The one I’m using is becoming so buggy to the point of being unusable. It was never really great tbh, what are most people using?
As an added question, are bookmarks associated with the lemmy account or the app?
Edit: I’m on android, currently using Jerboa.
Very happy with sync
I’m also on Sync, but there are a few things I’m unhappy with that have me looking at other apps.
First, the dev isn’t active on Lemmy. He’ll make an announcement post every few months and reply to comments for a couple of days before going radio silent again. I’m worried he’ll abandon the app out of disinterest or low motivation, like he did for a year after his UI refresh wasn’t well received back in the Reddit days.
Second, that inactivity extends to app development. Major, easily replicated bugs (like the crash on startup if you have “hide account names” enabled) linger for weeks to months without a patch. This also goes back to the Reddit days and isn’t new behavior.
Finally, he puts basic app features behind a paywall with a much higher price than normal IAPs ($16/year or $99 to permanently enable them). This includes features that used to be free in Sync, like tagging users or color highlights. It also includes things that Lemmy already does for free, like backing up subscriptions (though that was only recently added to Lemmy, so he might move it to the basic app eventually). Just removing ads with no other benefits costs $20, which is more than any app I’ve ever used charges.
Whats that about backing up subscriptions? Haven’t heard of that, what does it do and how do you use it?
It’s only available if your instance has updated to Lemmy 0.19, but you can download all of your account data and even use it to transfer your subs and settings to a new account on the same or another instance.
Thats great, thanks for linking that.
I used sync on Reddit ages ago before switching to Boost. Both are pretty decent, but I prefer Boost here as well
What OS? For iOS I’ve used quite a few and voyager has been the best of them all
I’ll second voyager
I’ll third Voyager.
- open source
- very frequent updates
- free
- multi platform + web app
I will fourth that
Voyager FTW 🙌
I’m on android, forgot to mention it!
Well the good news is Voyager is available for both iOS and Android. Give it a shot, it’s a great FOSS app!
I’ve been using sync and love it. I used it on reddit as well.
I’m on android, forgot to mention it!
Eternity! Can’t imagine using anything else at this point.
+1, I have tried Jerboa, Connect and now I’m on Eternity. Ticks all the boxes!
I’ve used connect, jerboa, thundar, sync, voyager, summit and liftoff. Eternity is the only one that works well for me without annoying bugs and has all the features that I need.
Good to know I made the right choice!
I used Infinity with Reddit, and now Eternity with Lemmy. Same interface, better platform. :)
I use voyager. It’s good. FOSS btw
I just started using it the other day. Getting used to the gestures. Seems fine. Under active development so hopefully has a bright future.
I tried switching from Jerboa to Voyager, but I have the weirdst issue with Voyager. I use the back button at the bottom of my phone to go back from posts to the main list. Unfortunately, after using RIF for so long, or SOMETHING, I can’t kick this habit where I press back too many times and the app closes, and I lose my place, and have to re-open and continue scrolling from the top. Maddening, and I don’t know how to fix it. v.v
Boost. One-time cheap payment to get rid of ads. No subscription like Sync (which is otherwise also a great app; it was not subscription based when it was available for Reddit).
I use Sync and don’t pay anything. It’s brilliant and the ads are basically invisible and rare.
Literally was the best Reddit app and it is a fantastic port to Lemmy.
You can choose to pay the dev if you want to. I haven’t yet, but likely will if I spend more time here.
It really is a gorgeous app. 🤌
Adblock :)
Sync has a one time payment to get rid of ads as well. The subscription is for cloud services, if you want that stuff. I didn’t, so all I paid for was to remove ads.
Free sync here and adblock catches everything
Thanks, I had missed that! Still the price for Sync is way higher than what I paid for Boost. 🫤
Sync. Voyager was good too.
Shame Sync has a subscription-based model now to get rid of ads.
Subscription is for cloud based features (Ultra). It’s a single payment to remove ads
Oh shiz, you’re right. Still a bit of a heavy price compared to Boost.
Yeah that’s what made me jump ship to Boost - I sincerely doubt that even if I used Sync for ten years, the value of the ad impressions I give would be worth A$35. I can basically buy a huge number of high-quality games for that amount.
You could buy a huge number of high quality games for A$35?
I like Boost because when I revisit a post, all the new comments are highlighted.
Seconded for Boost. It also allows user tagging and it’s actually pretty useful for the current size of community.
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I really enjoy boost.
I use Voyager. It gets updates fast but it looks like an iOS app. I rarely encounter any bugs here. Voyager also has mark read on scroll and disabling infinite scrolling (add a Load page 2 button) Sync is also good, it deals great with vertically long images and is a native app.
You can change voyager to an android look in the settings
That’s just the iOS interface with outdated ugly Android UI elements =)
Sync has been really weird for the past few weeks, I stopped using it until there’s an update (which hasn’t happened before since several years ago when I started using it as a reddit app).
I’m currently on Boost, and it’s at least usable, though not super great, but good enough for now.
There’s a setting to make it look like an Android app. It’s got a couple quirks, but it’s good enough.
I know, for me it looks ugly, I don’t like the old Android UI (before Material You)
Also, I have no reason to use it if the iOS one looks better.
Don’t bother with sync.
I’m using connect and really like it!
Me too!
FOSS? Voyager, or maybe Eternity if you prefer something with a more native feel
Non-FOSS? Sync
Bookmarks should be “saved posts” and associated with your Lemmy account
Boost
Boost gang 🚀
Disclaimer: I use kbin 99% of the time.
That said, I love using Connect when I use Lemmy
Are there any kbin apps yet?
There was one, Artemis
It was developed prior to Kbin having a proper API for user interactions, and thus only worked on the developer’s instance - which was running a modified Kbin version with some APIs implemented.
I believe it’s all packed up shop now due to the developer’s instance unexpectedly going offline, and possibly some IRL circumstances with the dev… more info here: https://wedistribute.org/2023/12/artemis-shuts-down/
That’s a bummer. I liked Artemis better than any of the Lemmy apps.
Sadly, no. One was in production and was pretty stable, but suffered performance issues (at least for me? But an S21 Ultra really shouldn’t have performance issues) and now the Dev has gone inactive…
Tundra is another kbin app for Android. Not sure if it’s also on iOS.
I am also a former Jerboa user and although I kinda liked it - the sole reason that I moved away from it was the lack of a proper search feature (It is already well-known that the Search bar in Jerboa is basically only for communities; Jerboa can’t search for posts, comments or users.
I have lately been using Eternity - and the main reason is that Eternity is a fork of Infinity for Reddit, and Infinity was a complete app by its own merit - so although Eternity is not updated frequently, it is very unlikely that I will miss any essential feature in Eternity for Lemmy.
Just my 0.02.
