I'm trying to stop using Reddit, but it having an app I know about makes it have quite an advantage.

I know there's a few apps out there I can use to browse Lemmy, but I'm not sure about their names and the different features they offer.

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[–] 15 points 3 years ago

If you are a fellow reddit refugee, the Sync for Lemmy is coming soon.

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  • [–] 14 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (9 children)

    These are the apps I'm using rn. So far i like thunder, connect and liftoff.

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    [–] 12 points 3 years ago (26 children)

    I'm the developer of Summit. Unfortunately I don't see anyone mention Summit but I would suggest giving it a try as well.

    I think I've been a bit slower to implement certain features compared to the other apps, but the app is heavily focused on scalability and performance. Give it a try just in case you might like it. Play store link: Summit for Lemmy

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    [–] 7 points 3 years ago

    The developer of Sync for reddit is creating a lemmy app. Can't wait to try it, as Sync was my favorite reddit app.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    I've tried jeroba, liftoff and thunder. My experience with jeroba is mostly negative. It's not good enough to be a full replacement for using a web browser and with the new update it crashes on my older, not bleeding edge phone. It can't even open lemmy links people post half the time.

    Thundar is ok. I'm not a fan of its interface but at least you can actually browse communities you aren't subscribed to.

    The third one I've tried is Liftoff and it's the best one I've seen so far. It's about the same in terms of quality as Boost for reddit. You can explore new communities in other instances, have more than one active account logged in to be able to simultaneously use different instances and best of all there's a search.

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    [–] 6 points 3 years ago* (5 children)

    I'm new but Jerboa works like a charm on my Samsung, very fast and responsive.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    My current problem with jerboa is that it keeps pestering me to update server to a newer version without giving me a clue how to do it.

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    [–] 6 points 3 years ago* (3 children)

    I'm currently switching between Liftoff, Thunder, and Jerboa, altho Jerboa refuses to let me sign in, 'cause server version BS.

    Liftoff has a nice UI IMO, and I like Thunder's navigation, so I'll prolly end up using one of the 2. Notably, Liftoff is more feature-complete than Thunder, so... Depends on what you want I guess.

    Well that got out of hand quickly.

    Have a nice day!

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    [–] 5 points 3 years ago (7 children)

    I tried them all (Jerboa, Thunder, Liftoff, Lemmynade) and I like Jerboa the most. The layout is clean, compact and it works really well.

    I was a Slide user on Reddit so I'm waiting for it to be available for Lemmy!

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    [–] 5 points 3 years ago* (5 children)

    Jerboa if you're on Android but it has a login issue that makes it unable to connect to instances that are still running the 0.17.4 version of the backend (and among them is lemmy.world). You'd have to wait for those instances to update to the 0.18.1 when it comes out before you can use Jerboa reliably.

    Meanwhile, you can just open the web UI in your mobile browser and it will work just fine.

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    [–] 4 points 3 years ago

    I tried lift off from Github. Its just like Infinity for Reddit.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago

    Until Sync for Lemmy comes out, I've been using the chrome Web app via Chrome browser.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago* (6 children)

    I love Jerboa, but can't right now because lemmy.world doesn't support the latest update. Currently using Liftoff for the meantime.

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    [–] 4 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Liftoff is my choice. Nice clean UI and covers every function i need

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago*

    I've been using Jerboa for quite a while now. Everything has worked alright, with no big complaints.

    After the 0.18 update, I have had issues with using lemmy.world, so I decided to give yourbsuggestion a try instead.

    Turns out I had already installed Liftoff, and was quite surprised now that I gave it a second try.

    It's clearly still in development, and there are some things from Jerboa that I will miss, but I'm set on giving it a sincere try this time around.

    If anyone is interested, its available in the Play Store:

    Play Store

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    [–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Connect until sync comes out

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    [–] 4 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child)

    Jerboa - a bit buggy still, and sometimes posts take a while to load, but its features are fantastic.

    Connect - I love this app, and I tried to switch to it, but being unable to disable "swipe to upvote" is a dealbreaker for me.

    Liftoff - I just switched to this. It's very polished and responsive, and accomodates my preferred way of scrolling and interacting with communities.

    Lemmotif - pure minimalist doomscrolling. It doesn't even let you log in to vote, comment, or post. Blazingly fast, and I love it. Uninstalled.

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    [–] 4 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    This might sound crazy, but i am just using the website via Firefox on my phone. Jerboa wasnt doing it for me, and someone recommended just using the website... I prefer it over jerboa. I imagine with all the development going on, there will be something better showing up, but until it does, I'm just going old school.

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    [–] 4 points 3 years ago

    I am using https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kuroneko.lemmy_connect

    Looks pretty good to me, it can make text larger so yeah. Like 10 minutes in rn though lol

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    I'm currently using Liftoff since lemmy.world isnt on 0.18 yet and therefore doesn't work with Jerboa.

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    lemmy.world is waiting for 0.18.1 because 0.18 removed captcha as a consequence of a change away from websocket, i think. they announced they arent going to update until its added back in, which the lemmy developers promised to do.

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    [–] 3 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    I actually just switched from Jerboa to Connect based on this thread, and I'm loving it. Much nicer UI and easier to use. I think I'll stay with this until Sync is ready!

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    [–] 3 points 3 years ago

    I'm using Jerboa, Connect and Summit. I really like Jerboa, but rn is buggy as lemmy.world is still at 0.17.4 while Jerboa only support 0.18. I'm still trying out Summit and Connect, only time will say!

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Currently I use 'Jerboa for Lemmy' It has yet to fail me but that is the usual default app. If anyone has any information of a better app I am willing to try another :3

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    At this exact moment might be a little buggy - Jerboa updated to support Lemmy v0.18.x only and Lemmy.world remains at 0.17.4 for a bit.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (5 children)

    I'm using Liftoff as of this morning when Jerboa started crashing every few minutes. So far, so good.

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    [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Have a look at https://wefwef.app

    It's a Webapp which works pretty good.

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    [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    I use Liftoff and like it. The auto picture loading is great.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (5 children)

    Currently using Jerboa. I want simplicity and no clutter. It would be nice if there was a "collapse all" for comments. And would like to be able to double-click an image and have it zoom in.

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    [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    I quite like Connect for Lemmy, it's maturing quickly. Looking forward to Artemis, which should do Lemmy/KBin/Mastodon and who knows what else. For Mastodon I like Tusky.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    I've found Connect for Lemmy to be a great successor to Reddit is Fun

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    Keep an eye out for the upcoming Sync for Lemmy, the dev from Sync for Reddit has agreed to make it and it'll definitely be a winner.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    Another list I got from a similar post on r/RedditAlternatives. I personally used Slide for reddit, so I'm excited about getting something similar for Lemmy. For now, I got Jerboa from the play store and am enjoying it.

    https://lemmy.world/post/465785

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