Hi, !android@lemdro.id community! It’s been exciting seeing the Lemmy apps ecosystem continue to evolve, with all sorts of options emerging. Whether you’re a seasoned resident of the Fediverse or a newcomer, we’d love to hear about your experiences and expectations for the future.

  • Which Lemmy apps have you tried?
  • Do you have any favourites? If so, what sets them apart from the others?
  • Are there upcoming apps you’re looking forward to releasing?
  • What other functionality would you like to see from a Lemmy app?
  • littlecolt@lemm.eeEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I am a former Baconreader user. Connect, with just a few options tweaks, is very close to what Baconreader was. I’m enjoying it.

    • Ja'Crispy@lemm.eeEnglish
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      2 years ago

      I tweaked Connect to look similar to RiF, which is what I used for Reddit. I’m really enjoying it so far.

    • DanVctr@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      2 years ago

      Once I switched Connect to dark mode, I felt like I was right back IN Baconreader. Just need a home screen widget and it’ll be like nothing changed. ♥

    • slaytswiftfan@beehaw.orgEnglish
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      2 years ago

      connect doesn’t seem to let me subscribe to other instances outside of beehaw though? or I’m missing something?

      • littlecolt@lemm.eeEnglish
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        2 years ago

        Click the three dots and click subscribe while viewing a community on another instance. You can also subscribe from the left bar. Under your feeds and subscriptions, you can see top communities and subscribe. You can also search at the top of the left bar.

  • Altair@vlemmy.netEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Voyager/wefwef is the best one rn honestly, even if the design language is iOS

    Waiting for Sync and Boost 🙏🙏

  • Aftermath6187@vlemmy.netEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I’ve tried jerboa, thunder, wefwef, connect and liftoff. I was having some problems, but they may have been more related to the instance I was on.

    In the last couple days, I’ve been mostly gravitating to wefwef and liftoff. I’d say wefwef is my favorite, but how it handles the back gesture on android is annoying.

    • isdfoa@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 years ago

      I’ve also been pretty satisfied with wefwef for the most part, although posts fail to load sometimes and I see random errors (not sure if this is on wefwef or Lemmy.world).

      The UI, features, and infinite scrolling is great, hoping they can provide a material theme soon rather than iOS but I’m getting used to it tbh.

    • henfredemars@infosec.pubEnglish
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      2 years ago

      I’ve been using liftoff and the experience has vastly improved since I switched to an instance that isn’t regularly returning 503.

  • mkhopper@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    So far I’ve only tried Connect and Liftoff, with Connect being the better of the two.

    However, being a serious Sync user for Reddit, once that app is ready for Lemmy, I’m sure there won’t be any other alternative.

  • BullsOnParade@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    On Jerboa. Probably need to give connect a shot at some point just to experience it. But I’ll almost certainly switch to Boost once it drops. Absolutely hooked on that for reddit for many years and it’s such an awesome client I’m sure it’s dev, Ruben Mayayo, will do no less for Lemmy.

  • bobbysq@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Jerboa’s improved a lot lately, but I’ve also been using Connect when it has problems. When the Lemmy versions of popular Reddit apps come out, I might switch to one of them since I expect them to be more refined out of the gate.

    The thing I think I want the most is a clone of RIF’s comment navigation. Being able to easily skip through long threads is a feature I didn’t realize I’d miss, but I used it all the time on there. Jerboa kind of has it now, but it doesn’t let you move up through child comments and the “active” comment is always at the top of the screen.

  • EtzBetz@feddit.deEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I’m currently using wefwef because it’s the most polished one regarding UI, that I’ve found. The jerboa one didn’t let me sign in via feddit.de because of version mismatch.

    But I’m very certain that I’ll switch to Sync for Lemmy once that’s out, as was a very long-time user of Sync for Reddit and it’s UI just was so clean.

  • Nato Boram@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I’m making a web app at the moment for personal use. So far, you can scroll posts, sort, filter, upvote, downvote, view one comment page, view a user’s posts, view a community’s posts, subscribe / block users and communities… and that’s about it

    Ironically, since it doesn’t have the blur NSFW post feature yet, it’s a much better client for browsing NSFW communities than established clients :D

    screenshot

    Absolutely not ready for prime time yet; there’s no deployment, you have to build it from source and it you can’t even comment. https://github.com/NatoBoram/Leanish

    • mruczek@lemm.eeEnglish
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      2 years ago

      From the screenshot it looks like you can type in the page number? That’s pretty neat

      • Nato Boram@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 years ago

        It’s honestly something I have always wanted from Reddit. You know that moment when you open a post, do stuff, go back and then suddenly you lost your scroll position and you have to go back to where you were and it takes so much time that you just close the app? Yeah, fuck that.

        I’m thinking about infinite scrolling in a way that edits the page number automatically so that you can go back even if you reload the page, but it’s definitely not a priority at the moment. I’d rather add basic features like commenting and posting first. And maybe basic mod tools, since it’s always something that third-party apps lack for some reason.

  • n7gifmdn@lemmy.caEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I really hope some of these are working on ensuring compatibility with both lemmy and kbin platforms. I expected they’d just work, because ActivityPub, as I assumed the backends where more alike than similar, but since kbin.social accounts don’t seem to be able to login, I suspect there will be more work necessary than this end user thought.

  • InAmberClad@lemmy.nzEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I was a Relay user for years and found that I prefer Connect followed closely by Jerboa.

    I’ve also tried Thunder and Liftoff which are both great but the UI/UX of Connect and Jerboa seem to feel more at home for me.

    I make an effort to use all four interchangeably but my thumb gravitates to Connect more often than not.

  • eierkuchen@feddit.deEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I like Liftoff, didn’t work too well at first but got an update yesterday and since then it’s smooth sailing. Ahoi!

  • TheGreenGolem@lemm.eeEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Jerboa, Summit, Connect, Liftoff, Lemmotif, Thunder, Wefwef

    My favourites are Connect and Liftoff. And in the last couple of days Jerboa had a good catch-up run.
    I mean they ALL evolved a good deal in the last 2 weeks, it’s just amazing. Thank you, devs!

    Upcoming? Yes. Sync. I’ve used it for Reddit for like 6 years. I miss it very, very deeply.

  • wtvr@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I’ve tried all the apps in the play store but haven’t found one that lets me doomscroll horizontally by swiping right. Anyone know if I’m just a idiot or do none of them have that functionality?