What are the best Lemmy apps for Android/Apple?
I want to hear from my fellow RIF users.
I want to hear from my fellow RIF users.
I'm using Connect for Lemmy on Android and it's pretty close to how RIF looked, but not exactly.
RIF refugee also now using Connect for Lemmy. It's been a fairly easy transition. I like the swipe guestures. Hopefully the community will grow because FUCK SPEZ.
Thanks for the comment because I immediately started swiping my screen. Neat feature.
Agreed. I've only had a quick look round but I've felt most at home and confident that I'll be happy with Lemmy using Connect. Enough of the settings are the same. I there were settings to get the posts in list view a bit tighter I'd be happier.
Also, did it take anyone else a while to figure out that you can long press on comments to hide them?
After using Jerboa (cannot recommend - too buggy, too crashy, and didn't work properly with most servers after an update), I switched to Connect for Lemmy and was happy with it.
wefwef.app is pretty good (and a web app, so cross platform)
jerboa is decent, the new updates are nice but are only compatible with 0.18 (which lemmy.world will update to tomorrow)
Liftoff is okay, I haven't enjoyed it as much as jerboa or wefwef.
I also use the actual site's web app a bit, but I hate the live updating feed lol.
I'm loving Wefwef so far. It doesn't have much in terms of customization, but it's much more polished than any of the other apps I've tried. https://wefwef.app
Definitely holding out for Sync and Boost though, I have a feeling one of those two is going to be what I settle on long-term.
I'm loving wefwef.app
I replaced my RiF icon with it and I don't feel like I'm missing anything...
I want to use wefwef but, it's strictly a web app, so I can't place it in my sidebar/quick launch and I dislike having things on the homescreen
it might be a restriction for edge apps, I can put it on my home screen but it doesn't let me drag or manually add it onto the edge app panel. I expect it's because technically it's not an app but a shortcut
yes, it it designated as a shortcut on the home screen, you can tell its a shortcut because it shows the browser in the corner of it.
it's intentional by design(because its a web app) but, because of this designation it isn't able to go on the edge bar.
I've found connect though which works amazingly for what I wanna do. It reminds me of Infinity somewhat
I like wefwef. It feels familiar, but there's nuances. It's a bit of struggle to transition to this new interface. Reply and upvote and downvote are behind a menu, not right at the bottom. Clicking the message collapses it instead of opening options. But it's fine, I like it so far.
Currently I’ve landed on it too. I have wefef and mlem installed too, but while the former looks amazing, it’s janky to use and doesn’t feel native, and while the latter is extremely smooth to use, and has my exact preference for the sliding actions for posts (none of these apps currently support customization much further than the very basics of theme and filters etc.), it looks so rough, my aesthetically oriented brain just doesn’t feel comfortable using it.
Memmy on the other hand, is like the middle ground between the two, BUT also really feels the most polished. I don’t know the behind the scenes or whatever, so not exactly sure if it is the most polished of the three, but it sure looks and feels that way.
But all of these are pretty rough, still, which is to be expected.
I really think Memmy might be my next Apollo. The only thing I really miss is the sliding customization, since I keep accidentally initiating writing a comment when I instinctively want to save something.
I am also using Liftoff but not loving it. I started with Jerboa and it was great, but something I don't understand about different version or updates or something means it does not work with Lemmy.world right now. I am hoping it gets sorted soon.
It seems like it is going to be at least a few weeks before the dust settles and and everything stabilizes after the mass migration. Even still, I am loving it here and am excited for a truly uncommodifiable platform for the free exchange of knowledge. At least I think that is what is going on; I am honestly just bumbling my way around the fediverse atm.
On android I downloaded Jerboa from fdroid store. It works and was simple to install and login.
Definitely still needs some work but I'm sure it will improve over time.
Jerboa will be fixed soon, the devs said to use something else until they can get it working with the latest update. it wont let anyone log in until then.
Liftoff is probably the most polished on Android so far. Not quite as compact as RiF, but it's pretty good.
Currently I use Connect for Lemmy the most. I also have Thunder, Liftoff and Jerboa installed.
Connect seems to work best for multiple accounts on different instances, supports notifications and I just like the overall look-and-feel.
I am using Connect for Lemmy, so far, I like it, but it's the first app I've tried, haha. I used RIF for at least 10 years. Geez, didn't realize it had been that long...
Edit: ok, I'm using Liftoff now, I love it so far!
I'm enjoying Connect For Lemmy on android. I couldn't get on with Jerboa even after much changing of settings.
Here's the community Lemmy Apps.
Here's a list of all the apps: https://lemmy.world/post/465785
Plenty of devs moved to Lemmy and plenty of choices across platforms. :)
I like Jerboa but I can't really use it right now since my instance is Lemmy.world and it isn't the right version for that app. I've tried Thunder, Liftoff and wefwef. They all have their plusses and minuses so try them out and see what experience is best for you.
Yep, there's teething issues with all of them, I'm flipping between the ones you mentioned. Boost for Lemmy is on the way!
For Android right now I love Liftoff. It's a pain to install but the user experience is very good. Feels very smooth.
It is but google demands I send them a photocopy of my drivers licence in order to install it for some insane reason, never seen this before so maybe google themselves are starting to feel the heat of this 🤔