What I Use – Phone

My setup

Background

This page covers the phone I use and the apps I have installed. I’ll try to keep it updated, since my setup tends to change over time — especially compared to what you might see in older videos. There’s a changelog at the bottom in case you want to see what’s changed since you last checked.

Daily Driver

I’m currently using a Google Pixel 6a running GrapheneOS. I plan to upgrade to the Pixel 10 once it’s released.

Meta

Does this DOXX my phone setup and what I self-host? Yes. Is that great for privacy? Absolutely not. But maybe it’ll help you.

Apps

🎧 Media

• AntennaPod
  Obtainium – Listening to podcasts

• audiobookshelf
  Obtainium – Self-hosted audiobooks app

• Symfonium
  Play Store – Listening to music and radio stations via navidrome

• Immich
  Obtainium – View self-hosted photos/videos

🛠 Productivity & Utilities

• Actual PWA
  PWA – Budgeting with self-hosted Actual

• Miniflux PWA
  PWA – RSS reader via self-hosted Miniflux

• OSS Document-Scanner
  Obtainium – Digitizing physical documents

• Paralino
  Play Store – End-to-end encrypted location sharing

• Tasks
  Obtainium – Task management (syncs via DAVx⁵)

• OsmAnd~
  Obtainium – I don’t use this daily, it’s a backup for when I need offline navigation.

🔐 Privacy & Security

• IVPN
  Accrescent – VPN for private browsing

• WireGuard
  Obtainium – VPN tunnel to home via OPNsense

• KeePassDX
  Obtainium – Password manager

• Key Driver
  Obtainium – Use YubiKey as MFA for KeePassDX

🗓️ Organization & Sync

• Calendar
  Obtainium – View calendar events via Radicale (DAVx⁵)

• DAVx⁵
  Obtainium – Sync contacts, tasks, calendar

• LocalSend
  Obtainium – File transfer between devices

📬 Communication

• MySudo
  Obtainium – VoIP numbers

• Signal
  Obtainium – Secure communication

• Tuta Mail
  Obtainium – Email for intheshellpodcast.com

• Proton Mail
  Obtainium – Email for yellowball.fm

📷 Cameras & Monitoring

• BlackVue
  Play Store – View dashcam footage

• ntfy
  Obtainium – Webhook notifications from self-hosted apps

• PagerDuty
  Play Store – Alerts/notifications related to self-hosted services and Yellowball

• UniFi Protect
  Play Store – View UniFi camera streams (CloudKey+)

📊 Health & Lifestyle

• Lose It!
  Play Store – Calorie tracking

• FitoTrack
  Obtainium – Jog tracking

• Breezy Weather
  Obtainium – Weather app

Changelog

2026.07.01 - Removed Mullvad. Added IVPN.

2025.10.27 - Removed Brave Browser (Actual Budget now works in Vanadium). Added Paralino. Removed SilverBullet, trying something else.

2025.09.18 - Removed SyncThing. I’m going to be using LocalSend instead to transfer pictures and files.

2025.08.31 - Added PagerDuty and ProtonMail

2025.05.14 - Corrected labels on a few apps and added “Get it on Obtainium” buttons to apps. Added OsmAnd~.

2025.04.30 - Added OSS Document-Scanner

2025.04.26 - Switched to Symfonium and remove Finamp

2025.03.26 - Initial publication