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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€“] sudoer777@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

Too many options so I just use the browser and it works perfectly fine

[โ€“] trk@aussie.zone 3 points 1 day ago

Voyager, only because I'm used to it and cbf swapping.

If RiF was made for Lemmy, I'd be using that.

[โ€“] Shadow@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I'm quite happy with Thunder

[โ€“] bonenode@piefed.social 3 points 1 day ago

I really enjoyed using Thunder but then found Summit, which offers one killer feature Thunder doesn't have while covering everything that Thunder has:

Multi-communities!

I got several gaming-related communities grouped, all the selfhosting communities grouped and I just need to check those multi-communities instead of each community one by one.

Also Summit works a bit better for Piefed than Thunder, but I know that is work in progress, so no criticism there.

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[โ€“] vext01@feddit.uk 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Voyager for me.

Thunder is also good.

[โ€“] Scrollone@feddit.it 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm sad that Voyager is just a webapp and not a native client; but apart from that, I think it's perfect.

[โ€“] Rogue_General@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Wait what? Voyager is a native client, I'm using the version I downloaded from the Google Play store:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.vger.voyager

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[โ€“] q@piefed.social 3 points 1 day ago

I'm using boost now but I miss the swipe to upvote feature I used to have on sync. Any recommendations? That swipe feature was great and made it so easy to throw a vote out there.

[โ€“] Epp@lemmus.org 3 points 1 day ago

I use Connect and haven't had any complaints.

[โ€“] cAUzapNEAGLb@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (5 children)

After much complaining about sync's descent into mediocre abandonware, i finally switched to Summit - i still miss sync's ui/ux - but its nice being able to use a non buggy product

[โ€“] JayGray91@piefed.social 4 points 1 day ago

Sync was borderline abadonware even as a reddit third party app before reddit closed the gates.

[โ€“] TrippaSnippa@aussie.zone 4 points 1 day ago

Likewise. I left Reddit when they killed third party apps because Sync was Reddit to me. I stuck with it here for a lot longer than I should have, but I finally accepted that it was dead and settled on Summit after trying a few others. Connect is also good, but I felt like it wasn't quite as flexible as Summit last I tried.

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[โ€“] MrSulu@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I'm using Voyager and happy with it. Of course, now. I need to trial these listed by others.

As a primarily iPhone user, I get a thrill using Voyager on my Android phone. It's basically an Apollo clone, and Apollo was iOS only (for Reddit). IIRC Voyager is based on its released source code. The Apollo dev was never gonna code for Android, but he didn't stop others from doing so, and they did. I also like the client. On iOS, I use it for my Piefed account because of its support for that branch (fork?) of Lemmy. On iOS for this account, I use Mlem, which I believe is iOS only.

I'm happy with Voyager on Android, but I'm certainly open to alternatives. I want to keep one app that can switch between the two, so it needs Lemmy and Piefed support. I also like the comfortable interface with previews, the ability to blur/hide NSFW on a toggle (like if I'm out in public vs at home), and swipe controls (upvote, downvote, reply, and save). Easy access to blocking is also important (e.g. on this account I browse /all).

[โ€“] Peffse@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Hey a fellow Jerboa user! I'm also in the Jerboa camp, just because it's so simple. I'll use it to load my subscriptions if I'm waiting at a dentist or something.

[โ€“] Embargo@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago

I'm on voyager and it does the job. I miss sync though.

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

I've never understood why people have to use a client. I'm just using Chrome.

[โ€“] Bell@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Sync. But I'm an old guy with habits that are hard to change

[โ€“] M137@lemmy.today 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I stayed with sync until I was forced to switch due to bugs and missing features, I tried all alternatives I could find and settled on Summit. Highly recommend, it has a ton of options and both looks and feels great to use.

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[โ€“] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I also use Jerboa and I have never tried anything else. It's great imo but lacking in the more interesting features I have seen from other clients. User tagging is super cool

[โ€“] hexagonwin@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago

boost and voyager

[โ€“] fum@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Voyager is all I've ever used to access Lemmy.

[โ€“] torik@lemmychan.org 1 points 1 day ago

None. Just use the website.

[โ€“] mech@feddit.org 2 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I use Firefox and have no idea why you'd need a dedicated app.

[โ€“] iByteABit@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

I also use FIrefox exclusively nowadays for Lemmy, but personally I can see the nice "feel" the app has, it just works very smoothly on a mobile device

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

who cares why someone might prefer or be interested or i suppose even "need" an app. why you gotta throw shade just bc you prefer a browser?

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

As we are talking about browsers... I use Boost, but would like the option of downloading 'all, -top six hours' including comments, for offline browsing (Perhaps up to a maximum size). Any recommendations please?

That WOULD be neat.

[โ€“] JayGray91@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago

I t4ied only Interstellar and settled on Summit. Back when piefed social was new I got on board fairly early and interstellar IIRC was one of the first to have piefed support. Then summit came with the support and I never left since. Sorry Interstellar, Summit just have the UX I prefer back when I used Sync for reddit. Sync for lemmy didn't have piefed support back then.

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

Still using the browser! Works just fine.

[โ€“] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 day ago

Sync still works great and is tighter than basically everything else. The other apps have made MONSTROUS strides in the past couple years, but I still have sync set up pretty close to how I want it. But, what I really truly want is Baconreader for fediverse.

Most of the time, sync, because I prefer my scrolling and reading on a tablet, and having dual columns that are easy to parse is more important than most other factors.

Boost is my backup for the same reason, since so far all the otherwise great lemmy first apps don't do dual column well, when they do it at all.

That being said, check out connect, summit, and thunder. All damn fine apps overall

[โ€“] zip@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I really like Raccoon, Summit, and Connect a lot. I switch around between them just for shits and giggles; they're all great apps with cool, active developers. I'm currently writing this with Raccoon.

[โ€“] AyuTsukasa@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Just tried Raccoon and the level of post customization is really nice. But it doesn't have a mark as read button which it kinda annoying.

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