I am very new to Lemmy, and I am using the Eternity app. But I am wondering which one you guys are using, and maybe there are better one’s than Eternity without me knowing
I have tried almost all clients on Android.
Best In my opinion:
- Thunder
- Jerboa
- Raccoon for Lemmy
- Voyager
To me thunder has the best UI and UX overall, even though I prefers the “card view” feed from Raccoon and some functions of Jerboa.
You can’t hide the bottom bar on thunder, can you?
i agree. Thunder is the best. It’s even better than paid apps
I’ve moved from Boost to Thunder. It’s a great experience so far.
Do you use thunder on iPad? How do you exit from a video link, eg youtube? There is no back or X or gesture.
I would suppose with the same gestures as the image ones but since you mention is not that then I would assume it could work with native iOS gestures? I’m sorry, do not own any Apple devices. I suggest asking on Thunder’s community or making an issue on Github.
Did you rank these in a particular order, or is it just four that you like?
I used Jerboa when I first transitioned from Reddit, but eventually someone recommended Voyager because it is similar to the RiF app I used to use. I like the interface of Voyager more than Jerboa, and I’ve been using it for a while, but I’m still open to checking out other apps.
Did you rank these in a particular order, or is it just four that you like?
In preferred order.
Jerboa has everything you might need related to Lemmy functions, as it is the native app developed by the same Lemmy authors. But I feel the interface is not as good as Thunder’s. And as for Voyager, I dislike the interface because is reminiscent of old iPhone interfaces (even though you can change it something similar to Android). And as far as I remember Thunder’s post’s comments view is better for me. In my opinion Thunder has the better combination of Function, UI and UX.
Yep, tried everything and Thunder is the best for me.
Damn, I’m the only one using Mlem?
Nope, I do too and I like it. I have no complaints so I am not too worried about missing out on some other features.
There’s dozens of us!
Also an Mlem user, here
Jerboa sorely lacks the absolute basic feature of searching for keywords in posts. It only supports searching for community names. I can’t think of any other app that does NOT support general search.
So Voyager for me, mostly because it has the most active developer.
Ya, not supporting full search is weird…
And also, there is only one font size for the whole thing, ui, comments, posts, etc… Not good…
And other several minor things. Other then that, it is awesome.
I wouldn’t call a half-baked search functionality as “minor” but that’s probably just me.
I didn’t call that minor. I said “other minor things”.
Understood. Thanks for clarifying.
I had to switch away from Jerboa because it would crash any time I’d create a link with custom text in my comments. I switched to Voyager and it’s on lot more stable.
I’m using Sync to write this comment :)
I switched from sync a while ago because it wasn’t updated anymore.
The dev has in the past taken steps away, but comes back when needed. And despite not being updated in a hot sec it’s still still the best mobile app IMHO.
Yes, I used it for a long time on Reddit. But lemmy did have some new developments that are not supported by sync and I got tired of waiting for the dev to fix it
Interesting, thanks for sharing. I’m returning to Lemmy and got Sync again because I liked it (and paid for no ads) previously.
Ate there specific features you know of that it doesn’t support?
Jerboa. Of the ones I have tried, it feels the most like Baconreader (RIP) to me.
Voyager because it looks and feels like Apollo for Reddit (RIP BTW)
And it seems to be the most trustworthy when it comes to data imo
Exactly why I picked it.
My Apollo still works for browsing somehow
This.
I’m using Voyager too!
Jerboa. From the Lemmy devs and works great.
I like and use Thunder. It’s cross platform on iOS and Android so I get the same consistent interface from my iPad and my android phone.
I’m using summit. It’s pretty good
Another shoutout to summit, coming from an ex-Sync user. It’s very nice.
And very active
Also Summit. It was the first Android app i saw for it and I just went with it. No complains so far.
Connect
seconding Connect, it Works
Yeah third for connect, and tbe creator is super responsive and genuinely tries
I just use the mobile browser. I use Mull for that.
The Mull browser project shut down along with the rest of DivestOS. You may want to consider IronFox.
Oh, thanks! I’ll move over there. Appreicate it!
Voyager.
Me too. Voyager is a fine name but there was something dumb/charming about the name Wefwef.
Eternity is a solid one, was my main for quite some time until I used Voyager while waiting for Eternity to to update to work with the latest Lemmy at the time, and ended up sticking with Voyager.
I do miss the user avatars though, voyager doesn’t have those.
Had to scroll to the bottom for this Gem!! Eternity is rock solid.
Boost. I used it on Reddit, continued to use it through the mod workaround, switched to Boost for Lemmy after they shut that down yesterday, and now here I am.
Same, but you can repatch boost for reddit to work again. Check the boost Lemmy sub, it has a pretty big post on it.
I also agree with Boost. I was super bummed when it got shut down. It actually gave me the kick to join Lemmy.
Same, Boost is really good.
literally my story
I also use Boost.
The only thing I think it’s missing is a seamless way to open other instances’ homepage.
Same, boost layout is just so clean. Sad I couldn’t keep my ad free existence from the other app but guy deserves to be paid.
Boost and got the paid version. It’s clean and responsive.
That’s what I use, too. I think most of what makes Boost so great is that the developer initially made it for Reddit, so they put a lot of work into the user experience and it runs great. Plus since I primarily used it for Reddit, it feels very familiar to use it for Lemmy.
There’s a paid version?
I mean I paid to remove ads.
