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Looking for a good Lemmy mobile app (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 days ago by Az_1@lemmy.world to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask, but i'm new to Lemmy and looking for a good client to use it with. I've been using Sync which is what i used to use with Reddit but i've noticed that it isn't getting updates now. Any other good mobile apps I can usr Lemmy with?

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[-] sorghum@sh.itjust.works 101 points 2 days ago

Voyager hands down

https://vger.app/

[-] Az_1@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago

Took a look and love it, mostly because it looks like an iOS app but on Android. I've really missed iOS app design and this is just refreshing lol.

[-] end0fline@piefed.social 16 points 2 days ago

At least in iOS, it reminds me a lot of what used to be the Apollo app for Reddit. Voyager is fantastic and currently includes working, but limited Piefed compatibility.

[-] ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com 11 points 2 days ago

Voyager is a direct copy of Apollo. Which is good because Apollo was awesome on iOS before Reddit forced it and many other apps to cease development. Assholes

[-] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

For me it reminds more of some rather spartan apps that are economic with their interface — namely RedReader for Reddit. No fluff in the UI. Which is why I like both these apps, however Voyager would be better if it was implemented natively instead of in React or whatever it uses.

[-] bonenode@piefed.social 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

You mean the app that inserts ads to itself into links you share, by default? Yes it can be switched off but why does this need to be there in the first place?

[-] sorghum@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago

Yeah, the one that gives a great deal of ways to customize sharing of links for those that aren't already using Lemmy Redirect.

[-] bonenode@piefed.social 3 points 2 days ago

Cool beans. Not what I mentioned. But I am not trying to change your mind either.

[-] sorghum@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago

It is related to how sharing links is handled especially in the Fediverse where anything could be on a different server and who you are sending it to could likely be on a different server. Not trying to change your mind about Voyager, but that's the reason why it is the way it is. It was really aggravating in the early days of the 3rd party app rexodus when opening a link would instead open a web link to said server in a browser instead of in app if you wanted to interact.

[-] bonenode@piefed.social 4 points 2 days ago

Great. Now do me the favour, select the first option in that list ”Voyager app (vger.to)” and open a link shared like that it in a browser, not in Voyager (important, it might automatically do that for you since you got it installed) and tell me what you see. That is set as the default link sharing behaviour and that is what I am criticising.

Maybe you don't care about it and as a Voyager user you will never see that. But I care because I keep seeing more and more people sharing these links, which instead of actually linking me to the thread in question, in MY app of choice, lead to my browser opening, showing me the content plus a quick plug to the Voyager app.

[-] sorghum@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

I cared enough to change it to have it ask me everytime based on who or where I'm sending it.

I can't change what other people do, but if you want to bring it up with the dev at !voyagerapp@lemmy.world go for it.

[-] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

There's a problem that it seems to use a lot of memory, because it's a web browser in disguise. As a consequence, any time another app needs memory, Voyager is killed by Android and starts again from the main page, forgetting what I was doing. Oftentimes it's enough to switch to the actual browser and back again for Voyager to restart, which is ironic for a link-aggregator app.

Its animations are janky for the same reason, and get in the way of some functionality like collapsing comments.

Voyager's UI is great, mainly because it's not flashy, but a native app with that UI would be a lot better. RedReader for Reddit is much smoother to use.

[-] kudra@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 days ago

I'm quite happy with Voyager, never used anything else.

[-] CosmoNova@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

Maybe you should use something else in order to see the larger picture. It‘s hard to know what you really want when you don‘t compare.

[-] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 day ago

I tried blorp, and voyager is much better

[-] moseschrute@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago

What was the dealbreaker with Blorp and how can I make it better?

[-] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 7 hours ago

The biggest two things is that the profile button is all the way up in the top right corner, away from the thumbs, which is inconvenient if you want to find your past posts / comments.

Voyager has it down at the bottom.

The other things is I've gotten used to the "pull from the side to like a post" feature from Voyager, and I keep trying to do it in blorp but nothing happens lol. But that isn't the dealbreaker, just a nice to have.

I do really like the color scheme of blorp, especially the color of the heart for a liked post! And I still use it daily because Voyager doesn't support piefed. Thank you for writing your software, giving it away for free, AND listening to users!