Powerhouse Apps: Android apps with desktop manners

Hey everyone,
Hope you all are doing well. I haven't been around here much as of late. You know, I've been blessed enough to travel abroad multiple times, have the family I always wanted with my fiancee and step son, am in the best shape of my life at almost 41. I've run online radio stations, I edit podcasts for folks. But never, in my wildest dreams, did I think that I would be making apps. I don't code! Shoot, I'm nervous touching anything beyond very basic html, php scares me! But, we now live in a time, where we can tell our AI of choice to build us what we want.
Vibe coding. I know a lot of people frown upon it, because unfortunately, a lot of the vibe coded stuff out there is barely tested, if even tested at all.
But, I had a thought. What if? What if I could make apps that run on Android, but when used with a keyboard, have that nostalgic feel of classic Windows apps?
What do I mean? Well, menu bars you can activate with alt, not the ribbons you get in a lot of modern Windows apps, but your traditional file, edit, tools, etc. Only, instead of being up top like the traditional Windows menu bar, they sit on bottom so they work with touch too. Tree views that respond the way you'd expect. Dialogs that respond to alt y/n. The list goes on.
I've shared the site on the Blind Android Users telegram, but thought it would be worth sharing here as well.
Each of these apps was made keyboard first, but has also been tested for touch, on that same MotoPad as well as my Pixel.
So, here's the site:
https://www.powerhouseapps.net
So, what have I built?
File Explorer: A file manager that feels like the Windows file explorer, support for ftp servers, and limitted Google drive support built in.
WaveSmith: an audio editor inspired by Goldwave on Windows and Amadeus pro on the mac
WordSmith: a word processor meant to feel like NotePad or MS Word before the ribbon menus
NVDA Remote: There used to be an app called NVDA remote for both iOS and Android. Don't know about iOS, but it went bye bye on the play store. Even so, I didn't ever have any luck getting it to work with modern NVDA. This has lots of keyboard tricks to emulate keys not found on folio cases for many devices, and a unique swipe area made to simulate arrows and important keyboard shortcuts with gestures.
Remote VT client for Station playlist, because the android app they ship is completely inaccessible to Android, a blank canvas as far as screen readers are concerned. This app also includes most, if not all, of the shortcut keys in Remote VT for Windows.
I've been busy. True, I didn't write the code, but I tested, gave feedback, retested, feedback, retested... well you get the idea.
What's a computer? I'll never forget that line in the old Apple commercial. They had the right idea, but for the longest time, tablets got treated like big phones. In a lot of cases they still do. But again, what if? Don't get me wrong. I actually like a lot about Windows 11. In many ways it's the most accessible Windows ever built. But I find myself using the tablet a lot more, and having to take around both a tablet plus a laptop to do that one thing the tablet can't? No! Enough is enough! So, Powerhouse Apps was born.
These are not, and probably never will be on the play store. I have my reasons. I made these apps first and foremost for me, and the use of accessibility services and other practices Google may frown upon, and honestly, for something I'm giving away free, just not worth the headache. But they are safe. I use them on my tablet and phone every day.

So, here's an invite. I need more testers. I've been breaking stuff for about a week now on each of these. I don't wanna count the number of builds, the loss of sleep, the number of times I've been ready to throw my device across the room going "why won't you just work darn it?" So, the apps are ready. I'm to the point I can't find stuff to break anymore. Your turn. lol
Check out the site. Get more info about each. Send your bug reports and feedback in the app. I'll be monitoring this thread, but especially if it's a bug, send in app, so it sends your logs. None of this nonsense of guessing what the problem might be, maybe getting it, maybe not. Bug reports, diagnostics are made to not contain anything sensitive, but they are NOT optional. If my AI of choice can read the log, read your description of the problem, and see that play out, by all means if it can be fixed, it will be. But "it doesn't work" without a good view in to why it doesn't work, helps nobody. So yeah, I'll be around, but bug reports should be filed in app.

Once again, that site is:
https://www.powerhouseapps.net
Thanks for looking, and I hope you all find these apps genuinely helpful.