Best lemmy client for android

Ambuj Yadav@programming.dev to Open Source@lemmy.ml – 84 points –

Title + Why you like that client?

I am using eternity from some hours and my fav is liftoff.

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Eternity, hands down the best,

open source = no ads or tracking

very cutomisable, smooth navigation, no major bugs. + supports older phones

For me it's very buggy, although I still like it the most.

Does it mark read on scroll? I checked it out early but it seemed to lack that feature.

I personally don't use the feature, but I just tested it and it seems to work. How well, I don't know; it would require more extensive usage.

In case you end up trying Eternity again, the setting is under preferences -> post history.

Boost just launched today. Loved it for Reddit

The big turn off on eternity is that videos doesn't play automatically (not sure its hidden inside the 100s of options to tweak the UI). Boost supports viewing videos directly.

Thats great news! I wonder if I have to buy it again.

The ad-supported free option is still there. But yeah, if you want premium, you'll need to buy again.

Personally I use sync. I know it's a touchy subject but it works flawlessly for me. I did buy the $20 no ads option so ads don't affect me at all.

You don't need to throw disclaimers, all FOSS bros need to understand that we can use whatever the heck we want, so they can.

Anyone can use whatever they want, ofc. But this is the opensource sub, lol

I used infinity for reddit, so naturally I switched to eternity.

There was a poll a week ago and it reached over 6000 votes. That won't answer Why, but you get a general idea which clients people use.

https://strawpoll.com/wby5A21R1yA/results

That was before boost was released. I bet it'll look different now.

Unless people value their data and won't use boost

They're using sync. I think that has the same issues

How liftoff is so far down on that list baffles me

It's a good app, but it also hasn't received an update in two months.

That's a shame, well I guess I'll keep using it till it stops working. Then I would probably be switching back to Eternity as I used to use Infinity

I used Liftoff for quite a while. It just stopped working one day about 3-ish weeks ago. Couldn't ever get it to work again. I might be an outlier, but if others had the same experience it may explain it.

It needs to be updated to include Boost... maybe in a couple of weeks...

Jerboa, because it just works and doesn’t overcomplicate things.

You can't change the default comment sort though.

Eternity, free and open source, but also because I'm used to Infinity when it was still cool.

Jerboa It made by dev of lemmy. And it Minimal

When i tried it jerboa had all kinds of login issues, search didn't always work great either

Otherwise is was a good app, so hopefully those things have improved

jerboa felt a bit rough around the edges in my opinion. it also decided one day that it had no interest in working on my phone anymore, so i was forced to switch. can't say i would recommend it

I came from rif is fun and so I'm using Jerboa now. I don't need a fancy UI, I need minimalism.

Jerboah actually. Its the most complete, stable and looks very good. Used Thunder but it lacks features and is kinda buggy. I was hyped about Infinity, but I only really needed Infinity to have private subscriptions and multi accounts, which I dont have on Lemmy.

Jerboa doesn't have proper search functionality.

So search by text? Is there an app that has it?

I mean its search is limited to finding communities and we can't really search for posts, users or comments using keywords. Sadly, among FOSS apps only eternity has a decent search functionality but it's still under development and lil buggy. Liftoff does categorize searches but doesn't have the functionality of searching within communities. So far only Boost, Sync and Connect seem to have it and none of them is open source.

Very interesting! I will give Eternity another chance.

I use Connect and I've liked it. being able to block communities I don't want in my feed is easy and I get the impression that other apps don't have this feature. I can also block posts by keywords which is also nice not having to see post after post about Elon or furries

Think most apps have the blocking features, actually.

Can't speak for most apps but communities can be blocked on Eternity and Thunder. I just wish there was a way to block an entire instance as user

Using Connect, it was the second app I tried during the time there were a lot of connection issues with Jerboa (the errors weren't their fault, but they weren't handled as gracefully as I would've liked at the time). No complaints really, so I've stuck with it.

Jeroba because it's dev made and it was like the only one when I got on Lemmy. And it's actually good. Recently started using Eternity as well because I was using Infinity as my main client for reddit.

ive tried a bunch and jerboa is the only one with the features i like. eternity is nice too

Boost for Lemmy just released, works great so far!

Perhaps biased because I'm so used to Boost for Reddit

I just started using it an hour ago and I already paid the $3.50 for ad free (one time purchase, by the way) and I'm uninstalling all other apps I was trying. Liftoff, Jerboa, Thunder, Connect.... All dead to me. 😆

Eternity. I was using infinity for years for reddead and having an in-situ replacement is nice.

Eternity which is a fork of Infinity for Reddit. I've been using Infinity for ages so I really love Eternity

Eternity. Although there are issues with replies and the inbox.

Otherwise, I'm pretty happy with Thunder for replying to comments, and Eternity for literally everything else.

You may like Jerboah 😅

Nah... I tried... Thunder is more my speed in the Material You design apps, but I truly prefer the Eternity layout. So... yeah...

Sync is so good, but I did really enjoy jerboa when I first joined lemmy. Liftoff was also really good, but in the end sync is so customizable I was able to make it feel almost exactly like my relay for reddit setup, with swipe and tons of content on my screen

Considering this is the FOSS sub maybe the people suggesting Boost and Sync might want to suggest something else.. It's like people suggesting dairy cheddar for someone asking for a good lactose free cheese 🥲

But yeah, Jerboa is a popular client and one of the OGs as far as I know.

I personally enjoy Jerboa which is AGPL-3 and has a very sleek interface while being cross platform. Also felt a lot more complete than Jerboa did back when I tried it in July but im sure both are more similar nowadays

I'm using Eternity but every single client I've tested lack mod tools so most of them are a no no for me.

I really like Liftoff. It looks the nicest imo and is very smooth and simple to use. I also plan to give Eternity a shot since I used Infinity in the past.

Thunder, Great Material You UI

Best UI out of all the clients I've tested! Snappy and the haptics make it feel really great.

Does it still have that bug where it disconnects you when it doesn't find the network?

I think its fixed because I haven't encountered it in a long time. I recommend pulling Thunder right from GitHub using Obtainium instead of using fdroid. More frequent updates.

Sync, Summit, and Voyager, in that order for me.

I need to check out on Boost, but as I have already maaany Lemmy clients I'll give it some time to catch up.

Jerboa, was the only maintained one when I joined and I'm used to it now

Jerboa, it's kind of ugly but, yk, never change a running system. Just works.

last time people thought that we tried disenfranchising non white men

what

how did this go from "use jerboa it's pretty good" to something about racism

You have to use three applications at once due to the fact that in one application the search is better organized, but not very convenient design. The second app has faster ribbon scrolling and a user-friendly design, but it doesn't work well clearing the cache.

Most often I use the Jerboa app. The Jerboa application, despite the shortcomings, is the simplest and most understandable.

I've used a bunch but I like thunder the most. Jerboa is nice and emojis work best on it, but I like the general look and feel of thunder the most. Eternity is nice but its too buggy for me in its current state.

I only searched for apps in F-droid and my favourite is Voyager. Just love the full black interface with blue highlights and the swipe actions. I tried liftoff and thunder, but came back to voyager.

I like Connect, but Jeroba and Liftoff are pretty decent too. Thunder is pretty good too.

Using Connect. So far it has been my favorite on android.

I used Jerboa, but found it clunky. Voyager provides a much nicer experience. I come from having used redreader, so I guess voyager provided a similar experience.

Liftoff is what I'm using. I. Like it as it just works and looks pretty good too. Before I used Jerboa which I didn't like half as much.

OP is asking for trouble with this question, everyone's just gonna say what they use/their favorite, in a very opinionated way. Best advice is to try and see what you like, but I do prefer liftoff from my limited experience with lemmy apps. It just works and it's pretty.