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I need your opinion and suggestions on the best Lemmy client to use.

P.S., I currently use Voyager as my client.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Jerboa is great. Free and made by the head Lemmy Dev. Never tried others

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Maybe I should try Jerboa too.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I tried a bunch but jerboa has been constantly good for me :)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Connect has works well for me. Reminds me of reddit is fun which was my go to

[–] [email protected] 54 points 5 days ago (4 children)

I really enjoy Sync.

I was using Voyager until Sync got ported over to Lemmy. Voyager is great, but I find Sync more responsive. I also really appreciate Sync's appearance customization. I'm old, so I like cranking the size of some text.

I think there's an ad supported version of Sync if you want to try it. I paid the CDN$10 or whatever it cost on release. It's worth it to me.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I also really like sync. I also paid for the ad free version.

But there are still some issues and the dev is, again, inactive.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 days ago (6 children)

Yeah. As much as I like Sync, I'm envious of aeharding's constant improvements to Voyager.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago

yep. i lived Avelon until development stopped, and Voyager passed it up. the continued development is the long term play. my only problem with voyager is it doesnt let you come back to where you left off. i leave the app to google up something before i post it and when i go to return the post has vanished.

i want non-volatile Voyager.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 days ago

Big +1 for Sync.

I was paying for Sync back when it was a Reddit client, and I moved to Lemmy mostly because that is where Sync moved.

It's an awesome app. Best app purchase I've ever made. (There is a free version too.)

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago

I think I want to give a try to Sync soon. Thanks for the suggestion.

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Welp, I’m on voyager too lol

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

The search is powerful!

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Voyager is definitely the most polished and great for those who used Apollo for Reddit. It is also very actively developed. For the Android users who do not mind the iOS aesthetic, Voyager is one of the few Lemmy clients on F-Droid.

Thunder is also a great option. I personally prefer its UX more than Voyager, but it is not quite as polished.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago (5 children)

Mlem is a lot better than Voyager. Better features, faster, has fewer errors messages. At least for me.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 5 days ago (8 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

I started using thunder when I got my current phone, which I do prefer but I liked Jerboa too.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

It's fine but if you compare Jerboa side to side with Sync, you see that Sync is much smoother.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I just use Jerboa since that was the most mature app when the Reddit drama happened. I haven't tried other clients because it's Good Enoughβ„’ for me

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Thunder. Special mention to Arctic for its ability to embed and play gifs/videos in-app.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I use both Voyager and Eternity.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Voyager is my favorite, but mlem is a close second for me

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Glad to hear that you like Voyager too. πŸ€—

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Liking Voyager, after trying a few unsuccessfully. This is the first one that rivals the old Reddit Is Fun for me

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

i'm on boost. i've tried quite a few options, but even with the ads, boost just feels like home.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Voyager is the best for me. Used Apollo for Reddit for years on my iPhone, so Voyager on Android just feels familiar and comfortable. Like sleeping in your own bed.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (3 children)

Connect is cool, no ads, buy-me-a-coffee support

It features powerful filters that allows me to stay away from current usa politics (by keywords) and from websites I wouldn't consume content (by URL)

I find its layout more legible, be it overview or listing communities etc. Also features direct links to overall instances, ability to switch accounts or browse other instances as guest

Dev is open to requests / suggestions (and bug reports) in c/lemmyconnect, tho their availability is spotty

Still a pretty solid app, with these filters being the one feature I need IRL. Fuck trump, fuck x.com, etc etc.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago

I’ll give a try soon. Thanks for the suggestion.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 days ago (1 children)

If you're on android I can highly recommend Eternity. Open source and a fork of Infinity for Reddit; which is still going as a paid service post Reddit API dΓ©bΓ’cle. I loved Infinity prior to Reddit being a bitch and Eternity is just as great

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago (4 children)

If you where a RIF user, go with boost. It's as close to rif as it gets. Since the rif dev went to that ban happy tildes site.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Is tildes still around? I haven't heard from it since the blackout.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

I believe so, it's where a lot of us went at first, but then realized if the guy running it doesn't like you, he just will ban you. Which is fine, it's his site, but that's not what I or many others wanted.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 days ago (3 children)

I've used Memmy, Avalon, and settled on Voyager because Apollo just scratched that itch like nothing else. There's not really any terrible choice other than web/no client app.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I loved infinity for reddit so I'm on eternity for Lemmy (a fork of infinity). The other I use is Jerboa. Haven't enjoyed anything else I've tried, not that I've tried everything.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I used to use Boost for Reddit so I naturally started using Boost for Lemmy when it came out. But for some reason I wasn't quite satisfied with it.

I'm currently on Thunder and have been liking it a lot. Don't really hear it talked about much though.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Using Eternity and very happy with it, just as I was when it was Infinity for Reddit.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago (6 children)

Tried all, ended up using Summit.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

If you’re on iOS, Arctic made some big updates that make it arguably better than Voyager IMO. The biggest thing that got me was color picker themes, so you can literally make your own theme (and save and share them). Also the markdown is pretty great now. Voyager is still pretty solid and very good performance and features.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Mlem on ios as it has the best ui made with swift.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I personally love Voyager.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

if ios, then Arctic for sure. it's the only one that feels as smooth as apollo did, has some excellent customizability, and is just as feature rich as the more popular clients

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