Jerboa
Its simple and lightweight. Can optionally get it on the app store if you want.
this post was submitted on 09 May 2024
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I use sync because that's what I used to use for Reddit.
Doesn't it have ads?
Yes, but not many and they aren't 'sneaky' pretending to be user posts though. I think I can pay to remove them, which I probably will do eventually.
Wow okay the app is buggy AF, I thought my first comment replied to you but after submitting it showed me responding to me. So I'm high and just assume I made a booboo, no problem delete and re-reply correctly. Except it did the same thing after submitting, I refreshed and both are correctly responding to you. Wtf I'm not buying this app it makes me look like an idiot 😆
I use Boost for all the same reason. The familiarity made the transition much easier
Looks fine. You have better screen estate, 7.5 posts while I only have 6 posts on a screen.
I think the reason why I changed from Jerboa was the data usage at the time (July last year). It'd download the entire picture instead of thumbnails. Sometimes it lagged.
The reason why I liked RiF was basically only that I had used it so much that I knew where everything was. I've been using Connect long enough that I'm not eager to switch at the moment.
Thunder
I've tried a large number of apps in search of something to replace multireddits. Summit for Lemmy is the only one which managed to implement this under its multi-community functionality. The app is being consistently updated with new features and I do not feel like I'm missing out on anything other apps offer.
Using Connect. Very simple UI, and works on older phones (Android 5+, while it says 4.4+, it crashes on 4.4).
Connect. I came from Sync for Reddit and Connect has that nice clean layout that others lack as well as nice, simple swipey gestures.
I've tried pretty much all of the others ones (at least those that existed up to 3-4 months ago) and I keep coming back to Connect.
Is there a reason you still don't use Sync?
Reddit and Lemmy have a few different nuances that Sync doesn't properly address. A good example is blocking communities or individuals right from the post menu. Syncs development has been sporadic or at least was when I paid attention. In addition Connect has a few additional features like "hide all above" which is a nice feature to have once you get used to it.
Oh! Neat. Yeah, I'm glad I stumbled upon this thread, because I also felt like Sync hardly updated and I'm trying Connect and Thunder out now and I feel like I'm experiencing Lemmy in a whole new way. I feel bad for the guy behind Sync cause I know he put in a lot of work for the Reddit client.
Thunder because I think it has the most features, the UI is designed pretty well and I like the user experience it offers. They are working on amazing new features like notifications over UnifiedPush and moderation tools (I think no other app has mod tools). It's completely free and open-source and available on F-Droid via the IzzyOnDroid repository. And unlike Sync, it doesn't have ads.
I recently also learned that it's one of the few open-source (and still actively maintained and developed) Lemmy apps, which is quite sad. I don't understand why so many folks use proprietary apps like Litoff, Summit, Connect, Boost or Sync. Sync is especially bad, because it has ads and trackers.
I tried Jerboa before I switched to Thunder and hated it, it just feels like an incomplete and buggy mess with poor UI/UX.
Tried a bunch and landed on Thunder. It's minimalist, tucking away all its features nicely. It's experience is like rif if you ever used that, but lots more going on in the Settings menu to set it up how you like.
Thunder is nice. I loved Liftoff but that got abandonned, transitioned to Eternity which I came to love even more but that seems to be abandonned as well. Thunder is closest experience I could find to those two.
Jerboa, probably just because I'm used to it
Voyager for iPad because is the exact same experience I had with Apollo for Reddit which was the best Reddit client back then. Boost for Android because, well, is the same as Boost for Reddit which was the best on Android :)
Voyager is the way. Only downside is that there is no notifications feature implemented yet.
Thunder already has notification support, and they are even working on enhanced notifications using UnifiedPush
I see that as a bonus lol
Sync, it has a very nice user interface, I've been using it for years (previously for Reddit).
Really? We switched away from Reddit because it started forcing everyone to use their crappy, proprietary, ad-infested app, and now we use proprietary, ad-infested Lemmy apps?
Same and same.
I like Sync. It's fast and I find it really easy to use.
Tried it, immediately uninstalled it after I saw that it has ads.
I'm OK with the ads. The coder didn't put disappointingly many ads. And the few ads I saw weren't annoying. I hope the ad $ has been a 👍 reward for the coder for making and maintaining Sync.
I <3 the user interface's design. It's Google's design.
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