I'm using thunder because it's the best of what I've tried.
this post was submitted on 07 Mar 2025
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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.
Thunder
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.
Connect
seconding Connect, it Works
Yeah third for connect, and tbe creator is super responsive and genuinely tries
Thunder, it's really good
Jerboa sorely lacks the absolute basic feature of searching for keywords in posts. It only supports searching for community names. I can't think of any other app that does NOT support general search.
So Voyager for me, mostly because it has the most active developer.
I had to switch away from Jerboa because it would crash any time I'd create a link with custom text in my comments. I switched to Voyager and it's on lot more stable.
Ya, not supporting full search is weird..
And also, there is only one font size for the whole thing, ui, comments, posts, etc.. Not good..
And other several minor things. Other then that, it is awesome.
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Sync
Voyager because it looks and feels like Apollo for Reddit (RIP BTW)
My Apollo still works for browsing somehow
I'm using Voyager too!
And it seems to be the most trustworthy when it comes to data imo
Exactly why I picked it.
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Raccoon.
It's the one that stuck after trying them all for a long time.
Voyager.
Me too. Voyager is a fine name but there was something dumb/charming about the name Wefwef.
oh cool it's The Thread
use sync
Boost. I used it on Reddit, continued to use it through the mod workaround, switched to Boost for Lemmy after they shut that down yesterday, and now here I am.
Same, but you can repatch boost for reddit to work again. Check the boost Lemmy sub, it has a pretty big post on it.
I also use Boost.
The only thing I think it's missing is a seamless way to open other instances' homepage.
literally my story
Same, boost layout is just so clean. Sad I couldn't keep my ad free existence from the other app but guy deserves to be paid.
Same, Boost is really good.
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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.
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
Yep, tried everything and Thunder is the best for me.
I've moved from Boost to Thunder. It's a great experience so far.
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Been using Thunder for a year.
Voyager
Excellent app
Jerboa. From the Lemmy devs and works great.
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.
I like and use Thunder. It's cross platform on iOS and Android so I get the same consistent interface from my iPad and my android phone.
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.
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Jerboa. Of the ones I have tried, it feels the most like Baconreader (RIP) to me.
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.
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Back and forth between jerboa and Voyager. No reason why both, I just do.
Jerboa hits that same sweet spot that RIF did.
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