Sync is less demanding on my battery than other Lemmy apps (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by UhBell@lemmy.world to c/syncforlemmy@lemmy.world

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I've noticed my battery hasn't drained nearly as fast while using Sync compared to other Lemmy apps. Has anyone else had the same experience?

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[-] Album@lemmy.ca 31 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

No but it wouldn't surprise me.

As much as I like the Jerboa and Liftoff apps, the ones I have used other than sync, They're laggy on my pixel 7 where sync is butter smooth. Means to me they're likely acting inefficiently somehow.

[-] example@reddthat.com 9 points 1 year ago

Jerboa is laggy on your Pixel 7? it's perfectly smooth for me on my Pixel 5.

[-] Album@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 year ago

Yeah, i'm not the only one. It stutters when scrolling or loading into a post. Sync doesn't do that at all.

[-] giant_smeeg@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

It was terrible on my 7 Pro

I installed it and immediately uninstalled. Can't stand apps dropping frames

[-] Stovetop@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

I think the issue with Jerboa is that it seems to be constantly fetching new data. It's loading things as you scroll, but it's also reloading the current view with every interaction.

[-] example@reddthat.com 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

yeah, that I've seen as well, which seemed to correlate with expanding or failing to load images.
not stuttering but sometimes jumping around unexpectedly.

[-] Album@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Agreed.

[-] UnCursed@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

same for me, here is a list for all the lemmy apps i tried on scrolling

• Jerboa - ~~Very~~ Laggy

• Connect - A Bit Laggy

• Liftoff - Fine

• Thunder - Smooth

• Infinity - Smooth

• Sync - Extremely Smooth

device is huawei matepad pro

[-] nocivius@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Using connect since two weeks or more whit no lagging. My favorite lemming app (Galaxy note 20 Ultra)

[-] Aux@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

OLED mode saves battery over here.

[-] danielbln@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Definitely less battery intensive compared to Voyager. Makes sense, I would assume a PWA, a new and somewhat unoptimized one at that, uses more juice than a well optimized native app.

[-] psychic717@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Using Infinity here and it's very good on battery too. I'm also surprised how smooth and customizable it is.

[-] kratoz29@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

The thing is that, I don't know how but Sync handles the RAM better, so it doesn't reload as frequently as any other app, which lends to less battery consumption.