(Please provide your Lemmy app recommendations in the comments)

There are two apps, in particular, that I am testing.

Mlem (iOS) & memmy (iOS & Android)

Both are plugging away and looking very good.

  • cowleggies@reddthat.comEnglish
    30·
    2 years ago

    Memmy is developing at a crazy fast rate - it’s leapfrogged Mlem in features and stability already imho.

    • 「fleece!」@pawb.socialEnglish
      8·
      2 years ago

      The only thing they need is a better app icon and I’ll be happy hahaha.

      The app is SO GOOD but the icon looks like it was poorly cropped from a screenshot. Mlem is obviously going for somewhere between the apollo icon and Ivory icon and it makes the app just feel way more professional from the get-go

      • cowleggies@reddthat.comEnglish
        5·
        2 years ago

        Yeah the icon is goofy but I can overlook it for the time being - I’d rather them focus on features and functionality and bring the fun stuff later (which seems to be how they’re approaching this)

    • cheeseisdisgusting@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      Is there a way to see a list of your subscribed communities on Memmy yet? That’s the only feature missing compared to Mlem and Thunder for me.

  • comicallycluttered@beehaw.org
    16·
    2 years ago

    Currently testing out thunder (Android) and it’s pretty sleek, especially for a side/hobby project.

    Much prefer it to Jerboa, though it has quite a few less features.

    Going to try out Liftoff later.

    • shortwavesurfer@monero.town
      7·
      2 years ago

      Thunder is my upcomer choice and i use both it and jerboa as needed. Omcecthunder gets a thing for telling me what posts i have read at a glance i will most likely use thunder exclusively. Jerboa is good, but the thunder dev has really worked on screen reader accessibility and it shows. He has fixed quite a few of my accessibility bug reports already and the app is top notch

    • MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz
      5·
      2 years ago

      Thunder is good, extremely work in progress but what’s there is really confidence inspiring for the future. Next update is already bringing stuff I was wishing for.

    • machinaeZER0@lemmy.ml
      3·
      2 years ago

      Thunder is spectacular and it’s still in alpha! Dev seems super nice. I’m still mostly using Jerboa, but Thunder will likely be my daily driver once it hits beta :) it’s just so slick!

    • mint@beehaw.org
      1·
      2 years ago

      Ooo, lift off is good too.

      I wish one of these had notifications, no idea if that’s an API thing tho

  • wpuckering@lm.williampuckering.com
    15·
    2 years ago

    It’s awesome to see Lemmy getting lots of love, and choice in the mobile app space is great for everyone. But some part of me also kind of wishes that rather than spreading so much development effort out over so many mobile apps, that more developers would jump in and contribute to polishing up the official open source Lemmy mobile app, Jerboa. I can’t help but feel that it would be nice to see a focused effort somewhere in bringing that one in particular up to snuff, as a sort of “reference” app. And have a few others floating around out there just for some diversity and testing innovative ideas.

    Maybe it’s already that way, I don’t know. It kind of feels like there’s a new Lemmy mobile app announced every couple of days.

    • Chris Remington@beehaw.orgOP
      5·
      2 years ago

      I agree, somewhat, with your sentiment. However, the ‘best’ (I know that’s subjective) apps will arise from a number of factors. My gut tells me that volunteer devs will flock to the repositories where people are enjoying themselves the most.

      • wpuckering@lm.williampuckering.com
        2·
        2 years ago

        Oh yeah for sure. It’s just a matter of time. Out of all of these options, some will just fade away (some already have within weeks of initial release), and some will remain and just continue to get better as the development community continues to get a better picture of where all of the action is, and starts to want to be a part of it.

    • raijian@beehaw.org
      4·
      2 years ago

      I really like Jerboa. I’m getting a server version vs. app version pop-up at launch and the odd crash when making a comment or saving a post, but I enjoy the UX a lot issues aside. The list view is 🤌

      • wpuckering@lm.williampuckering.com
        2·
        2 years ago

        You’re seeing that toast about versions since backend version 0.18.0 switched away from using a websockets-based API to a REST API, and the Jerboa client app is (in a not-so-descriptive way) warning you that the backend you are connected to isn’t aligned with the app version in terms of what it expects of the backed. This should go away pretty soon as more servers update their backend version and the Jerboa app update hits more devices.

    • Aaron@beehaw.org
      3·
      2 years ago

      Developers all have their pet frameworks they want to use. Why contribute to a Kotlin app when I can finally learn Dart and Flutter??

      • wpuckering@lm.williampuckering.com
        1·
        2 years ago

        Oh yeah for sure, everyone should work on whatever they want without restriction or obligation to be focusing on what someone else wants. And more often than not a pet project is a way to learn a new language or framework with the goal of self-development. That’s a great thing.

        It’s just a thought I selfishly have sometimes when I see many apps in development for the same platform, I can’t help but wonder “if all of this effort were focused across fewer apps, could each of those be better than any of these current ones are individually today?” Of course the number of devs contributing to a project has no direct correlation when it comes to the quality or maturity of the product. That’s down to the management, skillset of the devs, etc. I’m well aware of all of that, and the pros and cons of the differences in scenarios.

        Just thought I’d share the thought out there. In any case, Lemmy getting all of this attention will no doubt lead to the rise of at least a few solid mobile apps that will stick around and not fizzle out into development neglect within a couple of months.

  • deigge@feddit.de
    12·
    2 years ago

    Switched from Jerboa to Liftoff and I’m very happy with Liftoff so far. Liftoff feels very similar to the Reddit client Infinity for me. Only thing I don’t like is the color scheme. It’s confusing to make buttons you can click grey…

    • ezri@beehaw.org
      3·
      2 years ago

      My main issue with Liftoff is that I can’t save images. That’s a huge deal breaker for me

    • Spaenny@discuss.tchncs.de
      2·
      2 years ago

      Thanks for the recommendation, I really enjoy the experience using it. Both mlem and memmy were not really up there for me. wefwef makes Lemmy even more enjoyable.

      • hamburglar26@wilbo.tech
        1·
        2 years ago

        I’ve been pretty surprised by this one as well as I hadn’t even heard of it until the other day. It pretty closely replicates the experience of using Apollo, at least at the base level, but just a web app which I actually like.

    • maegul (he/they)@lemmy.ml
      6·
      2 years ago

      Web based PWAs should not be underestimated in this space. Mastodon has a similarly awesome PWA in elk.

      Because of the tech involved they seem to be able to develop faster while giving you pretty good performance.

      As lemmy has a hard separation between its backend and front end, it’s be cool to see alterntive front ends become more integrated with the mainline deployment. That is, it’d be nice if in settings I could select from a range of front ends, even ones that are acknowledged as experimental third party front ends without any guarantees.

    • FathersAndCrows@beehaw.org
      1·
      2 years ago

      There’s no small card / compact mode though, right? That’s the only thing preventing me from using this as my main Lemmy app.

  • Kevnyon@kbin.social
    10·
    2 years ago

    Its not out yet, but the Sync for Reddit dev is making Sync For Lemmy, so that should be worth checking out in the future.

      • Spzi@lemm.ee
        3·
        2 years ago

        Oh, I wasn’t aware. Coming from lemmy, the correct relative link to a kbin instance would be /m/. But since the community lives in a lemmy instance, it is /c/. Apparently coming from kbin you need /m/ in both cases. I added a link for both now, thanks.