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IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Vehicle simulation · Free

Rigs of Rods

Meet your next obsession.

Trail Sense icon with an orange and white compass needle on a dark circle
AND SOMETHING FOR YOUR EVERYDAYTrail Sense

Outdoor tools · Android

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Vehicle simulationFree

Rigs of Rods

By Petr Ohlidal and Rigs of Rods contributors

Rigs of Rods is a free vehicle sandbox that treats machines as flexible structures. Cars, trucks, boats, aircraft and machinery can bend and break as they move, and the official builds run on Windows and Linux. Multiplayer servers hold up to 64 people. Extra community vehicles stay under their own creators' licenses.

F7 INSIGHTThe interesting part is the chassis, not a scripted race. A beam-and-node truck can fold in a way a normal driving game hides, which makes experimentation the point of a session.

Newly discoveredWindows · Linux
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KaraokeFree

UltraStar Deluxe

By UltraStar Deluxe contributors

UltraStar Deluxe is a free karaoke game for singing into microphones. Up to six people can take turns or sing together while the game scores pitch and rhythm. It grew from corvus5's UltraStar and adds party mode, themes, and broader audio and video support, with Windows releases plus Linux and macOS ports.

F7 INSIGHTMost rhythm games ship their own chart library. UltraStar Deluxe is closer to a living-room instrument: the interesting choice is which song folder you bring, and the score still depends on a real voice.

Newly discoveredWindows · macOS
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Outdoor toolsFree

Trail Sense

By Kyle Corry

Trail Sense turns a phone's own sensors into offline hiking tools. Kyle Corry's Android app can mark beacons, retrace a walk, read a compass, forecast weather from a barometer, and warn before sunset. It does not use the internet, and the project page grants the software under the MIT license, free of charge.

F7 INSIGHTThe useful constraint is the missing network. A trail tool that refuses the internet has to be honest about the sensors in your pocket, which is a better hiking companion than a forecast that disappears when the signal does.

Newly discoveredGoogle Play
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LauncherFree

KISS

By Neamar

KISS is a small Android launcher built around typing. Neamar's app finds apps, contacts and settings from the first letters, and it promotes results you actually choose. The store text says it never connects to the internet, stays about 250 KB, and is GPLv3+ software that everyone can use, change and share.

F7 INSIGHTA launcher that starts from the keyboard treats the home screen as a search box. That is a useful contrast with drawers full of icons, especially on a phone you want to open and leave quickly.

Newly discoveredGoogle Play
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DownloadsFree

LibreTorrent

By Yaroslav Pronin

LibreTorrent is Yaroslav Pronin's Android BitTorrent client. It can download with BitTorrent 2.0 and WebTorrent, pick individual files, stream in order, and create torrents. The readme also lists Android TV, scheduling, and an Atom or RSS watch list. The project calls the app free software under GPL version 3 or later, with Play and F-Droid links from the developer.

F7 INSIGHTA torrent app is easy to hide behind a store account. LibreTorrent keeps the transfer controls in the open: which files, which order, and which feed starts the next download.

Newly discoveredGoogle Play
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MessagingFree

Briar

By Michael Rogers and the Briar core team

Briar is a free Android messenger for conversations that do not depend on one company's server. Michael Rogers started the project, and the Android app syncs directly between devices over Bluetooth or Wi-Fi, or through Tor when the internet is available. Messages stay on the phone. The download page points to Google Play, F-Droid and an APK from the project site.

F7 INSIGHTMost messengers fail quietly when the network does. Briar is worth discovering because the nearby Bluetooth and Wi-Fi path is part of the product, not an emergency afterthought.

Newly discoveredGoogle Play
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App managementCheck price

App Manager

By Muntashir Akon

App Manager is an Android toolbox for inspecting the apps already on a phone. It lists activities, permissions, tracker classes and storage, and it can back up APK files. The project describes itself as copylefted GPLv3+ software and links F-Droid plus GitHub releases. The store description checked today does not state a numeric price.

F7 INSIGHTInstalled apps are usually a grid of icons. App Manager is worth a look because it shows the parts behind an icon, from exported activities to tracker classes, before you decide what stays on the phone.

Newly discoveredF-Droid