I need your opinion and suggestions on the best Lemmy client to use.
P.S., I currently use Voyager as my client.
As someone who was used to Apollo
and is still using it, I’ve seen no reason to switch from Voyager.#VoyagerFam
Jerboa is great. Free and made by the head Lemmy Dev. Never tried others
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iOS design language in an Android app creeps me out tbh
I’m using iOS but still feel comfortable to use Voyager in my iPhone.
Connect has works well for me. Reminds me of reddit is fun which was my go to
I tried a bunch but jerboa has been constantly good for me :)
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I use both Voyager and Eternity.
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I personally love Voyager.
Same goes for me. I feel dizzy after trying Mlem. 😵💫
Welp, I’m on voyager too lol
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The search is powerful!
Mlem
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Voyager is my favorite, but mlem is a close second for me
Glad to hear that you like Voyager too. 🤗
I used to use Boost for Reddit so I naturally started using Boost for Lemmy when it came out. But for some reason I wasn’t quite satisfied with it.
I’m currently on Thunder and have been liking it a lot. Don’t really hear it talked about much though.
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I really enjoy Sync.
I was using Voyager until Sync got ported over to Lemmy. Voyager is great, but I find Sync more responsive. I also really appreciate Sync’s appearance customization. I’m old, so I like cranking the size of some text.
I think there’s an ad supported version of Sync if you want to try it. I paid the CDN$10 or whatever it cost on release. It’s worth it to me.
I think I want to give a try to Sync soon. Thanks for the suggestion.
I find Sync more responsive.
I like cranking the size of some text
I’m on iOS and Voyager has many customizations and the ability to change text sizes. I’ve never noticed any issues with responsiveness.
Is this another one of those “well I was on Android and used sync vs well I was iOS and used AlienBlue / Apollo ” comments? Perhaps androids Voyager not as good as the iOS version? I guess it depends on what OP is using for mobile.
I also really like sync. I also paid for the ad free version.
But there are still some issues and the dev is, again, inactive.
Yeah. As much as I like Sync, I’m envious of aeharding’s constant improvements to Voyager.
yep. i lived Avelon until development stopped, and Voyager passed it up. the continued development is the long term play. my only problem with voyager is it doesnt let you come back to where you left off. i leave the app to google up something before i post it and when i go to return the post has vanished.
i want non-volatile Voyager.
I feel like Sync doesn’t really need an update? It seems complete to me.
Sync has had serious issues in the past such as an easily triggered, reproducible, guaranteed crash on open, with the dev not putting out a fix for months. This neglect goes back several years, to back when Sync was a Reddit client. Most infamously he disappeared for over a year when his UI refresh wasn’t well received.
The app is great (I’m only on Boost due to user tags requiring a paid subscription in Sync), but his response time to issues is glacial. And if doesn’t help that it’s by far the most expensive client if you want it ad-free, and features that used to be free now require an even more expensive subscription to use.
First I’ve heard of any show stopping bugs. Been running fine for me (lemmy and reddit) and countless others. Maybe some niche incompatibility with your device.
The crash I referenced was caused by having the scrollbar enabled IIRC, and it was fixed earlier this year. It made it impossible to launch the main activity without crashing if you’d enabled that setting, so users were sharing workarounds to launch directly to the settings screen without loading any communities so they could disable it.
Big +1 for Sync.
I was paying for Sync back when it was a Reddit client, and I moved to Lemmy mostly because that is where Sync moved.
It’s an awesome app. Best app purchase I’ve ever made. (There is a free version too.)
Voyager is definitely the most polished and great for those who used Apollo for Reddit. It is also very actively developed. For the Android users who do not mind the iOS aesthetic, Voyager is one of the few Lemmy clients on F-Droid.
Thunder is also a great option. I personally prefer its UX more than Voyager, but it is not quite as polished.
Mlem is a lot better than Voyager. Better features, faster, has fewer errors messages. At least for me.
I loved Apollo and appreciate Voyager but it doesn’t respect hiding read posts very well so I turned to Mlem which is now my favorite. The v2 beta is even better, adding easy markdown formatting and some nicer UI enhancements (the vote counter scrolling up or down on vote is a nice touch).
I had the opposite. Mlem always felt “in progress” and voyager was like walking into a polished experience. Voyager was the app respecting “read” posts.
It does, it’s just not consistent. Mlem is. I still have Voyager and check it every once in a while.
Are you on android? I’ve never encountered this.
Thanks for the feedback.
I’ve used Memmy, Avalon, and settled on Voyager because Apollo just scratched that itch like nothing else. There’s not really any terrible choice other than web/no client app.
So at the very end you choose Voyager, right?
Yeppers, Memmy is delightful and Avalon is really beautiful but Apollo aka Voyager was what I was always seeking
Mlem looks the best but it feels choppy as hell. So I’m using voyager instead still quite good and runs smooth.