I started off using Voyager, swapped to Mlem because of slight differences I preferred. Recently found out Thunder for Lemmy is available on the apple appstore and it instantly became my favorite. I like how unique the ui is compared to other, it seems better suited for browsing and posting on Lemmy, while the others feel better for the initial transition from Reddit. Very suprised it has barely any downloads or reviews when its easily the best Lemmy app on IOS.

Thunder reminds me of the more "modern" alternative front ends for lemmy some sites have while mlem and voyager feel more like the alternative reddit apps (blue alien) and give a similar experience.

On desktop, I've been using Friendica.

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[–] Azerick@lemm.ee 44 points 2 months ago (4 children)

I use Voyager on Android. It's a quality app that just works. On my iPad I use a safari plug in called sink-it.

[–] 3dmvr@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I was swapping back and forth between that and mlem for a while, I like the custom interaction bar in mlem. Feels nice to finetune, but voyager just works and has plenty of settings to get the necessary customizations. I like that the issue for me is that they are all good, so I just end up using them all.

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[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 40 points 2 months ago

https://www.lemmyapps.com/ has a "rating" column, to be compared with "last release"

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 34 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Sync on Android. I'll go down with the ship, I guess. If ljdawson never comes back I'll be forced to look into other options eventually, but for now it still works, despite some bugs. It just looks and feels the best to me, and I've yet to find another app that can exactly replicate how I have it set up.

[–] warbond@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Excellent, just the example I needed to prevent me from examining my own use of Sync. I picked it up straight off of RiF and it's been mostly fine. Spoilers rarely work and sometimes it just straight up can't "fetch the image," but I can do the things I care about, like downvoting and making ad hominem attacks. 10 out of 10 for me.

[–] unpossum@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

[…] like downvoting and making ad hominem attacks.

Thunder can be used for that too, you blithering imbecile.

(Sync alumnus, only on Thunder because I moved to iOS. Sync is still the best 😢)

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[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 months ago

I'm in the same boat. The ads have become terrible for me so I'm in the market for a new app anyway. I was hesitant to purchase a subscription because of the low number of releases.

Glad I didn't

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[–] Taeyeon@sh.itjust.works 25 points 2 months ago

Voyager on Android is the best.

[–] TORFdot0@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Apollo was the best Reddit app on iPhone. Voyager continues its legacy

[–] Xed@lemm.ee 6 points 2 months ago

I loved Apollo! I randomly chose Voyager as my first introduction to Lemmy and it’s been great so far

[–] obinice@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Boost, it was the perfect Reddit client for me and now it's the perfect Lemmy client, I didn't have to sacrifice any aspect of the experience.

God I love you, Boost my beloved 😍

I'm on Android. It'll be a cold day in hell before I give Steve Jobs a penny.

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[–] meldrik@lemmy.wtf 17 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Voyager on iOS. It’s the best for my use case and I like the UI the most.

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[–] tecnohippie@slrpnk.net 16 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I'm using Eternity, I haven't tried more so I can't compare, but I liked Eternity enough to don't have the need to try others.

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

I like Eternity but i have two problems with it:
~~Cannot upload images from the app~~ So, uh... 🤦‍♂️
It doesn't format spoilers properly

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[–] Duckling5746@lemmy.today 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Thunder on Android. Alexandrite on PC.

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 months ago

Absolutely Thunder for android. Easy, customizable, and is very similar to the app I used for reddit called Relay. Dunno how an apk could be better for using Lemmy.

[–] serfraser@sopuli.xyz 15 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Boost 🚀💪

[–] Glifted@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Boost on Android for me as well

[–] kmirl@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Same. I used it for so long on reddit that I jumped as soon as the Lemmy version was available.

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[–] murmelade@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Summit is my favorite after testing Thunder, jerboa and Boost.

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I've tried almost every Android app for Lemmy, and holy heck, do I love Summit the most. It does everything I need it to and more. It looks great. It's responsive. And the dev is amazing. They respond to bugs, issues, and feature requests lightning fast. No ads. Not FOSS, which is the only thing I've seen anyone gripe about.

Been using it almost exclusively for a year or so now, and I can't praise it enough.

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[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Currently using Voyager on my Android phone. I like it. Quite the upgrade over Boost (which I was using before, as I really liked Boost for Reddit in the before-times).

Don't like going into Lemmy on PC, though. It looks fugly as hell, and the UI looks like something from the 90s. I wonder if there's a different way of accessing Lemmy through my browser.

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[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Connect for Android was my jam, but now that I'm on Mbin I'm liking Interstellar (which also works with Lemmy).

[–] TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Connect is the most like the reddit is fun client. How i like to shitpost and see content

[–] deadcatbounce@reddthat.com 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Haven't looked around for a while, but I've settled on Voyager.

https://github.com/aeharding/voyager#readme

Sadly, F-Droid tries to share the actual binary not a link to it via F-Droid (a la Google Play).

I have the reference application, Jeroba, installed but I don't really like it and haven't seen it updated for a while.

[–] wjrii@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Voyager on iOS has worked well enough I haven't gone hunting for anything else. On desktop I like the Alexandrite front end.

[–] GCanuck@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Voyager is my go to. But it doesn’t load Redgifs for me. Which isn’t a deal breaker as I do most of my browsing at work, but there are times when no one’s looking so it’d be nice to have.

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[–] ekZepp@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

Eternity. As lacking in updates it may be, still woks well, and it is super customizable.

[–] Shapillon@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

Jerboa on mobile. It feels a lot like the reddit client Joey which I liked a lot.

On pc I just use firefox \o

[–] 3dmvr@lemm.ee 9 points 2 months ago

I like how the thunder app shows what update the instances you are logged into are on, lemmy.world is so far behind the others lol

[–] Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

Arctic on iOS; prefer it to Voyager, Mlem, and Thunder due to having more customization options.

[–] burkybang@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

It also feels more natural. It seems it was actually written in swift. Other apps feel like they were written in some framework, which causes inconsistencies from the rest of iOS.

It's also in constant development. I'm on the TestFlight and contribute via bug reports if I find any. I love seeing the new updates.

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[–] MP3Martin@programming.dev 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Boost for Lemmy on Android with a customised Amoled black theme

[–] OhVenus_Baby@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 months ago

Eternity

[–] powermaker450@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 2 months ago

Voyager on mobile, Photon on desktop

[–] Lemmchen@feddit.org 6 points 2 months ago

I was a RIF user and therefore Jerboa comes naturally to me.

[–] Rooty@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Firefox.

[–] letraset@feddit.dk 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

On desktop, either the vanilla PWA for Lemmy, or alexandrite.app. I Really like alexandrite.

On the phone, I flip between Thunder, Summit, Sync, and Connect. Gotta keep a tab on how they develop, and I like them all, for different reasons.

Edit: my current preferred client on mobile is Thunder. Like you say, it feels like a modern way of browsing Lemmy, it's really good.

[–] Tramort@programming.dev 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Boost in Android works reliably. I haven't really used anything else.

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[–] Willowthewisp@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I downloaded thunder and voyager. The cards are way too small on thunder so I’m using voyager.

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[–] warmaster@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Sync on Android

Alexandrite on desktop

[–] Shape4985@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago

Browser on pc, voyager on mobile

[–] gigachad@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I used eternity for a long while, but it is buggy and development is slow (if not dead?). So I switched to the Voyager android app and never looked back.

[–] ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com 5 points 2 months ago

I use voyager but I’m gonna try thunder now

[–] Scio@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Phtn.app, on the web

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[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

None-- I use the default website through Chrome.

[–] boxfulloffoxes@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Infinity is/was my favorite for Reddit on Android, and Voyager is close enough. Just frilly enough, images/videos embed okay (though need some improvements to saving/downloading), and it just works.

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[–] needthosepylons@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Voyager on Android, far above all others

[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago

Was using the Voyager app. But now I use the Voyager PWA version through the Hermit app.

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