Hey I figured I’d make a post and see the state of current lemmy appage, since I’m looking for a good one. So far I’ve used Jerboa, Thunder, Eternity, and Voyager.

Eternity seems to be a dead project, it’s full of bugs and hasn’t recieved an update since The Exodus

Thunder seems ok and is what I’m using right now, but I can’t seem to send direct messages, and can’t “Don’t blur NSFW preview on NSFW comms” which sucks. The messaging is the dealbreaker for me.

Voyager I used momentarily but the UI was not my favorite.

Jerboa seems OK if unpolished (which is ok to me) but I don’t trust the rabid idealogue that makes it and using another instance of his site is one thing, but installing an app is another. Has it been audited to confirm lack of spyware?

Ideally through this I can find one with instance blocking, DMs, and a decent UI. What’re your experiences with the current state of lemmy apps?

  • Teknikal@eviltoast.orgEnglish
    7·
    8 months ago

    How has nobody said Connect yet, I tried most of the other clients people mentioned and settled on connect.

    This is after using Sync Pro for years on Reddit the pricing of the lemmy version just put me right off to the point I’ll admit I haven’t even tried it but then again I’m not interested in anything that puts ads on an adless service and I also will never try it as long as this is the case.

    Connect is free and the developer is great

    • Unforeseen@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      8 months ago

      Another happy Connect user here and you can enable the beta branch from the play store. I ran into a bug a few months ago and made a post, the Dev had it fixed hours later.

      Connect was also one of the very few apps that was very early to doing instance and other flexible filtering options. It’s so good I can browse All without getting upset.

    • lemming741@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      8 months ago

      I started with connect and never left. Some of the videos weren’t working due to API changes. But for about 2 weeks, everyday there was an update fixing one or two of them.

      • Teknikal@eviltoast.orgEnglish
        2·
        8 months ago

        Yeah the dev seems to jump straight to any issues even now, seems like a great guy to me he could easily charge for such a polished app and as long as the greed wasn’t mad I’d pay it.

  • kratoz29@lemm.eeEnglish
    7·
    8 months ago

    These are my favorite apps in preference order right now:

    • Summit
    • Boost
    • Eternity
    • Voyager
    • Thunder
    • Sync (seriously the damn mark as read on scroll needs to be fixed to be on top 2 again…)

    I’d tell my issues with each client just as I did with Sync, but I don’t want to sound mean… (Also they are very specific for my usage and my device I guess), so I chose to keep things positive because we have plenty of pretty good clients! :)

    Of course I am missing some other clients but those are the ones that stick in my “Social” folder the most time.

  • cows_are_underrated@feddit.orgEnglish
    6·
    8 months ago

    So far I tried voyager, eternity, liftoff and Jerboa. Liftoff wasn’t usable and eternity and voyager weren’t exactly my type of UI. I stick with jerboa. I really like the simplicity and how clean and intuitive it is. Only thing lacking is the ability to create communities.

  • CMLVI@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    8 months ago

    I’m a Boost truther. I loved Boost for Reddit, and the dev is usually super responsive in the subreddit when it was a thing. I also used many Reddit apps; BaconReader, Relay, and Apollo on iPhone back when I had one. Boost was easy favorite. I’m not entirely sure how it plays with every lemmy instance though, as I’m just on .world

    • forgotaboutlaye@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      8 months ago

      Boost also. I had it for Reddit but used Sync mostly. I open Lemmy on my phone a few times a week, so found Sync for Lemmy a bit too pricy. Love Boost!

    • arudesalad@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      8 months ago

      I also use boost, everything about it seems to work apart from spoiler tags (think because the app still uses reddit’s format instead of lemmy’s).

      • wjs018@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        8 months ago

        Yeah, spoiler tags are the one big feature that is missing. There are also some minor things on the moderation side that aren’t there. For example, admin accounts don’t have a full list of options in the moderation menu.

  • ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.netEnglish
    5·
    8 months ago

    The Eternity Dev has returned, and released a new update for it. Last I checked the update hasn’t released on f-droid due to the build failing, but it is available on aurora or play store.

  • fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.comEnglish
    5·
    8 months ago

    Thunder 100%. Super active dev community, constant releases, and if there’s something that does cause a problem, post it as an issue and it typically gets resolved quickly.

  • yo_scottie_oh@lemmy.mlEnglish
    4·
    8 months ago

    I started out with Memmy and was kinda meh about it. Not bad but not great. Then I found Voyager and never looked back. As a paid Apollo refugee, Voyager makes me almost forget that I’m on a different platform from the days of yore.

    • anon6789@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      8 months ago

      Summit kicks so much butt! I’ve tried about a dozen apps, but this is the only one I use, though Connect was good too.

      The dev is great, and I’ve gotten lots of help and same or next day fixes whenever I’ve reported issues.

      It’s beautiful, versatile, and powerful, with a great person backing it up.

  • JohnWorks@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    3·
    8 months ago

    I used to only use Sync coming from reddit. No other app was able to replace it until I started using Summit. Now Summit is pretty much all I use for Lemmy.

  • intelisense@lemm.eeEnglish
    3·
    8 months ago

    I went from Boost for Reddit straight to Boost for Lemmy. It does everything I need and the dev is quite active with new features etc.

  • Aurelius@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    8 months ago

    I’m made Quiblr. Lot’s of cool features (For You feed, different post formats, etc.). Plus I tried to make the UI clean and intuitive.

    Just a web client right now. If there’s enough demand, I’ll make a native version.

    Lmk what you think

  • Zangoose@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    8 months ago

    I normally just use Jerboa but I’ve been trying Raccoon recently and it’s been really good. It’s definitely still beta and some formatting doesn’t work but each update has made it significantly better so it’s definitely worth checking out because the UI is the best of any of the apps I’ve tried imo