How many Nostr apps are currently installed in your phone?

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I got 12

Amber, Citrine, Pokey, Amethyst, 0xchat, Fountain, SatsPrice, Zap.store, FreeForm, Voyage, Minibits, Nostros

how is satsprice a "nostr app"?

You are right it might not be... For now...

Only Amethyst .

how do you like freeform

same

4

No 5:

Damus

Nostur

Nostore

0xchat

Wavlake

7.

But I only use 3.

Time for some house cleaning.

## The nostr apps that actually get used on my phone: ##

1. Amber.

2. amethyst.

3. citrine.

Do we count #minibits for zaps?

### I do find myself using a few other web apps on mobile so long as they allow signing in with Amber: ###

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### What I think we need: ###

The only nostr experience I feel like I'm missing on mobile is [satcom](https://satcom.app/) which is probably the first **original** NOSTR app that isn't copying some existing platform.

I had 3. Now 1. Yours.

Not enough

Amethyst

Amber

Citrine

Pokey

Fountain

Wavlake

3

3: Amethyst, Primal, Fountain

Just one (Amethyst). I had Primal installed at one point since I was having an issue with filtered words I couldn't seem to delete, but that issue resolved itself so Amethyst is all I need right now. I'm not just saying that, either. It has all the features I want or need.

you should install Amber asap (and use fdroid or some other non-google app app to get it)

First I've heard of it! What makes it special to you?

frdoid is an alternative to google play that only provides open source apps

amber is an "isolated signer" which keeps your key and all it does is accept requests to sign things and has a set of permissions controls about what things it will automatically sign, or it pops up and asks you to consent

amber helps you protect your keys from being compromised by a bug in amethyst or other apps... and it also makes it safer to experiment with new apps that do other things, like "pokey", which vitor is always talking about lately, a nostr app that specialises in notifying you of events that you might be interested, like DMs or replies or reactions

Yes, I use Obtainium and F-Droid (via the Droid-ify fork) for most of my apps, fantastic software! 🫡

As for Amber, is a bug that exposes my nsec a significant threat? Also, how does it protect your keys? I understand the signing aspect, but couldn't a bug theoretically expose them in Amber as well?

Only 2

7

5

6 apps. 7 if you count minibits.

2: Amethyst, Primal

Same here✌️

Those are some rookie numbers :)

Can you list your apps? Probably there is something interesting for all of us.

Amber, Citrine, Pokey, Amethyst, 0xchat, Fountain, SatsPrice, Zap.store, FreeForm, Voyage, Minibits, Nostros

Today: only seven.

2

Just Amethyst! Works so great!

4

Just amethyst or damus.

(Unless You count things like wallets and obtainium.)

10, plus one PWA and three web app shortcuts. Amethyst is among the installed native apps.

Amethyst and Amber. I cant stand clutter 😬 anything else I'll use the browser

A few

2. I don't like Nostr apps. They drain the battery and consume data for no reason, and often the developers of Nostr apps are inexperienced and clumsy. Moreover, there are already a billion NIPs that I've stopped keeping track of, and the compatibility between applications is just terrible. I sign events without understanding what is happening, and I don't like that. Usually, Nostr is now anti-advertising for me. If I see that an app is based on Nostr, I won't use it.

Why were you keeping track of NIPs? That doesn't make any sense for users.

For example, to understand which NIP is suitable for private messages this week.

Sure, but you don't need to know nips for that. Basically use Amethyst, 0xchat or coracle instead of damus and primal and problem solved. There is no need to track nips.

Understanding NIP is necessary to know what data you are sharing and in what order with a relay owned by who knows who.

Sure, but only if you want to know the details. Users should never, ever think about Nostr that way.

This will lead to application fingerprints, if it hasn't already.

Keep 'em stupid.

I remembered some Google employee who claimed that users don't need a URL bar.

At least three

Yours is my fave

Five.

3

Primal, Damus, Openvibe

7

Amethyst

Citrine

Fountain

0xchat

Amber

Openvibe

Primal

3. Amethyst, Primal, Amber.

Looking at this thread, I need to step up my game...

11. What am I missing?

Do you count home screen bookmarks on iOS?

If so I am around 7.

Nostur, Damus, Nos, Coracle, Fountain, Highlighter, nsec.app

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0 ... But I have 7 #Nostr clients 😅

Two, Amethyst and primal.

Sorry, three actually. More to follow soon.

12

2, Primal and Damus.

So many private keys passing through phone clipboards.

Amber. Just Amber for everything.

Had some trouble with amber and graphene because of clipboard access. It’s not an obvious solution.

But even then, I’m curious to know how people are getting their private key on to amber or any other client

7:

Amber, Citrine, Amethyst, Spring Browser, Pokey, Fountain, Wavlake

Zeus also sort of counts...

Forgot zap.store, so 8.5!

5

9

0xchat, Amber, Amethyst, Citrine, Pokey, Primal, Voyager, Fountain, Zap Store

10 actually.

Forgot to add Coracle to the list.

I’ve got 21 nostr apps currently installed on my iPhone.

Just Amethyst, though tempted to check out Citra + Voyage again at some point too. Had web apps thanks to Fennec + Nos2x, but the Fennec fork is out of date (perhaps abandoned?) so no more web apps for now 🙁

One, Amethyst. Technically two with Primal, but it doesn't like my folding phone a whole lot x) Don't think I need much more...

9 for me.

Amber, Amethyst, Citrine, Fountain, 0xChat, Pokey, Primal, Wavlake, Zapstore

If it doesn't work right or has a bad UI, I probably will stop using it. Some only last a few minutes. These work well enough for now.

That said, I use Amethyst and Fountain by far the most, because they're so good.

4

0xchat,, Amethyst, Primal, Fountain

Oxchat, Fountain, Primal. Hello from Florence Italy.

2

4.

Amber, Primal, Amethyst, Fountain.

4

Ler me see… Primal, Damus, Iris, openvibe (ex-Plebstr), Fedi and Nostur. Six!

Amethyst

Citrine

Pokey

Fountain

Wavlake

Zap.store

Oxchat

Keychat

Amber

Just one, amethyst. I would like to have more, but I'm a targeted person and so I use Google's Advanced Protection, and this framework does not allow non-app-store apps, period.

Primal

Iris

Current

Nostur

Openvibe

Nostrmo

Nos

Damus

0xChat

Wavlake

FreeFrom

Fountain

Freerse

YakiHonne

(iOS)

Amber

Amethyst

Spring

Keychat

(Android)

You guys are using phones?

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i guess i am a nostr messie

Never been more than 5... Always social media style clients

nostr:npub1yzvxlwp7wawed5vgefwfmugvumtp8c8t0etk3g8sky4n0ndvyxesnxrf8q

nostr:npub12vkcxr0luzwp8e673v29eqjhrr7p9vqq8asav85swaepclllj09sylpugg

nostr:npub18m76awca3y37hkvuneavuw6pjj4525fw90necxmadrvjg0sdy6qsngq955

nostr:npub1pu3vqm4vzqpxsnhuc684dp2qaq6z69sf65yte4p39spcucv5lzmqswtfch

I would much prefer if I could say there's a bunch of "other stuff" already in use and providing value, but that's not the case yet

There is no second best 😜