15
Please give Sync a bad rating on the Play Store (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 months ago by FooBarrington@lemmy.world to c/syncforlemmy@lemmy.world
34 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Let's face it: the app has been abandoned for longer than is acceptable, especially at this price level. It's no longer working correctly on newer Lemmy versions, and there's no indication the dev is still active.

Yes, he worked similarly during Reddit times, but a) Sync was much cheaper back then, and b) Reddit didn't change as much.

Right now, to unsuspecting users Sync seems great given the 4.9 star rating on the Play Store. They'll possibly buy this app before noticing that it's subtly broken.

Please consider giving Sync a bad rating, but if you do so, explain why. Write about the broken functionality, so others don't fall into the same trap.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

FOSS options available via F-Droid:

And via the IzzyOnDroid repository:

Go FOSS, avoid the Play store, be free.

[-] KazuyaDarklight@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Right now I feel like Connect is giving me the most Sync like experience.

[-] rikudou@lemmings.world 0 points 2 months ago

Try Eternity, it's good.

[-] mintiefresh@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

It's decent. My next favorite after Sync. However the upvote score isn't showing properly for me. It's the wrong count and goes downwards after I upvote. And if I do it again it gives a different number.

Unfortunately the dev on there is really inactive too. Although they've stated recently that they're going to start working on it again.

Sigh. It's too bad. I understand this isn't their main thing so I don't want to say too much.

Nice app aside from that though.

[-] rikudou@lemmings.world 1 points 1 month ago

Yeah, the really slow updates and unfinished stuff sucks, but from the 6 or so apps I've tried, it was still the best.

[-] Lizardking13@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Any of these have similar gesture based navigation as sync? That's my favorite thing about it. I Just tried Voyager and it's alright, but I dislike the navigation.

[-] drasglaf@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I've been using Voyager for nearly a year and have no complaints.

[-] bert@lemmy.monster 1 points 2 months ago

Same here, though I do have one thing I miss from Sync: press+hold on an image in feed to make it full screen. Happen to know if there is a voyager setting to enable this functionality?

[-] Melonpoly@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

Racoon is dead and Eternity hasn't been updated in a while.

[-] hmmm@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

Racoon

No, it's not someone forked it.

Eternity

Will get update in future.

this post was submitted on 13 Feb 2025
15 points (100.0% liked)

Sync for Lemmy

15228 readers
1 users here now

๐Ÿ‘€

Welcome to Sync for Lemmy!

Download Sync for Lemmy

Welcome to the official Sync for Lemmy community.

The rules for posting and commenting, besides the rules defined here for lemmy.world, are as follows:

Community Rules

1- No advertising or spam.

All types of advertising and spam are restricted in this community.

Community Credits

Artwork and community banner by: @MargotRobbie@lemmy.world

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
ljdawson@lemmy.world
Soullioness@lemmy.world