I'm using thunder because it's the best of what I've tried.
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Voyager.
Me too. Voyager is a fine name but there was something dumb/charming about the name Wefwef.
I used boost until I saw it was sending me dark pattern ads from an ad network, to which the dev had noted they reported it, until it happened again and I moved to voyager, where I no longer have such a problem.
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.
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.
You can't hide the bottom bar on thunder, can you?
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.
Jerboa. From the Lemmy devs and works great.
Voyager
Excellent app
For those that use Voyager, is it possible to remove the bottom bar?
... You need that bar to navigate between settings, inbox and feeds etc.
oh cool it's The Thread
use sync
Thunder, it's really good
I use boost, I like it's swipe view. It's mostly just what I was using with reddit and there's no reason to switch.
Raccoon.
It's the one that stuck after trying them all for a long time.
Damn, Iโm 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.
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.
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!
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.
Jerboa. Of the ones I have tried, it feels the most like Baconreader (RIP) to me.
Eternity
Infinity was my favorite Reddit app and I saw that Eternity existed, so I switched to it the moment it releasedits first alpha. I see no reason to use anything else unless it breaks and is no longer maintained.
Mobile browser because I have more control over what gets left behind on my device. I don't really trust apps, I don't like putting other people's code on my device unless I can review it, it's a trust thing and as a q ฯ ั ั ั American I'd like to have a as little that could potentially be spying on my as possible in life.
Jerboa hits that same sweet spot that RIF did.
Sync
Been using Thunder for a year.
I am using boost for lemmy for some time now and am very happy with that app. I've tried jerboa, summit and thunder before but they felt somewhat incomplete at the time I used them.
Does the simple webversion count? I am using the qwant browser on android.
Mlem
At first I used Jerboa, after some time it didn't work anymore with my old instance. I switched to Voyager for a long time, switched instances as my old one got abandoned and defunct from the owner. After some time Voyager didn't work anymore with my new instance and now I am using Raccoon.
Same here. I tried Boost and didn't like it. Eternity works just fine.
I use lemmy via mbin in the app interstellar.
Thunder, because it works best with accessibility features like VoiceOver and TalkBack: https://github.com/thunder-app/thunder
I used Thunder for a long time, but I have been giving Arctic a try lately and like it. I will likely give Mlem another shot after the next update. Voyager is another great one, but I have not used it for a while.
Overall, there are a lot of great Lemmy apps and I love that most of them did not get abandoned after the initial wave from the Reddit exodus died down. I think we have more high-quality Lemmy apps than there were for Reddit.
Mlem on iPhone - I like it best
Summit! And love it.
I've bounced around several clients (mobile) and frontends (web) especially when I first started. I've eventually settled on Voyager (mobile) and Alexandrite (web frontend).
Voyager has a lot of neat features that makes browsing Lemmy on mobile smooth and an overall nice experience. It's got swipe gestures (configurable, but mine has long swipe left to upvote, long swipe left to save, short swipe right to downvote, and long swipe right to reply). There's also a feature to tag a user, and to keep track of votes (in aggregate, so I wouldn't know if I give a user an upvote in one thread, and a downvote in another, yielding a net zero, or I just haven't given that user a vote at all). Still a nice set of features. There might be more that I have yet to discover and use.
Alexandrite, on the other hand, presents a really good desktop experience. There's an option to have the posts (on my feed, or a community) on the left side of the screen and the post I'm reading on the right, which is great if I am just scanning a my feed, deciding if I want to take a closer look at a post. I end up mostly just using this mode most of the time.
Both Voyager and Alexandrite allow me to switch between my Lemmy accounts easily, which is a great plus if you're having a handful of accounts (for different purposes, like one main, another for NSFW, etc).
IMO, the clients (for mobile) have a lot of competition going on, and I wouldn't be surprised if I find a different one I'd like better. Just keep an eye out for those, I guess?
I use Bilbo, mostly for the free Hobbit memes and because the maintainer is a personal close friend of Simon Baxter of Redwall fame
For me, it's a close race between Boost and Connect.
I'm using voyager. I'm fairly new still but it seems to work quite well.
VOY
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