Voyager, mostly because it’s similar to Apollo, a very popular app for Reddit, in many ways. As I was an Apollo user, it is nice to have some of the features replicated.
I’m also on Voyager! I tried all the other apps too but this one had most or all the features I missed from Apollo!
Still have it on my phone as wefwef. Voyager is the best.
Great interface.
Voyager is amazing. If I wasn’t already in love with Sync I would have stayed with it happily.
Mlem. There isn’t really a main reason. I like it because:
- It’s native SwiftUI, so it feels super snappy and “Apple-y” the same way Apollo used to
- It’s FOSS (though that’s sort of table stakes around here)
- The widget customizer thingy on the beta build is absolutely fantastic
- It’s not ugly. There are a bunch of apps that just sorta aped the Apollo UI without any of the attention to detail
- I have a ton of faith in the stability of the dev team. There was a bunch of drama early in its development and I was pretty sure the project was going to die, but it didn’t and it’s been (as far as I can tell) smooth ever since
My only gripes are that the scrolling is still sometimes funky on the beta build and development isn’t the fastest, but once all the apps are in their fully-built stable state I think Mlem is absolutely going to stand out among the crowd.
Just installed it based on your comment, and am giving it a shot. Seems nice thus far!
Does it have the ability to block entire instances? That’s one thing I miss with Sync
I’m one of the Mlem devs. We don’t have it yet, but it’s on our roadmap–its planned to be implemented within the next couple of weeks.
Awesome. Is keyword filtering available? Didn’t see a feature list on github, I’ll give it a try anyway but that kind of filtering is what I’m really looking for.
Yes! You can find it in Settings -> Content Filtering. We’ve got plans for more robust filtering in the works as well.
Avelon. A native iOS app with a decently active developer. Has all features i would expect from a Lemmy app at this point.
I also tried Voyager, but it seemed a bit off to me.
I second this one, voyager is okay, but I want something at least a little new. Using essentially all of Apollo’s designs is kinda bleh
Was gonna say…
Wefwef
Same
Feels just like Apollo did.
Same. Was the first usable I came across, and I stuck to it. I believe they renamed it into something generic I can’t remember.
i call this move debranding.
Voyager is an infinitely less stupid (albeit forgettable) name than wefwef.
Only downside is that it doesn’t have different icons, which Memmy and Mlem do. But eh.
The version in the App Store does.
Here is a shameless plug for my own Lemmy app Arctic. It’s a fully native pure Swift based app built with performance and content presentation in mind. It’s packed full of features, and more are being added all the time.
More information is available over at [email protected]
Since you’re a dev, I have a question: does participating in FlightTests deanonymize and make infividual users identifiable to the devs (something, something, UUID…).
Been very interested and slightly concerned I haven’t really been thinking ahead :/
Great question! No information is provided by TestFlight to the developer by joining a test group. When submitting feedback such as crash reports, or screenshots, then only anonymous device information is provided such as iOS version, device type, connection type, time zone, battery level, free disk space, and screen size. Optionally users can also provide their email address when submitting feedback so the developer can contact them, but this is not required.
There are also private TestFlight groups where you need to share your email with the developer so they can specifically add you to the test group, but that is the only difference between private and public groups.
So you can rest easy, you’ve not been sharing any information just by joining a public TestFlight.
Thats more the issue, the AppleID which by definition (usually) deanonymizes you and bluntly articulates the trail and profile generated by your email
Thank you for the recognition and reassurance (sorta)
Are you FOSS?
Free, yes. Open Source, not as of now. I just haven’t decided yet if I’ll be open sourcing the project or not.
Looks great! Any ideas when it will be released in the App Store?
Thank you! I don’t have a firm release date just yet, though I am pushing for a release date sometime at the end of October. This is largely dependent on how much I can get done in that timeframe, so this could change.
That’s awesome, can’t wait to try it out!
Looks really good at first glance! I might have to make this my main driver for a bit! Any chance you’ll support more themes in the future?
For reference I’ve been using Memmy and Voyager and this has a feel somewhere between them. The native support is definitely a plus!
That’s great, glad your liking it so far! I definitely plan on adding a lot more customization options going forward. Right now there is not much in terms of customization, I’ve primarily been focusing on making sure all the core features of Lemmy are supported before transitioning to appearance settings.
Arctic is at a point now where virtually everything except for Admin tools are supported, so I am planning to start adding more customization options, and detail adjustments in the next couple of releases. I try to push at least one update a week with new features and fixes.
I’m always open to suggestions so if you have any feedback, don’t hesitate to ask.
Voyager. Looks like Apollo.
wefwef is good enough for my casual browsing.
Thunder. Unique design that stands out among a sea of Apollo clones. Special mention to Arctic because it can embed and scrub videos/gifs without opening the in-app browser.
I’ve tried about 5-6 different ones and they all try to replicate Apollo. Memmy is probably the best of them in my opinion but none of them are as good as narwhal was for Reddit. I don’t understand the fascination for Apollo. Why we need 6 different Lemmy apps that are all very similar doesn’t make sense to me.
Avelon for a very simple reason, it’s compact mode is slightly more compact than the others I’ve tried
Bean. I just like the way it looks. Thunder is a close second.
Pros cons Voyager vs Avelon? Anyone? And is Avelon open source?
I was using browser but recently found Memmy. So far, so good. It reminds me of older R apps, which suits me.
I still haven’t moved away from memmy, it’s a bit buggy at the moment because it hasn’t been updated for a couple of months but the swipe gestures don’t feel right on any of the alternatives I’ve tried. They’re either slightly laggy, or seem hard to trigger without also vertical scrolling
