It's missing features and performance really starts chugging after a few minutes of scrolling, but updates are in the pipeline. Thunder and Wefwef are the best looking apps so far imo
this post was submitted on 01 Jul 2023
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I haven’t used wefwef yet, but I’m on Liftoff right now it’s pretty good. Mlem and Memmy are okay. So far I haven’t really felt like any of edged ahead.
FWIW the pre release build is actually in a pretty good state right now
Like all lemmy apps. Lemmy is relatively new and its apps included.
Thanks for the obtanium hint. New to me.
I was sceptical at first, but it’s great! It properly parses repos, it shows you a preview of where you’re about to download from, and if there are multiple assets in a release it lets you pick the right one. And then it does auto-updates just like an F-Droid client!
Thunder is OK for now, until Sync comes out
Indeed!
Have tried Thunder, Jerboa, Liftoff. I'm finding the web app wefwef.app better though, since it's based on Apollo and has a really nice UI/UX.
Yea its a little jank still but much cleaner than the other apps I've tried. Excited for Sync and Boost to come out with apps tho
Love this app at the moment - it will have a fight when SyncForLemmy comes out.
Sync isn't going to be FOSS, so no, there is no competition, IMO.
I mean, they are going to be pulling from a similar pool of users. While I agree philosophically that FOSS is better, I can imagine some of the paid features from someone being able to dedicate themselves full time to developing an app may be preferable.
Boost will
Tried "Memmy" before and right now I like Thunder a bit more. The UI looks cleaner to me, it works well. Good job, I have put it on my phone where I used to have Apollo.
I’m trying it now too, thanks for the comment, but if you’re an ex-Apollo like me, I highly recommend giving a try to Wefwef.app. It’s a web app but you can install it on your screen and looks almost identical to Apollo and feels very much like home. I discovered it today thanks to another comment and I can’t believe this exists.
I have just read about it in a different comment as well, tried it and it does feel a bit like coming home. Thank you for recommending it to me as well, it's wonderful to see that it gets easier and easier to take part here!
Also installable via the IzzyOnDroid f-droid repo.
You can also get in on F-Droid.
Been using it so far and like it very much. Some minor issues here and there but nothing serious.
It's only on the IzzyOnDroid repo to be clear, although it will probably end up on base F-Droid eventually.
Yeah, this is the one I like the most of the current available ones.
Thanks for raising awareness. Seeing a lot of liftoff, connect, jerboa and wefwef but not as much thunder. I personally like thunder the best so far of the four.
Also, pro tip, we can all prefer different apps! There is no right or wrong app, there's just whichever is right for you!
is it on Fdroid?
Yep, I'm using obtainium for lemmy apps currently though since the update intervals are pretty short considering they are in alpha.
I'm using it, I like it a lot so far. Only downside is it seems to be 60hz limited
Thanks to the dev taking my issues seriously it may very well be the most screen reader accessible lemmy app around
Yeah, love it.
- posted from Thunder
Thank you for Obtainium, I had no idea this existed and it's helping me a lot with the amount of apps I download from Github.
Just got the TestFlight and typing this comment from the app cause of this post. It’s really nice
Thunder is good. Liftoff looks pretty slick too.
For those that might prefer something more minimalistic but snappy, Connect for Lemmy is also really good.
Connect feels much slower than RiF was, but idk if it's the app or if the hosts are just slower than Reddit servers.
sideloaded on iOS, except for some small issues i love it!
It looked good while not logged in, but didn't work once I logged in.