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.

  • loaf@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    6 days ago

    Currently using Arctic for iOS. I was using Voyager for a while, but the Arctic dev (devs?) are so good about bug fixes and adding new features, I had to switch.

    • 3dmvr@lemm.eeOPEnglish
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      6 days ago

      I just really love the default ui of thunder, it nailed what I want for lemmy usage, makes the ocassional lage/wrrors less of an issue. Also like consistent ui across devices, but I find it too annoying to type on my tablet to browse lemmy there.

    • 3dmvr@lemm.eeOPEnglish
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      6 days ago

      I have to get around to customizing it, thunder is mostly solid, a bit laggy sometimes, arctic is prob a better move on ios, I just wanted to get used to it, since piefed is forking thunder for their ios app and that will probably be my main eventually. Arctic is definitely more optimized for ios and the fastest I’ve used.

    • 3dmvr@lemm.eeOPEnglish
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      11 days ago

      I tried it for a while, but it left the rotation, I barely checked the customization options on that one tho, ill give it another try, when I had media not shwoing up or working on the other apps it still worked in Arctic everytime.

      • Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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        11 days ago

        Something that only it seems to have, versus the others I compared it to, is a “headline” view for the feed. It’s essentially an extra compact version of the compact view, putting the post’s community name in line with the upvote, downvote, comment counts and post age. Only saves a bit of space compared to the comparison I made a few minutes ago in trying Thunder, but most of all it makes the feed less cluttered, in my opinion.

        • 3dmvr@lemm.eeOPEnglish
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          11 days ago

          I enjoy customization more than using stuff sometimes, so I’m really enjoying all the options these apps have, voyagers got relatively less customization but I like that too, kinda like both extremes of heavy customization and being forced to use a certain ui thats been optimized.

    • burkybang@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      11 days 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.

    • Kory@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      11 days ago

      Same. The dev is very active and open to suggestions. I’ve been using it for a couple of months now and it’s working great.

  • Meldrik@lemmy.wtfEnglish
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    11 days ago

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

    • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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      11 days 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.

    • TrickDacy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      11 days ago

      I have used others and to me nothing else has the right blend of stability, performance, good defaults, and ability to customize. Boost is best on android.

    • anon6789@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      11 days ago

      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.

        • anon6789@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          10 days ago

          I seriously worry about coming off creepy or insincere, or else I would shower you with praise more constantly! Your app has made my experience here so much better, and I’m grateful for the things you’ve added to it, sometimes I’m sure, just for me.

          You’ve always been really friendly and helpful and lightning fast fixing any issues, and you obviously put a lot of time and work into developing and maintaining the app, and you don’t ask for money or have ads or anything.

          None of the other apps are bad or anything, but I still think yours offers the most and the best for me, and how I don’t see Summit near the top of every best Lemmy app posts is crazy to me.

    • 3dmvr@lemm.eeOPEnglish
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      10 days ago

      You can make them fullsize? They can take up your whole screen if you want in thunder lol

  • deadcatbounce@reddthat.comEnglish
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    11 days 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.

  • Obinice@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 days ago

    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.