1y ago

lemmy apps you should try and experiment with

I made a folder with my fav lemmy apps that I tried so far, and they are sorted by favorite to less favorite. By far, wefwef is my most used and I do switch to lifoff sometimes. Also, the official lemmy app is really not bad compared to reddit's official app. I would say try all of them and see which one works the best for you. waiting for sync and boost to launch. let me know if you have any other suggestions I haven't tried yet.

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I'm using Thunder and I'm liking it while I wait for Sync for Lemmy to be released.
- If Thunder could fix its bugs and add more ui customization the it'd be golden.
  
  Yeah, I like it for the most part but really am not a fan of the swipe gestures.
  
  They just released an update that really made it smooth for me
  
  Thunder has fixed the majority of it's bugs, it just lacks a few features how but the dev is already working on adding more.
- Thanks for this comment, I hadn't heard of thunder yet (been using liftoff, jerboa, and connect). So far thunder is the new best of the bunch!

memmy

I see vivaldi, I upvote! Best browser around
I see Niagara, I upvote! Best launcher around
- yes sir!! been using niagara launcher since last year and just switched to Vivaldi on desktop lately. damn man, I don't ever see myself using that google launcher ever again on my pixel phone no matter what updates they bake
- Switched to both of these within the last couple months, both are great. Niagara is admittedly probably the most expensive android app I've purchased, but I think it was worth it

I've been trying them as well. It feels like each one (so far) has something problematic--quite understandable given their early development.
I'm really looking forward to trying Sync when it's ready.

U forgot Thunder
- Thunder should 100% be on this list.

Keep seeing people talk about wefwef, but I can't even find it to download
I see Connect, Jerboa, Lemmotif, and Liftoff
- It's a progressive web app, basically a website that you install to your phone that behaves like a normal app. It's one of the best PWAs I've personally encountered too.
- Connect works well for me on Pixel6! I feel they are fixing stuff too because it has less and less quirks every day
- Here you go…
  https://wefwef.app/settings/install
  
  Doesn't work for me. I have Android and I used DuckDuckGo initially but there wasn't any install option, then I used Firefox and clicked Install from the settings while I was on the homepage and on the settings/install page but neither did anything, they just moved me to the app launcher (my home screen).
- It's not an app, it's a website that resembles an app. Apollo, specifically.
- Tbh it's fine to use it on the browser too.

I'm very excited about Infinity for Everything.

Slide is still in alpha but is looking promising.
- def looks promising, I'll give it a try!! thanks
- Wait... The same Slide as the abandoned Reddit app?? That was my favorite of all of the Reddit apps I've tried due to it's simplistic gesture design.
  
  That's the one. I'm not 100% sure of the history but it's an attempt to get it working here and progress is already promising.

The alternatives have looked nice, but overall I keep coming back to Jerboa as it has had less bugs for my experience. But I also get automated updates via F-Droid and previous versions have been buggy.
- If you have izzy's repo enabled then liftoff updates too
  
  I do use Izzy's repo, it isn't a full f-droid experience without it

I'm currently using Thunder (it is open source, https://github.com/hjiangsu/thunder) and it's pretty nice. I tried Jerboa before but I kept getting way too many request errors (probably because I was using with the lemmy.world instance tho)
- this feels nice to use but I can't seem to get into lemmy.world. is it meant to be used for other instances?
  
  I'm using Thunder and wefwef side by side and I like them both. I'm on lemmy.world and it seems to work fine.
  
  I’m on lemmy.world and could only get into it on my PC for a couple of days, I had to use lemm.ee on my device but I just kept trying and eventually I got in.
  
  I’m on lemmy.world and could only get into it on my PC for a couple of days, I had to use lemm.ee on my device but I just kept trying and eventually I got in.
  
  You mean Thunder? I think you are having some weird bug, because I'm logged there and have an account on lemmy.world. Jerboa recently was having problems with lemmy.world because of the server's version, but that has already been sorted it out.

Haha, I got them all in a folder too and would rate them similarly. (Tough, Liftoff is above wefwef for me)
I Update them all regularly and snoop back in to see how they're progressing. So far it's been really fun and inspiring to see these madmen developers push out 3 updates a day
If I get to make one recommendation: the thunder app is also good, but only available through GitHub (I guess?), so you'd have to install via an apk. Worth it in my opinion, as it comes close after wefwef in my ranking! :D

Jerboa has been useless for me.
Even liftoff has struggled. I'm hoping that things stabilize over the coming weeks.
- liftoff has been by far the most usable for me

memmy
- I don’t think there’s an android version out for Memmy yet.
- how do I get this one on android? I got lost in that GitHub page?
  
  couldnt tell ya sorry, i use memmy for iOS and had to download it thru apples beta store
  
  couldnt tell ya sorry, i use memmy for iOS and had to download it thru apples beta store
  
  couldnt tell ya sorry, i use memmy for iOS and had to download it thru apples beta store
  
  couldnt tell ya sorry, i use memmy for iOS and had to download it thru apples beta store

I’m using wefwef and you can hardly tell that its not native

Been using Connect and liftoff for a few days now. Both are really good but imo connect seems to be a tad bit smoother and has better UI.
- I agree connect has the smoothest scrolling experience of all of them but there is something about the UI and theme that keeps making me go back to wefwef. we can't really tell now but with time I guess, all of them will be enhanced and less buggy, and it'll be just a matter of preference.

Sync had a navigation option to go to the next "top comment"; I can't find this feature on wefwef nor Connect.
Do the others have something similar to navigate comments inside posts?
- Jerboa has this. So far it's the only one (that I've tried) that has this feature.
- Jerboa has this. So far it's the only one (that I've tried) that has this feature.

Tried jerboa and wefwef, now on liftoff and this one seems best for my use, so gonna stick to it for a bit while other apps are made.

Lemmotif is unusable as it is. You can't even log in to an account. On the other hand, Summit and Thunder are worth a try.

right now I'm using Jerboa and Connect. I liked connect because the UI it's pretty similar with Sync

Has anyone tried Summit yet?
- Pretty solid, good looking dark theme, don't like the lack of "next top comment" down arrow, the images seem to either have a hard time loading (or maybe Lemmy users are posting them wrong still), but seems to be more noticeable on Summit. Quick navigation and easy to get around though. If day is my second fave, after Jerboa (now that it is stable again).
  Edit: not so stable Jerboa, got network error posting, it went, but I didn't think it did. Double posted, hence the delete. Not sure the experience on Summit, but seems to be more stable, in general.
- Pretty solid, good looking dark theme, don't like the lack of "next top comment" down arrow, the images seem to either have a hard time loading (or maybe Lemmy users are posting them wrong still), but seems to be more noticeable on Summit. Quick navigation and easy to get around though. If day is my second fave, after Jerboa (now that it is stable again).

What am I doing wrong?
I can post on the Lemmy website (typing this on my desktop right now), and I have downloaded and installed a couple of the apps listed above on my Android phone, but I can't log-in into any of them.
I have tried many times over a couple of days now so I don't think it is because of the Reddit refugees swarming this site or those apps, but maybe I am wrong.
One rather confusing thing is that when I try to log into wefwef for instance (but I think the other apps have something similar), it asks for Account's server. I don't know. I pick lemmy.world but I am only assuming that is correct. Then the next screen asks for username or email. I've tried "Hazdaz", I have also tried the email this account is tied to. I have tried all lowercase. I have double and triple checked my password. But everytime it says "double check your credentials".
- Your account is on lemmy.world. make sure your selecting it when trying to sign in.
  
  Is there more to the account than just the username? Are you just typing"bananahammock" for your username or "@bananahammock@lemmy.ca" when you log in??
- Since you are able to login to the Lemmy website, have you tried changing your password and then logging into an app?
  Also I think account server is the site where you originally created your account. I created my account on lemmy.world so that's what I use.
  
  I literally just changed the password on my desktop. It's weird because there is no confirmation email or anything like that when you change it. I then grabbed my phone and on wefwef I made sure it was up to date. I typed in the password I just changed my account to on my desktop and I am getting the same error message.

Tried jerboa and wefwef, now on liftoff and this feels best for me at the moment so gonna stick with it for a while till other apps are made.

Haha, I got them all in a folder too and would rate them similarly. (Tough, Liftoff is above wefwef for me)
I Update them all regularly and snoop back in to see how they're progressing. So far it's been really fun and inspiring to see these madmen developers push out 3 updates a day
If I get to make one recommendation: the thunder app is also good, but only available through GitHub (I guess?), so you'd have to install via an apk. Worth it in my opinion, as it comes close after wefwef in my ranking! :D
- Install Obtainium and all your github apk update troubles will disappear!
  
  I second Obtanium

Never used Apollo but wow Wefwef with Hermit browser is just chef's kiss

The ones that I liked the most so far are wefwef, but I still can't save posts and block user/communities. The other is connect because there's a easy enough toggle hide read in the settings, although for some reason it's not linked with the lemmy profile setting to hide read, but it works the same.

Connect doesn't seem to have a way to visit and subscribe to other servers as far as I can tell.
- 3 dots on the bottom right brings up a menu to go into sub then top right another menu where you can sub

So far I've used Jerboa, Connect, and Liftoff. So far my favorite is Liftoff.
- Haven't tried LiftOff yet, but Jerboa (after it started working following server upgrade) and WefWef seem to be good. I'll try LiftOff soon.
  I miss something that's close to Baconreader. To me, that was Reddit for 12 years.
  
  Same here, Baconreader was my go-to Reddit app... it will be so heart-breaking to uninstall this :(
  
  Same here, Baconreader was my go-to Reddit app... it will be so heart-breaking to uninstall this :(
- Try thunder. You can like and comment on other communities
- Haven't tried LiftOff yet, but Jerboa (after it started working following server upgrade) and WefWef seem to be good. I'll try LiftOff soon.
  I miss something that's close to Baconreader. To me, that was Reddit for 12 years.
  
  Baconreader was my daily distraction for so long, I'd love to find an app similar to it for lemmy
- Try thunder. You can like and comment on other communities
- Try thunder. You can like and comment on other communities

I’m really digging wefwef on my iPad since it is pretty much Apollo for Lemmy.

Just tried the GitHub release but posts fail

I'm trying out Summit now and it's quite good. But I don't think it has a list of communities that I'm subscribed to and I can only choose to either see all posts from my "subreddits" or all from my instance/federation. Apart from that it's good.
- bro we get it haha!! summit is actually a good alternative. just tried it and it seems so fluid and love the default AMOLED dark theme it comes with. might be my third new fav!!

Due to a bug in reposted comments about Summit, I will be locking this thread to prevent further issues.
Feel free to make a new thread about Lemmy apps!

Call me stupid but I refuse to try Connect due to its terrible icon.
Jk, happy with Liftoff
- Are you taking about the new oe old icon?

Are there any others than jerboa for android?
- Wefwef is strange, you go to website and then install app from there. It's actually good.
  Tried Summit and Connect, not that impressed yet.

Which ones are open source?
- I know liftoff is open source
- I know liftoff is open source
- Jerboa is as well.

I'm trying out Summit now and it's quite good. But I don't think it has a list of communities that I'm subscribed to and I can only choose to either see all posts from my "subreddits" or all from my instance/federation. Apart from that it's good.
- Is repetitive postings one of the bugs :)
  
  I experience the same trying to submit a comment. Get a server timeout error, so try again and again. Some times comment get posted multiple times other times I hit back thinking I've posted and it's not there.
- Piece of advice, if you submit a comment and you get an error or if it just disappears, the comment possibly still got submitted.
  I've been having the same issue, so write a comment, copy it, submit it, reload the page and see if it got posted, if not just paste and try again.
- We get it bro lmao. So many duplicates, maybe Summit ain't it 😂
- We get it bro lmao. So many duplicates, maybe Summit ain't it 😂

Which ones are open source?

I've been trying them as well. It feels like each one (so far) has something problematic--quite understandable given their early development.
I'm really looking forward to trying Sync when it's ready.

I was using Connect but recently switched to Liftoff, just seems a little bit nicer.

Ah, that explains the navigation difficulties.
Kept accidentally backing out of the page.

Looks like lemmotif is in super beta and can't even add an account. It does load pretty quickly though.

More choise more better :)

More choise more better :)

I'm also using Memmy for iOS, but it's under beta on TestFlight.
https://github.com/gkasdorf/memmy
Also tried wefwef. It looks cool and all, but it's a web app in the end. Not really a fan of those and they tend to consume more battery than the native experience.
- Why did I just sign up for GitHub?
  
  You don't need an account to download releases, but now that you have an account I think it's the universe telling you to pick up programming and to give your soul to the GitHub like the rest of us.

I'm trying out Summit now and it's quite good. But I don't think it has a list of communities that I'm subscribed to and I can only choose to either see all posts from my "subreddits" or all from my instance/federation. Apart from that it's good.

Cries in kbin.
- Workaround: create a Lemmy account and subscribe to your favorite Kbin magazines.
- I'm finding Kbin's PWA perfectly fine for now, honestly! I'll likely switch to an app once there's a good one available, but I don't feel like my experience is bad right now.

They all kinda suck at this stage.

I'm trying out Summit now and it's quite good. But I don't think it has a list of communities that I'm subscribed to and I can only choose to either see all posts from my "subreddits" or all from my instance/federation. Apart from that it's good.

I'm trying out Summit now and it's quite good. But I don't think it has a list of communities that I'm subscribed to and I can only choose to either see all posts from my "subreddits" or all from my instance/federation. Apart from that it's good.

I'm trying out Summit now and it's quite good. But I don't think it has a list of communities that I'm subscribed to and I can only choose to either see all posts from my "subreddits" or all from my instance/federation. Apart from that it's good.

I'm trying out Summit now and it's quite good. But I don't think it has a list of communities that I'm subscribed to and I can only choose to either see all posts from my "subreddits" or all from my instance/federation. Apart from that it's good.

I'm trying out Summit now and it's quite good. But I don't think it has a list of communities that I'm subscribed to and I can only choose to either see all posts from my "subreddits" or all from my instance/federation. Apart from that it's good.

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