--- title: Samsung's pre-installed apps are great, but I always add... description: A personal recommendation of four apps to install immediately on a new Samsung Galaxy phone: Good Lock for deeper One UI customization via modular plugins,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/samsung-s-pre-installed-apps-are-great-but-i-always-add-these-4-the-moment-i-set-up-a-new-galaxy-ph-awmftzesm twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Samsung's pre-installed apps are great, but I always add these 4 the moment I set up a new Galaxy phone | daily.dev og:description: A personal recommendation of four apps to install immediately on a new Samsung Galaxy phone: Good Lock for deeper One UI customization via modular plugins,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/samsung-s-pre-installed-apps-are-great-but-i-always-add-these-4-the-moment-i-set-up-a-new-galaxy-ph-awmftzesm og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/awmftzesM.png og:image:alt: Samsung's pre-installed apps are great, but I always add these 4 the moment I set up a new Galaxy phone 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. # Samsung's pre-installed apps are great, but I always add these 4 the moment I set up a new Galaxy phone **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A personal recommendation of four apps to install immediately on a new Samsung Galaxy phone: Good Lock for deeper One UI customization via modular plugins, Proton Pass as a cross-platform password manager with email aliases, Brave as a privacy-focused browser with built-in ad blocking, and Notesnook for end-to-end encrypted note-taking with cross-device sync. The author values cross-platform consistency and privacy as key criteria over Samsung's built-in alternatives. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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