iodéOS
Ranked 13 of 14 mobile operating systems by recommenders
Free, Google-free Android build that people recommend for privacy and a wide range of phones. Critics say updates lag behind other builds.
Free, Google-free Android build that people recommend for privacy and a wide range of phones. Critics say updates lag behind other builds.
10 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 8
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 80%
Recommended in 6 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 4 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 6 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Faster updates than some alternatives
“update latency is much better with other third party distributions like iodéOS or CalyxOS”
Comment from 20 Sep 2026 in “I tried the new Fairphone, a phone designed to be repaired” “LineageOS for microg and iodé were much quicker”
Comment from 2 Mar 2026 in “/e/OS is a complete "deGoogled", mobile ecosystem” Works well in practice
“if you look at e.g. iodéOS's forums most of them work fine”
Comment from 29 Jun 2026 in “My main Android phone is now 99% Google free” “IodéOS is very good at it, in my experience”
Comment from 17 Feb 2026 in “GrapheneOS – Break Free from Google and Apple”
Other mobile operating systems people recommend
The four most recommended other mobile operating systems, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GrapheneOS | 895 | 312 | 74% | 13 | 1 yr87 owners | Approved |
| Android | 372 | 694 | 35% | 13 | 10 yrs26 owners | — |
| Apple iOS | 308 | 841 | 27% | 12 | 3 yrs40 owners | — |
| LineageOS | 186 | 66 | 74% | 13 | 10 yrs8 owners | Approved |
| iodéOSThis page | 8 | 2 | 80% | 6 | — | — |
What people said
All 14 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“iodéOS and Volla have the same problems with their OS as /e/OS”
“update latency is much better with other third party distributions like iodéOS or CalyxOS”
“if you look at e.g. iodéOS's forums most of them work fine”
“You could try https://iode.tech/iodeos/ or https://e.foundation/e-os/”
“LineageOS for microg and iodé were much quicker”
“there are probably better options like LineageOS for microG iodéOS”
“some roms that allow you to relock the bootloader after the install (iodéOS, CalyxOS)”
“lags far behind on Android, Linux kernel, browser engine and other updates too”
“iodéOS lags far less behind /e/ and doesn't have nearly as many privacy violating services”
“I think iodéOS and /e/OS are more in line with what I want from a mobile OS.”
“IodéOS is very good at it, in my experience”
“"Google-free" FOSS Android-builds (Graphene, /e/, iodé) are available today and usable for most tasks.”
“both have been attacking GrapheneOS with false claims about our project and team for many years”
“They have a very big range of phones that you can buy from them, old and somewhat newer.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.