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7 best home lab management apps for Android in 2026
May 11, 2026

7 best home lab management apps for Android in 2026

Run your home lab from your phone. We compared seven Android apps for SSH, smart home dashboards, network scanning, remote wake, and zero-trust access to your home servers.

7 best NAS client apps for Android in 2026
May 11, 2026

7 best NAS client apps for Android in 2026

Reach your home NAS from anywhere. We compared seven NAS client apps for Android across Synology, QNAP, Nextcloud, and generic SMB and WebDAV setups for speed, sync, and offline access.

Best Pi-hole alternatives in 2026 (we tested 7)
May 9, 2026

Best Pi-hole alternatives in 2026 (we tested 7)

Pi-hole still works, but the Raspberry Pi maintenance, DoH friction, and YouTube blind spots send a lot of users looking. These seven Pi-hole alternatives cover self-hosted, cloud DNS, and on-device picks.

7 best Plex companion apps for Android in 2026
May 9, 2026

7 best Plex companion apps for Android in 2026

The official Plex app is fine, but the real value of a media server is in the companion ecosystem. Here are seven Plex companion apps for Android that handle admin, music, remote control, and library discovery.

Best mesh VPN apps for Android in 2026 (we tested 7)
May 8, 2026

Best mesh VPN apps for Android in 2026 (we tested 7)

Tailscale popularised mesh VPNs and now there is a real catalogue. These seven mesh VPN apps for Android cover home access, self-hosted control planes, and zero-trust setups for small teams.

Best Plex alternatives in 2026 (we tested 7)
May 5, 2026

Best Plex alternatives in 2026 (we tested 7)

Plex paywalled remote streaming and doubled the lifetime pass to $249.99. These 7 Plex alternatives keep your media library yours, on Android and beyond.