1y ago

iOS

For this who aren’t aware, Memmy for lemmy is now available in the app store [iOS]

❤️‍🔥 🎇 It’s finally here! And it will live on my home screen just like Apollo used to do. 🔥 ❤️‍🔥

Just spreading this news in case you’re like me and late to the good news :)

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No link?
App link here, since OP didn't deliver 😉 : https://apps.apple.com/us/app/memmy-for-lemmy/id6450204299
- Sorry didn’t include a link since it’s on the app store. Thanks for providing one.
  
  Unfortunately, searching for apps in the app store is not easy. I tried searching for "memmy" and didn't find it. I had to use the full name.
- Fantastic app, really puts Reddit to shame. Maybe if they didn’t spend all their efforts trying to add trackers and shit they would have a decent app

OP you’re on an iPhone. Next time crop the photo in the Photos app to remove the ad for PUBG…
- I thought my Lemmy app was displaying ads and almost deleted it.
  
  I also though that, but I’m on wefwef so that didn’t make any sense
- Any phone should be able to do this. The first thing my Android does after taking a screen shot is ask me if I want to crop.
  
  Hell, at least on my Motorola, you can set it so triggering a screenshot gives you a transparent, resizable selection box so you only capture the part of the screen you want to capture without having to crop afterwards.
- I wonder how much Tencent will pay per post like this
  
  I wonder what they'd pay for the Reddit equivalent

One more step in the right direction.
- A giant leap for the fediverse. :)
- Now I just need to learn how to use Lemmy
  
  You better start believein’ in using Lemmy…
  You’re doing it.

I prefer WefWef but still: this can only be a good thing for Lemmy. Glad this is out!
- WefWef UI is great, just wish it wasn’t a web app
  
  Honestly it’s hard to tell. Even on my old iPhone X it’s pretty seamless. I wish Apple and Android would give PWA apps more feature support overall tbh.
  
  Memmy is just a webapp with extra steps though.
- There was a really annoying issue with wefwef for me - Swiping back to the Home Screen would result in a brief couple seconds of lag before I could scroll again. Apart from that I’d agree that is was great.
  But this Memmy app is a lot better in that regard 👌
  
  Interestingly enough, I am actually also getting this intermittently on Memmy after just switching.
  
  I had the same experience with wefwef which led me to try out Memmy. Memmy is much more seamless and feels more like a fully functional app.
  
  It's so frustrating, because this is an iOS bug, and not an inherent problem with wefwef. Hoping they can find a workaround though!
- I bounce back and forth between WefWef and Memmy and I think they are both great in their own way.
- Wefwef feels like Apollo in a stable beta version: it doesn’t have everything I’m used to (blocking communities from the main feed is a big one) but everything is in the right place. Pity I only got it after Apollo went down, since I can’t get my data from Apollo now.
  I’m just trying Lemmy (writing this comment on it) and it’s still rather light but thankfully speedier than on a browser.
  I figure I’ll bounce between them for a bit and see which one starts to gain more usage and features. But yes, it’s good that there are more options available.
  
  Quick question- what specifically were you looking to export from Apollo over to WefWef? I tried exporting the .json file from Apollo over to WefWef following the instructions and it basically was just a list of my subscribed communities and allowed me to search for similar communities on here (most of which were pretty niche and therefor not on here yet. Totally understandable.) Is there something else I’m missing?
- I love wefwef but I actually prefer this now!
  
  Same
- Wefwef is fast but it’s a web app, not a native one. It feels snappy and fast though.
- Only reason I’m not on Wefwef anymore is because of the lack of haptics. Getting haptic feedback on votes and swipes is just too good, imo.
  
  True. That’s the same reason I switched to memmy

For those unaware, you swipe to access voting/reply on comments, swipe from left to right on a comment to get to the up/down vote and swipe right to left to reply.
On your inbox, you can mark replies “read” by far swiping right to left.
You can also swipe to go back to your feed back swiping left to right starting from the edge of the post.
Lastly you can access settings by clicking the “gear” icon in your profile screen (top right)
- Thank you! I wish the app made this clearer. But I’ll be referring to this comment until I develop some muscle memory.
- The only gesture it still needs is swiping a comment right to left to collapse the entire comment thread

angry android noises
- Try: Jerboa, Liftoff, Connect, Summit, Thunder, wefwef, etc.
  Sync is coming next month too.
  
  And you can install any of them right now without waiting for them to be approved on the store.
  
  I'm currently waiting for some of these to make it to Fdroid, it's just jerboa on there so far (which I like!)
  
  You rock! Thanks!!
  
  Don't forget Connect.
  Really good
- We've got a bajillion of them, and unlike iOS, you didn't need to wait for it to hit the Apple Store.
  
  iOS allows you to install beta apps via TestFlight. And we have a bunch already not including wefwef.
- boost for reddit dev looks like they released a boost for lemmy
  
  It's been announced that it's coming, but it's not released yet. I'm not sure if there's an expected release date
  
  Thanks so much!!
- I’m sure android has alternatives already. I always feel like iOS gets the popular apps later than android. :(
  
  I'm happy to report there are several android apps getting daily updates at the moment.
  
  I never head of memmy. Don't worry Android has lots of good Lemmy apps
  
  Right?! Lol

Im excited about all the apps but to be honest i hate the names of most of them. Mlem, wefwef, memmy. Idk the overly cute name makes me think of dudes who owo in people's DMs
- I love the WefWef app but hate every time I have to type that ridiculous name out. There’s absolutely zero chance I will ever say that horrible name aloud to people either.
  Apollo was an awesome name. WW, opposite.
  
  Voice your opinion at !wefwef@lemmy.world. The dev has already considered renaming as the current one was picked arbitrarily and partly because it's easy to type with one hand 🤔
- Lol I started using liftoff on android for that exact reason. Idk what's so appealing about baby talk for app devs that they name stuff like that
  
  I'm going back and forth between Jerboa, LiftOff and Thunder.
  
  Imagine being so insecure that you won't use an app because the name isn't manly enough. (Although to be fair i am also using liftoff atm because it was the open source app that worked the best last time I tried them all)

The dev did so much work in the last few weeks. It's amazing how quickly this app became good.

Me viewing this post on Memmy

Very clean. I like it a lot.
- I know. Reminds me so much of apollo. I’m on cloud 9 right now :)
  
  Exactly! My fingers have missed Apollo these last few weeks. Memmy feels SO familiar!

the best app i tried for ios yet!
- How do you reply to comments? It seems there’s no button for it in memmy :(
  
  Swipe left on the comment you want to reply to.
  
  Swipe left

Why does the app need to collect the Device ID and link it to me?
- push notifications
  
  Can't be. I have multiple apps with push notifications that don't collect/link it.

Is this open source?
- Yes
  
  Thanks a lot. I’ll be looking into contributing to the app too

Memmy is fantastic and exactly what Lemmy needs to become more popular. Using Lemmy.world etc on a browser on iOS just didn’t want to work for me, the login button wouldn’t work on any browser.
- Browsed through safari before and I would be logged out randomly, too. Not sure why it’s not smooth on browsers though.
- It’s good there’s this app which will hopefully work better. I haven’t tried it yet, but if for some reason you still log on mobile browser I found that if I completely delete the auto fill email/PW then manually tell it to fill again, I can login with no problem.

The GitHub mentions Android support. How do we get this?
- well it's a React app (booo), so all the author (or anyone willing to make a PR) needs to do is update the build pipeline to compile an APK and create a GitHub release for it if they don't want a Play Store presence.
- Please we need to know 😩

In case someone from Android wanders in looking for suggestions, I would highly recommend liftoff. I've been using it for a couple of days and it's really fluid and responsive.
- I have also been using it the past week or so. Works pretty well and UI is good and intuitive.
  
  Exactly. ~~Considering the app in only a few weeks old at most, I'm surprised at how polished it is.~~ It can only get better from here.
- I prefer Connect, gave Liftoff a shot but its too cluttered even just this community being technology @ lemmy.world via sh.itjust.works is too long

Loving the app competition. Mlem is coming along really nice as well. I truly wish Lemmy takes over Reddit.

Mummy for Lummy?

If I’m on the TestFlight is it important to switch?
Edit: question answered
- The TestFlight version will be the beta testing version for all the upcoming official App Store version for updates. If you keep the TestFlight version you will be a bug finder for improvements to the final app.
  
  Thanks!
- TestFlight will still receive new betas, if you don’t want to beta test new releases, just want to have latest stable release download the one from the store. Both will work just fine so you can stay on TestFlight one if you want to.
  
  Thanks!
- TestFlight will get updates faster
  
  Thanks!

Is there an Android version available?
- No, but there are plenty of Android apps available. Personally, I'd recommend Liftoff (and Boost when it's released).
  
  There's also something called Jerboa, not sure if it's good though
  
  Thnx! I downloaded Liftoff and I really like it :)
- I am currently using a WebApp called wefwef, but I think it will soon be renamed Voyager https://vger.app/

I am guessing this is the Apollo equivalent? Do we know anything about an Infinity for Lemmy?
- I'm using an app called 'Liftoff for lemmy'. It has been good so far. I'm not sure if it has all the features found in infinity tho.

This was fast. Shoutout to everyone involved!

This is awesome I love the testflight version of the app. It gives me a reddit like experience. I ended up settling on WefWef as my Lemmy app but Memmy is still really great.
- Wefwef is a webapp unfortunately. I believe Memmy is the first on iOS, though don’t quote me on that. I am slow when it comes to these news.
  Btw, your profile pic is ❤️‍🔥
  
  there is also Mlem for iOS.
- Does anyone know if wefwef stores your password in a database (they own) or if it's all JavaScript/local storage?

So I just found out about lemmy today and tried to search for it on the App Store, and apparently it’s only been released these days? Damn
Anyways, does anyone know why the app doesn’t let you upvote or comment?

Downloaded it and I think it‘s really neat! Improved my experience instantly!

Just found it abouf 20 min and been scrolling through. It's pretty nice, but on dark mode at least it's really hard to tell the difference between where one post ends and another begins. Also, haven't checked, but a compact mode would DC be great too.
- Compact is available :)
  Settings -> Content -> toggle Compact View.
  I thought it was missing at first because it wasn’t in the Appearance section of the Settings.
  
  We probably will move it to Appearance. Honestly not sure how i feel about the settings layout in general.

Having lots of errors signing into various accounts when I was trying to find what server to call home... got my lemmy.world account and beehaw to work, but no luck with kbin.social...
Other than that, works pretty well. Obviously a long way off the gloriousness of Apollo, but not so far off that I'd rather stick with a web shortcut. Seeing a lot of image previews turned into 🔗 instead of showing thumbs, and so many sites now rejecting access due to the use of a VPN... but that's more a web problem than a Memmy prob I suppose.
Feature-request-wise, it would also be nice to see a more customizable feed that could hook into any combination of my various accounts with a tier-style prioritization on which account to load a subscription when a particular subscription exists across those accounts.
Exciting times either way!
- kbin is federated with lemmy (and mastadon) but it is actually its own software with its own (unfinished) API.
- One of the Memmy devs here - We don't support kbin (they don't have an API). Did you have issues with signing into any Lemmy instances specifically?
  
  I got a couple of errors on some others like Beehaw at first, but it worked after a couple of tries. I figured it was just due to the rapid rise of your app's popularity! Congrats and thanks also for the reply! Sorry for being a goof on kbin... I am still a relative new reddit refugee who had been looking for a new place to be before Memmy came along.
- I went Lemmy.ml because it doesn't require an email address. I had 10's of Reddit accounts that I'd cycle through on different VPNs and only use certain ones on certain devices in the name of Internet anonymity. Giving up an email address (even one that's purely for junk mail) defeats the anonymity.
  Lemmy being open source and relatively transparent means any bad actor with access would have a ton of info on me, even if it's just my habits, voting tendencies, and comments/posts. That's not info I want to give out.
- If you only want to manage 2 accounts (e.g. here and beehaw) Liftoff handles it pretty well.

I'm crying in iOS 12.5.7. My iPad still works well (even the battery) but sadly more and more apps aren't available anymore.
- Try wefwef.app. It’s a web app you have to install on your desktop so I think it should work for you

Is there an iPad version of Memmy? I use Android for my phone, but I do have an iPad Pro that I occasionally use.
- It should work for iPad (unless the dev listed it as non compatible), but that doesn't necessarily mean it's been optimized for iPad yet.
- it should work on iPad yeah, though I haven't tried it

Thank you for this!

OMG, your screenshot made me believe lemmy got its first ad (pubg).
- Sorry. I’ll replace it with a cropped image. I just don’t want complaints of an edited screenshot so I didn’t crop it at first. But I’ll do it now that I see some confusion.
  
  Cheers mate!

Just got it as a BaconReader refugee. Loving it so far.

When is it coming to Android?
- According to its GitHub page, it's made for Android aswell, but there's no download for some reason. 🤷🏿‍♂️
  
  I think they were aiming for iOS first but will be coming in the future.
  Programmed in Expo (JavaScript) which is cross platform.
- Originally the devs were aiming to bring it to android, but due to limited time and only haven’t iOS devices to test with they’ve shifted to only aiming for iOS releases at this point. It may come to Android at some point in the future but it’s not really in the roadmap at this point.
  
  I'm glad they are focusing on one platform to get the kinks fixed. I can wait till it comes to Android. WefWef has been pretty great for a web app.

What's better wefwef or memmy?
- That’s subjective. Wefwef is trying to clone Apollo for Reddit. It’s cross platform since it’s a PWA. Memmy is iOS only and seems to have more settings right now. If you’re used to Apollo give wefwef a shot!
  
  Memmy is a React/Expo app so it's cross platform as well, the dev just hasn't configured an Android build pipeline for it. Both have the same janky scrolling issues which is common across React apps.
  
  Wefwef is trying to clone Apollo for Reddit.
  Well the first sentence of memmys github description says that it's "an Apollo-inspired iOS and Android client" so I'd say they're doing the same^^
- I'm using both. On paper I like Memmy more, but it's missing a couple of features present in Wefwef:
  Landscape mode.
  A way to display inline pics. If you're a Memmy user wondering why sometimes you see comments without text or anything, that's why. You're not seeing a pic.
  But if Memmy had these two things, I don't think I'd be using Wefwef much.
  
  memmy devs already confirmed on github that they won't add inline pics as we see them on wefwef, mlem or browser. Instead they'll try to add a link that says "show image" at the place where the image is supposed to be. Better than the situation now but still bad imho.
  That's btw how wefwef handles pics in comments, mlem also shows the full pic here.
- I'm using wefwef and I switched back and forth between wefwef, memmy and mlem.
  Here are some things I considered:
  Inline images are shown in posts(instead of linked to at the end): mlem, wefwef
  Opening images and zooming them: memmy, wefwef
  saving images: memmy (Edit: wefwef too since on of the latest updates)
  Adjustable text size: memmy, wefwef
  compact view is actually compact: wefwef, mlem (Edit: memmy too since the latest update)
  jumping to comments from your inbox: wefwef , Memmy(kind of, shows comment chain of that specific post, but not highlights the comment and has no way of switching to all comments from there)
  edit comments: wefwef, memmy
  As you can see, wefwef is present in all of these ^^ jumping to comment is a pretty big one for me, aswell as the inline images

This is HUGE.

Can i cross post this? If so, how?
- This is the cross-post button:
  
  Blessed art thou
  
  Wait, so it’s not here under the post. Do we have different apps or am i doing something wrong?

I am giving it a try, been using mlem previously. It looks very sleek. I just need to find out how to remove the notification numbers on the inbox tab.
- If you hit the little icon in the upper right it will mark all unread items as read.
  
  Yep, thats how you do it. Thanks!
- You can also mark individual messages as read by swiping left (past the reply option). I only just figured this out lol

Awesome!! I’ve been using several of the iOS apps in beta over the past month, and Memmy has become my favorite.

Cool! How good is this app? I’ve just been using wefwef
- It’s fairly similar to Apollo in many ways and it’s nice having an app to use. I like wefwef for similar reasons but currently it’s a web app only (still is right?) might be worth checking out to see if you like it, was as easy as logging in to get going.

Just seeing this on my newly downloaded memmy app. Good i feel like Patrick Bateman reviewing business cards. It’s very well polished.

I like the app so far, but I have noticed I have not been receiving push notifications when I get a reply etc. Also, it took my way too long to figure out how to make a post.
- It works for me, but you have to enable it first in the account settings, if you haven’t done that yet.
- Try turning on email notifications. As far as I know, no ios app has push notifications for lemmy as of the present. But I could be wrong.

There’s no way to save an image or share just an image. That’s very odd and a huge oversight. Hopefully that will get fixed quick.
Edit: I have to first click the image for some reason…
- I’m in Memmy and if I tap on the image in this post, I get options to both save and share the image itself.
  
  Ohhhh. That’s not user friendly. I just held the image down expecting it to save like everywhere else in iOS.
  Thanks for the help!

It's good for reviewing and giving high marks for searchability, but right now I'm having a better time with the beta version due to the absolutely insane rate of progress the dev makes every day.

cries into Android phone
- So far connect for lemmy has been nice. Kinda reminds me of RIF
  
  Wefwef.app
  
  That's what I've been using. It's pretty nice! I miss "mark as read on scroll" though, and better inline gif/media support (connect just shows a "new window" icon a bunch of the time)
  
  I feel like jerboa is closer to RiF.
- Its ok we get Boost, soon hopefully
  
  I used Boost for Reddit exclusively. Excited for the Lemmy version!
- Sync for Lemmy is about 3ish weeks from beta testing. Waiting on that. Currently using Jerboa.

I just downloaded the app. It’s amazing. Blazing fast, feature rich, and it’s open source!

What do I put for "server"?
- The instance you're registered to, so lemmy.world in your case.
  
  Thanks! Now my subscriptions aren’t showing up in the subscriptions tab.

Fantastic app, makes me feel right at home.

Been using this app for a bit and it’s great.
- Genuine question: is there any way to reply to comments?
  
  swipe rtl

I’ve been using this app in beta, great to see.

I feel right at home on Memmy. I’ll be sticking around for sure. Now if only my subreddit equivalents will pick up steam :/

This is definitely my favourite Lemmy app.
Congrats to the developers!
Really appreciate all the hard work.

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