Wow, somehow this escaped me all these years. I feel like I’ve got a bunch of fresh XKCD to read now.

For the uneducated: On a mobile browser you just press and hold the comic (long tap). On a computer you hover over the image and the alt text will appear next to the cursor.

The alt text in this one was:

Hey! I wrote up a list of Open Source iOS apps on the Privacy Guides community.

I’ve been slowly trying to become platform agnostic, so I can switch back and forth between OSs without losing function. I’m not 100% there, but I hope this list helps you too if you are looking to go that route.

Copying the relevant bits here.

For iOS:

Fully FOSS:

• Organic Maps - Offline Maps
• Yattee - YouTube Frontend
• BookPlayer - Audiobook Reader
• NetNewsWire - RSS Reader
• Signal - Encrypted Messaging
• Element - Matrix Client
• OrBot - Tor VPN Alternative
• Swiftfin - Jellyfin Client
• VLC - Media Player
• Metapho - Remove EXIF Data
• Privacy Blur - Blurring Photos
• Raivo - 2FA
• Firefox Focus - Web Browser
• Mastodon - Official Mastodon Client
• PixelFed - Official PixelFed Client
• Sync - Reddit App (RIP?)
• Mlem - Lemmy App (currently testing)
• KDE Connect - Airdrop Alternative
• Berty - Encrypted Messenger with Offline Capabilities

FOSS, but with a paid tier:

• KeePassium: Offline Password Manager
• Slide for Reddit - Reddit App (RIP)
• AdGuard - Content Blocker
• Bitwarden - Password Manager
• Joplin - Note App
• Podverse - Podcast App
• NextDNS - DNS Filtering
• Invoice Ninja - Invoicing Software
• SimpleLogin - Email Aliasing
• ProtonMail - Encrypted Email
• ProtonCalendar - Encrypted Calendar
• Proton Drive - Encrypted Cloud Storage (Testflight is Full)
• ProtonVPN - VPN
• Standard Notes - Encrypted Notes
• Notesnook - Encrypted Notes
• Tutanota - Encrypted Email & Calendar

Paid Only, but Open Source:

• Cryptomator - File Encryption
• ente Photos - Encrypted Photo Backup
• Mullvad VPN - VPN
• IVPN - VPN