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Hey I figured I'd make a post and see the state of current lemmy appage, since I'm looking for a good one. So far I've used Jerboa, Thunder, Eternity, and Voyager.

Eternity seems to be a dead project, it's full of bugs and hasn't recieved an update since The Exodus

Thunder seems ok and is what I'm using right now, but I can't seem to send direct messages, and can't "Don't blur NSFW preview on NSFW comms" which sucks. The messaging is the dealbreaker for me.

Voyager I used momentarily but the UI was not my favorite.

Jerboa seems OK if unpolished (which is ok to me) but I don't trust the rabid idealogue that makes it and using another instance of his site is one thing, but installing an app is another. Has it been audited to confirm lack of spyware?

Ideally through this I can find one with instance blocking, DMs, and a decent UI. What're your experiences with the current state of lemmy apps?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Voyager is the best

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

So far voyager is working for me, but the UI leaves a lot desired. The reply icon looks like a share icon.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I normally just use Jerboa but I've been trying Raccoon recently and it's been really good. It's definitely still beta and some formatting doesn't work but each update has made it significantly better so it's definitely worth checking out because the UI is the best of any of the apps I've tried imo

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I used to only use Sync coming from reddit. No other app was able to replace it until I started using Summit. Now Summit is pretty much all I use for Lemmy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What's better about Summit?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

I wouldn't say anything specifically better or worse compared to sync but it's close enough, feature wise, that I found myself using it more and there's no ads.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm using Jerboa but wasn't aware of any issues with the devs. As far as I know the app works great. Can you go into that a little more or point somewhere to read about it?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Jerboa is by dessalines, the same dev as Lemmy and the owner of lemmy.ml so it's basically just all of the drama inherited from that.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

The websites all work perfectly fine.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So far I tried voyager, eternity, liftoff and Jerboa. Liftoff wasn't usable and eternity and voyager weren't exactly my type of UI. I stick with jerboa. I really like the simplicity and how clean and intuitive it is. Only thing lacking is the ability to create communities.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Only thing lacking is the ability to create communities.

Seems weird that it's not implemented. I guess they assume you're not supposed to create communities every day.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Yeah, but I would really like that swing implemented.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

try connect

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I've tried Jeroba, Thunder, Voyager, Sync, Boost, LiftOff, and Connect.

So far, my favorite is Connect.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Connect for me too

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Eternity received an update fairly recently

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

After Raccon4Lemmy dies. [email protected] is best for me. It's closed source though but it doesn't show any ads unlike some other popular Lemmy apps.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

"The reports of RaccoonForLemmy's death were greatly exaggerated."

It's back: [email protected]

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

Thunder 100%. Super active dev community, constant releases, and if there's something that does cause a problem, post it as an issue and it typically gets resolved quickly.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Eternity on tablet, Voyager on phone. Both great

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Eternity got a big update just a week ago

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Not seeing it on f-droid yet.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

The dev just submitted another build today

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Was on Voyager until it updated past my old OS. Current version of Voyager no longer supports my old 6S Plus.

So now I’m on Thunder. It works. I liked Voyager better, but I won’t complain about an app that still works on my phone.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I've tried Boost, Connect, Eternity, Jerboa, Liftoff, Summit, Sync, Thunder, and Voyager.

My favourites are Eternity and Thunder. Eternity is the only app I've found with "swipe between posts" navigation. Thunder has the best remote instance link handling, and its tools for inserting usernames and community names are better than even the Lemmy web UI.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm made Quiblr. Lot's of cool features (For You feed, different post formats, etc.). Plus I tried to make the UI clean and intuitive.

Just a web client right now. If there's enough demand, I'll make a native version.

Lmk what you think

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Hey, is open-sourcing Quiblr still planned?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Following up on this. You can find the Quiblr repo here. Enjoy!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Awesome ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Yup. I will have a full update in a few days regarding Quiblr!

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Still on Eternity because it's still functional for me.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

yea that's the porn one

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

I really like Connect

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago

I started out with Memmy and was kinda meh about it. Not bad but not great. Then I found Voyager and never looked back. As a paid Apollo refugee, Voyager makes me almost forget that I’m on a different platform from the days of yore.

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