the following projects:
calyxos
QKSMS - The most beautiful SMS messenger for Android
FlorisBoard - An open-source keyboard for Android which respects your privacy. Currently in early-beta.
matrix-sms-bridge - Matrix bridge, that allows you to bridge matrix rooms to SMS with one telephone number only.
yashlang - PeerTube and YouTube player for Android with local playlists and whitelisted recommendations
koler - Just a phone app.
jitsi-meet-release-notes - Release notes for Jitsi Meet: the web frontend, mobile apps and mobile SDKs
android - Android application to receive notifications
stealth
Partisan-SMS - Encrypted SMS messenger for Android
opengapps - The main repository of the Open GApps Project
grocy-android - ERP beyond your fridge, now on your phone – An awesome companion app for grocy
TowerCollector vs calyxos
Simple-SMS-Messenger vs QKSMS
TowerCollector vs FlorisBoard
Simple-SMS-Messenger vs matrix-sms-bridge
TowerCollector vs yashlang
Simple-SMS-Messenger vs koler
TowerCollector vs jitsi-meet-release-notes
Simple-SMS-Messenger vs android
TowerCollector vs stealth
Simple-SMS-Messenger vs Partisan-SMS
TowerCollector vs opengapps
Simple-SMS-Messenger vs grocy-android