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From: Marion <marion@facts.com>
Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android
Subject: Re: How many packages are installed on your Android phone?
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2025 10:24:09 -0000 (UTC)
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On Thu, 13 Mar 2025 10:28:12 +0100, Andy Burns wrote :


>> Marion wrote:
>>>> How many packages are installed on your Android phone?
> 
> 166
> 
>> Tell how to find out without installing anything. I don't have App Manager.
> 
> Settings / Apps should show your top handful of apps by name, then a 
> option like "See all nnn apps"

Ah. My bad. Good question from Carlos. Great answer by Andy. 
Everyone will benefit by knowing (& then comparing) to that of others.

I just re-ran my tests so that I can tell you how I did it.
And when I looked at the results, I was shocked at what I just found.

I'm glad Andy provided the universal method, where I was backing up all my
APKs and their data using the Muntashirakon App Manager we've discussed
many times on this newsgroup - but Andy's method doesn't require that APK.
 <https://muntashirakon.github.io/AppManager/en/>
 <https://github.com/MuntashirAkon/AppManager/releases>
 <https://github.com/MuntashirAkon/AppManager>
 <https://f-droid.org/en/packages/io.github.muntashirakon.AppManager/>

That app manager will list, filter & sort by almost any method you can
possibly think of (e.g., I typically set it to last used or last installed)
and it will back up not only the APK but the APK data (if desired).

Of course it can filter out system apps, frozen apps, user apps, apps
already with backups, etc., and it can import backups from Titanium, 
Swift Backup & OAndBackup 

It can name backups with the version and package name and datetime and
target sdk, etc., or it can just export the list of packages to text.

I backed up about 555 packages out of that 969 (as the rest were mostly
system packages) where this is the beginning of the markdown text:

# Package Info

## Read

**Package name:** com.ifeanyi.read
**Version:** 1.1.3 (13)
**Min SDK:** 26, **Target SDK:** 34
**Date installed:** 2/19/25 12:11 AM, **Date updated:** 2/19/25 12:11 AM
**Installer:** Aurora Store (com.aurora.store)

## AllWrite

**Package name:** rb.camere
**Version:** 1.7.1 (110)
**Min SDK:** 28, **Target SDK:** 34
**Date installed:** 2/19/25 12:08 AM, **Date updated:** 2/19/25 12:08 AM
**Installer:** Aurora Store (com.aurora.store)

## Talk FREE

**Package name:** com.ktix007.talk
**Version:** 2.9.17 (2989)
**Min SDK:** 21, **Target SDK:** 34
**Date installed:** 2/19/25 12:00 AM, **Date updated:** 2/19/25 12:00 AM
**Installer:** Aurora Store (com.aurora.store)

## @Voice Aloud Reader

**Package name:** com.hyperionics.avar
**Version:** 33.0.0 (1633000040)
**Min SDK:** 26, **Target SDK:** 34
**Date installed:** 2/18/25 11:48 PM, **Date updated:** 2/18/25 11:48 PM
**Installer:** Aurora Store (com.aurora.store)

## IIReader

**Package name:** io.elevenlabs.readerapp
**Version:** 1.4.9 (196)
**Min SDK:** 24, **Target SDK:** 35
**Date installed:** 2/18/25 11:12 PM, **Date updated:** 2/18/25 11:12 PM
**Installer:** Aurora Store (com.aurora.store)

## Text to Speech

**Package name:** com.alpaca.android.readout
**Version:** 7.5.3 (77)
**Min SDK:** 26, **Target SDK:** 35
**Date installed:** 2/17/25 11:48 AM, **Date updated:** 2/17/25 11:48 AM
**Installer:** Aurora Store (com.aurora.store)

## Text To Speech

**Package name:** com.stcodesapp.text2speech
**Version:** 2.1.50 (88)
**Min SDK:** 23, **Target SDK:** 34
**Date installed:** 2/17/25 11:45 AM, **Date updated:** 2/17/25 11:45 AM
**Installer:** Aurora Store (com.aurora.store)

## Listen AI

**Package name:** com.codespaceapps.listeningapp
**Version:** 1.0.9 (89)
**Min SDK:** 23, **Target SDK:** 34
**Date installed:** 2/17/25 9:06 AM, **Date updated:** 2/17/25 9:06 AM
**Installer:** Aurora Store (com.aurora.store)

## T2S

**Package name:** hesoft.T2S
**Version:** 13.2.5 (1326)
**Min SDK:** 23, **Target SDK:** 33
**Date installed:** 2/17/25 9:04 AM, **Date updated:** 2/17/25 9:04 AM
**Installer:** Aurora Store (com.aurora.store)

## Article Reader

**Package name:** ai.articlereader.mobileapp
**Version:** 1.4.6 (149)
**Min SDK:** 21, **Target SDK:** 34
**Date installed:** 2/17/25 7:41 AM, **Date updated:** 2/17/25 7:41 AM
**Installer:** Aurora Store (com.aurora.store)

## Speechify

**Package name:** com.cliffweitzman.speechify2
**Version:** 5.0.1755 (5001755)
**Min SDK:** 28, **Target SDK:** 34
**Date installed:** 2/17/25 6:36 AM, **Date updated:** 2/17/25 6:36 AM
**Installer:** Aurora Store (com.aurora.store)

## Zueira's Voice

**Package name:** com.brunopiovan.avozdazueira
**Version:** 6.1.63 (61063)
**Min SDK:** 21, **Target SDK:** 35
**Date installed:** 2/17/25 5:04 AM, **Date updated:** 2/17/25 5:04 AM
**Installer:** Aurora Store (com.aurora.store)

## WhatsApp

**Package name:** com.whatsapp
**Version:** 2.25.1.75 (250175003)
**Min SDK:** 21, **Target SDK:** 34
**Date installed:** 2/3/25 4:28 PM, **Date updated:** 2/3/25 4:28 PM
**Installer:** Aurora Store (com.aurora.store)

## Rain

**Package name:** com.yoshi.rain
**Version:** 1.3.6 (2039)
**Min SDK:** 23, **Target SDK:** 35
**Date installed:** 1/27/25 11:01 PM, **Date updated:** 1/27/25 11:01 PM
**Installer:** App Manager (io.github.muntashirakon.AppManager)

## NewPipe Debug

**Package name:** org.schabi.newpipe.debug
**Version:** 0.27.2 (999)
**Min SDK:** 21, **Target SDK:** 33
**Date installed:** 1/21/25 5:57 PM, **Date updated:** 1/21/25 5:57 PM
**Installer:** App Manager (io.github.muntashirakon.AppManager)

## Voice Notify

**Package name:** com.pilot51.voicenotify
**Version:** 1.4.2 [cc4c76e] (32)
**Min SDK:** 21, **Target SDK:** 34
**Date installed:** 1/12/25 11:04 PM, **Date updated:** 1/12/25 11:04 PM
**Installer:** App Manager (io.github.muntashirakon.AppManager)

## Android Accessibility Suite

**Package name:** com.google.android.marvin.talkback
**Version:** 15.1.0.693631415 (60143461)
**Min SDK:** 26, **Target SDK:** 35
**Date installed:** 1/3/25 8:23 AM, **Date updated:** 1/3/25 8:23 AM
**Installer:** Aurora Store (com.aurora.store)

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