The Best Lemmy Client

Fuad@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml – 112 points –

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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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.

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.

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

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.

I feel like Sync doesn't really need an update? It seems complete to me.

Sync has had serious issues in the past such as an easily triggered, reproducible, guaranteed crash on open, with the dev not putting out a fix for months. This neglect goes back several years, to back when Sync was a Reddit client. Most infamously he disappeared for over a year when his UI refresh wasn't well received.

The app is great (I'm only on Boost due to user tags requiring a paid subscription in Sync), but his response time to issues is glacial. And it doesn't help that it's by far the most expensive client if you want it ad-free, and features that used to be free now require an even more expensive subscription to use on top of that.

First I've heard of any show stopping bugs. Been running fine for me (lemmy and reddit) and countless others. Maybe some niche incompatibility with your device.

The crash I referenced was caused by having the scrollbar enabled IIRC, and it was fixed earlier this year. It made it impossible to launch the main activity without crashing if you'd enabled that setting, so users were sharing workarounds to launch directly to the settings screen without loading any communities so they could disable it.

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.)

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

I find Sync more responsive.

I like cranking the size of some text

I’m on iOS and Voyager has many customizations and the ability to change text sizes. I’ve never noticed any issues with responsiveness.

Is this another one of those “well I was on Android and used sync vs well I was iOS and used AlienBlue / Apollo ” comments? Perhaps androids Voyager not as good as the iOS version? I guess it depends on what OP is using for mobile.

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.

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

I loved Apollo and appreciate Voyager but it doesn’t respect hiding read posts very well so I turned to Mlem which is now my favorite. The v2 beta is even better, adding easy markdown formatting and some nicer UI enhancements (the vote counter scrolling up or down on vote is a nice touch).

I had the opposite. Mlem always felt “in progress” and voyager was like walking into a polished experience. Voyager was the app respecting “read” posts.

Thanks for the feedback.

No one here using Jerboa??

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

Use use jerboa! I like the fact that you can see downvotes although I'm not sure if it's specifically a jerboa thing or some apps just don't do it

I tried a bunch of apps last year and settled on jerboa. My only complaint is the inability to default sort comments by old.

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

I found one person that reply to me using it.

I use it. Had tried Voyager for a day or so, but came back to Jerboa.

I'm curious about Eternity, since I am a Infinity user. Haven't tried it yet.

when I tried it, it lagged like no other app does. it genuinely had 10-20 fps

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

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.

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

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.

Love it! I think I’ll settle for Voyager.

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 Enough™ for me

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 débâcle. I loved Infinity prior to Reddit being a bitch and Eternity is just as great

How about on iOS? 🥲

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.

So at the very end you choose Voyager, right?

Yeppers, Memmy is delightful and Avalon is really beautiful but Apollo aka Voyager was what I was always seeking

Noted. Thanks for the suggestion, mate.

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.

I’m using iOS but still feel comfortable to use Voyager in my iPhone.

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.

Tried all, ended up using Summit.

Summit is a wonderful app, and the dev is super helpful. Can't recommend Summit enough.

Wow, that’s the new thing for me!

Same. Summit is amazing and since starting to use it a year ago I haven't even wanted to try anything else again.

And for reference I used to use baconreader for a decade over on Reddit. Summit has a similar vibe for me.

Same. Summit is amazing and since starting to use it a year ago I haven't even wanted to try anything else again.

And for reference I used to use baconreader for a decade over on Reddit. Summit has a similar vibe for me.

Same. Summit is amazing and since starting to use it a year ago I haven't even wanted to try anything else again.

And for reference I used to use baconreader for a decade over on Reddit. Summit has a similar vibe for me.

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.

I see. Glad to hear your opinion.

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

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.

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

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.

I loved Reddit Is Fun. I've been using Connect for Lemmy because it seemed very similar to me. I wonder if I should try boost out.

When I started using lemmy I just grabbed every app for it and tried them all. Boost is the closest I was able to find, and it has a ton of options to get it looking and feeling like RIF. The others were good, but just different. I liked RIF because of how simplistic it was, boost thankfully gives that same simplistic feel.

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

I use Thunder currently. My first Android Lemmy client was Jerboa, which was fine.

I've tried Voyager, and I can't remember right now why I didn't stick with it, but I ended up just gravitating towards Thunder. It's UI strikes the right balance between feature full and minimal imho.

Thanks for your honest opinion, mate.

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

Glad to hear you’re happy with boost, mate.

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

I was a Boost for Reddit user. Now using wefwef for Lemmy. Does the job.

Boost is available for Lemmy though

Tried voyager, thunder and jerboa, ended up using boost. Not that they are terrible, boost just vibed with me.

When I switched to Lemmy, Boost for Lemmy was not ready yet. Tried a few clients and wefwef worked. Does Boost have anything that wefwef misses?

As someone who was used to Apollo and is still using it, I’ve seen no reason to switch from Voyager.

Raccoon, second best is Eternity

We also have the Raccoon as a client! 😂

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

Glad to hear that you like Voyager too. 🤗

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

Maybe I should try Jerboa too.

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

But my head feels dizzy after using it. 🥲

How does it make you feel dizzy?

The thread on the feed. Maybe just not suited to me.

I tried a handful, and the one I liked best is Thunder. There were aspects I liked about Voyager too, but Thunder was set up better in my opinion.

Can't recommend Thunder enough, especially if you like a good compact mode/gesture-based UI. The devs are great and very responsive on the github repo, and the app just keeps getting better!

Mlem looks the best but it feels choppy as hell. So I’m using voyager instead still quite good and runs smooth.

Yeah, that’s exactly how I feel. The threads look so distracting.

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

Thunder ... I currently use it Eternity if you're used to infinity for reddit

Thanks for the suggestion, mate.

In use Voyager for my daily driver here on this account and Jerboa for my NSFW account.

I love Voyager for the "hide read posts" and the some of the sitting and layout stuff. I like Jerboa for the erections!

Yeah, the ‘hide read post’ feature really helps me to focus on particular reply that I want to read. 🔥