Sticky so that we have one place to discuss.
i use wefwef/voyager and thunder app
Boost
You can checkout all lemmy clients here:
Android: Eternity (A Lemmy client for Android, forked from the Infinity for Reddit project.) https://f-droid.org/packages/eu.toldi.infinityforlemmy/
Jerboa seems great to me
Could we get a new pinned comment for this. Some of this is our of date now and it would be nice to discuss.
Apps, interfaces, browser extensions, scripts
We could - but we’re still getting comments here. Why not continue to use this thread and sort by new?
Also - this topic doesn’t even really belong in Asklemmy per the rules. If anything, I’m more inclined to unpin it and return to dealing with posts as needed.
I agree with unpinning entirely, it’s an odd fit
I’m equally and technically impressed by both Memmy and Avelon, cosmetically impressed more by Avelon (Memmy is also gorgeous), and emotionally more attached to Memmy since it was the first true native Apollo-like Lemmy adaptation and dev is super on-the-ball. Not that Avelon’s is not I just can’t speak to it since I haven’t felt the need in my admittedly-lesser use of it compared to Memmy.
Both amazing apps and you really can’t go wrong with either. I do really like Avelon’s forced collapsing of all top-level comments’ child comments which makes it easier to navigate the various apects people are commenting on at the top level and work your way down to more specific discssion based on your filtering of which top level comments address that which is of immediate interest to the specific readers’ needs or preferred line of inquiry
for Android I think Connect for Lemmy is the best around. also, it gets literally better day to day since the dev is following the app’s community and fixes bugs, implements things from there super rapidly.
Now supports “mark read on scroll” if you like to keep the Frontpage fresh. So good!
Very good UI. I keep getting connection issues when trying to upvote or navigating. Not sure if it’s my instance or the app.
I can’t say much because it’s the only app I tried so far and I joined Lemmy 30 min ago.
But I like it pretty much. Small cards (inversed lists), high refresh rate option (disable by default I suppose to save battery when scrolling), etc.
Maybe I’d change the expand/collapse from hold to single tap. (It’s something I’m starting to like to do).oh this option is already there. Some reverse option for the comments. Awesome.But the app can’t be faster. Running it on a Pixel 5.
By far the best interface on android so far. Looking forward to Sync for Lemmy and Boost for Lemmy as well.
I prefer Sync because of the font, the design, and the way the options are arranged.
Where do you get that app from?
google play store
Ah I see. I don’t have access to that store. And connect is not on f-droid store because ot’s closed source. I wonder why using a closed source lemmy app if we have open ones.
not him, but I think closed source doesn’t inherently means bad
It is becoming each day more critical to choose open source over closed source. It’s a matter of security, privacy and concentration of power
Using it right now. Very nice interface, especially comment field
I love the formatting tools
that are placed at the bottom
And enable easy text fancification
I agree. So far it’s the best one I’ve used on Android. It has things like settings for font sizes.
UPDATE: I find myself using Liftoff more now. I couldn’t exactly tell you why. The only things it’s missing is an option to make the comment font larger.
Voyager for lemmy is awesome
Liftoff, at least It was the best for me at the time when sync came out. I tried everything back then, but I should do it again
I have tested all of the IOS apps available and I like wefwef and MLEMapp the best. Both seem intuitive to use and have the handy list of subscribed communities easily available for individual scrolling.
Is wefwef even an app, or just a web page that you can “install” as a web page that opens without a URL bar?
Not an official app via the AppStore so I suppose it would be closer to the webpage thing. It is super slick though.
Wefwef is great. So far, I’ve been happy with it.
2 months later and there’s still not a satisfying answer. I would have hoped 1 or 2 apps would have risen to the top by now, but it’s still just a scattershot of people suggesting like 8-10 different ones. There’s no consensus.
I don’t want to download an app and get all set up only for development on it to suddenly halt. Then I’d either have to switch again, or be stuck with one that’s forever missing features.
Too many new apps popped up in too short of time. Some of them are bound to fail or be abandoned. Some of them are likely to have been hacked together by amateurs and contain gaping security or functionality flaws.
Does anyone have a suggestion with more substance than “I like this app because it’s the one I downloaded”?
Sync for lemmy
I’m using the beta of Memmy for Lemmy (ios). It hasn’t been released yet, but it’s already stable, even though there’s work to do for what concern the UI and some features. I appreciate it because being new to Lemmy, it makes things a but more approachable.
it just released on App Store an hour ago
Avelon on iOS looks very sweet now, I enjoy watching GIFs on it!
Android user here. Liftoff is unmatched in terms of its visual presentation.
I love the look of Liftoff. I just wish it had the functionality of Connect.
I find Jerboa scrolls nicer. And it seems stable now.
Interesting; I fled Jerboa because its scrolling wasn’t smooth. I’m using primarily Liftoff now because it looks and feels so good and works for everything I need. Its search function also allows filtering for posts, users, and communities, a feature which Connect does not have.
Been using Jerboa and Connect side by side for a couple of days now. I think I’ve landed on Jerboa but I’m still not sure. Going to give both a ride for another week and see how I feel. They’re both different in good ways and I’m super excited to see where the devs take them.
I like Jerboa for android and Voyager for iOS
Voyager also exists for android and is a little quicker
