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?

  • CMLVI@lemmy.worldEnglish
    191·
    4 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

    • Bangs42@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      4 months ago

      Boost user checking in, also currently on .world but I’ve been on several and… it’s fine. No problems.

      I used to use Sync, but the sporadic updates lead to rapidly piling bugs.

      • CMLVI@lemmy.worldEnglish
        31·
        4 months ago

        I remember using Sync, but it didn’t really stick for me. If it’s the one I’m thinking of, it’s like Relay but slightly worse?

    • arudesalad@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      4·
      4 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
        4·
        4 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.

    • forgotaboutlaye@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      4 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!

  • kratoz29@lemm.eeEnglish
    11·
    4 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.

  • intelisense@lemm.eeEnglish
    10·
    4 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.

  • yo_scottie_oh@lemmy.mlEnglish
    10·
    4 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.

  • Aurelius@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    4 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

  • 9point6@lemmy.worldEnglish
    82·
    4 months ago

    Sync is fantastic, IMO. I switched from Jerboa and Connect a year ago and never needed to look back.

    The dev isn’t super active, but updates seem to drop when they need to

    • CMLVI@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      4 months ago

      Ooh Sync is another one I enjoyed! I swear I bought every large 3rd party app to try out fully. Google Pay Rewards, thank you. Lol

  • JohnWorks@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    3·
    4 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.

  • arudesalad@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    3·
    4 months ago

    You can look at the app list on join-lemmy.org. Ignore the big scary warnings on there about non foss apps unless you want a foss app. Most of the proprietary apps are just made by hobbyists who don’t want the world to see their spaghetti code.