Wasted vs ActivityLauncher

Wasted

Lock and wipe on emergency. (by x13a)

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ActivityLauncher

Activity launcher creates shortcuts for any installed app and hidden activities to launch them with ease (by butzist)

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Wasted		ActivityLauncher
	Project
16	Mentions	5
422	Stars	734
-	Growth	-
0.0	Activity	7.7
over 1 year ago	Latest Commit	9 days ago
Kotlin	Language	Kotlin
GNU General Public License v3.0 only	License	ISC License

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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.

Wasted

Posts with mentions or reviews of Wasted. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-24.

L’activation à distance des appareils électroniques par la police inquiète
2 projects | /r/france | 24 Jun 2023
Extended security and enhanced panic response beyond Ripple!
3 projects | /r/CalyxOS | 15 Jun 2023

Wasted - wipe your device when USB device (other than a charger) is plugged in when screen is off, notification is pressed, fake app is hit, screen has not been unlocked for x hours, or quick setting tile is pressed.
Wasted: Lock a device and wipe its data on emergency
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 30 Apr 2023
Any apps that can lock phone if forcefully taken from you?
1 project | /r/fossdroid | 29 Apr 2023

Maybe Wasted?
Wasted From Fdroid
1 project | /r/fossdroid | 8 Apr 2023

Github https://github.com/x13a/Wasted
Enhanched security
1 project | /r/GrapheneOS | 2 Jan 2023
GrapheneOS setup help
1 project | /r/privacy | 12 Dec 2022

You might want to lookup Wasted. You grant the app Device Admin, it can wipe on trigger, not specific to GrapheneOS. I haven't try it. Can't give you my take.
Mitigation of stolen/lost GrapheneOS phone?
1 project | /r/PrivacyGuides | 1 Dec 2022

Take a look at this.
android wipe for emergency
1 project | /r/privacy | 28 Nov 2022

Wasted I have not personally tested it though
Software Or App which can Hide or wipe data in instant for windos and Android
3 projects | /r/privacy | 20 Nov 2022

And Wasted by the same developer.

ActivityLauncher

Posts with mentions or reviews of ActivityLauncher. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-25.

[DEV] Tasker 6.2.1 Beta - Target API 33, Easily Restrict HTTP Request Events, Worldwide Date/Time Formatting, Easier System Variable Selection
2 projects | /r/tasker | 25 May 2023
Echo Studio or 2 Echo Dots for Firestick 4K Max.
1 project | /r/amazonecho | 30 Sep 2022

But you can make a homepage shortcut with Activity Launcher https://github.com/butzist/ActivityLauncher
Any fast way of switching Home Theater Audio?
1 project | /r/amazonecho | 28 Jul 2022
Where should I start?
3 projects | /r/opensource | 7 Mar 2022

Or this app Activity launcher is asking for a new developer: https://github.com/butzist/ActivityLauncher
⟳ 2 apps added, 58 updated at f-droid.org
19 projects | /r/FDroidUpdates | 29 Dec 2021

Activity Launcher (version 1.12.1): Create shortcuts for apps and activities

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Wasted and ActivityLauncher you can also consider the following projects:

Duress - Duress password trigger.

LibreraReader - Book Reader for Android

nighthawk-wallet-android - Old version of Nighthawk Android Wallet. No longer maintained.

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OpenDocument.droid - It's Android's first OpenOffice Document Reader!

YuzuBrowser - Customizable browser for android

dolidroid - DoliDroid is the free Android frontend client, it is not a standalone program. It is a front end to use an online hosted Dolibarr ERP CRM https://www.dolibarr.org [Moved to: https://github.com/DoliCloud/DoliDroid]

shattered-pixel-dungeon - Shattered Pixel Dungeon is an open-source traditional roguelike dungeon crawler with randomized levels and enemies, and hundreds of items to collect and use. It's based on the source code of Pixel Dungeon, by Watabou.

OpenDocument.droid - It's Android's first OpenOffice Document Reader! [Moved to: https://github.com/opendocument-app/OpenDocument.droid]

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