Legacy Android guide: Latest version of apps supported for your firmware

[hoshiruri]

These were discovered by searching APK reupload sites (APKMirror, APKPure, Mobilism), Reddit threads, the F-Droid Archive Repository, and wikis.

WARNING: Using old software on the internet opens you up to unpatched security exploits, so I don't recommend using them with internet connectivity and all that stuff (though web-based applications are mentioned anyway if you want to take that risk). I'll also link to free software, but for paid software you're on your own.

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APP STORES
F-Droid
- 0.100.1 for Android 2.2+ (June 22nd, 2016)
- 1.2.2 for Android 2.3+ (April 24th, 2018)
- 1.12.1 for Android 4.0+ (April 16th, 2021)
- 1.15.6 for Android 5.1+ (January 14th, 2023)
- Current for Android 6.0+

WEB BROWSERS
Mozilla Firefox
- 10.0.5 for Android 2.0+ (Feb 11th, 2015)
- 31.0 for Android 2.2+ (Feb 12th, 2015)
- 47.0 for Android 2.3+ (June 6th, 2016)
- 55.0.2 for Android 4.0.3+ (Aug 16th, 2017)
- 68.11.0 for Android 4.1+ (Jul 22nd, 2020)
- Current for Android 5.0+

Fennec F-Droid
- v45.0.2 for Android 2.3+ (Apr 12th, 2016)
- v68.12.0 for Android 4.1+ (Aug 29th, 2020)
- Current for Android 5.0+

Kiwix (browser for offline copies of Wikipedia and other informational sites)
- 2.4 (Android 4.0+)
- 3.2.1 (Android 4.0.3+)
- 3.3.4 (Android 4.2+)
- Current (Android 5.0+)

GAMES
Minecraft: Pocket Edition
- 0.5.0 for Android 2.1+ (Nov 15th, 2012)
- 0.8.1 for Android 2.3+ (Dec 12th, 2013)
- 0.12.1 for Android 3.0+ (Sep 9th, 2015)
Though according to the wiki, 0.14.3 was the last version to support Android 2.3. Many out-of-date releases of Minecraft: Pocket Edition can be found on the Internet Archive -- see here, but download at your own risk.

Minetest (open-source alternative to Minecraft)
- 0.4.16.17 for Android 2.3+ (Oct 26th, 2017)
- 5.6.1 for Android 4.1+ (Sep 23rd, 2022)
- Current for Android 5.0+

ClassiCube (open-source alternative to Minecraft Classic)
- Current for Android 2.3+ though may have graphical bugs depending on the phone

EMULATORS
EX Emulators (NES, SNES, MD, GBC, GBA, C64, etc)
- Current for Android 2.3+

Magical DosBox (MS-DOS)
- 1.0.57 Lite for Android 2.2+ (Sep 10th, 2017)
- 1.0.59 for Android 2.2+ (Nov 19th, 2017)
- Current for Android 4.0+

fpSE (PlayStation)
- 11.212 build 857 for Android 2.1+ (Mar 12th, 2021)
- 11.229 build 926 for Android 4.0+ (Dec 26th, 2022)
- Current for Android 6.0+

PSX4droid (PlayStation)
- 3.0.5
- 3.0.7 (Current) for Android 1.6+ (Jan 7th, 2012)

DuckStation (PlayStation)
- 0.1-2202 for Android 5.0+ (Nov 4th, 2020)
- Current for Android 6.0+

Mupen64Plus AE (Nintendo 64)
It's hard to scoop up information on this one.
- 2.3.2 for Android 1.6+ (Jul 20th, 2013)
- 2.4.4 for Android 2.0+ (Jan 24th, 2014) - There's likely to be a newer version that supports 2.0+, but this is the newest I could find that did.
- 3.0.87 for Android 4.4+ (Dec 18th, 2018)
- 3.0.246 (Current?) for Android 5.0+ (Nov 28th, 2020)

Reicast (Dreamcast)
- r6 for Android 2.2+ (Aug 7th, 2018)

DraStic (Nintendo DS)
- r2.5.0.4a build 92 for Android 2.3+ (Aug 23rd, 2017)
- Current for Android 4.0+

PPSSPP (PlayStation Portable)
- Current for Android 2.3+

MEDIA PLAYERS
VLC Media Player
- 2.0.6 for Android 2.2+ (Feb 12th, 2017)
- 3.0.13 for Android 2.3+ (Jul 26th, 2018)
- Current for Android 4.2+

TOOLS
Text editors
- Text Edit (Android 2.1+) (Feb 6th, 2012)
- Notepad (Android 1.5+) (Sep 7th, 2012)
- Tomdroid (Android 1.6+) (Jan 16th, 2014)
- Turbo Editor (Android 3.0+) (Mar 29th, 2015)
Anki (flashcard software)
- 2.8.4 (Android 2.3+) (Jun 24th, 2018)
- 2.10.4 (Android 4.0.3+) (May 31st, 2020)
- 2.14.6 (Android 4.1+) (Mar 10th, 2021)
- 2.16.5 (Android 5.0+) (September 6th, 2023)
- Current (Android 6.0+) as of May 2024

E-BOOK READERS
Cool Reader
- Current (Android 1.6+)
KOReader
- Current (Android 4.0+)
Librera Reader
- Current (Android 4.0+)

DEVELOPMENT / ENGINES
LOVE
- 0.10.2 (Android 2.3+)

TIC-80
- 0.60.3 (Android 2.3+)
- 0.70.7 (Android 4.0+)
- Current (Android 4.1+?)

LINUX ENVIRONMENTS
Termux
- Current (Android 5.0+)
- Current (Android 7.0+)

Debian noroot
- 15.10.21 (Android 2.3.2+)
- Current (Android 4.1+)

MISCELLANEOUS (not tested, do at your own risk)
Discord
- 9.8.8-hotfix (Android 4.1+) (Nov 19th, 2019)
- 161.10 (Android 5.0+) (Jan 18th, 2023)
- Current (Android 6.0+)