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I'm currently using Jerboa but curious to know whether any of the ones popping up are a better experience!

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[–] ljdawson 102 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

Sync for Lemmy but it's a bit basic right now

[–] XanXic 17 points 1 year ago

Flexing on people

[–] Devgard 14 points 1 year ago

wow what a flex 😂

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

I was a little bit confused until I saw your name

[–] TurnItOff_OnAgain 12 points 1 year ago

Wait... Is this posted from Sync for lemmy? 😍😍😍 I can't wait!

[–] Sponholz 9 points 1 year ago

That was mean... And awesome!

Any chance for alpha/internal testers like we were on the Sync for Reddit?

Wink, wink!

Cheers brother! Nice to see you around here.

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[–] tallwookie 34 points 1 year ago (1 children)

browser. i'll revisit that decision in a few months.

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

Same. I've installed a few apps to keep an eye on their development, but web is still my favourite for now. Some of the apps have gestures and easily collapsible threads, but UIs aren't completely polished yet.

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[–] MusketeerX 32 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Connect for Lemmy.

It's being updated to add features and fix bugs pretty much daily. Which means it is improving at a crazy speed.

It's come a long way since I first started using it - about 3 days ago!

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[–] tzutolin 26 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Sorry it's not an Android app, but I recommend the wefwef, which is an open source PWA project hosted on Github. https://wefwef.app/

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Connect for Lemmy at the moment, but I've signed up to be notified when Sync for Lemmy drops. Sync had everything I wanted for my Reddit app, and I'm hoping for a similar interface for Lemmy when it arrives.

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[–] hailsatan 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm using liftoff until sync is released

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[–] Widowmaker_Best_Girl 21 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Using Liftoff, it's pretty good!

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago

wefwef is surprisingly good

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

wefwef.app until Sync for Lemmy is out

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[–] doppelgangmember 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Connect for Lemmy on Android.

Jerboa had too many breaking bugs for me.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

wefwef.app

Works really smooth.

[–] Magister 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Jerboa does not work with all 0.17 instances, I'm using Connect and may switch to Sync

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[–] s0phia 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Boost for Lemmy when it comes out. Been using Boost since 2017 and I hope to continue doing so!

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[–] Gxost 16 points 1 year ago

Liftoff, it's functional and looks good. Waiting to try Sync for Lemmy, though.

[–] huskerDude 16 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I've only tried Jerboa, Liftoff, and Thunder so far but Thunder is my early favorite. I'll probably keep bouncing around until Sync is ready.

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[–] TheTeaMonster 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Wefwef is very smooth, but I'm also really liking Thunder.

[–] MrMarques8701 13 points 1 year ago

Liftoff seems decent

[–] gon 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Jerboa, Thunder, and Liftoff.

  • Jerboa is the most complete, but it's not very good... It's slow and the UI is very bland.
  • Thunder is great, and has some very nice features. It's still pretty buggy though.
  • Liftoff might be the best out of these 3, but there's some very bad bugs/problems when dealing with separate instances.

IMO. I use Lemmy on desktop most of the time anyways.

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[–] Marble_turret 12 points 1 year ago

Boost for Lemmy is coming soon!

[–] armrods 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Thunder, until Sync for Lemmy is released

Edit: okay, Liftoff is pretty good

[–] TheFrirish 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (10 children)

I'm using wefwef which looks a bit like Apollo. It's browser based but you can install it on your home screen as a browser app.

https://wefwef.app/settings/install

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[–] elboyoloco 12 points 1 year ago

Wefwef has been great and it's a PWA so no need to download.

[–] Tylerdurdon 11 points 1 year ago

Connect for Lemmy

Pretty slick so far

[–] Uncouth 11 points 1 year ago (4 children)

So far Liftoff has my vote on Android.

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[–] glarf 11 points 1 year ago

Connect for lemmy works great for me so far. Though it doesn't support wide screens very well.

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

Was using Jerboa and really liked it up until today, it just crashes now.

Downloaded Liftoff and it seems pretty good. I want something like RIF interface and both apps give me that.

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[–] burretploof 11 points 1 year ago

I was using Jerboa but it seems a little unstable, had it crash on me a number of times.

Currently I'm using wefwef as a Chrome app thing.

https://wefwef.app

[–] idunnololz 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

I might be just a tiny bit biased but it's Summit for Lemmy

Edit: I'm on https://lemmy.world/c/summit if anyone has feedback/feature requests/bug reports, etc.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Wefwef.app best app so far

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Thunder is pretty amazing right now.

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[–] felixculpa 10 points 1 year ago

I'm using Liftoff and I've liked it so far

[–] OverfedRaccoon 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Honestly, not sure at this point. Jerboa has the fullest features as far as everything goes. Every other app has been missing some key functionally for me to varying degrees. Not to say any of them aren't good, but none have truly, ultimately impressed me yet. Sync was my go-to on Reddit, so I have very high hopes for that launch. If I had to pick one alternative that I could use, but still doesn't quite tic all the boxes, it's Thunder. Especially right now, as Jerboa crashes on launch.

EDIT: Liftoff is where it's at. It has all the features other third-party apps are still missing.

[–] L3ft3r1s 10 points 1 year ago

Liftoff all the way! At the moment is miles away. Hopefully more will step up in near future.

[–] CaldeiraG 10 points 1 year ago

Jerboa is the best Boost-like app for me but Liftoff has been a good alternative to .17 instances

[–] markkdark 9 points 1 year ago

I use Liftoff it's clean app for Lemmy.

[–] alphapro06 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] slinky317 8 points 1 year ago

If Sync for Lemmy releases with half of the features and polish of the Reddit version, it's going to default to be the app of choice.

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

I'm just using the mobile website. It works and it doesn't pester me to use something else, which is really refreshing!

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

Jerboa and Connect. The former has been a bit unstable recently so Connect has been my go-to most recently.

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