I know the bad parts, but there are good things too. I am not opposed to Google, I use a lot of their services, and they are so ubiquitous that is near impossible to not use something they are connected to if you know it or not.
I find a lot of the apps and services very useful and if I find a useful alternative I will try it, but for now I am happy.
I am curious, I know this is an old post, but did you ever find anything that fit the bill? I have been looking for something similar as well and have zero programming skills to make my own (with blackjack)