Just replaced the spot where Apollo was on my phone homescreen with a shortcut to Lemmy (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by gary@lemmy.world to c/lemmyworld@lemmy.world

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When Reddit killed Alien Blue, I downloaded Apollo on a whim. It has since become what I believe to be a sterling example of what an iOS app could and should be, in terms of UI/UX, and has been justifiably showcased by Apple themselves.

It's sad to witness its death, but I'm incredibly thankful to Apollo's dev, Christian Selig, for the work that he put into an app that I used for literally hundreds of hours.

I hope Lemmy can prove to be a viable alternative to Reddit. I've been enjoying it so far. Using it is reminding me of the earlier days of Reddit when it was seen as the "nerdy website with the ugly interface".

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[-] slashzero@hakbox.social 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Check out the iOS lemmy app: mlem (you can get into the BETA via TestFlight).

If you are on Android, I hear the app to use is Jerboa.

Also, the join-lemmy.org site has a list of apps now!

https://join-lemmy.org/apps/

[-] Grenfur@lemmy.one 8 points 1 year ago

I've had a great experience with Jebora! It feels very similar to RIF. It's still growing, but supports a lot of the display settings I like as well as multiple accounts. All around a relatively easy transition.

[-] slashzero@hakbox.social 4 points 1 year ago

I'm thinking of busting out my Google Nexus 6 just to try out Jerboa. Mlem is great so far, very appolo-like, and it's obvious they took inspiration from that app, but, it's still in BETA and features are very limited.

[-] abrer@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago

I agree. Jerboa is pleasantly functional.

[-] EonNShadow@pawb.social 5 points 1 year ago

My only issue so far is links to other instances open in my browser instead of in Jerboa.

[-] gary@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the links. Hope their development makes it easier for Lemmy to grow.

That said, I personally prefer to use homescreen shortcuts to Safari on iOS to avoid having to download apps that can clog up my phone, use up its battery, etc.

So the fact that I was happy to have Apollo installed on my phone really says a lot about how much I loved using it.