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lemmy apps you should try and experiment with (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by sma3in@lemmy.world to c/android@lemmy.world

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I made a folder with my fav lemmy apps that I tried so far, and they are sorted by favorite to less favorite. By far, wefwef is my most used and I do switch to lifoff sometimes. Also, the official lemmy app is really not bad compared to reddit's official app. I would say try all of them and see which one works the best for you. waiting for sync and boost to launch. let me know if you have any other suggestions I haven't tried yet.

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[-] Kahroo@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

I'm using Thunder and I'm liking it while I wait for Sync for Lemmy to be released.

[-] HouseMouse@pawb.social 5 points 1 year ago

If Thunder could fix its bugs and add more ui customization the it'd be golden.

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[-] firipu@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I see vivaldi, I upvote! Best browser around

I see Niagara, I upvote! Best launcher around

[-] sma3in@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

yes sir!! been using niagara launcher since last year and just switched to Vivaldi on desktop lately. damn man, I don't ever see myself using that google launcher ever again on my pixel phone no matter what updates they bake

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[-] tjk@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

memmy

[-] wilberfan@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

I've been trying them as well. It feels like each one (so far) has something problematic--quite understandable given their early development.

I'm really looking forward to trying Sync when it's ready.

[-] NENathaniel@vlemmy.net 10 points 1 year ago

U forgot Thunder

[-] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 11 points 1 year ago

Thunder should 100% be on this list.

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

Keep seeing people talk about wefwef, but I can't even find it to download

I see Connect, Jerboa, Lemmotif, and Liftoff

[-] masterspace@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 year ago

It's a progressive web app, basically a website that you install to your phone that behaves like a normal app. It's one of the best PWAs I've personally encountered too.

[-] RedditWanderer@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Connect works well for me on Pixel6! I feel they are fixing stuff too because it has less and less quirks every day

[-] contextual_somebody@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Here you go…

https://wefwef.app/settings/install

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

Doesn't work for me. I have Android and I used DuckDuckGo initially but there wasn't any install option, then I used Firefox and clicked Install from the settings while I was on the homepage and on the settings/install page but neither did anything, they just moved me to the app launcher (my home screen).

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

It's because duckduckgo at least historically did not support PWAs.

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[-] SexualPolytope@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 1 year ago

I'm very excited about Infinity for Everything.

[-] Emperor@feddit.uk 7 points 1 year ago

Slide is still in alpha but is looking promising.

[-] sma3in@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

def looks promising, I'll give it a try!! thanks

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

Haha, I got them all in a folder too and would rate them similarly. (Tough, Liftoff is above wefwef for me)

I Update them all regularly and snoop back in to see how they're progressing. So far it's been really fun and inspiring to see these madmen developers push out 3 updates a day

If I get to make one recommendation: the thunder app is also good, but only available through GitHub (I guess?), so you'd have to install via an apk. Worth it in my opinion, as it comes close after wefwef in my ranking! :D

[-] pqjke@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 1 year ago

I'm currently using Thunder (it is open source, https://github.com/hjiangsu/thunder) and it's pretty nice. I tried Jerboa before but I kept getting way too many request errors (probably because I was using with the lemmy.world instance tho)

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[-] briongloid@aussie.zone 6 points 1 year ago

The alternatives have looked nice, but overall I keep coming back to Jerboa as it has had less bugs for my experience. But I also get automated updates via F-Droid and previous versions have been buggy.

[-] Aman9das@rammy.site 4 points 1 year ago

If you have izzy's repo enabled then liftoff updates too

[-] briongloid@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago

I do use Izzy's repo, it isn't a full f-droid experience without it

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[-] tjk@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

memmy

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[-] S_204@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Jerboa has been useless for me.

Even liftoff has struggled. I'm hoping that things stabilize over the coming weeks.

[-] aeluon@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago

liftoff has been by far the most usable for me

[-] Omidov@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Been using Connect and liftoff for a few days now. Both are really good but imo connect seems to be a tad bit smoother and has better UI.

[-] sma3in@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I agree connect has the smoothest scrolling experience of all of them but there is something about the UI and theme that keeps making me go back to wefwef. we can't really tell now but with time I guess, all of them will be enhanced and less buggy, and it'll be just a matter of preference.

[-] Strangian@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

I’m using wefwef and you can hardly tell that its not native

[-] desorientado@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

right now I'm using Jerboa and Connect. I liked connect because the UI it's pretty similar with Sync

[-] Miro@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Sync had a navigation option to go to the next "top comment"; I can't find this feature on wefwef nor Connect.

Do the others have something similar to navigate comments inside posts?

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

Jerboa has this. So far it's the only one (that I've tried) that has this feature.

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[-] warmaster@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Lemmotif is unusable as it is. You can't even log in to an account. On the other hand, Summit and Thunder are worth a try.

[-] blade85@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Tried jerboa and wefwef, now on liftoff and this one seems best for my use, so gonna stick to it for a bit while other apps are made.

[-] blade85@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Tried jerboa and wefwef, now on liftoff and this feels best for me at the moment so gonna stick with it for a while till other apps are made.

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[-] Scientician@waveform.social 3 points 1 year ago

Has anyone tried Summit yet?

[-] Andvari@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Pretty solid, good looking dark theme, don't like the lack of "next top comment" down arrow, the images seem to either have a hard time loading (or maybe Lemmy users are posting them wrong still), but seems to be more noticeable on Summit. Quick navigation and easy to get around though. If day is my second fave, after Jerboa (now that it is stable again).

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[-] youthinkyouknowme@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

The ones that I liked the most so far are wefwef, but I still can't save posts and block user/communities. The other is connect because there's a easy enough toggle hide read in the settings, although for some reason it's not linked with the lemmy profile setting to hide read, but it works the same.

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