What OS? For iOS I’ve used quite a few and voyager has been the best of them all
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I’ll second voyager
I’ll third Voyager.
- open source
- very frequent updates
- free
- multi platform + web app
I will fourth that
Voyager FTW 🙌
I'm on android, forgot to mention it!
Well the good news is Voyager is available for both iOS and Android. Give it a shot, it’s a great FOSS app!
I've been using sync and love it. I used it on reddit as well.
I'm on android, forgot to mention it!
I use voyager. It's good. FOSS btw
Yesss! Voyager for the win!
Thunder is probably the best for me so far (it has the ability to show upvotes/downvote the way I want).
I used Infinity for reddit back in the day and I see eternity is about to have a new release, so I might or might not switch to eternity.
Those two seem to be the best I've found.
The absolute bare minimum is to show text as it was written. Most of the apps don't even deal with formatting post correctly, so I am happy to stick with a browser.
If your app of choice does not display the following correctly, let the devs know via a bug report
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Photon is great! It has all the features of lemmy-ui and looks really nice
Link: https://phtn.app/
I wish I knew about Photon before. Just spun up my own instance and loving it!
I've tried Jerboa, Liftoff, and Connect. They all seem fine, but Connect is the one I stuck with.
I just switched from Liftoff because it hasn't received an update in 6 months and is now breaking. As of last week, it no longer opens the subbed list for me.
I tried Voyager and Connect. It looks like I may be sticking with Connect, as I'm way happier with how smooth it is and the fact that it's not harvesting my data like some of the more popular browsers.
Eternity! Can't imagine using anything else at this point.
Very happy with sync
I'm also on Sync, but there are a few things I'm unhappy with that have me looking at other apps.
First, the dev isn't active on Lemmy. He'll make an announcement post every few months and reply to comments for a couple of days before going radio silent again. I'm worried he'll abandon the app out of disinterest or low motivation, like he did for a year after his UI refresh wasn't well received back in the Reddit days.
Second, that inactivity extends to app development. Major, easily replicated bugs (like the crash on startup if you have "hide account names" enabled) linger for weeks to months without a patch. This also goes back to the Reddit days and isn't new behavior.
Finally, he puts basic app features behind a paywall with a much higher price than normal IAPs ($16/year or $99 to permanently enable them). This includes features that used to be free in Sync, like tagging users or color highlights. It also includes things that Lemmy already does for free, like backing up subscriptions (though that was only recently added to Lemmy, so he might move it to the basic app eventually). Just removing ads with no other benefits costs $20, which is more than any app I've ever used charges.
Sync for Lemmy
Sync was my go-to Reddit app for nearly 9 years.
It does have ads, but with a one time purchase you can get rid of them. I've paid that and then I also plan on getting the subscription in the future for additional features.
The price is definitely a bit on the higher side, but I'm happy to support the development of the app I left Reddit for.
If you are able to, please support the apps and Lemmy instances you use.
Boost. One-time cheap payment to get rid of ads. No subscription like Sync (which is otherwise also a great app; it was not subscription based when it was available for Reddit).