--- title: 5 Google apps I replace on every Android phone, and what... description: A personal roundup of Google app alternatives for Android: Brave browser instead of Chrome, Notesnook instead of Google Keep, TickTick instead of Google Tasks,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/5-google-apps-i-replace-on-every-android-phone-and-what-i-use-instead-xcd7xrv3c twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: 5 Google apps I replace on every Android phone, and what I use instead | daily.dev og:description: A personal roundup of Google app alternatives for Android: Brave browser instead of Chrome, Notesnook instead of Google Keep, TickTick instead of Google Tasks,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/5-google-apps-i-replace-on-every-android-phone-and-what-i-use-instead-xcd7xrv3c og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/xcD7xrV3c.png og:image:alt: 5 Google apps I replace on every Android phone, and what I use instead og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # 5 Google apps I replace on every Android phone, and what I use instead **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A personal roundup of Google app alternatives for Android: Brave browser instead of Chrome, Notesnook instead of Google Keep, TickTick instead of Google Tasks, Proton Pass instead of Google Password Manager, and Breezy Weather instead of Google Weather. Each swap is framed around better privacy, more features, or cross-platform availability. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What app can I use instead of Google Weather that shows air quality and lets me pick the forecast provider? Breezy Weather is an open-source Android weather app that lets you choose your own forecast data provider and customize which data badges appear on the main screen, including air quality. It is not on the Google Play Store, but can be downloaded from GitHub or F-Droid. _daily.dev surfaces alternative tool picks like this for developers curious about open-source app options._ ### Why did Google Weather change how tapping a forecast works on Android? Google stripped back the weather experience within the Google app so that tapping a forecast no longer opens a dedicated detailed forecast page; instead it now triggers a Google search. 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