Very happy with sync
this post was submitted on 23 Dec 2023
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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.
Whats that about backing up subscriptions? Haven't heard of that, what does it do and how do you use it?
It's only available if your instance has updated to Lemmy 0.19, but you can download all of your account data and even use it to transfer your subs and settings to a new account on the same or another instance.
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I use voyager. It's good. FOSS btw
I tried switching from Jerboa to Voyager, but I have the weirdst issue with Voyager. I use the back button at the bottom of my phone to go back from posts to the main list. Unfortunately, after using RIF for so long, or SOMETHING, I can't kick this habit where I press back too many times and the app closes, and I lose my place, and have to re-open and continue scrolling from the top. Maddening, and I don't know how to fix it. v.v
I just started using it the other day. Getting used to the gestures. Seems fine. Under active development so hopefully has a bright future.
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Eternity! Can't imagine using anything else at this point.
+1, I have tried Jerboa, Connect and now I'm on Eternity. Ticks all the boxes!
I've used connect, jerboa, thundar, sync, voyager, summit and liftoff. Eternity is the only one that works well for me without annoying bugs and has all the features that I need.
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I used Infinity with Reddit, and now Eternity with Lemmy. Same interface, better platform. :)
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I like Boost because when I revisit a post, all the new comments are highlighted.
Seconded for Boost. It also allows user tagging and it's actually pretty useful for the current size of community.
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Sync. Voyager was good too.
I really enjoy boost.
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.
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Boost
Boost gang 🚀
FOSS? Voyager, or maybe Eternity if you prefer something with a more native feel
Non-FOSS? Sync
Bookmarks should be "saved posts" and associated with your Lemmy account
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
Bold = Bold v. normal.
Italic = Italic v. normal.
Superscript = ^SuperScript^ v. normal.
Subscript = ~Subscript~ v. normal.
Strike-through = ~~Strike-through~~ v. normal.
TIL that superscript and subscript don't work on Connect. Eh, could be worse.
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I use Voyager. It gets updates fast but it looks like an iOS app. I rarely encounter any bugs here. Sync is also good, it deals great with vertically long images and is a native app.
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Disclaimer: I use kbin 99% of the time.
That said, I love using Connect when I use Lemmy
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I've tried Jerboa, Liftoff, and Connect. They all seem fine, but Connect is the one I stuck with.
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I am also a former Jerboa user and although I kinda liked it - the sole reason that I moved away from it was the lack of a proper search feature (It is already well-known that the Search bar in Jerboa is basically only for communities; Jerboa can't search for posts, comments or users.
I have lately been using Eternity - and the main reason is that Eternity is a fork of Infinity for Reddit, and Infinity was a complete app by its own merit - so although Eternity is not updated frequently, it is very unlikely that I will miss any essential feature in Eternity for Lemmy.
Just my 0.02.
Eternity for Lemmy!
100% agreed. Great app!
I'm just waiting for the option to edit posts. That's it.
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Personally i use boost Because i used to use its reddit counterpart
Was super excited for Boost as I was a paid user
Then it came out and was missing many of the features of Connect
Came back to Connect and haven't looked back
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I'll be that person and say I simp for sync. If you're hardcore FOSS though, you probably won't like it.
Eternity
My rankings based on personal experience and nothing else:
- Boost
- Liftoff
- Thunder
- Connect
- Lemmotif
- Jerboa
I know Lemmy has a general preference for FOSS but Boost just feels like home, and the amount of ads on the free version is tolerable to me.
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Thunder! It is
- FOSS
- Cross-platform (Android/iOS and you can even build for desktop or web)
- Has some neat features that I haven't seen in other clients, like a really customizable FAB, material you theming, multiple anonymous instances, ping time and version info for instances, already supports 0.19 including new features like instance blocking, an advanced share that can create a microblog style image to share posts
- Very good accessibility
- and lots more.
Coming from Relay for Reddit, I feel very at home in Thunder!
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Since I haven't seen it mentioned yet, I've been using Liftoff for a while now, and I've found it to be a fairly good experience. My main annoyance is that, if I open a notification of a reply to a comment, the process to see the original context for the reply is...convoluted, to say the least. Other than that, great app.
Liftoff has not been updated in a while and I think it'll have issues with v0.19 (not exactly sure, read it in another thread)
I experimented with boost, sync and Voyager and I liked Voyager the most
Liftoff is dead, I believe.
Connect nice clean UI and whery stable
I've tried most apps, but I'm perfectly OK with the Firefox on Android web experience for Lemmy.
I've had no complaints about it, it doesn't annoy me about downloading an app like most other mobile websites. So, sometimes, simplicity is best.
I'm using Connect. It has its issues, but it's tolerable.
haven't seen any comments mentioning connect yet, so that would be my recommendation. by far the most fully featured and smooth lemmy app imo and its my favorite. I've used most other apps but I always come back to connect because of all the different ways I can customize it and all the settings I can change that I simply don't see in a lot of other apps.
Ha, I was going to say jerboa is my favorite so far.
I'm having a different experience, haven't had any bugs and the updates seem to add features/stability without introducing any bugs on my device, I'm also on Android.
What kind of things are making it unusable for you?
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Photon is great! It has all the features of lemmy-ui and looks really nice
Link: https://phtn.app
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Use to use sync a lot but I gotta say summit has been working really really well. The dev is active and has actually fixed a bug I posted about in their community.
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