NOTE: For more up-to-date list, see the iOS section on this post from [email protected]


There has been quite a few posts regarding Lemmy apps for iOS, and their installation process might not be straightforward since they’re PWA or beta. Here’s a list of apps mentioned and their links:

⭐ Released

Voyager (formerly wefwef) (📱PWA)
Mlem
Lemmios
Thunder
Avelon
Arctic

🚧 TestFlight Beta

⚠ Note that apps below are potentially abandoned, please check each community for updates

Olympus
Lemmotif
Echo (closed alpha)

⛔ Abandoned

⚠ Apps below seem to have been abandoned by lack of community posts/new releases

Liftoff!
Memmy
Bean
  • @shinjiikarus
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    881 year ago

    Mlem is Great! But what really surprised me is wefwef, hands down the best PWA I’ve ever seen

    • @checkforupdates
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      291 year ago

      wefwef is seriously one of the best PWA I’ve ever seen. I’m interested in trying out mlem once it goes live on the App Store

      • LazaroFilm
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        111 year ago

        Why do you want to wait for the App Store version? FlightTest is made by apple, no jailbreak, no illegal things. It’s a separate App Store where you need an invite link to access an app. And here is the Link

        • @checkforupdates
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          81 year ago

          You’re right, I don’t have a good reason not to use it other than preference. I used to be on beta for everything when I was on Android and when I switched to iOS I decided not to.

          • @smellythief
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            19 months ago

            a good reason not to use it other than preference

            So why is that your preference? You didn’t really say.

            • @checkforupdates
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              19 months ago

              Well I did mention why in my previous reply. I used to be on beta for all my apps but I got tired of things sometimes not working and having to update all the time and/or missing features. So now I prefer stable, more feature complete App Store builds. It’s just my preference.

    • @Graphy
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      161 year ago

      Sorry Dumb question but what’s a PWA vs TestFlight?

      • @Anomalous_Llama
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        301 year ago

        PWA- progressive web app

        An app that is actually just a webpage that behaves like an app and runs through safari. A TestFlight app is a full regular iOS app but in beta so you install it from the TestFlight app like a different App Store.

        Think when a new call of duty or other video game releases early in beta access. Same idea with TestFlight. Memmy is in TestFlight (I’m using it rn) but is being submitted for normal App Store release now.

      • @Anomalous_Llama
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        81 year ago

        PWA- progressive web app

        An app that is actually just a webpage that behaves like an app and runs through safari. A TestFlight app is a full regular iOS app but in beta so you install it from the TestFlight app like a different App Store.

        Think when a new call of duty or other video game releases early in beta access. Same idea with TestFlight. Memmy is in TestFlight (I’m using it rn) but is being submitted for normal App Store release now.

    • @[email protected]
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      1 year ago

      Mlem is great!

      It’s a shame Mlem doesn’t have an iPad version. This makes it unusable to me

      screenshot

    • Mbourgon everywhere
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      31 year ago

      Of the three I’ve used (Memmy, Mlem, Wefwef), Wefwef is the only one that seems to be able to tell that you’ve read a reply and stops showing it as unread. Unsure why. Very very pleased with Wefwef.

    • @Kerandir
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      11 year ago

      Now is a native app too on testflight!

  • @DanseMacabre
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    531 year ago

    wefwef is actually crazy good for a web app. feels as close as we’ll ever get to having Apollo for Lemmy

      • @MaxG
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        121 year ago

        It’s actually insane how similar it feels to Apollo, like even the swipe commands on comments are the same

    • @HollywoodFlowers
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      111 year ago

      Wow, this just changed the user experience dramatically for me!

    • @anon_8675309
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      11 year ago

      It’s ridiculous how good it is. I thought Elk was good for Mastodon, but wefwef is … wow.

  • Bosa
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    481 year ago

    I’m using wefwef as well and it’s legit a Apollo clone which is awesome! Now just need more people to come over to here and Lemmy will be even better then Reddit since it’s part of the fediverse

    • @[email protected]
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      451 year ago

      wefwef is like Apollo-lite so it’s not surprising that it’s so popular. It follows much of the same design language but not quite as buttoned up or full-featured as the more mature Apollo.

      It was an easy transition for me since I was an Apollo user.

      • @scarabic
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        331 year ago

        “It follows the same design language” is an understatement. It’s a straight copy. I’m not saying that’s a bad thing, though I have some questions with regard to Christian Selig’s intellectual property rights here, if any.

        • @hpucks
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          61 year ago

          My first thought upon loading wefwef was “I wonder if the Apollo guy is pissed.”

          • @Dark_Blade
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            31 year ago

            lol Christian probably doesn’t care; he hasn’t announced his own app, which makes me think he’s out of the game.

  • @[email protected]
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    361 year ago

    Very impressed with wefwef. And somehow it’s the only client I’ve found that has swipe-to-fold-comments. A required feature IMO.

    • @moosh
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      71 year ago

      Memmy and Thunder both have tap to fold and swipe to vote / reply as well.

    • @[email protected]
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      11 year ago

      I wish we could configure the swipe gestures so that swipe left is to vote instead of now where its swipe right to vote.

  • @Gingerlegs
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    361 year ago

    Wefwef is awesome for Apollo users

  • @Aytsuqi
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    301 year ago

    Using wefwef right now, feels pretty good and not a change from Apollo. Looking forward to see its progress

  • @bittabet
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    281 year ago

    Wefwef is shockingly usable considering it’s a PWA. Only thing that’s reminding me this isn’t Apollo is the occasional need to tap again before scrolling.

  • @j_miso
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    231 year ago

    Just waiting for the AppStore release!

    Dang, Lemmy must be a little wacky today with all the influx. Accidentally did a triple post (from Mlem)!

    • @thisisdeeOPM
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      111 year ago

      Yeah definitely some issues right now. Had to delete this post and recreated it because it originally posted just half of the content and my edit wouldn’t go through. I’m seeing lots of duplicate comments as well everywhere

    • @tastypoobutt
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      51 year ago

      Also noticed a lot of slowness today, especially posting comments.

  • @ebits21
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    1 year ago

    Memmy is just waiting on official App Store approval.

    • @PineapplePartisan
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      51 year ago

      I’ll try those one first. I’m an Apollo refugee, but I’d prefer to stick with apps that come from the official TestFlight/App Store rather than side-loaded ones. Especially when putting in credentials for a site.

      • @[email protected]
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        31 year ago

        Definitely give wefwef.app a try, it’s basically an Apollo clone for federated instances and it’s PWA so you don’t need to download any TestFlight betas or sideload ipa’s

    • @thisisdeeOPM
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      91 year ago

      My bad! Copy pasting error. Should be fixed now.

  • @[email protected]
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    161 year ago

    I’m really enjoying Memmy. I know it’s in TestFlight and still has some bugs to iron out, but overall a good experience.

  • @[email protected]
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    1 year ago

    I’d love to try wefwef but it seems to only support 3 different Lemmy instances. I’d like to use it with my own instance.

    EDIT: thanks for pointing out that it’s indeed possible to use wefwef with any instance. What an amazing PWA!

    • @[email protected]
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      151 year ago

      You can use it with your own instance. There’s an “other” option in the latest release that lets you plug in the URL.

    • @[email protected]
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      81 year ago

      You can, just hit the profile button at the bottom, hit “login” in the top right, then select “other”

    • @[email protected]
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      31 year ago

      A quick call out since it sounds like you’re hosting your own instance - you can also choose to host a private version of Wefwef for yourself. Their GitHub has instructions around that, and it may improve performance for you as well.

  • @diogenes_amore
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    121 year ago

    Anybody else getting “Problem fetching posts” errors after installing Wefwef?

    • @dab
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      101 year ago

      There’s an update available for the wefwef app in the settings menu. Updating may help resolve your issue.

    • @valeriecherish
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      61 year ago

      lol yes we posted at the same time - maybe they’re just getting hammered with apollo expatriates

  • @Honkinwaffles
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    I am going to give wefwef a try. I was using Mlem at first but I wasn’t a fan. Still a bit worried about wefwef as I wasn’t a fan of Apollo at all but willing to try!

    Thanks for putting together this list!

    • @thisisdeeOPM
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      1 year ago

      Unfortunately most of these are Apollo clones since it was very popular. I’d suggest Liftoff if you prefer a different thing. It uses a different design but still nice. Although I haven’t tried Thunder so I’m not sure about that one.

      • @Honkinwaffles
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        21 year ago

        No worries, If I don’t end up liking this I have many options which is nice.