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Hello,

I've been using Reddit for several years, most of which through RIF. On my desktop, I used to use old.reddit, but with how things are going, I doubt it'll survive much longer. They might just ride out the current storm before they go that far. However, I spend a significant portion of my time on the internet on my phone, so I'm looking for a simple, easy to use app that's similar to what I'm used to.

Android btw.

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Jerboa is developed by Lemmy's devs. It's fairly decent, though it needs some polish in the search functionality.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

In most functionality, not just the search.

It's okay, I'm using it now, but it definitely feels like a beta app.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If you go to their github page (pull request) you can see what they are currently working ~~at~~ on:

https://github.com/dessalines/jerboa/pulls

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It's still in alpha phase

[–] XXXalio 20 points 1 year ago

Was looking into the same. Currently trying Jerboa for Lemmy. First steps on Lemmy so no opinion yet.

[–] Peereboominc 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not at the moment that I am aware.. There are apps but they are not as good as RIF. Hopefully the 3rd party reddit apps will be ported.

[–] Hanabie 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah a LemmyIsFun would be awesome :)

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Wouldnt count on it from the dev of that app as he is working on a tildes app right now. Someone showed it in the redditisfun subreddit. He apparently was taking donations on their forum. A shame to be honest. I dont like Tildes as platform. I dont want a reddit clone that can have the same problems as Reddit has now.

[–] Hanabie 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yeah I'm just warming up to the idea of the whole fediverse thing. I think it's an awesome idea, just a little confusing for a newbie like me :) I'll stick with this for sure.

[–] Serpent 3 points 1 year ago

The Reddit Sync developer is looking at developing a Lemmy app. I really hope he follows through as Sync is fantastic.

At the moment I am using Jerboa and it is fine for the time being.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I'm using the PWA.

As I understand this community is better suited for open-ended questions, this post might fit better in [email protected]

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

for iOS Mlem is similar to Apollo. Link should be on the official Lemmy page

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I wouldn’t say mlem is similar to Apollo. At least not yet. It’s in a very early state and is missing a lot of essential features. You can basically read threads and that’s about it. Posting and replying is super rudimentary, you can’t see your own profile and notifications are just a placeholder.

I’m sure it will be great in a few months but right now, the web version is your best choice on iOS.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Give it some time. The devs are currently working things out.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

That was my takeaway as well

[–] Thekingoflorda 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think it has the most important features already in it, but what mainly bothers me is the fact that is crashes a lot and that you can’t search for new communities.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m able to search for communities by tapping the “Subscribed” title at the top and then typing something, it should show autocompleted communities.

[–] Thekingoflorda 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks! Wow, that’s well hidden

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There are notifications in Mlem?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

The last version added a "Messages" tab but so far it doesn't have any content.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Quite literally, the developer for RIF is working on a Tildes app, part of the Fediverse. Tildes is invite only for now, however - that might change down the line.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The mobile website for Lemmy is pretty good, at least for my instance.

[–] Hanabie 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah that's what I'm using right now, too. Better than expected, makes it easier to wait for a polished app.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

On android I was able to install it as a webapp, it works really well to the point where I don't really need more.