i will check that out. i like the f-droid focus on foss vs. the play store to be sure.
on a sort of related note, have you seen the g-droid fork of f-droid? when i originally saw it, i just thought it was a repackage or what have you, but in the description it claims that f-droid is no longer maintained. i looked around on the f-droid forum a bit and didn’t find anything about it not being maintained so i wasn’t sure what to think.
i like the g-droid interface better. i know star ratings aren’t perfect, but i feel like they help me get a feel for how an app will perform. at least to a degree. anyways 
just wanted to share that find in appreciation of you sharing fissure.
G-Droid is actively maintained (the F-Droid client is not any more)