These are the apps I'm using rn. So far i like thunder, connect and liftoff.
out of all those you are testing which one would you say has the closest UI to reddit is fun?
I'm the developer of Summit. Unfortunately I don't see anyone mention Summit but I would suggest giving it a try as well.
I think I've been a bit slower to implement certain features compared to the other apps, but the app is heavily focused on scalability and performance. Give it a try just in case you might like it. Play store link: Summit for Lemmy
If you are a fellow reddit refugee, the Sync for Lemmy is coming soon.
Jerboa if you're on Android but it has a login issue that makes it unable to connect to instances that are still running the 0.17.4 version of the backend (and among them is lemmy.world). You'd have to wait for those instances to update to the 0.18.1 when it comes out before you can use Jerboa reliably.
Meanwhile, you can just open the web UI in your mobile browser and it will work just fine.
The Connect for Lemmy Android app works pretty well too.
Got a link? Not seeing it in F-Driod nor the (ugh) Play Store.
Doesn't work at all for me on a Fold 4. Crashes as soon as I attempt to open the app
I tried them all (Jerboa, Thunder, Liftoff, Lemmynade) and I like Jerboa the most. The layout is clean, compact and it works really well.
I was a Slide user on Reddit so I'm waiting for it to be available for Lemmy!
I've tried jeroba, liftoff and thunder. My experience with jeroba is mostly negative. It's not good enough to be a full replacement for using a web browser and with the new update it crashes on my older, not bleeding edge phone. It can't even open lemmy links people post half the time.
Thundar is ok. I'm not a fan of its interface but at least you can actually browse communities you aren't subscribed to.
The third one I've tried is Liftoff and it's the best one I've seen so far. It's about the same in terms of quality as Boost for reddit. You can explore new communities in other instances, have more than one active account logged in to be able to simultaneously use different instances and best of all there's a search.
Connect is great for me so far...lftoff wouldnt accept my login details and Jerboa only returns a server error message
I really recommend you to try them out and see for youself. Each of them has their own power. Especially now that there's a flow of interest this way, a lot of them have gone nuclear and pushing new versions by the hour (not kidding).
Yeah, Jerboa is good and battle tested but Liftoff is good, Thunder is good, each in their own unique way. I love that.
I'm new but Jerboa works like a charm on my Samsung, very fast and responsive.
My only complain is it's a little too easy to click on the sub instead of the title, other than that Jerboa has been great.
It's bit buggy, sometimes I press to open a sub and I need it used the internal browser and sometimes it takes me there within the app. No idea why it has two options.
Since the most recent update it closes wben I bookmark something and keeps saying to log into my instance.
Try lift off from Github. Someone posted the link in the comments. Its amazzzzing
Another satisfied Connect user here, at least for the time being. It needs polishing, but it seems to just work.
currently using Jerboa, but waiting on Sync for Lemmy to be available! !syncforlemmy@lemmy.world to follow progress.
Currently I use 'Jerboa for Lemmy' It has yet to fail me but that is the usual default app. If anyone has any information of a better app I am willing to try another :3
Unfortunately it is currently broken with lemmy.world. For those of us that are already signed in it seems to work ok, but new users will need to use something else at the moment. Connect for Lemmy is a good alternative on Android.
Ah that I did not know bout, it did take me a while to get it working with the app, alot of stubbornness to work with world. Jerboa overall does have its moments of lag and would like to replace :c Will check out connect if it does not lag as much as Jerboa. Always good to have sources of other apps then one and only app.
Connect looks pretty slick, but I'm actually pretty happy with Jerboa and will probably stick with it. I was helping someone get setup on Lemmy last night though and ran into the server error for the first time. I ended up setting her up with Connect and was impressed with how polished it looks, but honestly the simple layout and interface of Jerboa is just fine for me. I definitely agree about the value of having a variety of options, and expect there will be more to come soon!
I just signed up with another instance. Is there a particular reason everyone wants to use lemmy.world? I went with sh.itjust.works.. will I run into any issues?
The developer of Sync for reddit is creating a lemmy app. Can't wait to try it, as Sync was my favorite reddit app.
I'm using Liftoff as of this morning when Jerboa started crashing every few minutes. So far, so good.
Have a look at https://wefwef.app
It's a Webapp which works pretty good.
I am using https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kuroneko.lemmy_connect
Looks pretty good to me, it can make text larger so yeah. Like 10 minutes in rn though lol
I'm currently using Liftoff since lemmy.world isnt on 0.18 yet and therefore doesn't work with Jerboa.
lemmy.world is waiting for 0.18.1 because 0.18 removed captcha as a consequence of a change away from websocket, i think. they announced they arent going to update until its added back in, which the lemmy developers promised to do.
I'm using Jerboa, Connect and Summit. I really like Jerboa, but rn is buggy as lemmy.world is still at 0.17.4 while Jerboa only support 0.18. I'm still trying out Summit and Connect, only time will say!
I tried lift off from Github. Its just like Infinity for Reddit.
Jerboa - a bit buggy still, and sometimes posts take a while to load, but its features are fantastic.
Connect - I love this app, and I tried to switch to it, but being unable to disable "swipe to upvote" is a dealbreaker for me.
Liftoff - I just switched to this. It's very polished and responsive, and accomodates my preferred way of scrolling and interacting with communities.
Lemmotif - pure minimalist doomscrolling. It doesn't even let you log in to vote, comment, or post. Blazingly fast, and I love it. Uninstalled.
This might sound crazy, but i am just using the website via Firefox on my phone. Jerboa wasnt doing it for me, and someone recommended just using the website... I prefer it over jerboa. I imagine with all the development going on, there will be something better showing up, but until it does, I'm just going old school.
Liftoff is amazing and the two main developers for it have been very active with updates and changes since they forked it from the old Lemmur project.
wefwef is a very slick web-app which follows iOS design guidelines that I also enjoy using. It's easy to install via Safari/Chrome/Firefox on both iOS and Android.
There is Thunder: https://github.com/hjiangsu/thunder. You can upvote/downvote, reply and whatnot by doing side-swipes. Pretty neat.
I've found Connect for Lemmy to be a great successor to Reddit is Fun
I use Liftoff and like it. The auto picture loading is great.
Keep an eye out for the upcoming Sync for Lemmy, the dev from Sync for Reddit has agreed to make it and it'll definitely be a winner.
I'm currently switching between Liftoff, Thunder, and Jerboa, altho Jerboa refuses to let me sign in, 'cause server version BS.
Liftoff has a nice UI IMO, and I like Thunder's navigation, so I'll prolly end up using one of the 2. Notably, Liftoff is more feature-complete than Thunder, so... Depends on what you want I guess.
Well that got out of hand quickly.
Have a nice day!
I'm using Jerboa. I used to use BaconReader for reddit, and they seem kind of similar to me in that it's very no-frills, simple ui that gives you access to the content you want.
Another list I got from a similar post on r/RedditAlternatives. I personally used Slide for reddit, so I'm excited about getting something similar for Lemmy. For now, I got Jerboa from the play store and am enjoying it.
I've tried Jerboa, Liftoff and Connect for Lemmy and so far I like Liftoff best, it's still in beta but you can find it on their GitHub as an apk for Android or via TestFlight for iOS: https://github.com/liftoff-app/liftoff
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