Voyager and Memmy!
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iOS I’m bouncing around until one comes out on top. Memmy and Avelon are currently winning. Mlem, Bean, Thunder close seconds. Spend all my time on Lemmy. Couldn’t really get into mastodon.
Is avelon in TestFlight or the App Store
Avelon is niiiiiice. Big fan of Voyager also.
Edit: Sorry, misread. It’s in TestFlight
Just trying Avelon out thanks to you — it’s fire. https://testflight.apple.com/join/IzB0ZiBO but definitely a big Voyager fan, too.
I cant get into mastodon for the same reason I cant get into twitter. Why people think this is great way to interact on any subject is beyond me.
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Was using Memmy but switched to voyager recently and liking it a bit more, reminds me of Apollo. It’s still pretty early for all the apps though so I have a few and I check them occasionally to see how they improve.
Voyager 100%, nearly perfect PWA, great as a native iOS app too.
What does PWA mean? I see it alot and never know what it stands for.
It stands for Progressive Web App. It allows websites to be treated as a standalone app without having to download it from a storefront. When done well, it's hardly distinguishable from a proper native app. It's a cost-efficient way to create a cross-platform app that works with basically any browser.
Thanks. I think I get it now. I have been using voyager, followed the instructions and always wondered how it installs despite not being on the appstore. From how you’ve explained it, it seems to be less taxing on the phones computing resources, right?
It should be no more taxing than a web page, so I think you're correct. I have both apps and haven't done a direct performance comparison, but I will say the PWA seems to be just a tad snappier, imo
I like Ivory for Mastodon (it's by the guys that originally made Tweetbot for Twitter) and I use Voyager for Lemmy (basically it's Apollo reborn) and am trying out Liftoff as it has a few features I like that Voyager doesn't (yet) and testing Artemis for Kbin.
Love Ice Cubes for Mastodon and Voyager for Lemmy. I’ve tried to use others besides wefwef/Voyager but after soooo many years using Apollo it just feels so comfy. Navigation, the font, the way things are organized and displayed. I’m a creature of habit. I am hoping more features are added like a solid text editor, add photos to comments, user profiles, messaging…
I probably should keep trying others and at least test them & leave good reviews so the feddiverse keeps building and apps can compete with other social medial bullshit.
I love Ice Cubes, minus the load time. The “share as image” feature is nice, plus the AI “help” in posting doesn’t hurt either.
I was using Lemmios and thought it was pretty good, but after switching to Voyager from seeing recommendations, it fixes a lot of the issues I had with Lemmios. Namely how non-sticky Lemmios felt when scrolling.
Lemmios
it felt like when I tried to scroll down, it would move the post to the left or right too easily.
Voyager
However, as I’m typing this, the currently text is going below the typing field and I have to manually scroll to see what I’m typing.
For as little as I use mastodon, I definitely prefer Metatext, it feels good to scroll, everything is decently close together and fairly easy to navigate
I’m on iOS using mlem, which has so far been the best app I’ve used for it. It used to be somewhat unpolished and lacking, but in the latest update most of the bugs have been ironed out and the image viewer is in existence. Lemma also looks really promising although it’s still in early early development. For mastodon I use ice cubes although for my uses of mastodon I might just download an rss reader.
I use Mlem for Lemmy, Ivory for Mastodon, Kimis for Firefsh and also the Pixelfed beta.
I tried so many apps for each service and all have some very good features, but also bad ones. IMHO there is not the one app for everyone and it can be a long journey to find the right app with the preferred features.
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I use Bean for Lemmy and Mammoth for Mastodon.
I love Mammoth, but their new beta killed off a few features that I used pretty frequently (like sharing posts as images).
On the flip side, it’s more streamlined and much faster loading times. The new “For You” section still needs a bit of work though.
Ah, I’m on the App Store version. I don’t use Mammoth a whole lot. At least not yet. Somewhere down the line I’ll probably test out some more apps. I’ve really only tried Mammoth and the official app so far.
Interesting, so is it like sharing the text body of a post or comment as an image? I’d be interested in adding a feature like that. It’s pretty easy to do.
Voyager hands down, best one
For what? Lemmy?
It's my current favorite Lemmy app.
Checkout the web app at https://vger.app, or download the native app from the app store.
yea
https://github.com/neatia/Loom
It’s open source and the TestFlight link is inside with a macOS build.
Shameless plug but have been working on this for more than a month now. And it’s reaching a relatively stable state.
Available on macOS and iPad as well. Would love to hear what you think, if you have time to give it a shot.
Just wanted to drop in and say that I love the unique design! It’s a little unhinged maybe but we absolutely need more fun apps like this for the fediverse. Will be trying it out. Thanks for working on it!
Haha thank you. Definitely trying to make it fun. Slowly tying them all the added features together in a hopefully, meaningful way.
And no problem. It’s been really fun building this so far.
im using memmy and thunder. i would like to try the other apps on my ogse but they all require the latest iOS.
i also like pixelfed but could only browse it using pixeldroid in android because of the same reason.
if its not unreasonably difficult, i hope devs will consider compatibility with older systems as some of us are not using the latest iphones.
My iPhone is old, and I don’t have the newest iOS update. (Currently I don’t have enough storage space on my phone and can’t part with my pics)..Artemis is working great for me. It just released publicly in Beta. And has plans to include Lemmy very soon.
Ivory for Mastodon and Artemis for kbin!
I tried a few mentioned here and settled on Artemis for kbin and Megalodon for Mastodon for now.
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Avelon for Lemmy iOS (still on beta). The cleanest app i found among the bunch.
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Sync for Lemmy (Android)
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Mona for Mastadon iOS ( Very rich in customisation )
Mona for mastodon, with ice cubes as a fairly close second.
Avelon is fantastic for Lemmy.
Artemis hands down for KBin.
Artemis for kbin!
Thank you for this! I just downloaded in TestFlight
Please forgive my ignorance. I don't see this in the app store, how do I get it? Would LOVE a decent app for kbin! (I am a reddit/Apollo refugee if it helps)
I'm using Tooot for Mastodon on my ipad
Safari
Never a bad choice. I actually have a tab group specifically for fedi services.
Avelon for Lemmy released on AppStore today..
Do check it out.. I’m sure you guys will love it..
Metatext for mastodon and thunder for lemmy.