Make it better

Add what your phone forgot.

Your phone ships without an ad blocker, a good authenticator or a VPN you can trust. Here are the apps worth adding, scored on design, ease and speed, and the ones to skip.

Privacy & security

Fewer ads, fewer trackers, safer logins.

Ad blocker & Private DNSNew
2FA authenticatorNew
VPNAudited only
Password managerIn Replace an app
Firewall · Secure messengerComing next

Look & feel

A home screen that looks like nobody else's.

WidgetsComing next
Icon packsComing next
Wallpapers · Gestures & panelsComing next
LaunchersIn Replace an app
Theme your icons and wallpaperGuide · 20 min

Power tools

Make the phone do things for you.

AutomationComing next
Backup · File syncComing next
App managersReplace

Media & reading

Play anything, read everything.

Video playerReplace
Podcasts · RSS · PDFComing next
Music playerReplace

Everyday utilities

The small tools you'll use every week.

Scanner · BatteryComing next
Storage cleanerHonest ones only
FilesReplace

Some apps make your phone worse. Skip them.

Your phone already does what these promise, or they can't do it at all. Here's why, with the sources.

Read Be careful

Antivirus apps RAM boosters & CPU coolers Fake cleaners Shady free VPNs

How we score. Out of 100.

A person uses every winner on a real phone. Risky categories also have rules an app must pass before it's scored at all.

35Design: polish, type, dark mode

30Ease: first run, fewest taps

25Efficiency and speed

10Respect

How we choose, in full