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I need your opinion and suggestions on the best Lemmy client to use.

P.S., I currently use Voyager as my client.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I tried a bunch but jerboa has been constantly good for me :)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I use both Voyager and Eternity.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Voyager is my favorite, but mlem is a close second for me

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 hours ago

Glad to hear that you like Voyager too. πŸ€—

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

i'm on boost. i've tried quite a few options, but even with the ads, boost just feels like home.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Glad to hear you’re happy with boost, mate.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I just use Jerboa since that was the most mature app when the Reddit drama happened. I haven't tried other clients because it's Good Enoughβ„’ for me

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Liking Voyager, after trying a few unsuccessfully. This is the first one that rivals the old Reddit Is Fun for me

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Voyager is the best for me. Used Apollo for Reddit for years on my iPhone, so Voyager on Android just feels familiar and comfortable. Like sleeping in your own bed.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

iOS design language in an Android app creeps me out tbh

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

I’m using iOS but still feel comfortable to use Voyager in my iPhone.

[–] [email protected] 55 points 2 days ago (4 children)

I really enjoy Sync.

I was using Voyager until Sync got ported over to Lemmy. Voyager is great, but I find Sync more responsive. I also really appreciate Sync's appearance customization. I'm old, so I like cranking the size of some text.

I think there's an ad supported version of Sync if you want to try it. I paid the CDN$10 or whatever it cost on release. It's worth it to me.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I also really like sync. I also paid for the ad free version.

But there are still some issues and the dev is, again, inactive.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago (6 children)

Yeah. As much as I like Sync, I'm envious of aeharding's constant improvements to Voyager.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 days ago

Big +1 for Sync.

I was paying for Sync back when it was a Reddit client, and I moved to Lemmy mostly because that is where Sync moved.

It's an awesome app. Best app purchase I've ever made. (There is a free version too.)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Mlem on ios as it has the best ui made with swift.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

But my head feels dizzy after using it. πŸ₯²

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

How does it make you feel dizzy?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

The thread on the feed. Maybe just not suited to me.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Welp, I’m on voyager too lol

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

The search is powerful!

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 days ago (9 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago

I started using thunder when I got my current phone, which I do prefer but I liked Jerboa too.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Mlem looks the best but it feels choppy as hell. So I’m using voyager instead still quite good and runs smooth.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Yeah, that’s exactly how I feel. The threads look so distracting.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 days ago (7 children)

Voyager is definitely the most polished and great for those who used Apollo for Reddit. It is also very actively developed. For the Android users who do not mind the iOS aesthetic, Voyager is one of the few Lemmy clients on F-Droid.

Thunder is also a great option. I personally prefer its UX more than Voyager, but it is not quite as polished.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

In use Voyager for my daily driver here on this account and Jerboa for my NSFW account.

I love Voyager for the "hide read posts" and the some of the sitting and layout stuff. I like Jerboa for the erections!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Yeah, the β€˜hide read post’ feature really helps me to focus on particular reply that I want to read. πŸ”₯

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Thunder. Special mention to Arctic for its ability to embed and play gifs/videos in-app.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Thunder ... I currently use it Eternity if you're used to infinity for reddit

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Thanks for the suggestion, mate.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 days ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (3 children)

If you where a RIF user, go with boost. It's as close to rif as it gets. Since the rif dev went to that ban happy tildes site.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Is tildes still around? I haven't heard from it since the blackout.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 hours ago

I believe so, it's where a lot of us went at first, but then realized if the guy running it doesn't like you, he just will ban you. Which is fine, it's his site, but that's not what I or many others wanted.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I loved Reddit Is Fun. I've been using Connect for Lemmy because it seemed very similar to me. I wonder if I should try boost out.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

When I started using lemmy I just grabbed every app for it and tried them all. Boost is the closest I was able to find, and it has a ton of options to get it looking and feeling like RIF. The others were good, but just different. I liked RIF because of how simplistic it was, boost thankfully gives that same simplistic feel.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

Connect is cool, no ads, buy-me-a-coffee support

It features powerful filters that allows me to stay away from current usa politics (by keywords) and from websites I wouldn't consume content (by URL)

I find its layout more legible, be it overview or listing communities etc. Also features direct links to overall instances, ability to switch accounts or browse other instances as guest

Dev is open to requests / suggestions (and bug reports) in c/lemmyconnect, tho their availability is spotty

Still a pretty solid app, with these filters being the one feature I need IRL. Fuck trump, fuck x.com, etc etc.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

if ios, then Arctic for sure. it's the only one that feels as smooth as apollo did, has some excellent customizability, and is just as feature rich as the more popular clients

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Noted with thanks.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I loved infinity for reddit so I'm on eternity for Lemmy (a fork of infinity). The other I use is Jerboa. Haven't enjoyed anything else I've tried, not that I've tried everything.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Using Eternity and very happy with it, just as I was when it was Infinity for Reddit.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If you're on android I can highly recommend Eternity. Open source and a fork of Infinity for Reddit; which is still going as a paid service post Reddit API dΓ©bΓ’cle. I loved Infinity prior to Reddit being a bitch and Eternity is just as great

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