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Re:OpenAPK – open-source Apps for Android, updated weekly by orthoxerox on Monday March 10, 2025 @02:24AM (#43317512)
The big difference between a dedicated banking app and the one in the browser is permissions.

It sends me notifications when money arrives or is spent. Scanning a QR code to pay for something is much less clunky than doing the same in a browser. And it integrates into my phone authentication system so I only need to scan my fingerprint to open the app instead of remembering a password and waiting for a one-time code.

What do I do on the app? I check the balance on my accounts, I move money between my accounts to get more interest, I pay for my kid's remedial classes, I pay my trainer, I scan QR codes to pay online when the shop provides this payment option so I don't have to type in my card details, I check my virtual card details when I do have to enter them, I buy and sell stocks.

Re:OpenAPK – open-source Apps for Android, updated weekly by notpushkin on Monday March 10, 2025 @03:06AM (#43317707)
> It sends me notifications when money arrives or is spent. Scanning a QR code to pay for something is much less clunky than doing the same in a browser. And it integrates into my phone authentication system so I only need to scan my fingerprint to open the app instead of remembering a password and waiting for a one-time code.

All this is possible in browser nowadays. And scanning QR codes doesn’t have to be clunky – it’s just that developers are sloppy.