Submitted 3 months ago by Az_1@lemmy.world to fediverse@lemmy.world
I’m not sure if this is the right place to ask, but i’m new to Lemmy and looking for a good client to use it with. I’ve been using Sync which is what i used to use with Reddit but i’ve noticed that it isn’t getting updates now. Any other good mobile apps I can usr Lemmy with?
Seconded. Tried others but keep coming back to connect.
It’s not the flashiest, but has the best options for me
Kinda depends on what features in sync made you like it.
Overall, boost, connect, thunder and summit each get close to parity, but only close. But, you could say that in reverse, (that sync only gets close to parity with any of them) it isn’t a slight against any of them.
Eternity is another one that I’ve had good use of, but development on that seems to be stopped as well, so I dunno if that’s a useful option.
Past those, you get less similarity in ux and ui than would make sense to compare. Like, the apps that mimic voyager (or whatever the popular iOS reddit app was called), things are laid out so different that if you used sync as a primary, you aren’t likely to enjoy that ui.
On a phone, I kinda favor connect over sync, despite it looking very unlike it compared to boost or eternity. But on a tablet, nothing else does double columns in portrait worth a damn for me, and aren’t great in landscape either. But boost and eternity come the closest to the visual ease sync has.
I use Jerboa, is fine. Haven’t tried anything else so don’t know what I might be missing.
I also am part of the “I downloaded jerboa first and it’s good enough” crew.
Thunder is cross-platform, and IMO has one of the best looking UIs.
Eternity is great
Used to be my main and fav client (after Jerboa), but it hasn’t been updated in a year and Summit is just plain better and almost as customisable
I’m so used to this UI, don’t wanna leave it. Hasn’t given me any issues
I guess I’m the only one here actively using boost. I like it. Been using it since long before it was a Lemmy client, haha!
Using boost, it’s fairly reliable and I enjoy it.
I use boost. I find sometimes videos don’t show but other than that it’s been good.
I’ve tried Jerboa, then Sync, then Summit, and now I’m using Thunder. There were always small things that annoyed me enough to start looking for a new client after a few months, but I’ve had this for… a year or so now? It’s very customizable, so that’s nice.
Eternity hasn’t been updated in a while, but it still works great.
Apollo for reddit was considered one of the best apps. Unfortunately, it was iOS-only.
Voyager for Lemmy is pretty much a clone of it and it also runs on Android. It’s also a progressive web app so you don’t have to download the app off the store if you don’t want to - you can just go to vger.app on your phone and either browse it like that, or install the PWA (basically creates a separate browser profile and everything so it feels like an app, but really you’re using the website, with some of the files living on your phone). If you really wanted to, you could even run it on a desktop browser (or as a PWA on desktop), but it’s really meant for touchscreens, not mouse and keyboard usage.
Oh that’s crazy! I had no idea it was a PWA. Im using Voyager downloaded from f-droid but it’s fun to hear that the core of this is a web app
Yeah hey. It does not feel like a web app at all, never would’ve guessed!
Blorp!
been using boost no complaints
I like Connect its the most customizable. Boost is my backup.
Thunder for general browsing, voyager when thunder doesn’t work for something. Like no dms in thunder, so I’ll swap to voyager for that. I just like the look and feel of thunder.
Sync or Boost.
I used sync for a while then once it became sort of dead tried a couple others and settled with boost. The most important factor is that it is the only Lemmy app (that I could find) that orders saved posts according to the time you saved them and not when it was created.
Still using Memmy even though it‘s a broken pile of rust now. The UI is still the best for me.
I’ve mostly been using alexandrite.app on both PC and mobile. I have Jerboa installed as well as back-up but only occasionally use it.
!boostforlemmy@lemmy.world :) it also has piefed support!
If you liked RIF you’re gonna like Jerboa.
NB: The jerboa dev is one of the lemmy devs and it works great for lemmy, but it is never gonna support piefed.
I main Connect since LiftOff died and Jerboa has been breaking more and more.
I use Voyager (and boost, and sync before that). I like Voyager (now that I’m used to it, but I wish the medium sized thumbnails in compact mode were slightly larger.
I think there’s a way to make that happen. Sorry I don’t use apps, I just played around with it in the past, but I recall not liking it until someone told me how to make the images larger - buried VERY deep in the customizations somewhere - and then afterwards it became my favorite app (except I don’t actually use apps, but IF I did, it would be Voyager. Or Thunder. And with full sized images that don’t cut parts out.)
I’ll need with it one day. Just gotta remember to poke around with it.
Interstellar https://github.com/interstellar-app/interstellar
Thunder https://github.com/thunder-app/thunder
Thunder. The only one which is FLOSS, on F-Droid, updated, and actually good.
I tried a few and stuck with Eternity.
I’m eagerly awaiting an update to Eternity. It was the best! For now I’m using Connect
Blorp has been amazing for me, thats what I am using rn.
2nd blorp!
I use Raccoon. It’s on Fdroid. Pretty neat UI :)
What is happening with Raccoon? There is no update in a long while now.
hmm I didn’t realise, but nothing is broken for now, nor I’m missing any fratures. Perhaps the dev hasn’t thought of anything new to add
May be unpopular, but I haven’t found anything that works better than jerboa. It’s maintained by the Lemmy devs. It’s simple, open source, customizable.
Connect is good for me, don’t know what the situation with the dev is though, seems like development might have stopped
I’m still here and actively developing :) all the latest updates are on beta while I polish things up. Glad you’re liking Connect. Cheers!
Awesome to hear that! I’ve only half been paying attention to the Connect channel
The best by far. He had a great app for that other shit site.
Try it, you’ll like it. Guarantee.
I’ve been using boost for the past year, and I just switched to Summit last week. Recommend trying it out.
Why? Be specific?
Boost has anything I can think of and it’s a one man show. I like to support him.
Tried boost for reddit but I didn’t like the ui and it seems like they’ve still got the same ui on the Lemmy version
As in the other comment… You can change all types of UI settings.
Layout, fonts, title font colors, comment font colors, etc.
Honestly, so much available, it’s actually a little overwhelming for me.
The current Lemmy version is very customizable. I think it has seven basic types of views, which are further customizable how you like. You can kinda make it look like whatever you want.
wowwoweowza@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I’m using Voyager — I’m a very superficial user but it gets the job done.