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Current best lemmy clients (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 3 months ago by ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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Hey I figured I'd make a post and see the state of current lemmy appage, since I'm looking for a good one. So far I've used Jerboa, Thunder, Eternity, and Voyager.

Eternity seems to be a dead project, it's full of bugs and hasn't recieved an update since The Exodus

Thunder seems ok and is what I'm using right now, but I can't seem to send direct messages, and can't "Don't blur NSFW preview on NSFW comms" which sucks. The messaging is the dealbreaker for me.

Voyager I used momentarily but the UI was not my favorite.

Jerboa seems OK if unpolished (which is ok to me) but I don't trust the rabid idealogue that makes it and using another instance of his site is one thing, but installing an app is another. Has it been audited to confirm lack of spyware?

Ideally through this I can find one with instance blocking, DMs, and a decent UI. What're your experiences with the current state of lemmy apps?

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[-] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 55 points 3 months ago

Voyager is my go to

[-] DarkPassenger@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

Was a boost user until I heard about Voyager from another one of these post. Boost is good but Voyager is so much better.

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[-] CMLVI@lemmy.world 27 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I'm a Boost truther. I loved Boost for Reddit, and the dev is usually super responsive in the subreddit when it was a thing. I also used many Reddit apps; BaconReader, Relay, and Apollo on iPhone back when I had one. Boost was easy favorite. I'm not entirely sure how it plays with every lemmy instance though, as I'm just on .world

[-] Bangs42@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

Boost user checking in, also currently on .world but I've been on several and... it's fine. No problems.

I used to use Sync, but the sporadic updates lead to rapidly piling bugs.

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[-] arudesalad@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 months ago

I also use boost, everything about it seems to work apart from spoiler tags (think because the app still uses reddit's format instead of lemmy's).

[-] wjs018@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Yeah, spoiler tags are the one big feature that is missing. There are also some minor things on the moderation side that aren't there. For example, admin accounts don't have a full list of options in the moderation menu.

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[-] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 25 points 3 months ago

I can't get away from Sync. Maybe it's about time I do another sweep, but last time I evaluated them I couldn't make anything else look and feel as nice. Lots of customization options too.

[-] Itsamelemmy@lemmy.zip 18 points 3 months ago

Same. But mark read has been broken for a while and at $20+ for no ads or ultra dev really needs to be on top of these updates to justify the price. My ultra expired a few weeks ago, but I'm not paying again unless he stops treating this like reddit. Reddit was pretty stable so didn't mind the long gaps with no updates. But at 5x the cost ...update

[-] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 12 points 3 months ago

Yeah, that's a fair complaint. I didn't know mark read was broken but that's not great. I also wish it properly supported all markdown formatting. Especially with the Media Bias Bot being prevalent the broken spoiler tags are annoying.

[-] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

I honestly regret buying Sync for Lemmy. With the higher price I expected better communication, but it's continuing the same as it was - going AWOL for months at a time, with very sporadic updates.

[-] Pringles@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago

He does a years worth of updates in like 3 or 4 weeks and then takes off for like 6 months. For me that's acceptable. When he does get around to it, he pushes updates like the Flash on speed and fixes nearly all flagged issues in addition to adding new features that have been requested.

[-] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

Yes, which means that issues stay open for 5+ months, with absolutely no communication from the dev. Every time you have to pray that they didn't abandon the app, and that they will come back and fix your issue.

This wouldn't be a problem if they communicated more often or did smaller releases. And it was fine when I paid something like 2€, but it's no longer fine when paying 20€.

[-] Magister@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

Same, used Sync for 13 years on Reddit, bought it, then bought the Lemmy version a few hours after it appears.

It's the best client

[-] Teknikal@eviltoast.org 25 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

How has nobody said Connect yet, I tried most of the other clients people mentioned and settled on connect.

This is after using Sync Pro for years on Reddit the pricing of the lemmy version just put me right off to the point I'll admit I haven't even tried it but then again I'm not interested in anything that puts ads on an adless service and I also will never try it as long as this is the case.

Connect is free and the developer is great

[-] lemming741@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

I started with connect and never left. Some of the videos weren't working due to API changes. But for about 2 weeks, everyday there was an update fixing one or two of them.

[-] Teknikal@eviltoast.org 7 points 3 months ago

Yeah the dev seems to jump straight to any issues even now, seems like a great guy to me he could easily charge for such a polished app and as long as the greed wasn't mad I'd pay it.

[-] Unforeseen@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago

Another happy Connect user here and you can enable the beta branch from the play store. I ran into a bug a few months ago and made a post, the Dev had it fixed hours later.

Connect was also one of the very few apps that was very early to doing instance and other flexible filtering options. It's so good I can browse All without getting upset.

[-] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 24 points 3 months ago

The Eternity Dev has returned, and released a new update for it. Last I checked the update hasn't released on f-droid due to the build failing, but it is available on aurora or play store.

[-] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 months ago

Oh good to know! Maybe I'll give it another shot, thanks!

[-] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 5 points 3 months ago

I loved the original Reddit client (Infinity), but the long absence for Eternity makes me worried about the planned mbin implementation for it.

[-] intelisense@lemm.ee 16 points 3 months ago

I went from Boost for Reddit straight to Boost for Lemmy. It does everything I need and the dev is quite active with new features etc.

[-] yo_scottie_oh@lemmy.ml 14 points 3 months ago

I started out with Memmy and was kinda meh about it. Not bad but not great. Then I found Voyager and never looked back. As a paid Apollo refugee, Voyager makes me almost forget that I’m on a different platform from the days of yore.

[-] kratoz29@lemm.ee 14 points 3 months ago

These are my favorite apps in preference order right now:

Summit
Boost
Eternity
Voyager
Thunder
Sync (seriously the damn mark as read on scroll needs to be fixed to be on top 2 again...)

I'd tell my issues with each client just as I did with Sync, but I don't want to sound mean... (Also they are very specific for my usage and my device I guess), so I chose to keep things positive because we have plenty of pretty good clients! :)

Of course I am missing some other clients but those are the ones that stick in my "Social" folder the most time.

[-] Aurelius@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

I'm made Quiblr. Lot's of cool features (For You feed, different post formats, etc.). Plus I tried to make the UI clean and intuitive.

Just a web client right now. If there's enough demand, I'll make a native version.

Lmk what you think

[-] sag@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago

Hey, is open-sourcing Quiblr still planned?

[-] Aurelius@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Yup. I will have a full update in a few days regarding Quiblr!

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[-] ptz@dubvee.org 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I like Tesseract but I may be a bit biased since I maintain it. Lol. If you liked "new" Reddit from before the exodus, it's a lot like that.

Also, there's https://www.lemmyapps.com/ which is a nice directory you can filter by platform and features.

[-] 9point6@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago

Sync is fantastic, IMO. I switched from Jerboa and Connect a year ago and never needed to look back.

The dev isn't super active, but updates seem to drop when they need to

[-] CMLVI@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Ooh Sync is another one I enjoyed! I swear I bought every large 3rd party app to try out fully. Google Pay Rewards, thank you. Lol

[-] shnizmuffin@lemmy.inbutts.lol 9 points 3 months ago

Summit.

[-] smeg@feddit.uk 7 points 3 months ago

Summit is great, and the developer seems really responsive

[-] anon6789@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Summit kicks so much butt! I've tried about a dozen apps, but this is the only one I use, though Connect was good too.

The dev is great, and I've gotten lots of help and same or next day fixes whenever I've reported issues.

It's beautiful, versatile, and powerful, with a great person backing it up.

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[-] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 9 points 3 months ago

Thunder 100%. Super active dev community, constant releases, and if there's something that does cause a problem, post it as an issue and it typically gets resolved quickly.

[-] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 7 points 3 months ago

Still on Eternity because it's still functional for me.

[-] DudeImMacGyver@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 months ago

I really like Connect

[-] cows_are_underrated@feddit.org 6 points 3 months ago

So far I tried voyager, eternity, liftoff and Jerboa. Liftoff wasn't usable and eternity and voyager weren't exactly my type of UI. I stick with jerboa. I really like the simplicity and how clean and intuitive it is. Only thing lacking is the ability to create communities.

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[-] arudesalad@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 months ago

You can look at the app list on join-lemmy.org. Ignore the big scary warnings on there about non foss apps unless you want a foss app. Most of the proprietary apps are just made by hobbyists who don't want the world to see their spaghetti code.