What client do Android users use for Lemmy these days? I’ve been using Jerboa from the start but it’s a bit basic and lacks any good search functionality. So I want to try some others. What do other Android users recommend?
Things I like about Jerboa:
- It just works. It’s pretty simple.
- It has actual private browsing in app. You never have to leave the app and it knows how to never save your history.
- It can do the above even when setting your main browser to Firefox (so as blocking works even in open links in app).
Things I don’t like about Jerboa:
- Text entry is oftentimes buggy.
- Lack of any decent search for communities or in threads.
- No draft capability.
Connect.
It’s functional…ish.
(Let me know if this lemment got through)
(Also, I’m technically on PieFed now… but that’s basically Lemmy 2 or something, right?)
Eternity and sometimes voyager
Really don’t know what I’ll do when Eternity stops working
Try voyager, last time I checked, eternity was not maintained.
How amusing to call an app eternity and yet to be so ephemeral 😏
Boost
Boost
I’m quite happy with Thunder
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Me too. But it refuses to load images of a fraction of the posts and I don’t really know why. And cross linking to some other instances is occasionally borked, it tries and then opens the browser.
Apart from that it’s been fantastic
Another vote for Thunder, though I’m also kind of warming up to Summit.
I really like Raccoon, Summit, and Connect a lot. I switch around between them just for shits and giggles; they’re all great apps with cool, active developers. I’m currently writing this with Raccoon.
Just tried Raccoon and the level of post customization is really nice. But it doesn’t have a mark as read button which it kinda annoying.
That’s odd, because I have one in the little post options menu. I probably changed some setting… Check out the advanced settings under general, I see ‘read/unread post’ related settings there, along with options to do it automatically on scrolling, etc.
I’m using Voyager and happy with it. Of course, now. I need to trial these listed by others.
Frankly I just use the website installed as a web app. I’m quite happy with it. I lost a bit on the ux of thread closing but I get access to the emoji picker from my instance which is invaluable.
I use Firefox and have no idea why you’d need a dedicated app.
I’m not sure anyone suggested it was needed. Some of us prefer the UX
I also use FIrefox exclusively nowadays for Lemmy, but personally I can see the nice “feel” the app has, it just works very smoothly on a mobile device
who cares why someone might prefer or be interested or i suppose even “need” an app. why you gotta throw shade just bc you prefer a browser?
found the app dev
loll
Most of the time, sync, because I prefer my scrolling and reading on a tablet, and having dual columns that are easy to parse is more important than most other factors.
Boost is my backup for the same reason, since so far all the otherwise great lemmy first apps don’t do dual column well, when they do it at all.
That being said, check out connect, summit, and thunder. All damn fine apps overall
Boost is the best for me!
I’m on voyager and it does the job. I miss sync though.
Boost
Isn’t it closed source and serves ads?
I must have paid for it years ago when I used it for reddit, because I don’t get ads
It doesn’t serve ads if you pay for it - I used it for Reddit and moved over during the API debacle and I haven’t had any issues with it personally.
Voyager for me.
Thunder is also good.
I’m sad that Voyager is just a webapp and not a native client; but apart from that, I think it’s perfect.
Wait what? Voyager is a native client, I’m using the version I downloaded from the Google Play store:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.vger.voyager
Yes, that’s what I also use. But it’s just a wrapper for the web view. It doesn’t really use native widgets.
You can’t tell. It feels totally native.
Hey a fellow Jerboa user! I’m also in the Jerboa camp, just because it’s so simple. I’ll use it to load my subscriptions if I’m waiting at a dentist or something.
