To me it seems like the landscape for Lemmy apps are sort of stagnant. I’m using Voyager and Mlem but I’m not sure if Voyager will get an iOS 26 makeover due to it’s cross platform nature.

So what are you using?

  • th3dogcow@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Arctic, but the TestFlight expires in 13 days, and the AppStore version was last updated 7 months ago. I’m not complaining, as it is free. However, it’s the only app I’ve tried that has the swipe back option that Apollo had, and I find that really useful. If you want to return to the last post you viewed, from the feed screen you simply swipe from right to left.

    Do any other apps have this feature now?

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      4 months ago

      Does Voyager cost for basic?

      Swipe back feature works pretty much like Apollo did.

      Image treatment is a little weird sometimes.

      Works fine on iPad as well as iPhone.

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        4 months ago

        Thanks for the reply. I’ve tried it before and I tried it again just now and for the life of me I could not find a way to swipe to return to the previous post from the main feed. If there is a setting I am missing I’d love to be proven wrong.

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          Voyager can do this but I’ve never gotten it to work intentionally. I see it happen probably once a day when trying to swipe to upvote a post but I can’t seem to recreate it intentionally.

          Edit: I figured it out! You have to swipe from past the edge of the screen. It is hard to do with a case on.

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            4 months ago

            Thanks. I tried with a without a case just now with not the TestFlight and the web app and still couldn’t get it to work! I also have a glass screen protector I wonder if that is messing with it? Anyway, the way Arctic has it implement it works every time.

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        I think it’s based on Apollo source?

        What’s cool is it’s also on Android (I have one of each). Apollo was never on Android. And it’s neat, being on Android and you open Voyager and you’re using an iOS-looking app in Android. It’s not the first. I also have Apple Music on both of them, and yeah, that’s iOS design language through and through. Some Google apps are Android-themed on iOS, and that’s fine… for the people who use them. I really don’t, except Gmail.

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          4 months ago

          I don’t use any google products except YouTube because there’s no real alternative

          It looks like Apollo but doesn’t act like Apollo. It’s not nearly as intuitive or easy to use

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    4 months ago

    I’m using Mlem since its testflight.

    For now, I’m quite satisfied with the app store version

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        4 months ago

        Seems like the app store version hasn’t had any updates in awhile, but the testflight gets updated every week? Seems kinda odd.

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          This is true. The dev has been adding Piefed support recently which is why it’s been updated weekly. I’m on the TestFlight.

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        4 months ago

        I tried mlem after this comment and actually liked it a bit more than voyager. I wish Compact comment view could be customized though, I want to view upvotes instead of replies

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      Yep, when Voyager had an issue with the iOS 26 Beta (blank pages), I’ve tried Mlem and it worked just fine. And you can configure it that it basically looks like Voyager - just a tad more modern.

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    I use Thunder, the latest stable version for iOS. It works pretty well, and I don’t have issues with the app itself. It has a nice and customizable interface that is quick to parse. It is a paid app (I made the purchase, as I like supporting developers).

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    I have 2 of them. Voyager and Thunder. Thunder I use pretty much as you’d expect to use a Lemmy app. But on voyager I can easily block posts containing specific words, so I have a politics block list. The one I use when I just want Lemmy. The other I use for Lemmy minus the politics overwhelm.

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    4 months ago

    Voyager not getting an iOS 26 makeover is more reason to keep using it

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        Oh that sucks! I just remember the guy who was coding it or whatever was trying so hard and he did so many fixes when I first got it FOR FREE and it was so endearing. But I guess I can switch over to a better one if he doesn’t care about it anymore. If he does, then I will die using Memmy.