I’m currently trying Voyager. Initial impression is that it seems like a great app.
I used Mlem for a while on TestFlight, while it was good, it didn’t feel great to use, mostly just because of how sensitive the swipe left and right menus were. Voyager feels almost exactly like Apollo for Reddit, so it’s been my main app of choice
I never used Apollo. Back when I used Reddit I just used the official app. Glad to see some Lemmy apps have left TestFlight though.
Definitely! Having a working and easily accessible app will absolutely help boost Lemmy in popularity, just because a lot of people, including myself will just launch the app and browse for a bit if they’re bored
It’s on my Home Screen, but I wish it was easy to send images. That’s the only major downside, trying to share an image from Lemmy only shares a link.
Avelon is also a really nice one. All Swift too I think.
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Kind of a shameless plug, but you could have a look at [email protected].
The ‘Share as Image’ feature is still work in progress, it doesn’t handle very long threads that well yet, but overall I think it’s working quite well already.
I pushed a new release yesterday, once that’s approved by Apple I will announce (and share) the public TestFlight link!
Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using a URL instead of its name, which doesn’t work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: [email protected]
My favorites for iOS are all Swift apps:
- Arctic: [email protected] (incredible smooth performance and feels like Apollo, pretty new app and still in TestFlight)
- Avelon: [email protected] (great features like gallery slideshow view inside posts for images and individual hide read posts settings)
- Mlem: [email protected] (many customization options including unique ones like rearranging vote/save/… buttons in a widget style)
Ayyy, thanks for the shoutout! This is the first time seeing Arctic mentioned in the wild.
Recently I installed all the Lemmy apps I could find, and started using them. Every time I came across a problem, I made a note of it and used that as a benchmark to rate all the other apps. All apps had issues, some annoying, some severe, some catastrophic. In the end, I sorted my app list by score and uninstalled all those that I could live without. I was left with only two apps: Bean and Thunder. Voyager and Liftoff are also pretty, good, but not quite as good as the two I use now.
Bean is exactly what I want out of a lemmy app. I’ve been using it since TestFlight launch and every missing feature I’ve requested has been added. Feels so good to use!
I think Bean has a bright future ahead of it. It’s clearly the bast app for me, but it’s not quite perfect yet. I’m happy with all the features except two:
- When I go to my inbox and tap a reply, I’m taken to to a part of the thread that’s approximately correct in a short thread. If the thread is long, it’s getting harder and harder to find the spot where that comment actually is. Once this gets fixed I no longer need the keep Thunder on my phone.
- The community grouping isn’t ready yet. It’s a very promising feature, but in its current state it just isn’t good enough yet. I’m really looking forward to seeing it improve in future updates.
I settled on using Bean. Great app!
Are these actual native apps, or more react/web view in an app wrapper?
Depends on the app. Mlem is native, and Voyager is a web view app wrapper. But Voyager definitely doesn’t feel like a web view. It was written to feel like a native app, I’m really impressed. And that’s coming from someone who generally hates web apps.
Voyager used to be a web app, but has now gone native too.
Yeah Voyager has both a native iOS app and an installable Progressive Web App
iOS App: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/voyager-for-lemmy/id6451429762 Android App: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.vger.voyager Installable Progressive Web App: https://vger.app/
I’m still using wefwef (original web version of voyager) but I always reach the end way too quick. Maybe it’s time to try the actual app I guess.
