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This is a paid, open-source development tool for Android, available on Google Play. Launched in 2013, it serves developers who need a specialized utility for Android work. Being both paid and open-source from inception… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. New Android app, paid and open source from the start launched in 2013; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Start on Android by Google▲250

   Developer program to optimize your app before you launch

   2018 · docs.google.com · its alternatives →

2. 2IB
   I built an Android game after work with a friend in 6 months▲128

   2014 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

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   Google Open Source▲560

   All of Googles open source projects under a single umbrella

   2017 · opensource.google · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Open-Source Food Delivery and Local Shopping Platform▲227

   Open Source Food Delivery and local shopping Platform - NearbyShops/Nearby-Shops-Android-app-Deprecated

   2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

5. 5OS
   Open source music player in beta▲44

   2016 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

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   Open sourcing Harmonic, my Android Hacker News client▲305

   Hey HN! I'm the developer of one of the most popular Android clients for HN, Harmonic for Hacker News. Over the years I have recieved many requests to open source the app which I am finally doing - sorry about taking so long :) Having been very busy working on my PhD during the last two years - Harmonic has not recieved the attention it deserves. I therefore hope that open sourcing it can give it a new lease on life. I also hope that by posting here many of the nice people who have reached out to me will notice that the app is finally open source. I'm also happy to answer questions about the…

   2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Bloom▲386

   A free and open source Google

   2019 · kerkour.com · its alternatives →

8. 8BA
   Beginning Android for iOS Developers▲197

   2011 · clayallsopp.posterous.com · its alternatives →

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   Android Development Automation by Buddy▲90

   Continuous delivery for Android apps & Google Play

   2018 · buddy.works · its alternatives →

10. 10BA
    Build an open-source Android messaging app in 5 minutes▲12

    2015 · juliangarritano.github.io · its alternatives →

11. 11FF
    Find free Android apps without ads or in-app purchases▲21

    2020 · reallyfreeapps.appspot.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Estimapp 2.0▲376

    How much does it really cost to make an app?

    2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

13. 13IB
    I built an Android game▲114

    2013 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

14. 14IB
    I built an Android game▲37

    2014 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Flutter▲268

    Build beautiful native apps in record time

    2018 · flutter.dev · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Fetch: PH Android Client▲82

    An unofficial Android app created in 12 hours!

    2014 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

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    I made an open source and local translation app▲236

    A few years ago, right after high school, I decided to try to make a simultaneous translation app for Android as a side project, it took longer than expected (about 2 years) and I had to make a lot of compromises (I had to use Google's API and therefore make users use a developer key because at the time there were no free solutions for speech recognition and translation that had good quality). At the end of university, I decided to pick it up again and finally, using OpenAi's Whisper for speech recognition and Meta's NLLB for translation (with both running locally on the phone), I managed to…

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Android Studio 2.0▲198

    The official IDE for Android application development

    2015 · developer.android.com · its alternatives →

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    Open-source Hacker News for Android client▲7

    We believe the best software is built when devs seriously use the thing they're building. We're a mobile dev tools company (emergetools.com), but we don't actually build & ship "apps"... until now. Excited to share our first open-source app: Hacker News for Android Any feedback/PRs very welcome on the repo. We also wrote about why we built and open-sourced this HN app here: https://www.emergetools.com/blog/posts/open-sourcing-emerge-...

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

20. 20MF
    My first native Android application▲13

    2016 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    9 Cards V.2, an open source launcher▲13

    The first open source launcher written in Scala on Android

    2017 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    RestoApp▲140

    open-source mobile app & website for food delivery services

    2024 · restoapp.org · its alternatives →

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    My first Android App – order-taker for family company that sells wood▲123

    An android app written in Kotlin. It is designed to take orders from the customers and manage invoices - MaherDeeb/take_orders_app

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Oh My Product Hunt▲115

    An open-source Android app for Product Hunt

    2016 · hhua.github.io · its alternatives →

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