Simple Mobile Tools is the developer behind a suite of open source Android apps that live up to their name, with simple, ad-free user interfaces and features. Simple Voice Recorder has long been my go ...

The developer behind the Simple Mobile Tools suite of open source Android apps are now taking pre-orders for their first phone. As promised, the Simple Phone is a phone that emphasizes privacy by ...

Last time, I described how to write a simple Android app and get it talking to your code on Linux. So, of course, we need an example. Since I’ve been on something of a macropad kick lately, I decided ...

The year is drawing to a close, and that means it’s time for our best Android apps of 2024 breakdown. It’s been an incredible year for tech in general, but we’ve also seen some notable Android app ...

Simple Mobile Tools has been sold to Israeli app publisher ZipoApps. Users are worried that the acquisition will lead to advertisements on Simple apps and that they’ll no longer remain open source.

When people ask me why I prefer Android over that (cough, cough) other mobile platform, the answer is a little complicated. Sure, I like the diversity and different options Android affords me in terms ...