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[-] carcus@lemmy.ml 76 points 1 year ago

Voyager, mostly because it’s similar to Apollo, a very popular app for Reddit, in many ways. As I was an Apollo user, it is nice to have some of the features replicated.

[-] OnlyTakesAshot@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

I’m also on Voyager! I tried all the other apps too but this one had most or all the features I missed from Apollo!

[-] Anissem@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago

Still have it on my phone as wefwef. Voyager is the best.

[-] sbv@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Voyager is amazing. If I wasn't already in love with Sync I would have stayed with it happily.

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[-] platypode@sh.itjust.works 42 points 1 year ago

Mlem. There isn't really a main reason. I like it because:

  • It's native SwiftUI, so it feels super snappy and "Apple-y" the same way Apollo used to
  • It's FOSS (though that's sort of table stakes around here)
  • The widget customizer thingy on the beta build is absolutely fantastic
  • It's not ugly. There are a bunch of apps that just sorta aped the Apollo UI without any of the attention to detail
  • I have a ton of faith in the stability of the dev team. There was a bunch of drama early in its development and I was pretty sure the project was going to die, but it didn't and it's been (as far as I can tell) smooth ever since

My only gripes are that the scrolling is still sometimes funky on the beta build and development isn't the fastest, but once all the apps are in their fully-built stable state I think Mlem is absolutely going to stand out among the crowd.

[-] ramble81@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Does it have the ability to block entire instances? That’s one thing I miss with Sync

[-] ericbandrews@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm one of the Mlem devs. We don't have it yet, but it's on our roadmap--its planned to be implemented within the next couple of weeks.

[-] phillaholic@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

Awesome. Is keyword filtering available? Didn't see a feature list on github, I'll give it a try anyway but that kind of filtering is what I'm really looking for.

[-] ericbandrews@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Yes! You can find it in Settings -> Content Filtering. We've got plans for more robust filtering in the works as well.

[-] jamiehs@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Just installed it based on your comment, and am giving it a shot. Seems nice thus far!

[-] hoanbridgetroll@midwest.social 33 points 1 year ago

I settled on Memmy early on as the least buggy app, but I like Voyager quite a bit as well. I might switch if they let me change the color of upvote/downvote arrows to what my brain expects.

[-] ebits21@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 year ago

Memmy is pretty buggy. I was regularly bug finding to help out but unfortunately development seems to have dropped off a cliff now.

I’m not even sure the devs are using Lemmy at all anymore.

I mostly use Avelon and Voyager. Lemma has a great video player.

[-] billbasher@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Yeah I see pictures that extend over the next post sometimes which is annoying. They’re always blurred nsfw pics in an album. The refresh doesn’t work when photos won’t initially load. Plus you can’t side scroll through albums so you can only look at the first 2.

So yeah, I think it’s time for something else for me. I appreciate this post

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[-] nicolairathjen@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago

Avelon. A native iOS app with a decently active developer. Has all features i would expect from a Lemmy app at this point.

[-] ebits21@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago

I’ve also been very happy with Avelon.

[-] qooqie@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I second this one, voyager is okay, but I want something at least a little new. Using essentially all of Apollo’s designs is kinda bleh

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[-] CreatureSurvive@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

Here is a shameless plug for my own Lemmy app Arctic. It’s a fully native pure Swift based app built with performance and content presentation in mind. It’s packed full of features, and more are being added all the time.

More information is available over at !arctic@lemmy.world

preview

[-] nix@merv.news 4 points 1 year ago

I like arctic a lot but I feel like its difficult to tell things apart. the posts in the feed don’t have enough breathing space. So its hard to open a thread by clicking under the article. The title and text are the same color when you’ve read the thread. The comments don’t have different color bars to easily notice whats replying to what like Apollo had. The community and user and the text under it are all the same grey.

Other than that I just newd a skip to next comment button that can be placed in the center and I’ll switch from Avelon.

Will arctic be open source?

[-] CreatureSurvive@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

This is great feedback. Honestly I’ve been primarily focused on integrating features so far. In the next couple of releases I plan to go through and focus on refining the UI making it more readable, reactive, and customizable.

I hadn’t really considered adding a jump button, but I can absolutely look into that as an option. I might even see if I can fit that in the next release, as it should be quite simple to implement.

As for open sourcing, I have not decided just yet. I would prefer open source, but I need to put some more thought into it before I make a decision.

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[-] GadgetGirlOz@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Looks great! Any ideas when it will be released in the App Store?

[-] CreatureSurvive@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Thank you! I don’t have a firm release date just yet, though I am pushing for a release date sometime at the end of October. This is largely dependent on how much I can get done in that timeframe, so this could change.

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[-] xe3@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago
[-] Kongar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago

Same

Feels just like Apollo did.

[-] redballooon@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Same. Was the first usable I came across, and I stuck to it. I believe they renamed it into something generic I can’t remember.

i call this move debranding.

[-] Ilikecheese@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Voyager is an infinitely less stupid (albeit forgettable) name than wefwef.

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[-] samta@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago

Voyager. Looks like Apollo.

[-] NENathaniel@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago

Voyager, I like that I can have an app to browse Lemmy that’s the same on Android & iOS

[-] ScoobyDoo27@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

I’ve tried about 5-6 different ones and they all try to replicate Apollo. Memmy is probably the best of them in my opinion but none of them are as good as narwhal was for Reddit. I don’t understand the fascination for Apollo. Why we need 6 different Lemmy apps that are all very similar doesn’t make sense to me.

[-] demesisx@infosec.pub 6 points 1 year ago

If you think Memmy is the best, try Avelon. It wipes the floor with Memmy (which hasn’t been actively developed for more than two months now).

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[-] LibsEatPoop@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I use the firefox web browser app because I refuse to download more apps. I have the ones I have. I’m not getting more.

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[-] scytale@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

Thunder. Unique design that stands out among a sea of Apollo clones. Special mention to Arctic because it can embed and scrub videos/gifs without opening the in-app browser.

[-] hoodlem@hoodlem.me 5 points 1 year ago

I use Voyager because it is very similar to Apollo. Also, you can self host it.

[-] orangeNgreen@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Bean. I just like the way it looks. Thunder is a close second.

[-] SpeedLimit55@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

wefwef is good enough for my casual browsing.

I use Memmy, but I don't really like it. I might try Voyager looking at people's comments.

[-] demesisx@infosec.pub 6 points 1 year ago

Give Avelon a try too. It’s native swift unlike Voyager.

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[-] Nihilore@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Avelon for a very simple reason, it’s compact mode is slightly more compact than the others I’ve tried

[-] clark@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago

Initially I used Mlem, but I found the scrolling to be not smooth, and I didn’t really like the design. Then I had Avelon for a while, which I would’ve still kept if it wasn’t for the fact you couldn’t off-load it and it took up a lot of data on my phone (2-3GB). Now I use Voyager and I really like it, I think I’ll stick with it for a while. You can customise it a bit, it looks like Apollo, it’s smooth, I’m able to off-load it. It’s great!

[-] demesisx@infosec.pub 5 points 1 year ago

Please elaborate on this “offloading” concept and why you use it. Thanks in advance.

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[-] itsgallus@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

I used wefwef / Voyager in the beginning, but I found that it crashed/reset too often for my liking. I’m now using Mlem which I’m pretty satisfied with.

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