Hey I figured I’d make a post and see the state of current lemmy appage, since I’m looking for a good one. So far I’ve used Jerboa, Thunder, Eternity, and Voyager.
Eternity seems to be a dead project, it’s full of bugs and hasn’t recieved an update since The Exodus
Thunder seems ok and is what I’m using right now, but I can’t seem to send direct messages, and can’t “Don’t blur NSFW preview on NSFW comms” which sucks. The messaging is the dealbreaker for me.
Voyager I used momentarily but the UI was not my favorite.
Jerboa seems OK if unpolished (which is ok to me) but I don’t trust the rabid idealogue that makes it and using another instance of his site is one thing, but installing an app is another. Has it been audited to confirm lack of spyware?
Ideally through this I can find one with instance blocking, DMs, and a decent UI. What’re your experiences with the current state of lemmy apps?
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Voyager is my go to
Thunder 100%. Super active dev community, constant releases, and if there’s something that does cause a problem, post it as an issue and it typically gets resolved quickly.
I’m a Boost truther. I loved Boost for Reddit, and the dev is usually super responsive in the subreddit when it was a thing. I also used many Reddit apps; BaconReader, Relay, and Apollo on iPhone back when I had one. Boost was easy favorite. I’m not entirely sure how it plays with every lemmy instance though, as I’m just on .world
I also use boost, everything about it seems to work apart from spoiler tags (think because the app still uses reddit’s format instead of lemmy’s).
Yeah, spoiler tags are the one big feature that is missing. There are also some minor things on the moderation side that aren’t there. For example, admin accounts don’t have a full list of options in the moderation menu.
These are my favorite apps in preference order right now:
- Summit
- Boost
- Eternity
- Voyager
- Thunder
- Sync (seriously the damn mark as read on scroll needs to be fixed to be on top 2 again…)
I’d tell my issues with each client just as I did with Sync, but I don’t want to sound mean… (Also they are very specific for my usage and my device I guess), so I chose to keep things positive because we have plenty of pretty good clients! :)
Of course I am missing some other clients but those are the ones that stick in my “Social” folder the most time.
Summit.
Summit is great, and the developer seems really responsive
Summit kicks so much butt! I’ve tried about a dozen apps, but this is the only one I use, though Connect was good too.
The dev is great, and I’ve gotten lots of help and same or next day fixes whenever I’ve reported issues.
It’s beautiful, versatile, and powerful, with a great person backing it up.
+1 on Summit
I’m made Quiblr. Lot’s of cool features (For You feed, different post formats, etc.). Plus I tried to make the UI clean and intuitive.
Just a web client right now. If there’s enough demand, I’ll make a native version.
Lmk what you think
Hey, is open-sourcing Quiblr still planned?
Awesome ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ
Yup. I will have a full update in a few days regarding Quiblr!
The Eternity Dev has returned, and released a new update for it. Last I checked the update hasn’t released on f-droid due to the build failing, but it is available on aurora or play store.
I went from Boost for Reddit straight to Boost for Lemmy. It does everything I need and the dev is quite active with new features etc.
I started out with Memmy and was kinda meh about it. Not bad but not great. Then I found Voyager and never looked back. As a paid Apollo refugee, Voyager makes me almost forget that I’m on a different platform from the days of yore.
Eternity got a big update just a week ago
Not seeing it on f-droid yet.
The dev just submitted another build today
Voyager is the best
Eternity received an update fairly recently
I like Tesseract but I may be a bit biased since I maintain it. Lol. If you liked “new” Reddit from before the exodus, it’s a lot like that.
Also, there’s https://www.lemmyapps.com/ which is a nice directory you can filter by platform and features.
So far voyager is working for me, but the UI leaves a lot desired. The reply icon looks like a share icon.
I’ve tried Boost, Connect, Eternity, Jerboa, Liftoff, Summit, Sync, Thunder, and Voyager.
My favourites are Eternity and Thunder. Eternity is the only app I’ve found with “swipe between posts” navigation. Thunder has the best remote instance link handling, and its tools for inserting usernames and community names are better than even the Lemmy web UI.
