Found a great site with info about privacy focused OSes written for non-technical readers. It lists basic things to know about several different mobile os options, and there are also pages that list what open source and privacy focused apps from F droid (the alternative to play store) are good to use.
There is also, wonderfully, a page that specifically lists user friendly and nice looking ones. This site is a goldmine. Had to post as I was looking for this exact thing yesterday and I know I am not the only person on lemmy looking for alternatives.
The fact that Bromite is recommended tells me one very important thing - the author hasn’t updated the site since December of 2022. I didn’t go through all the pages so there could be other outdated apps in the list. Check when the last update happened before using any app.
This site is exquisite, wish more people knew about it!
iodéOS isn’t included 🤔