7 Android apps I stopped using in 2026 (and what I replaced them with)

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I test a lot of new apps year-round as part of my job. At times, I stumble upon some really great alternatives to apps I’m currently using, and I end up switching to them.

So far this year, I’ve switched to a handful of apps on my Android phone, iPhone, and Mac for various reasons. Here are seven apps I ditched in favor of better alternatives on my Android phone.

I’ve used Notion as a personal knowledge base for many years. However, its limitations — the lack of a full-fledged offline mode in particular — started to bother me over time. Obsidian filled in this gap perfectly. It works completely offline, so I can view notes in my vault even when I’m not connected, without needing to download them in advance, unlike Notion. I can even edit notes, and my changes sync as soon as I’m back online.

Besides, the Obsidian Android app feels faster and easier to navigate, too; the sidebar makes it really easy to jump between notes. My absolute favorite Obsidian feature is support for plugins. I’ve installed a bunch of them in my vault to help me publish notes online, create better tables, quickly run actions by typing a forward slash (/), visualize connections between my notes, get metadata for files, and more. I also use a plugin called Remotely Save to sync notes across all my devices, since Obsidian’s native sync service requires a subscription.

LANDrop is a cross-platform file-sharing app. I’ve used it to send files between my Android phone, iPhone, iPad, and Mac for many years until I ran into discoverability issues and slow transfer speeds — particularly when moving files between my Mac and an Android phone — and had to use alternative methods. That’s when I replaced it with LocalSend on all my devices.

LocalSend works similarly to LANDrop — using your local Wi-Fi network to facilitate transfers. And I haven’t experienced any issues with it so far. What’s also nice is that LocalSend is actively being developed, so it’s more likely to receive fixes for any major issues reported by users. Some other things I like about LocalSend include the ability to stop and restart the server to fix discoverability issues, view a detailed history of previous transfers, and manually send files when a router uses AP isolation to limit device discoverability.

I have a bunch of files on my Mac that I need access to on my phones and Windows computer. Until last year, I used Syncthing to do this. But because its Android app, Syncthing-Fork, started exhibiting issues like increased battery usage and aggressive background termination on my Android phone, I switched to Resilio Sync.