submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by RalphFurley@lemmy.world to c/syncforlemmy@lemmy.world

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Having a little anxiety here because this is by far the best app. I purchased a lifetime Ultra membership and it wasn't until I replaced my phone and couldn't restore it, did I find out the developer hasn't updated or posted in 2 years. (Somehow the Ultra got restored a couple days later).

I really hope the dev continued this, or issues a statement regarding the status. I also would pay for a version for Reddit (yeah I know, I just can't quit that completely yet)

Edit: thanks for the responses. So far, Voyager seems to be the closest to Sync and best alternative for me. Really sucks the dev just abandon this.

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[-] mormund@feddit.org 1 points 3 weeks ago

For those looking for an alternative, I switched to Voyager after it became clear Sync was abandoned. It feels similar enough to me.

[-] LemUrun@pawb.social 1 points 3 weeks ago

The support is dead. The app itself will be dead, when Lemmy 1.0 arrive. It's sad, because other clients aren't close to Sync in terms of behaviour.

[-] Twig@sopuli.xyz 0 points 3 weeks ago

I'm still using Sync. Is there anything remotely similar out there?

[-] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 1 points 3 weeks ago

Summit is the best option. It's not exactly the same - it's its own thing and not intended to be a Sync clone - but having tried like a dozen apps after finally leaving Sync behind Summit was the only one that felt right in all the ways I wanted.

It also has a very active dev, who regularly incorporates user suggestions and feature requests.

[-] lastweakness@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Summit and Thunder are cool. Especially Summit.

[-] Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social 0 points 3 weeks ago

What does Voyager lack?

[-] LemUrun@pawb.social -2 points 3 weeks ago

Fuckin'ell, Voyager fanboy...

Actually nothing (I've used it), but for me no Material You. I know wefwef (Voyager's old name, way more original) was made to look like Apollo for Reddit (users fapping to it switched IMMEDIATELY lol), but I like Material You more.

[-] sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 0 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, it's dead.

[-] DaMonsterKnees@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Heh, as a person that still uses it every 6 hours, what do you use?

[-] loutr@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago

I gave up on Sync a few months back. I currently use Thunder, it works well and has all the features I need. But I may switch to summit, which seems to load content noticeably faster.