Submitted 1 day 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?
I’m using Voyager — I’m a very superficial user but it gets the job done.
Blorp!
Im using Summit. Its really nice and the developer is active and listens to the community!
Summit is the best I’ve found that includes piefed integration.
I replaced Sync which is what I used for Reddit, for Summit. No issues at all and actively developed, unlike Sync. It’s clearly taken a lot of inspiration from Sync’s feature set and I am very happy with it.
That’s the client I use alongside Mlem.
Thunder. The only one which is FLOSS, on F-Droid, updated, and actually good.
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.
been using boost no complaints
I like Connect its the most customizable. Boost is my backup.
I’m on android and the app seems to be iOS only sadly, but thanks anyway. Will remember this one if I ever switch to iOS.
I’m trying this app out now based on your comment and so far it seems really nice. I may replace Voyager with it as well.
Same thing I asked about Voyager: How do I enable seeing downvotes weighted against upvotes? It‘s a dealbreaker if I can‘t.
Settings --> Posts --> Interaction Bar
Then remove the combined up/down thingy and add the separate up and down chips. They show separate numbers.
Then do the same thing under Settings --> Comments --> Interaction Bar.
Connect is great, extensive filtering available. I use it as my main and jerboa as backup.
Seconded. Tried others but keep coming back to connect.
It’s not the flashiest, but has the best options for me
Sync or Boost.
The best by far. He had a great app for that other shit site.
Try it, you’ll like it. Guarantee.
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.
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.
I’ve been pretty happy with Blorp. They have mobile and web clients available
+1 for Blorp, moved there from Voyager after seeing active development.
Blorp dev here. Thanks for the support! Not only is the app actively maintained, but I do my best to lurk in the comments and help people with any issues.
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.
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.
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.
I use Raccoon. It’s on Fdroid. Pretty neat UI :)
What is happening with Raccoon? There is no update in a long while now.
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
Interstellar https://github.com/interstellar-app/interstellar
Thunder https://github.com/thunder-app/thunder
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 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.
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 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.
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.
I main Connect since LiftOff died and Jerboa has been breaking more and more.
Eternity hasn’t been updated in a while, but it still works great.
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
sorghum@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Voyager hands down
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Az_1@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Took a look and love it, mostly because it looks like an iOS app but on Android. I’ve really missed iOS app design and this is just refreshing lol.
end0fline@piefed.social 1 day ago
At least in iOS, it reminds me a lot of what used to be the Apollo app for Reddit. Voyager is fantastic and currently includes working, but limited Piefed compatibility.
SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 1 day ago
For me it reminds more of some rather spartan apps that are economic with their interface — namely RedReader for Reddit. No fluff in the UI. Which is why I like both these apps, however Voyager would be better if it was implemented natively instead of in Flutter.
Realspecialguy@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
Nah hands up definitely
bonenode@piefed.social 1 day ago
You mean the app that inserts ads to itself into links you share, by default? Yes it can be switched off but why does this need to be there in the firat place?
sorghum@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Yeah, the one that gives a great deal of ways to customize sharing of links for those that aren’t already using Lemmy Redirect.
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SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 1 day ago
There’s a problem that it seems to use a lot of memory, because afaik it’s a web browser in disguise (by the way of using Flutter). As a consequence, any time another app needs memory, Voyager is killed by Android and starts again from the main page, forgetting what I was doing. Oftentimes it’s enough to switch to the browser and back again for Voyager to restart, which is ironic for a link-aggregator app.
Its animations are janky for the same reason, and get in the way of some functionality like collapsing comments.
Voyager’s UI is great, mainly because it’s not flashy, but a native app with that UI would be a lot better. RedReader for Reddit is much smoother to use.
kudra@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
I’m quite happy with Voyager, never used anything else.
CosmoNova@lemmy.world 1 day ago
How do I enable seeing downvotes weighted against upvotes in it? It doesn‘t do it on iOS on default which is weird.
sorghum@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Settings > Appearance > Other > Display votes
I prefer seperate
RaoulDuke25@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 hours ago
Only issue, is sometimes the feed is blank if you refresh. It comes back if you wait a few minutes, but can get annoying.