I have pro on both and like both. Is there some criteria others have used in the past to pick their favorite? They seem so similar to me. Does one have a killer feature the other does not?

  • vamp07@lemm.eeOPEnglish
    42·
    1 year ago

    The last Bean release was one month ago. I would not judge that as development that is dead.

    I do notice that Avelon seems to update quicker and refresh quicker than Bean, but I’m not sure if that’s just perception 

    • willya@lemmyf.ukEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I’ve had interaction with both developers. The Bean one disappeared as soon as they offered a pay model. I know that one of the people that work with them provided an update, but I just didn’t like how that all went. It’s a great app though. Avelon just currently has more of everything that I want.

      • NightAuthor@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        Thanks for the reminder, cancelled my subscription. Just had it for notifications, but Lemmios has them for free.

          • fry@fry.gsEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            Really been liking Arctic! The app is very fast and the dev is very responsive.

        • willya@lemmyf.ukEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          Yeah I currently use Lemmios for that too alongside Avelon. Avelon just introduced them in the TestFlight though.

      • vamp07@lemm.eeOPEnglish
        12·
        1 year ago

        Good to know. I’ll keep an eye on it. There is something about the visual presentation of Bean that I prefer. If Mlem let me only focus on unread and mark read as I scroll, I think it would be my preferred client. The developer won’t do it, but until the Lemmy API allows for marking several real posts as read at a time. I guess it’s too inefficient if not.