{"slug": "accrescent", "name": "Accrescent", "category": "other", "category_name": "Other software", "description": "", "recommenders": 3, "commenters": 4, "warners": 0, "score": 2.463, "rising": 1.67, "first": "2025-11-28", "latest": "2026-09-22", "why": "I\u2019ve started donating monthly to Accrescent instead, download as many apps as I can from there", "why_is_quote": true, "has_verdict": false, "sentiment": {"recommend": 3, "neutral": 2, "compare": 0, "warn": 0}, "spark": [0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0], "listed": true, "loved": [], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "I\u2019ve started donating monthly to Accrescent instead, download as many apps as I can from there", "icon": false, "domain": "accrescent.app", "github_repo": null, "official_url": "https://accrescent.app", "pricing": "", "aliases": ["Accrescent"], "verdict": null, "praise": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 796896338, "item_id": 49806021, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49806021", "by": "Cider9986", "date": "2026-09-22", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I would consider their actual recommendation to be their own App Store and Accrescent (alpha).", "excerpt": "> Graphene OS devs themselves recommend that you install apps on Graphene OS via Google Play Store for security reasons. Can you provide a source that they've said this recently? This seems to be a bit of a misrepresentation. They say: >The Play Store app is also the most secure way to install and update apps from the Play Store. on /usage, but this does not indicate it's the most private way or that it's the recomme", "context": "GrapheneOS user", "use_case": "app installation", "switched_from": "", "story": "There's a high chance of devices being sold with GrapheneOS preinstalled in 2027"}, {"id": 793605521, "item_id": 49600345, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49600345", "by": "grapheneos", "date": "2026-09-07", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "we do not recommend using the Play Store as a source of apps over other options such as Accrescent", "excerpt": "No, we do not recommend using the Play Store as a source of apps over other options such as Accrescent. We document how people can obtain apps from the Play Store via both the sandboxed Play Store and Aurora Store. We explain apps with store listings configuring to block a non-Google-certified OS can be obtained via Aurora Store but that the sandboxed Play Store is generally a better way to install apps from it. Givi", "context": "GrapheneOS developer", "use_case": "app store", "switched_from": "", "story": "Play Store blocks AuroraStore, hurting GrapheneOS users"}, {"id": 792761426, "item_id": 49547589, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49547589", "by": "grapheneos", "date": "2026-09-03", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Accrescent is very promising.", "excerpt": "Aurora Store still works fine without the default enabled account sharing feature by creating an account for this purpose. Google hasn't blocked using Aurora Store as an alternate Play Store client. What's happening is that they're getting better at detecting and banning shared accounts. Account sharing was disallowed long before Aurora Store started using it as a way to bypass the need to make a Google account for t", "context": "", "use_case": "app store", "switched_from": "", "story": "Play Store blocks AuroraStore, hurting GrapheneOS users"}, {"id": 754915280, "item_id": 47182205, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47182205", "by": "bentley", "date": "2026-02-27", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I\u2019ve started donating monthly to Accrescent instead, download as many apps as I can from there", "excerpt": "Were any of the current directors or new nominees involved in the incident where F-Droid marked Bible and Quran apps as NSFW, hid them from search by default, and expressed the intent to remove them completely (https://gitlab.com/fdroid/admin/-/issues/252#note_2578531026)? (Discussed on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45638096) If I\u2019m charitable, I could assume they intended to make a controversial move to d", "context": "former F-Droid user of many years", "use_case": "Android app store", "switched_from": "F-Droid", "story": "F-Droid Board of Directors nominations 2026"}]}], "caveats": [], "who": [{"by": "Cider9986", "context": "GrapheneOS user", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49806021", "date": "2026-09-22"}, {"by": "grapheneos", "context": "GrapheneOS developer", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49600345", "date": "2026-09-07"}, {"by": "bentley", "context": "GrapheneOS user", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48829324", "date": "2026-07-08"}, {"by": "throawayonthe", "context": "GrapheneOS user", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46082360", "date": "2025-11-28"}], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["app store", "app installation", "android app store"], "compared": [{"slug": "f-droid", "name": "F-Droid", "co": 3, "switched_from": 1, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "grapheneos", "name": "GrapheneOS", "co": 4, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "aurora-store", "name": "Aurora Store", "co": 3, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "obtainium", "name": "Obtainium", "co": 2, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "google-play-store", "name": "Google Play Store", "co": 2, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49523754", "title": "Play Store blocks AuroraStore, hurting GrapheneOS users", "mentions": 2}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49804683", "title": "There's a high chance of devices being sold with GrapheneOS preinstalled in 2027", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48808928", "title": "CoMaps \u2013 FOSS Offline Maps", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47178863", "title": "F-Droid Board of Directors nominations 2026", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46080916", "title": "Molly: An Improved Signal App", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {"neutral": 1}, "2025-12": {}, "2026-01": {}, "2026-02": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-03": {}, "2026-04": {}, "2026-05": {}, "2026-06": {}, "2026-07": {"neutral": 1}, "2026-08": {}, "2026-09": {"recommend": 2}, "2026-10": {}}, "quotes": [{"id": 796896338, "item_id": 49806021, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49806021", "by": "Cider9986", "date": "2026-09-22", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I would consider their actual recommendation to be their own App Store and Accrescent (alpha).", "excerpt": "> Graphene OS devs themselves recommend that you install apps on Graphene OS via Google Play Store for security reasons. Can you provide a source that they've said this recently? This seems to be a bit of a misrepresentation. They say: >The Play Store app is also the most secure way to install and update apps from the Play Store. on /usage, but this does not indicate it's the most private way or that it's the recomme", "context": "GrapheneOS user", "use_case": "app installation", "switched_from": "", "story": "There's a high chance of devices being sold with GrapheneOS preinstalled in 2027"}, {"id": 793605521, "item_id": 49600345, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49600345", "by": "grapheneos", "date": "2026-09-07", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "we do not recommend using the Play Store as a source of apps over other options such as Accrescent", "excerpt": "No, we do not recommend using the Play Store as a source of apps over other options such as Accrescent. We document how people can obtain apps from the Play Store via both the sandboxed Play Store and Aurora Store. We explain apps with store listings configuring to block a non-Google-certified OS can be obtained via Aurora Store but that the sandboxed Play Store is generally a better way to install apps from it. Givi", "context": "GrapheneOS developer", "use_case": "app store", "switched_from": "", "story": "Play Store blocks AuroraStore, hurting GrapheneOS users"}, {"id": 792761426, "item_id": 49547589, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49547589", "by": "grapheneos", "date": "2026-09-03", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Accrescent is very promising.", "excerpt": "Aurora Store still works fine without the default enabled account sharing feature by creating an account for this purpose. Google hasn't blocked using Aurora Store as an alternate Play Store client. What's happening is that they're getting better at detecting and banning shared accounts. Account sharing was disallowed long before Aurora Store started using it as a way to bypass the need to make a Google account for t", "context": "", "use_case": "app store", "switched_from": "", "story": "Play Store blocks AuroraStore, hurting GrapheneOS users"}, {"id": 781269186, "item_id": 48829324, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48829324", "by": "bentley", "date": "2026-07-08", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Accrescent (which is in turn provided by the GrapheneOS App Store)", "excerpt": "To be honest, I use Organic Maps over CoMaps simply because Organic Maps is available in Accrescent (which is in turn provided by the GrapheneOS App Store), and CoMaps is not. Both Google Play and F\u2010Droid are just enough of a hassle (and I mildly dislike both of them) to keep me on the map app that doesn\u2019t require either one.", "context": "GrapheneOS user", "use_case": "app installation", "switched_from": "", "story": "CoMaps \u2013 FOSS Offline Maps"}, {"id": 754915280, "item_id": 47182205, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47182205", "by": "bentley", "date": "2026-02-27", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I\u2019ve started donating monthly to Accrescent instead, download as many apps as I can from there", "excerpt": "Were any of the current directors or new nominees involved in the incident where F-Droid marked Bible and Quran apps as NSFW, hid them from search by default, and expressed the intent to remove them completely (https://gitlab.com/fdroid/admin/-/issues/252#note_2578531026)? (Discussed on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45638096) If I\u2019m charitable, I could assume they intended to make a controversial move to d", "context": "former F-Droid user of many years", "use_case": "Android app store", "switched_from": "F-Droid", "story": "F-Droid Board of Directors nominations 2026"}, {"id": 737317761, "item_id": 46082360, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46082360", "by": "throawayonthe", "date": "2025-11-28", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "App Store -> Accrescent[0] -> Molly", "excerpt": "i use it only because it happens to have a convenient 'supply trust chain' on GrapheneOS: (built-in) App Store -> Accrescent[0] -> Molly (seems to ship the 'FOSS' version) i don't use any of the enhancements, but it does receive notifications over the websocket it keeps open in the background vs only waking up on an FCM push notification like the regular app i wonder if the supply chain risk of having a second entity", "context": "GrapheneOS user", "use_case": "app store", "switched_from": "", "story": "Molly: An Improved Signal App"}]}