Alternatives to Island
An Android sandbox that clones apps into a separate work profile and isolates them from your data. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Island
An Android sandbox that clones apps into a separate work profile and isolates them from your data.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Island.
Hail
An open-source Android app for freezing, hiding, suspending or uninstalling apps without root.
Hail is an open-source Android app that freezes, hides, suspends or uninstalls apps without root, but does not clone apps into a separate isolated profile.
App Manager
A full-featured Android package manager and viewer for inspecting, freezing and controlling installed apps.
App Manager lets Android power users inspect, freeze and disable installed apps in detail, with many advanced features needing root or ADB rather than a work profile.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Exodus Privacy
An Android app and web service that reports the trackers and permissions found inside Android apps.
microG
A free software reimplementation of Google Play Services for Android ROMs without Google apps.
Firejail
A SUID sandbox program that restricts Linux applications using kernel namespaces and seccomp-bpf.
LineageOS for microG
Unofficial LineageOS builds with microG and F-Droid included, for Android without Google Apps.
IzzyOnDroid
A third-party F-Droid repository of open-source Android apps built and signed by their own developers.
