Best Lemmy client for Android?
Best Lemmy client for Android?
I tried one called Lemmur that I downloaded off F-Droid, however, it can not find this instance (lemmy.world). I want one that's open-source, and preferably from F-Droid (because screw Google). Which one do you guys use?
Honestly, using https://wefwef.app as a web app is hard to beat right now. It works very smoothly, and I finally understand why all the iOS users mourn the loss of Apollo so hard. Granted, using an iOS-esque interface on an Android device is a bit odd, but the gestures and the layout are just chef's kiss.
The biggest issue with it is that it's getting hammered on the primary domain, so I'll probably move to self-host it sooner than later.
I was an avid user of Relay, and unfortunately I haven't found anything that mirrors its layout and functionality, so I decided to build it myself. Here's the Github repo and a short recording of the UI which is already out of date. I'll be releasing it once the permissive CORS PR gets merged and lands in major servers.
Boost for Lemmy will be out soon, just using the website/not using anything until then. Boost was the best Reddit app by far. And yeah, like others said, Sync is coming too.
Using Jerboa and waiting for sync for Lemmy to come out.
Connect for Lemmy is my go to. The dev just released an update too with a ton more features. It's working great and I like it more than WefWef.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kuroneko.lemmy_connect
Jerboa's been working pretty good lately.
Liftoff so far has been the only one that let me log in and also works consistently. I haven't tried connect but I can vouch for liftoff at least. I'll probably be trying sync for lemmy whenever it comes out though since I loved sync for reddit.
Just started using Connect and it's great! I moved from RiF and it's pretty similar. My one request is a way to easily switch to the next/previous parent comment like you can do in RiF
I'm currently on Jerboa but I'm going to switch to boost as soon as it's available
Jerboa has gotten pretty stable since the exodus, I also have Thunder and Liftoff installed, but mostly switching between Jerboa and Thunder.
I like those two last ones because they kinda have a Sync feeling to them, will definitely buy Sync once it's ready!
Enjoying Liftoff as of now. eagerly awaiting Sync for Lemmy
Jerboa is my favorite right now, but I'll be buying Sync as soon as it's available.
As someone who has 6 lemmy apps installed, and constantly cycling between them, I'd say for now connect and liftoff are the best although each has issues that the other migitates. I'd say you won't go wrong with either option, with it mostly being personal preference.
As a former user of infinity for reddit connect feels a bit closer layout to what I was used to, but liftoff seems to have a slightly better ui.
Liftoff works best for me. Looks good, feels good. Tried a few and it just snapped.
Connect has been working well!
Connect for lemmy has gotten better now that i can hide posts without interacting with them.
I've been bouncing between Liftoff and Connect. I loved Sync for Reddit so I'll be using that when it comes out, though I also tried and liked Boost, Joey, and Infinity for Reddit.
I tried Jerboa but it was missing quite a few features at the time, but it's also really new so that wasn't a problem.
I do spend most of my time on Kbin so I just use the mobile web interface.
Try wefwef.app. It's a PWA, and you can easily set it as an icon on your home screen. Supposedly it looks a lot like the big iOS app (apollo?) that started the reddit blackout. Has nice swiping gestures. Works an absolute treat.
Jerboa since yesterday had been super smooth and error free for me. I prefer it to connect but they look similar
Wefwef has a web based app that works better than a lot of clients I tried on android.
Jerboa is my favourite, has been really smooth for me + the material you design makes it look so good!
Jerboa is working waaaaaay better than the previous versions. It is at last quite stable as of v39.
I've been using a few, but so far I've found Connect to be the smoothest and more to my liking. I was a long time Sync user, so I'll be picking that up once it eventually launches.
I have tried a lot, the three min ones I keep coming back to are jerboa, connect and liftoff. They all have pros and cons and I like each and alternate between them. Liftoff is a continuation of lemur by the way. Lemur was abandoned but someone else picked it up and develop it further, providing frequent updates.
I tried several and found wefwef to be there best
I think we are still in the phase where there is so much movement this answer might become outdated rather quickly.
For what it's worth I have installed: connect, liftoff, thunder, jebora and werwef (web app). But there are more I haven't tried yet
Currently writing from connect, which is my favorite.
As reference for Reddit clients I used to used relay (on my phone) and slide (on my tablet)
I'm using jerboa right now. Got it from fdroid and it works really well!
I've been using Jerboa and Liftoff, as the combination of both has what I'm looking for (Liftoff has an option to see feeds from other instances without having to log in), but most of the time I use Jerboa
wefwef.app is not bad. Liftoff is good too but after last realme phone update it crashes the phone.
Liftoff! Is superb. I don't have any complaints about it. My only gripe is finding the same content repeatedly. I just need to subscribe to more communities probably
Mainly Liftoff and Connect for Lemmy.
I'm using jerboa, lift and connect. Each had positives and negatives. What's really needed, imo, is a way to centrally log in to all of the instances you have accounts on from one place and have it work on all apps. A single sign on.
Grabbing a new app and logging in to multiple lemmy servers is a pain in the ass.
Wefwef app was struggling last week. Today, it's been very solid. Sticking with it moving forward
Liftoff and Connect mostly. Connect is a bit more mature but keep an eye liftoff
I use Jerboa
Been using Liftoff, but will definitely switch when Boost for Lemmy comes out.
For me personally, and the app experience I'm accustomed to, Connect and wefwef are the current jam.
Right now Connect and Thunder are the best, in my opinion.
Permanently Deleted
Lemmur is busted because it has been abandoned. The creator made that clear on GitHub but not in the F-Droid description. I wish they'd remove it from F-Droid.
I'm trying out Thunder, Liftoff, and Jerboa, all on F-Droid. All are decent but a little buggy. Shop around, see what you like.
Enjoying liftoff so far, only issue is you can't get back to your comments from your profile
Like if you look at your comments on your profile and wish to see them in context of the post they were made on, tapping on the comment will just collapse the 'thread' in your profile page lol. Kinda weird but using the menu to open it in browser gets around it for now. Aside from that, super smooth UI and performance aside from the occasional 502/3 hiccup.
Bouncing back and forth between Jerboa / Connect / kBin on mobile web right now. Who knows what it'll be next week.
This is a fun period of extremely rapid innovation, with new Fediverse apps getting announced nearly every few days by extremely talented developers. Many of these alpha/beta apps already have a better user experience than the 1st-party Reddit app, and it should get even better from here on out.
liftoff is the best I've tried so far
I'm using Jerboa for the moment, of the couple I tried is the one that performs the best and it looks good.
I'm waiting for Boost though since I used it for reddit for the entirety of my time there, I'm a loyal user.
Permanently Deleted
It looks like only Jerboa and something called Lemmur are the only two available on F-Droid at the moment?
Jerboa works pretty well for me. I really like wefwef (a web app). Liftoff looks nice to me.
Ultimately a lot of us are eagerly awaiting Sync for Lemmy!
[edit] Having said all of that--I'm really having fun trying any and all of them as they arrive!
Thunder. It's on IzzyOnDroid.
My 1st choice is Jerboa, then wefwef as my close 2nd.
I am creating my own just for fun. let me know if you want to try it out. come join the discord for preview: https://discord.gg/4QxXNwJ7
Waiting for Sync, if it has 25% of the user experience it had for reddit I'm a happy person
Tried thunder. It was easy to use but currently using wefwef. It's not a native app rather webapp. It's following the apple's design ruleset, app looks like a native iOS app, but much better when it comes to performance and stability.
I'm trying out both Connect and Summit atm - the latter I've not seen mentioned at all by others, but feels very comfortable as an ex-Joey user
Using Connect, waiting for Boost (Sample page from Playstore image), and gotta admit, Lemmy is pretty awesome on the web as it is.
Jerboa should be the recommendation based on what you are looking for.
Open source, saw someone else mention they got it on whatever F-droid is, stable af (0 crashes on pixel5).
Bonuses, it has buttons, looks clean, runs smooth, swiping isn't obsfucating UX/UI as it does expected things like going back. (wefwef is painful if you can't get behind IOS UI chicanery)
I'm hopping myself but Thunder is quite solid, so far it's the one that I like the most.
I've been using connect, I like it more than jerboa at least. But I'm planning on switching to Sync once it's out
Thunder is nice but it doesn't seem to have Searching posts feature
I've been using liftoff. No real complaints. It was having a bit of issues but I think it was mainly due to the influx of users.
I concur with all of the wefwef and Thunder app suggestions.
Using liftoff, seems ok so far. Was getting random crashes with connect, however, connect is pretty comfortable coming from RIF
I bounce between wefwef and Liftoff. When one has a hiccup, I just swap to the other.
I tried Connect but had issues getting certain instances to load. Honestly I've been accessing Lemmy through Chrome of late and it hasn't been too bad.
Very much looking forward Sync for Lemmy though.
I'm trying app for a month, problems were mostly from instance network unstable and all, at some point only PWA was ok.
Now the latest Jerboa is stable and pretty nice, in list mode. Connect is updated every day with new features and bug fixes.
I'm waiting for Sync.