Current best lemmy clients

Submitted ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com⁩ to ⁨fediverse@lemmy.world⁩

Hey I figured I’d make a post and see the state of current lemmy appage, since I’m looking for a good one. So far I’ve used Jerboa, Thunder, Eternity, and Voyager.

Eternity seems to be a dead project, it’s full of bugs and hasn’t recieved an update since The Exodus

Thunder seems ok and is what I’m using right now, but I can’t seem to send direct messages, and can’t “Don’t blur NSFW preview on NSFW comms” which sucks. The messaging is the dealbreaker for me.

Voyager I used momentarily but the UI was not my favorite.

Jerboa seems OK if unpolished (which is ok to me) but I don’t trust the rabid idealogue that makes it and using another instance of his site is one thing, but installing an app is another. Has it been audited to confirm lack of spyware?

Ideally through this I can find one with instance blocking, DMs, and a decent UI. What’re your experiences with the current state of lemmy apps?

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NOT_RICK@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Voyager is my go to

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- DarkPassenger@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Was a boost user until I heard about Voyager from another one of these post. Boost is good but Voyager is so much better.
  
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- steal_your_face@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Voyager da 🐐 no 🧢
  
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Coelacanth@feddit.nu ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I can’t get away from Sync. Maybe it’s about time I do another sweep, but last time I evaluated them I couldn’t make anything else look and feel as nice. Lots of customization options too.

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- Itsamelemmy@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Same. But mark read has been broken for a while and at $20+ for no ads or ultra dev really needs to be on top of these updates to justify the price. My ultra expired a few weeks ago, but I’m not paying again unless he stops treating this like reddit. Reddit was pretty stable so didn’t mind the long gaps with no updates. But at 5x the cost …update
  
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  - Coelacanth@feddit.nu ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Yeah, that’s a fair complaint. I didn’t know mark read was broken but that’s not great. I also wish it properly supported all markdown formatting. Especially with the Media Bias Bot being prevalent the broken spoiler tags are annoying.
    
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  - FooBarrington@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I honestly regret buying Sync for Lemmy. With the higher price I expected better communication, but it’s continuing the same as it was - going AWOL for months at a time, with very sporadic updates.
    
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- Magister@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Same, used Sync for 13 years on Reddit, bought it, then bought the Lemmy version a few hours after it appears.
  
  It’s the best client
  
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CMLVI@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I’m an Boost truther. I loved Boost for Reddit, and the dev is usually super responsive in the subreddit when it was a thing. I also used many Reddit apps; BaconReader, Relay, and Apollo on iPhone back when I had one. Boost was easy favorite.

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- Bangs42@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Boost user checking in, also currently on .world but I’ve been on several and… it’s fine. No problems.
  
  I used to use Sync, but the sporadic updates lead to rapidly piling bugs.
  
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  - CMLVI@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I remember using Sync, but it didn’t really stick for me. If it’s the one I’m thinking of, it’s like Relay but slightly worse?
    
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- arudesalad@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I also use boost, everything about it seems to work apart from spoiler tags (think because the app still uses reddit’s format instead of lemmy’s).
  
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  - wjs018@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Yeah, spoiler tags are the one big feature that is missing. There are also some minor things on the moderation side that aren’t there. For example, admin accounts don’t have a full list of options in the moderation menu.
    
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- forgotaboutlaye@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Boost also. I had it for Reddit but used Sync mostly. I open Lemmy on my phone a few times a week, so found Sync for Lemmy a bit too pricy. Love Boost!
  
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ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
The Eternity Dev has returned, and released a new update for it. Last I checked the update hasn’t released on f-droid due to the build failing, but it is available on aurora or play store.

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- ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Oh good to know! Maybe I’ll give it another shot, thanks!
  
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Teknikal@eviltoast.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
How has nobody said Connect yet, I tried most of the other clients people mentioned and settled on connect.

This is after using Sync Pro for years on Reddit the pricing there just put me right off to the point I’ll admit I haven’t even tried the lemmy version but then again I’m not interested in anything that puts ads on an addless service and I also will never try it as long as this is the case.

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- lemming741@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I started with connect and never left. Some of the videos weren’t working due to API changes. But for about 2 weeks, everyday there was an update fixing one or two of them.
  
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  - Teknikal@eviltoast.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Yeah the dev seems to jump straight to any issues even now, seems like a great guy to me he could easily charge for such a polished app and as long as the greed wasn’t mad I’d pay it.
    
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- Unforeseen@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Another happy Connect user here and you can enable the beta branch from the play store. I ran into a bug a few months ago and made a post, the Dev had it fixed hours later.
  
  Connect was also one of the very few apps that was very early to doing instance and other flexible filtering options. It’s so good I can browse All without getting upset.
  
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intelisense@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I went from Boost for Reddit straight to Boost for Lemmy. It does everything I need and the dev is quite active with new features etc.

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yo_scottie_oh@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I started out with Memmy and was kinda meh about it. Not bad but not great. Then I found Voyager and never looked back. As a paid Apollo refugee, Voyager makes me almost forget that I’m on a different platform from the days of yore.

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kratoz29@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
These are my favorite apps in preference order right now:

Summit

Boost

Eternity

Voyager

Thunder

Sync (seriously the damn mark as read on scroll needs to be fixed to be on top 2 again…)

I’d tell my issues with each client just as I did with Sync, but I don’t want to sound mean… (Also they are very specific for my usage and my device I guess), so I chose to keep things positive because we have plenty of pretty good clients! :)

Of course I am missing some other clients but those are the ones that stick in my “Social” folder the most time.
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9point6@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Sync is fantastic, IMO. I switched from Jerboa and Connect a year ago and never needed to look back.

The dev isn’t super active, but updates seem to drop when they need to

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- CMLVI@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Ooh Sync is another one I enjoyed! I swear I bought every large 3rd party app to try out fully. Google Pay Rewards, thank you. Lol
  
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Aurelius@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I’m made Quiblr. Lot’s of cool features (For You feed, different post formats, etc.). Plus I tried to make the UI clean and intuitive.

Just a web client right now. If there’s enough demand, I’ll make a native version.

Lmk what you think

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- sag@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Hey, is open-sourcing Quiblr still planned?
  
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  - Aurelius@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Yup. I will have a full update in a few days!
    
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  - Aurelius@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Following up on this. You can find the Quiblr repo here. Enjoy!
    
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shnizmuffin@lemmy.inbutts.lol ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Summit.

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- anon6789@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Summit kicks so much butt! I’ve tried about a dozen apps, but this is the only one I use, though Connect was good too.
  
  The dev is great, and I’ve gotten lots of help and same or next day fixes whenever I’ve reported issues.
  
  It’s beautiful, versatile, and powerful, with a great person backing it up.
  
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- smeg@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Summit is great, and the developer seems really responsive
  
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- ZebraGoose@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  +1 on Summit
  
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fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Thunder 100%. Super active dev community, constant releases, and if there’s something that does cause a problem, post it as an issue and it typically gets resolved quickly.

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pineapplelover@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Still on Eternity because it’s still functional for me.

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cows_are_underrated@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
So far I tried voyager, eternity, liftoff and Jerboa. Liftoff wasn’t usable and eternity and voyager weren’t exactly my type of UI. I stick with jerboa. I really like the simplicity and how clean and intuitive it is. Only thing lacking is the ability to create communities.

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- Blaze@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  
  Only thing lacking is the ability to create communities.
  
  Seems weird that it’s not implemented. I guess they assume you’re not supposed to create communities every day.
  
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  - cows_are_underrated@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Yeah, but I would really like that swing implemented.
    
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nicgentile@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Boost

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- nutsack@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  yea that’s the porn one
  
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DudeImMacGyver@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I really like Connect

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lemmy_99c4zb3e3@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
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- Zangoose@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Try Raccoon, the UI feels very similar to what I remember from liftoff, imo it’s worth trying. It’s still a little bit beta and I’ve run into formatting issues a few times but the UI is so much better than Jerboa’s and has a lot of nice features (like linking cross-posts within the app) that Jerboa doesn’t.
  
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MicrowavedTea@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I’m currently using thunder so haven’t tried the new version but eternity isn’t dead, it got a big update recently feddit.uk/post/15818616

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arudesalad@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
You can look at the app list on join-lemmy.org. Ignore the big scary warnings on there about non foss apps unless you want a foss app. Most of the proprietary apps are just made by hobbyists who don’t want the world to see their spaghetti code.

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TheRealCharlesEames@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
As a designer on iOS, my recommendation is Mlem. It’s not perfect, but it’s the best of the bunch imo.

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- nokturne213@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  It is about to get a 2.0 release.
  
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JohnWorks@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I used to only use Sync coming from reddit. No other app was able to replace it until I started using Summit. Now Summit is pretty much all I use for Lemmy.

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- asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  What’s better about Summit?
  
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  - JohnWorks@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I wouldn’t say anything specifically better or worse compared to sync but it’s close enough, feature wise, that I found myself using it more and there’s no ads.
    
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BaroqueInMind@lemmy.one ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
The websites all work perfectly fine.

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_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I’ve tried Jeroba, Thunder, Voyager, Sync, Boost, LiftOff, and Connect.

So far, my favorite is Connect.

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Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Eternity received an update fairly recently

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Merlin@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Eternity on tablet, Voyager on phone. Both great

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misterwu@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Eternity got a big update just a week ago

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- fuzzzerd@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Not seeing it on f-droid yet.
  
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  - Blaze@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    The dev just submitted another build today
    
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Makeshift@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Was on Voyager until it updated past my old OS. Current version of Voyager no longer supports my old 6S Plus.

So now I’m on Thunder. It works. I liked Voyager better, but I won’t complain about an app that still works on my phone.

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Zangoose@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I normally just use Jerboa but I’ve been trying Raccoon recently and it’s been really good. It’s definitely still beta and some formatting doesn’t work but each update has made it significantly better so it’s definitely worth checking out because the UI is the best of any of the apps I’ve tried imo

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Konstant@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I’m using Jerboa but wasn’t aware of any issues with the devs. As far as I know the app works great. Can you go into that a little more or point somewhere to read about it?

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- Zangoose@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Jerboa is by dessalines, the same dev as Lemmy and the admin of lemmy.ml so it’s basically just all of the drama inherited from that.
  
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sag@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
After Raccon4Lemmy dies. !summit@lemmy.world is best for me. It’s closed source though but it doesn’t show any ads unlike some other popular Lemmy apps.

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- threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  “The reports of RaccoonForLemmy’s death were greatly exaggerated.”
  
  It’s back: !raccoonforlemmyapp@lemmy.world
  
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