What non-game paid apps do you use that are worthwhile and still relevant in 2023?

For context, I have a decent amount of Google Play credit thanks to Opinion Rewards and a gift card. I’m not looking to start a book or movie collection there, nor sign up for subscription services. But I’m happy to buy the paid/pro version of useful apps.

I’m excluding games just because that’s a whole topic on its own.

Here are some one-time paid apps I’ve been happy with:

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        1 year ago

        Honestly, Simple File Manager is a bit better then I remembered. But here are some, in order of how much they matter to me.

        • As you said, browsing network shares.
        • Fast filtering in addition to recursive search.
        • Selective file extracting from archives.
        • Checksums in formats aside from md5.

        Amaze checks some of these boxes, but I find it kind of buggy.

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      1 year ago

      This is a pretty solid app, and I have no regrets purchasing this one.

      Is there a reason apps that access file system are getting pushy about having notifications enabled though? I’ve seen it on a few different apps and solid explorer is especially annoying if you don’t enable notifications. It basically gives you 2 prompts urging you to enable notifications every time you move files. The file transfer works perfectly fine without the notifications from what I can see. This has caused me to use a lesser file management app in the meantime. I just don’t understand why a file manager HAS to have notifications I guess.

      I sent the dev an email about it, but it got ignored.

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        1 year ago

        From what I gather, Solid needs notifications for file transfers, should you decide to push large chunks of data through it and proceed to different tasks in the meantime.

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        1 year ago

        It shows you notification when the ftp server is running atleast. Haven’t seen sny other notifications.