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 4 points 2 months ago

Voyager is my go to

[–] kratoz29@lemm.ee 3 points 2 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.

[–] shnizmuffin@lemmy.inbutts.lol 2 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Summit.

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 2 points 2 months ago

Summit is great, and the developer seems really responsive

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 2 points 2 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.

[–] ZebraGoose@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

+1 on Summit

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I've tried Boost, Connect, Eternity, Jerboa, Liftoff, Summit, Sync, Thunder, and Voyager.

My favourites are Eternity and Thunder. Eternity is the only app I've found with "swipe between posts" navigation. Thunder has the best remote instance link handling, and its tools for inserting usernames and community names are better than even the Lemmy web UI.

[–] CMLVI@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] arudesalad@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 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).

[–] Makeshift@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

Was on Voyager until it updated past my old OS. Current version of Voyager no longer supports my old 6S Plus.

So now I’m on Thunder. It works. I liked Voyager better, but I won’t complain about an app that still works on my phone.

[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 1 points 2 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.

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 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.

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 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.

[–] darkstar@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Voyager is the best

[–] Aurelius@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Hey, is open-sourcing Quiblr still planned?

[–] Aurelius@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Following up on this. You can find the Quiblr repo here. Enjoy!

[–] sag@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

Awesome ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

[–] Aurelius@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world -1 points 2 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

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu -1 points 2 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.