As per title, what app are you currently using? Why do you think it’s the best one? I’ve seen a lot of app being developed (just to mention a few: Mlem, Memmy and Thunder) and I can’t decide what to use

  • _pete_@lemmy.world
    4·
    1 year ago

    There are a bunch of options each with their pros and cons, here’s what I’ve found so far:

    Mlem

    • Feels very Apollo like with things like slide to upvote and reply
    • Doesn’t seem to be able to handle inline images and media (so you sometimes miss post information)
    • Switching to new communities is not intuitive (you have to click the community name and type with the “Subscribed” toggle pane open)
    • No guides on how Markdown works
    • No message inbox

    Memmy

    • Has an inbox (not something I’ve seen from the others)
    • Has Apollo like slide interactions
    • Easy to find and switch communities
    • Text is a little too small
    • Found a couple of visual bugs (obviously this is all very beta!)

    Liftoff

    • Seems to show all the post information you could want (community it was posted too, which community that user is part of, etc)
    • Feels a little bit like the official reddit app
    • No Apollo like slide interactions
    • Some interesting choices when trying to find communities (showing the full sidebar)
    • Colours are a little constrasty
    • A couple of UI bugs
    • I don’t love the rounded corners on everything out of the box

    Thunder

    • Pretty polished
    • Slide interactions are great
    • Nice Markdown editor
    • Not found any graphical bugs
    • Some UI elements (subbing / unsubbing from a community) aren’t always clear
    • Written in flutter so may not give a true “native” experience

    Personally I think I’m gonna stick with Thunder for a bit, but I’m swapping daily at this point.

    Given that any development on these really only kicked into gear in the last few weeks everything these devs are doing is incredible, they’ve all come a long way in such a short time!

      • _pete_@lemmy.world
        1·
        1 year ago

        They’re all in test flight, an online search will usually throw up their GitHub page with either a link to their lemmy communities and the TestFlight sign up page.

  • drifty@sopuli.xyz
    4·
    1 year ago

    Just want to add my two cents here - https://wefwef.app is absolutely fantastic on both Android and iPhone and it’s a PWA. It’s better than any other client I have used (I have used most if not all available rn)

      • freebread@lemm.ee
        1·
        1 year ago

        Interesting. I’m still waiting for Sync for Lemmy since I’m used to that on mobile, but I always used Apollo on my iPad. (Well, I used it since Reddit acquired Alien Blue…)

    • actsukrit@lemm.ee
      1·
      1 year ago

      Just added it to my homepage. I’m surprised how good it is.

      I’ll have to try it a bit more, but it might become my default until Mlem is more fully developed.

    • Spendies@lemmy.world
      1·
      1 year ago

      Overall it’s pretty good, but it doesn’t support the android back button which is really annoying. If you hit back it just closes the app.

      • aeharding@lemmy.world
        1·
        1 year ago

        The latest deploy respects android’s back button! Might have to force close the app/site a couple times to see the newest version. Sorry about that. Haven’t tested Android until today 😅

      • aeharding@lemmy.world
        1·
        1 year ago

        Author here, check back soon! I’m prioritizing core functionality and bugfixes for the next few days/week, but wefwef uses Ionic so once things settle down a bit it’s not that hard to get Android styles supported.

        • Tiger Jerusalem@lemmy.world
          1·
          1 year ago

          Hey, thanks for the app! Wefwef is unreal, it feels like a native app because everything is so smooth. It’s my favorite one, and I never thought I would like a PWA over a native one.

          • aeharding@lemmy.world
            0·
            1 year ago

            Creating posts is the next priority! Also, following users? You can do that?!

            System notification will be harder, because it depends on Lemmy adding support for the Web Push API. There’ll be foreground notifications - but background ones is the part that depends on Lemmy.

            • drifty@sopuli.xyz
              1·
              1 year ago

              Hi I would love to be able to edit my comments from the same drag menu which has the reply functionality if possible!

  • BrooklynMan@lemmy.ml
    3·
    1 year ago

    I like Mlem because it’s a native iOS app developed in Swift and SwiftUI for everyone to be performant, beautiful, and accessible!

    But I’m on the Mlem Team, so maybe I’m a bit biased :P

    Follow updates here: Mlem App for Lemmy

    • infamousbelgian@lemmy.mlEnglish
      0·
      1 year ago

      I love Mlem and use it almost all the time. I’m missing if I have a notification (but that for sure is in the pipeline) but I miss one more thing: saving pictures on my phone. For these things I switch to the safari version.

      • BrooklynMan@lemmy.mlEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        both messages (and notifications) and improved image handling are upcoming features (per the release notes/post). stay tuned!

  • bcbane@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    I use Memmy and I love it, although it is still in Beta release and may not be able to join the beta. The dev is super good at improving it and fixing bugs

    • FujiTive@lemmy.fmhy.mlOPEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I’m currently trying both Mlem and Memmy, they are both great! I feel like Memmy have more features but the interface of Mlem feels more like Apollo (♥️).

      • shinratdr@lemmy.caEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Same boat. I think I’ll prefer Mlem in the long run but the Memmy dev is just cranking out updates like nobody’s business so it’s a lot more functional right now.

  • The_Weird_Child@vlemmy.netEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    I’m using Memmy and Mlem. So far I’m liking Memmy a bit better because I think it has more features (though part of that is likely just me being an idiot and missing things in plain sight). I feel like Memmy is easier to navigate, and it displays useful post/comment information better. That said, there are definitely a few things that make more sense on Mlem. I also really like how close Mlem is to Apollo. Right now, they’re both fairly buggy in their own ways (Mlem more than Memmy), so I just use whichever one has the feature I need at the time.

  • MonsieurKoala@lemmy.ml
    0·
    1 year ago

    I’ve tried a few on the Android side and Thunder is best so far so that’s the one I would give a go first if I were you!

  • QuarterSwede@lemmy.worldEnglish
    0·
    1 year ago

    I’m using Memmy more than Mlem as I like the look and gestures better plus the “me” and “OP” tags are an improvement over Apollo’s (which is saying something). I’ve been contributing to the github on missing features. Also added the wefwef PWA as it’s messaging is good (Memmy’s isn’t complete yet). Although, Liftoff’s is feature complete from what I can tell.

    The speed at which Lemmy clients have been developed is insane. Very impressed with the communities at work.