I’m not sure if this is the right place to ask, but i’m new to Lemmy and looking for a good client to use it with. I’ve been using Sync which is what i used to use with Reddit but i’ve noticed that it isn’t getting updates now. Any other good mobile apps I can usr Lemmy with?
Voyager hands down
There’s a problem that it seems to use a lot of memory, because it’s a web browser in disguise. As a consequence, any time another app needs memory, Voyager is killed by Android and starts again from the main page, forgetting what I was doing. Oftentimes it’s enough to switch to the actual browser and back again for Voyager to restart, which is ironic for a link-aggregator app.
Its animations are janky for the same reason, and get in the way of some functionality like collapsing comments.
Voyager’s UI is great, mainly because it’s not flashy, but a native app with that UI would be a lot better. RedReader for Reddit is much smoother to use.
I’m quite happy with Voyager, never used anything else.
Maybe you should use something else in order to see the larger picture. It‘s hard to know what you really want when you don‘t compare.
I tried blorp, and voyager is much better
What was the dealbreaker with Blorp and how can I make it better?
Blorp!
I’ve been pretty happy with Blorp. They have mobile and web clients available
+1 for Blorp, moved there from Voyager after seeing active development.
Blorp dev here. Thanks for the support! Not only is the app actively maintained, but I do my best to lurk in the comments and help people with any issues.
Thanks a ton. I was really struggling with the transition when using a few of the above mentioned apps…before I settled on Blorp.
Boost!
The best by far. He had a great app for that other shit site.
Try it, you’ll like it. Guarantee.
I’ve been using boost for the past year, and I just switched to Summit last week. Recommend trying it out.
Why? Be specific?
Boost has anything I can think of and it’s a one man show. I like to support him.
There are around 10% more settings. I really like the ones “Automatically save drafts” and “Separate up and down votes”
I’m taking a look.
Im using Summit. Its really nice and the developer is active and listens to the community!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.idunnololz.summit
Summit is the best I’ve found that includes piefed integration.
Apollo for reddit was considered one of the best apps. Unfortunately, it was iOS-only.
Voyager for Lemmy is pretty much a clone of it and it also runs on Android. It’s also a progressive web app so you don’t have to download the app off the store if you don’t want to - you can just go to vger.app on your phone and either browse it like that, or install the PWA (basically creates a separate browser profile and everything so it feels like an app, but really you’re using the website, with some of the files living on your phone). If you really wanted to, you could even run it on a desktop browser (or as a PWA on desktop), but it’s really meant for touchscreens, not mouse and keyboard usage.
Oh that’s crazy! I had no idea it was a PWA. Im using Voyager downloaded from f-droid but it’s fun to hear that the core of this is a web app
Yeah hey. It does not feel like a web app at all, never would’ve guessed!
