I started off using Voyager, swapped to Mlem because of slight differences I preferred. Recently found out Thunder for Lemmy is available on the apple appstore and it instantly became my favorite. I like how unique the ui is compared to other, it seems better suited for browsing and posting on Lemmy, while the others feel better for the initial transition from Reddit. Very suprised it has barely any downloads or reviews when its easily the best Lemmy app on IOS.
Thunder reminds me of the more “modern” alternative front ends for lemmy some sites have while mlem and voyager feel more like the alternative reddit apps (blue alien) and give a similar experience.
On desktop, I’ve been using Friendica.
Jerboa on mobile. It feels a lot like the reddit client Joey which I liked a lot.
On pc I just use firefox \o
Apollo was the best Reddit app on iPhone. Voyager continues its legacy
I loved Apollo! I randomly chose Voyager as my first introduction to Lemmy and it’s been great so far
Voyager on Android is the best.
Voyager on iOS has worked well enough I haven’t gone hunting for anything else. On desktop I like the Alexandrite front end.
Voyager is my go to. But it doesn’t load Redgifs for me. Which isn’t a deal breaker as I do most of my browsing at work, but there are times when no one’s looking so it’d be nice to have.
Give Arctic a try. Just a little bit smoother and some great customisation options.
Thunder on Android. Alexandrite on PC.
Absolutely Thunder for android. Easy, customizable, and is very similar to the app I used for reddit called Relay. Dunno how an apk could be better for using Lemmy.
Eternity
Boost for Lemmy on Android with a customised Amoled black theme
I’m using Eternity, I haven’t tried more so I can’t compare, but I liked Eternity enough to don’t have the need to try others.
I already used Infinity for Reddit (which Eternity is based on) so it made the migration from Reddit to Lemmy really smooth for me.
I like Eternity but i have two problems with it:
Cannot upload images from the appSo, uh… 🤦♂️
It doesn’t format spoilers properlyComments, yes. In Thunder there’s a button and you just do a press.
BRUH WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS
HOW DID I NOT FIGURE THIS OUT
Boost 🚀💪
Same. I used it for so long on reddit that I jumped as soon as the Lemmy version was available.
Hasn’t been updated for a while unfortunately.
Steve Jobs is already in hell though, he ain’t getting your money either way
Exactly why it’d be a cold day in hell
I’ve tried almost every Android app for Lemmy, and holy heck, do I love Summit the most. It does everything I need it to and more. It looks great. It’s responsive. And the dev is amazing. They respond to bugs, issues, and feature requests lightning fast. No ads. Not FOSS, which is the only thing I’ve seen anyone gripe about.
Been using it almost exclusively for a year or so now, and I can’t praise it enough.
Thank you guys so much 🥲
I seriously worry about coming off creepy or insincere, or else I would shower you with praise more constantly! Your app has made my experience here so much better, and I’m grateful for the things you’ve added to it, sometimes I’m sure, just for me.
You’ve always been really friendly and helpful and lightning fast fixing any issues, and you obviously put a lot of time and work into developing and maintaining the app, and you don’t ask for money or have ads or anything.
None of the other apps are bad or anything, but I still think yours offers the most and the best for me, and how I don’t see Summit near the top of every best Lemmy app posts is crazy to me.
Using Summit on Android. I tried Thunder and Jerboa, but Summit has been the best.
Arctic on iOS; prefer it to Voyager, Mlem, and Thunder due to having more customization options.
Something that only it seems to have, versus the others I compared it to, is a “headline” view for the feed. It’s essentially an extra compact version of the compact view, putting the post’s community name in line with the upvote, downvote, comment counts and post age. Only saves a bit of space compared to the comparison I made a few minutes ago in trying Thunder’s compact view, but most of all it makes the feed less cluttered, in my opinion.
I enjoy customization more than using stuff sometimes, so I’m really enjoying all the options these apps have, voyagers got relatively less customization but I like that too, kinda like both extremes of heavy customization and being forced to use a certain ui thats been optimized.
It also feels more natural. It seems it was actually written in swift. Other apps feel like they were written in some framework, which causes inconsistencies from the rest of iOS.
It’s also in constant development. I’m on the TestFlight and contribute via bug reports if I find any. I love seeing the new updates.
Have you tried Arctic?
Currently using Voyager on my Android phone. I like it. Quite the upgrade over Boost (which I was using before, as I really liked Boost for Reddit in the before-times).
Don’t like going into Lemmy on PC, though. It looks fugly as hell, and the UI looks like something from the 90s. I wonder if there’s a different way of accessing Lemmy through my browser.
