What Android apps has Patrick Zedler created?

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Patrick Zedler lists two Android apps as recent highlights on his homepage: Lamartine, an interactive 3D live wallpaper based on Vincent van Gogh's painting "The Yellow House," and Grocy Android, an open-source Android client for the self-hosted grocery and household management tool grocy. Both are distributed through Google Play, and their source code can be browsed on GitHub.

Lamartine: Van Gogh Live Wallpaper

Lamartine is described as an Android app that provides an interactive 3D live wallpaper based on the oil painting "The Yellow House" by Vincent van Gogh. The homepage excerpt cuts off mid-sentence, so the full feature set isn't spelled out there — but the core idea is clear: a wallpaper that renders the painting in 3D and responds to interaction rather than sitting as a static image.

If you want to try it, the practical path is:

  1. Open Google Play and search for "Lamartine" (or reach it via the Google Play link on patrickzedler.com).
  2. Install the app, then set it as your live wallpaper through your device's wallpaper settings.
  3. Expect the app to need live-wallpaper support on your launcher — some heavily customized Android skins handle third-party live wallpapers differently.

The main thing to check before installing is device compatibility on the Play listing, since a 3D live wallpaper is more demanding than a static one.

Grocy Android: Self-hosted Grocery Management

Grocy Android is an open-source Android client for grocy. Grocy itself is a self-hosted grocery and household management solution — you run the server yourself, and the Android app connects to it as a client.

This matters if you already run grocy or want to: the Android app is a front end, not a standalone service, so you need a grocy instance to point it at. Because it's open source, you can browse the source code on GitHub rather than relying only on the Play Store listing.

Choosing between the two

Lamartine Grocy Android
What it is 3D live wallpaper Client app for a self-hosted service
Requires a server No Yes — a grocy instance
Source available Yes, on GitHub Yes, on GitHub
Best for Customizing your home screen with an art-based wallpaper Managing groceries/household items on your own infrastructure

Where to get them

Patrick Zedler points visitors to Google Play to download his Android apps and to GitHub to browse the source code of his projects. His homepage also links to LinkedIn and notes he is studying for a Bachelor of Science at HTWG Konstanz. For the current list of what he's working on, the homepage directs readers to the categories in the main menu and to his project management on GitHub.