this post was submitted on 04 Feb 2026
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People who mastered calendar, clock and notes apps in their smartphones be like:
I'm not sure if they are still out there, but there used to be a collection of "Simple" applications available for Android. Simple Text Editor - just a plain, simple text editor. No ads, no nonsense, just a text editor. Simple Calendar - well, you get the point.
I wish that stuff wasn't so rare. Just give me basic functionality and I'll take it from there.
Found 'em: https://simplemobiletools.com/
Original Dev sold SMT in violation of the original license to some shitty ad company.
They were continued by the community under the name "fossify" https://www.fossify.org/apps/
Awesome, that's going in my bookmarks