I have about 5 different apps installed right now, and while I plan to test them all out, curious what people’s conclusions are thus far.
Voyager, clone of Apollo which is fantastic
I 100% agree. I was using Connect. I just downloaded Voyager today. It instantly became my favorite.
I agree, Voyager works so well it doesn’t even feel like a webapp.
It’s probably the best webapp I’ve ever tried
Im using the IOS app via TestFlight. Its really good.
Prefer connect
I prefer Infinity but I did so for Reddit too so it’s just my prefered app in general, Sync definitely seems to have less rough edges! I think the main advantage over fresh Lemmy apps are their UX and Animations, those are increadably hard to get right without years of user feedback!
Infinity! It was my go-to client for Reddit, and now it’s my go-to client for Lemmy. Most basic things work. There are still some bugs lurking in the app, but it’s still in Alpha so that’s kinda expected.
The UI is really smooth and customizable, but I guess anyone who’s ever used Infinity already knows this.
Been using Memmy on iOS but used to use Sync on my Android device. Now I got that and using it more and more. Love the customization features on Sync and this is the first time I truly didn’t miss Reddit.
Wefwef/Voyager still feels superior to me. Will still test sync for a bit but I couldn’t find any unique selling point yet.
Yeah same here, especially now that there’s a native android app.
Still using the pwa, I feel no need to switch to the app. Will test later anyways.
I’m waiting for boost to launch until then i am using jerboa
I’m a Sync guy, it has the best scrolling performance on my shitty low end phone. I’ve tried other apps but all of them still have stutters during scroll but Sync still manages to keep smooth.
For me, I used to love Sync for Reddit for a long time, until he switched to Material You without a real option to go back. Material You is just plain ugly.
Now that I’m on Lemmy, I stumbled across Summit, which looks good and performs good.
Thunder is nice.
Swiping to do things really makes a clean UI.
Neither. I’m just using my browser for now until Boost for Lemmy is ready. The mobile site is pretty good for moderate usage.
I prefer my own app, but that’s a given :P
I did like many aspects of the official Reddit app until they enshittified it, so I’m reusing some concepts it had. It’s still in alpha phase, and even then, there’s some things I liked that I’m not sure I’ll implement. I particularly liked the second tab in the bottom navigation bar when it had your list of subscribed subreddits and an alphabetical scrollbar. That was super awesome. I’ll definitely try to add something like that in the future, probably after I get feature parity with the official UI.
I’m avoiding pop-ups by editing the current relevant components. So, when you press “submit”, the error message will be inside the form instead of as a pop-up. Or when you report a post, the form appears inside the post instead of as a pop-up. It’s much more intuitive to use and I think I can make it faster to use.
I use Sync because it’s just what I’m used to. I’ve been using it for more than 3 years, but I’ve also used Jerboa, Thunder, Liftoff, Lemotiff, Connect and Voyager.
Here’s what I think about those:
Jerboa is good, maybe a bit laggy and things take a bit to load, but overall good. Nothing that stands out.
Thunder is very good, but I’ve been unable to reply DMs and comments from my notifications, I’d have to go to the browser or use another app to reply. I’m almost sure it’ll get fixed in the future.
Connect is very, very good, but, and it’s a huge BUT for me, every time I’m commenting and I want to change part of my comment, I click on the part I want to add or erase more text but instead of doing that it selects the text from where I was to where I clicked, and it happens with every comment and DM, to fix it I have to copy the whole thing, go back to the post, paste the comment again and keep on writing. I stopped using it.
Liftoff is very good, but I don’t like that when I collapse a comment it says “comment collapsed, tap to expand” (that’s it, it’s just nit picking, everything else is good), I still sometimes use the app.
Lemotiff I can’t log in but the idea/design is good.
Voyager is one of the best but sometimes it jumps to random parts of the timeline, I also prefer having an app not a PAW (or was it PWA? I don’t remember the correct term)
Lemmur says my instance doesn’t exist so I can’t even try it.
Haven’t used infinity or Boost yet, just downloaded Sync and it just works perfectly.
Try summit. I’m hopping between it and sync now. Thunder sometimes for the variations in feed but the comment issue persists and is an overall no-go
Shit, forgot to write about Summit, it was one of the ones I liked the most but only when I’m viewing content as a “list” as opposed to “cards”, IMO that’s when Summit shines more than any other app.
I feel like Summit works more for me as a news site rather than a “social media” app, so I like that a lot. I’m still jumping in between apps atm.
Oh, and Voyager JUST released as an official app in the play store, I just saw the post a few minutes ago.
Thanks for the heads up!
Sync is great, but I’m not the biggest fan of introducing ads in a service that doesn’t inherently have ads - nothing against the dev getting paid. You also can’t currently create a new post (just says “coming soon”). I used Sync on Reddit for years, so I’m otherwise pretty biased toward it.
Connect is a close second, for me. It’s still a work in progress, but I feel it’s pretty close to Sync. Given time, I think it’ll be there. The dev is also very responsive. Features are pretty community driven as well - so if you want something, post in the community.
But I have to say, for its lack of polish, Jerboa still comes out on top for me. It’s not as smooth scrolling the feed and it needs an option to handle links in-app, but with it being open source and there being a bunch of contributors adding features, every time I think it’s missing something, it’s just a matter of waiting for the next update. The one from today added DMing, which was the big thing I saw other apps handling better. Plus, I think (other than Sync), it’s the only app that handles multiple accounts the best if you want sorting and defaults per account rather than app-wide.
I also still pop into Thunder, Summit, Liftoff, and Voyager periodically to see how they’re coming along. And now, I’m including Infinity (and Boost or any others whenever they’re ready).
At the end of the day, people are just going to have to try the different apps for themselves to see what works for them.
Tbh I didn’t notice the ads haha I have ads completely removed from my device using a private DNS so none of the apps I use show me ads.
I prefer supporting devs via donations whenever I have the extra money but I’m waiting for the lifetime donation for Sync, I not doing aubscription models and I have 0 tolerance for ads.
Like you, though, I’ll be jumping from time to time to other apps because what I’ve been loving about this Fediverse experience more than anything is how every app has been evolving and updating, it’s just amazing.
I’m also waiting for Boost and Infinity to realease, god damn this is why I love competition.
A fork of Infinity is here but it’s still in Alpha, works quite well for me already tho! ;)
Ad removal on Sync is US$19.99. Lifetime Sync Ultra is $99… 👀
I am using Sync, and I paid for a year of it. A year from now, I’ll evaluate and maybe pick something else. Do I care if it costs a tiny bit of $ for a solid app experience that performs better than the rest, because it has dedicated development resources? Nope. Having read the details on what data is collected, do I have privacy concerns? Nope. Do I think folks have gone a little over the top about certain things? Yes. Bad enough having to leave reddit without making it even more complicated.
Can’t you just get lifetime?
The cost of lifetime is 6x the cost of one year. I can understand just getting one year to see how things go.
for me is 20 lifetime no ads, 18 for one year ultra.
( in the last update there is now the option for one time pay for no ads )
Ultra (subscription) and “no-ads” are two different options…no ads is a one time 20USD. Ultra includes additional features beyond the core app. It also has a lifetime option, which is the very expensive one.
Just fyi, the tracking is only for ads and all tracking is gone once you remove the ads through Ultra or the one time payment. I don’t expect this to please most, but as someone who has used Sync for Reddit for basically my entire existence on Reddit, I’ve only paid a couple bucks back then for an app I used every day. So far I feel right at home here and I’m willing to pay after some time and seeing how this goes. The number of options is only growing and Sync is bringing new users to Lemmy either way. I’ve been through like 6 other Lemmy clients and Sync is still the one for me.
Edit: Several users confirmed tracking wasn’t present after removing ads.
I mean hypothetically the tracking is gone
I haven’t got a single hit on the duckduckgo app tracking. I bought a year, and if I’m still liking it then, I’ll probably drop ultra and just go for the lifetime no ads. Not even sure how bad the ads are on free, because I was on my piholed network when I installed it, and paid before going to mobile data.
Hopefully the developer keeps respecting user privacy in the future.
My pihole hasn’t shown any tracking. Ad free truly gets rid of it.
Infinity, the king is reclaiming its thrown, and huge thanks to the fevelopper who forked it.
