I need your opinion and suggestions on the best Lemmy client to use.
P.S., I currently use Voyager as my client.
Can’t recommend Thunder enough, especially if you like a good compact mode/gesture-based UI. The devs are great and very responsive on the github repo, and the app just keeps getting better!
Using Eternity and very happy with it, just as I was when it was Infinity for Reddit.
The web client is serviceable.
I use Thunder currently. My first Android Lemmy client was Jerboa, which was fine.
I’ve tried Voyager, and I can’t remember right now why I didn’t stick with it, but I ended up just gravitating towards Thunder. It’s UI strikes the right balance between feature full and minimal imho.
Thanks for your honest opinion, mate.
No one here using Jerboa??
I tried a bunch of apps last year and settled on jerboa. My only complaint is the inability to default sort comments by old.
It’s fine but if you compare Jerboa side to side with Sync, you see that Sync is much smoother.
I settled on it after trying Sync
Use use jerboa! I like the fact that you can see downvotes although I’m not sure if it’s specifically a jerboa thing or some apps just don’t do it
when I tried it, it lagged like no other app does. it genuinely had 10-20 fps
I found one person that reply to me using it.
I’ve just been using connect on Android for no particular reason. Is there an android client that is generally regarded as the best?
I really enjoy Sync.
I was using Voyager until Sync got ported over to Lemmy. Voyager is great, but I find Sync more responsive. I also really appreciate Sync’s appearance customization. I’m old, so I like cranking the size of some text.
I think there’s an ad supported version of Sync if you want to try it. I paid the CDN$10 or whatever it cost on release. It’s worth it to me.
I find Sync more responsive.
I like cranking the size of some text
I’m on iOS and Voyager has many customizations and the ability to change text sizes. I’ve never noticed any issues with responsiveness.
Is this another one of those “well I was on Android and used sync vs well I was iOS and used AlienBlue / Apollo ” comments? Perhaps androids Voyager not as good as the iOS version? I guess it depends on what OP is using for mobile.
I also really like sync. I also paid for the ad free version.
But there are still some issues and the dev is, again, inactive.
Yeah. As much as I like Sync, I’m envious of aeharding’s constant improvements to Voyager.
yep. i lived Avelon until development stopped, and Voyager passed it up. the continued development is the long term play. my only problem with voyager is it doesnt let you come back to where you left off. i leave the app to google up something before i post it and when i go to return the post has vanished.
i want non-volatile Voyager.
I feel like Sync doesn’t really need an update? It seems complete to me.
It’s feature complete, but there are bugs.
Sync has had serious issues in the past such as an easily triggered, reproducible, guaranteed crash on open, with the dev not putting out a fix for months. This neglect goes back several years, to back when Sync was a Reddit client. Most infamously he disappeared for over a year when his UI refresh wasn’t well received.
The app is great (I’m only on Boost due to user tags requiring a paid subscription in Sync), but his response time to issues is glacial. And if doesn’t help that it’s by far the most expensive client if you want it ad-free, and features that used to be free now require an even more expensive subscription to use.
Big +1 for Sync.
I was paying for Sync back when it was a Reddit client, and I moved to Lemmy mostly because that is where Sync moved.
It’s an awesome app. Best app purchase I’ve ever made. (There is a free version too.)
I think I want to give a try to Sync soon. Thanks for the suggestion.
Welp, I’m on voyager too lol
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Thunder. Special mention to Arctic for its ability to embed and play gifs/videos in-app.
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Voyager is definitely the most polished and great for those who used Apollo for Reddit. It is also very actively developed. For the Android users who do not mind the iOS aesthetic, Voyager is one of the few Lemmy clients on F-Droid.
Thunder is also a great option. I personally prefer its UX more than Voyager, but it is not quite as polished.
Mlem is a lot better than Voyager. Better features, faster, has fewer errors messages. At least for me.
I loved Apollo and appreciate Voyager but it doesn’t respect hiding read posts very well so I turned to Mlem which is now my favorite. The v2 beta is even better, adding easy markdown formatting and some nicer UI enhancements (the vote counter scrolling up or down on vote is a nice touch).
I had the opposite. Mlem always felt “in progress” and voyager was like walking into a polished experience. Voyager was the app respecting “read” posts.
It does, it’s just not consistent. Mlem is. I still have Voyager and check it every once in a while.
I’ve never encountered this. Oh well.
Nope
Thanks for the feedback.
Eternity for Lemmy
That’s my client of choice
Many of them recommend this client too.
I tried a handful, and the one I liked best is Thunder. There were aspects I liked about Voyager too, but Thunder was set up better in my opinion.
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Tried all, ended up using Summit.
Same. Summit is amazing and since starting to use it a year ago I haven’t even wanted to try anything else again.
And for reference I used to use baconreader for a decade over on Reddit. Summit has a similar vibe for me.
Same. Summit is amazing and since starting to use it a year ago I haven’t even wanted to try anything else again.
And for reference I used to use baconreader for a decade over on Reddit. Summit has a similar vibe for me.
Same. Summit is amazing and since starting to use it a year ago I haven’t even wanted to try anything else again.
And for reference I used to use baconreader for a decade over on Reddit. Summit has a similar vibe for me.
Wow, that’s the new thing for me!
If you’re on iOS, Arctic made some big updates that make it arguably better than Voyager IMO. The biggest thing that got me was color picker themes, so you can literally make your own theme (and save and share them). Also the markdown is pretty great now. Voyager is still pretty solid and very good performance and features.
I see. Glad to hear your opinion.
I loved infinity for reddit so I’m on eternity for Lemmy (a fork of infinity). The other I use is Jerboa. Haven’t enjoyed anything else I’ve tried, not that I’ve tried everything.
Love it! I think I’ll settle for Voyager.
