Other than specific branded apps (such as CBS News or Paramount+ or
Facebook or Spotify and all those specific-brand apps which have ads),
the only free app functionality I ever found that didn't have a free ap
without an ad were the toon makers and the comprehensive app updaters.

Everything else I've found to be free if you know how to use app finder. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=scadica.aq

Without listing brands, but by listing the functionality that the app does,
is there anything that doesn't have free apps without ads that you use?

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On Fri, 1 Mar 2024 04:03:57 -0000 (UTC), Andrew wrote:

the only free app functionality I ever found that didn't have a free ap without an ad were the toon makers and the comprehensive app updaters.

The open source APK Updater by rumboalla aggregates the results from
APKMirror, Aptoide, F-Droid, IzzyOnDroid, APKPure, GitLab and GitHub. https://github.com/rumboalla/apkupdater

Otherwise, you're stuck with Google Play Store updaters, all with ads. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.update.software.updateallapps

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Harry S Robins wrote:

Otherwise, you're stuck with Google Play Store updaters, all with ads. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.update.software.updateallapps

To get rid of those in-app ads, set the Private DNS to an ad-blocking DNS. Android13 Settings > Connections > More connection settings > Private DNS

Set the PrivateDNS to one of these three ad blocking hostnames.
dns.adguard.com or one.one.one.one or 1dot1dot1dot1.cloudflare-dns.com

To test it out, I installed that app above and set the PrivateDNS to dns.adguard.com and it immediately blocked all those in-app ads.

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