Mobile-Optimized Applications

List of apps optimized for mobile phone displays available from the Software Center in PureOS

Legend

Compatibility	Category	Description
★★★★★	Fully optimized	software is fine-tuned for mobile screen and touch input
★★★★☆	Not fully optimized	some visual elements could use additional fine tuning for mobile screens
★★★☆☆	Not optimized but usable	app cannot entirely fit into screen, but at least partially usable by toggling landscape/portrait orientation (without changing DPI)
★★☆☆☆	Not optimized and unusable	app cannot fit into screen and is unusable to large extent or completely unless DPI is changed
★☆☆☆☆	App not working at all

List

Main/Essential

Icon	Name	Compatibility	Category	Description
	Calls	★★★★★	Phone calls	Phone call application
	Chatty	★★★★★	SMS, Messaging	XMPP and SMS messaging
	Web	★★★★★	Internet	Lightweight web browser with privacy defaults
	Geary	★★★★★	Email	Send and receive email
	King’s Cross	★★★★★	Development	Terminal
	Contacts	★★★★★	PIM	Keep and organize your contact information
	Clocks	★★★★★	Utilities	World clocks, alarms, a stopwatch and a timer
	Calendar	★★★★☆	PIM	Simple and beautiful calendar application

GNOME

Icon	Name	Compatibility	Category	Description
	Archive Manager	★★★★☆	Utilities	Application for opening, creating and modifying archive files (File Roller)
	Backups	★★★★★	Utilities	Simple backup tool (Déjà Dup)
	Books	★★★☆☆	Utilities	Simple and elegant e-book management
	Boxes	★★☆☆☆	Utilities	Simple Virtual Machine application
	Calculator	★★★★☆	Utilities	Calculator and application that solves mathematical equations
	Celluloid	★★★★★	Multimedia	Celluloid (formerly GNOME MPV) is a simple GTK+ frontend for mpv
	Characters	★★★★☆	Utilities	Unicode character map program (Character Map)
	Cheese	★★★☆☆	Multimedia	Uses your webcam to take photos and videos and apply fancy special effects
	Control Center	★★★★☆	System	Main interface for configuration of various aspects of your device
	Dictionary	★★★★★	Utilities	Dictionary is the GNOME application to look up definitions
	Disks	★★★★★	System	Inspect, format, partition and configure storage devices
	Disk Usage Analyzer	★★☆☆☆	Utilities	Simple application to manage disk usage and available space
	Document Viewer	★★★★★	Office	Simple multi-page document viewer (Evince)
	Evolution	★★☆☆☆	PIM	Integrated mail, calendaring and address book functionality
	Files	★★★★★	System	Default file manager of the GNOME desktop (Nautilus)
	Fonts	★★★☆☆	Utilities	Fonts installed on your computer
	Frogr	★★★★★	Internet	Flickr Remote Organizer for GNOME
	Gnote	★★★★☆	PIM	Note-taking app (port of Tomboy)
	Help	★★★★★	Utilities	Help and documentation viewer
	Image Viewer	★★★★☆	Multimedia	GNOME’s official image viewer (Eye of GNOME)
	Logs	★★☆☆☆	System	Shows events from the systemd journal, and sorts them into categories
	Lollypop	★★★★★	Multimedia	A modern music player
	Maps	★★★★☆	Education	Explore global maps
	Music	★★★★★	Multimedia	A simple music player
	Notes	★★★☆☆	PIM	Note-taking app
	Photos	★★☆☆☆	Multimedia	Simple application to access, organize and share your photos
	Polari	★☆☆☆☆	Internet	Simple Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client
	Recipes	★★☆☆☆	Other	Recipe application for GNOME
	Rhythmbox	★★☆☆☆	Multimedia	Music management, music and internet radio player application
	Screenshot	★★★★☆	Utilities	Simple utility that lets you take pictures of your computer screen
	Simple Scan	★★★★☆	Utilities	Easily scan documents and photos
	PureOS Store	★★★★☆	System	Manage applications and system extensions
	Sound Recorder	★★★★★	Multimedia	A simple and modern sound recorder
	System Monitor	★★★☆☆	System	Process viewer and system monitor
	Seahorse	★★★★☆	Utilities	Application for managing encryption keys
	Text Editor	★★★★★	Utilities	Powerful general-purpose text editor (Gedit)
	To Do	★★★☆☆	PIM	Task management application
	Tweaks	★★☆☆☆	System	Utility to fine-tune your GNOME desktop
	Usage	★★★★★	Utilities	System resources status
	Videos	★★★☆☆	Multimedia	Default local and online video player
	Weather	★★★★★	Utilities	Weather forecast app

Other

Icon	Name	Compatibility	Category	Description
	Authenticator	★★★★★	Utilities	A Two-Factor Authentication application
	Cawbird	★★★★★	Social Media	A GNOME Twitter client
	Confy	★★★★★	Internet	Conference schedule viewer
	Dino	★★★☆☆	Messaging	Modern Jabber/XMPP Client using GTK+/Vala
	Drawing	★★★★☆	Graphic Design	A simple drawing application
	Feeds	★★★★★	News	News reader for GNOME
	Firefox	★★★★☆	Internet	Mozilla Firefox web browser
	Giara	★★★★★	Social Media	Giara is a reddit app. Created with mobile Linux in mind
	Gpodder	★★★★★	Media	Media aggregator and podcast client. This is an adaptive version of Gpodder
	Kaidan	★★★★☆	Messaging	Jabber/XMPP client with a modern user interface using Kirigami
	Matrix Mirage	★★★★★	Messaging	Encrypted, decentralized, keyboard-operable Matrix chat client
	Nheko	★★★★★	Messaging	Matrix chat client
	Onionshare	★★★☆☆	Internet	Securely and anonymously share a file of any size
	Powersupply	★★★★★	Utilities	GTK3 application to display power/charging status of phones
	Password Safe	★★★★★	PIM	Password manager which makes use of the KeePass v.4 format
	PDF Arranger	★★★★★	Productivity	PDF file merging, rearranging, and splitting
	Pithos	★★★★★	Audio & Video	Pandora radio client
	Pre Paid Manager	★★★★★	Other	Check and top up the balance of GSM mobile prepaid SIM cards
	Stellarium	★★★☆☆	Education	Free software planetarium
	Telegram Desktop	★★★★☆	Messaging	Telegram chat application
	Tootle	★★★★☆	Social Media	A client for decentralized microblogging platform Mastodon
	What IP	★★★★★	Internet	Various info on your IP address

Games

Icon	Name	Compatibility	Category	Description
	2048	★★★★★	Games	Clone of the classic 2048 game
	Aisleriot	★★★★☆	Games	Collection of card games
	Animatch	★★★★★	Games	Match-three game with cute animals
	Bob	★★★★★	Games	Short arcade game with a square named Bob
	Boiledcorn	★★★★★	Games	Simple game about selling boiled corn
	Chess	★★★★★	Games	Play chess
	Iagno	★★★★★	Games	Computer version of the game Reversi
	Neverball	★★★★☆	Games	3D floor-tilting game
	OpenTTD	★★★★☆	Games	Open source simulation game based upon Transport Tycoon Deluxe
	SuperTuxKart	★★★★★	Games	3D open-source arcade racer with a variety characters, tracks, and modes
	Taquin	★★★★★	Games	Computer version of the 15-puzzle and other sliding puzzles
	Waaaa	★★★★★	Games	Voice-based basketball game for two players

Third-party

List of apps optimized for mobile phone displays available from 3rd party repos, that are being considered for inclusion in PureOS software repo

Icon	Name	Compatibility	Category	Description
	Blanket	★★★★★	Audio & Video	Sound/noise generator
	Color Palette	★★★★☆	Utilities	Color Palette tool
	Dialect	★★★★☆	Utilities	A translation app for GNOME based on Google Translate
	Enroute	★★★★★	Utilities	A flight navigation app for VFR pilots
	Flatseal	★★★★★	System	Graphical utility to manage Flatpak application permissions
	Foliate	★★★★☆	Productivity	A simple and modern eBook viewer
	Forklift	★★★★★	Audio & Video	Video and audio download application
	Fractal	★★★★★	Messaging	Matrix messaging client
	Fragments	★★★★☆	Internet	An easy to use BitTorrent client for the GNOME environment
	Goodvibes	★★★★☆	Audio & Video	A simple internet radio player
	Hackgregator	★★★★★	Internet	A tool for reading Hacker News on your desktop or mobile phone
	Komikku	★★★★☆	Productivity	An online/offline manga reader for GNOME
	Marker	★★★★☆	Utilities	Powerful markdown editor for the GNOME desktop
	Markets	★★★★★	Finance	A stock, currency and cryptocurrency tracker
	Metronome	★★★★★	Utilities	A simple Metronome application for the GNOME desktop
	Organizer	★★★★☆	Utilities	A utility to organize your files into neat categories
	Podcasts	★★★★★	Audio & Video	Listen to your favorite podcasts
	Portfolio	★★★★☆	File Manager	A File manager for GNU/Linux mainline kernel mobile Operating systems
	Pure Maps	★★★★★	Navigation	Navigation instructions featuring several data and service providers
	Read It Later	★★★★★	Utilities	A Wallabag Client
	Shortwave	★★★★★	Audio & Video	Find and listen to internet radio stations
	Solanum	★★★★★	Utilities	A pomodoro timer for the GNOME
	Vehicle Voyage	★★★★★	Utilities	Track vehicle service history
	Video Downloader	★★★★★	Internet	Download videos from websites like YouTube and many others