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What client do Android users use for Lemmy these days? I've been using Jerboa from the start but it's a bit basic and lacks any good search functionality. So I want to try some others. What do other Android users recommend?

Things I like about Jerboa:

  • It just works. It's pretty simple.
  • It has actual private browsing in app. You never have to leave the app and it knows how to never save your history.
  • It can do the above even when setting your main browser to Firefox (so as blocking works even in open links in app).

Things I don't like about Jerboa:

  • Text entry is oftentimes buggy.
  • Lack of any decent search for communities or in threads.
  • No draft capability.
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[โ€“] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 21 minutes ago
[โ€“] jade@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 hour ago
[โ€“] chrand@lemmy.ml 10 points 3 hours ago
[โ€“] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 3 points 3 hours ago
[โ€“] parzival@lemmy.org 1 points 2 hours ago

Blorp, it has Lemmy and piefed, looks nice, and the logo is really good

[โ€“] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

I just use the web UI. It scales really well on mobile.

[โ€“] Kurtagag@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 hours ago

Im using my computer

[โ€“] Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 8 hours ago

Sync for Lemmy

[โ€“] MIDItheKID@lemmy.world 6 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Am I the only one using Connect?

Am I out of touch?

No, it's the lemmings who are wrong.

[โ€“] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I'm with you. Connect is great

[โ€“] sudo@lemmy.today 1 points 37 minutes ago* (last edited 33 minutes ago)

Reddit is Fun into Connect. Never looked back.

[โ€“] Wahots@pawb.social 9 points 13 hours ago

Sync, until it dies.

[โ€“] ApertureUA@lemmy.today 5 points 13 hours ago

Jerboa was the smallest one I could find on F-Droid. The lack of post search sucksssss but that's probably a sign that I should get home and onto my computer regardless.

[โ€“] Crotaro@beehaw.org 1 points 12 hours ago

I just access it via the Firefox browser. Mostly because I'm tired of everything wanting to have its own app which turns out to just be a more colourful container to load the webpage (my tinfoil hat hypothesis is that they do it to bypass adblocks). And the other reason is that I couldn't find anything I need to do on Lemmy that I'm not just as able to do from the browser.

[โ€“] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[โ€“] Boneses@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 day ago

I tried Voyager and Interstellar but Blorp for whatever reason was the only one with a UI that felt right to me.

[โ€“] NutWrench@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago

Boost and Connect are my favorites for Lemmy.

[โ€“] otter@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)
[โ€“] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 20 minutes ago

Cool, I thought Eternity was much lower

Interesting, thanks for the info!

[โ€“] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 2 points 1 day ago

Nice it seems Voyager is a clear winner!

[โ€“] Eldaroth@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[โ€“] Ryanmiller70@lemmy.zip 3 points 8 hours ago

Same here. Blorp was the first result when looking up Lemmy on the Google Play Store and I've had 0 issues since.

[โ€“] moseschrute@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

Blorp dev here. Let me know if there is anything I can do to make the app better for you!

[โ€“] FireWire400@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

I used to use Boost for Reddit back then and switched over to Boost for Lemmy initially. Nowadays I use Voyager as the UI is better IMO.

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[โ€“] Diva@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 day ago

I use browser, never really had a reason to switch

[โ€“] sefra1@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I'm using Voyager because Star Trek.

Works very well except for one problem, it doesn't remember the last thread or community I was on I switch apps and android kills in background.

It's particularly annoying when I follow a link and when I come back to comment on it Voyager is back on Home and the thread lost forever.

Or when I'm in the middle to writing a comment but want to quickly fact check something but when I come back I get a message saying that my comment was saved, nice. But still can't go back to the thread I was to finish it.

Apart from that I'm satisfied with it.

[โ€“] jaypatelani@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 day ago

Firefox on mobile. I make the website an app. It works.

[โ€“] human@slrpnk.net 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I tried a bunch and settled on Voyager. I also liked Thunder.

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[โ€“] VibeSurgeon@piefed.social 15 points 1 day ago (5 children)
[โ€“] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 day ago

Also on summit. Not only is it a really nice to use app in general, it also has the best mod tools that I've seen in any app so far.

[โ€“] Master@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

Im on summit now and its ok. I wish sync was still in development.

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After using thunder I haven't felt the need to try anything else since.

[โ€“] AfricanExpansionist@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Irreally really like you Voyager. It's inspired by Reddit Sync, the GOAT

[โ€“] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm still using Sync (for Lemmy) but I'll need to check Voyager out, since it seems Sync is now abandoned.

I love Sync. A beautiful app that served me for a full decade. But now, Sync charges way too much for a subscription and access to features that used to be free or came with a one-time purchase. And yes, it appears abandoned, so why would subscribe?

Sync also had a bunch of customizations that I had to do for each account. Very tedious and the settings menus and options themselves weren't implemented as well as they could have been.

Voyager was exactly what I needed. It's very close the Sync experience while also its own thing. I'm very happy with it. If only they'd change the logo

[โ€“] paraplu@piefed.social 9 points 1 day ago

Voyager for me. The compact mode is fairly compact, with small enough thumbnails that it can feel text-first. The few others that support piefed have had huge images with no easy way to fix that.

[โ€“] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I've been using Boost simply because it's what I used to use for reddit and it does what I want

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