I did so last week, when the amount of posts where Sync wouldn't show me the comments became annoying. I switched to Boost, and after some tinkering got it to a state where the UI was adequate for me.
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Until thunder adds the ability to DM people properly I can't really fully leave sync behind. The second thunder gets DMs working I'll be ditching sync as well.
I tried all. Finally settled in Eternity
Voyager has been pretty decent for me.
Yup, Voyager feels like the spiritual successor to Apollo. It feels like I never left.
It’s made the migration from Reddit as smooth as butter. It’s like I never left.
Ditto voyager, it's like the reddit layout without the bullshit
Tried Voyager and Jerboa. I prefer Voyager slightly over Jerboa
Voyager
I'm pretty happy with Voyager. It's not perfect but it's good
Thunder is my favourite. It's an android app and I got it from F-Droid (Izzy on Droids Repo). Clean and customizable interface, convenient features like for example multi account support. I would recommend it!
Was trying out Voyager and Thunder yesterday. Thunder seems like the winner to me. Voyager's appearance isn't customizable enough for my tastes. I am not a gesture person (I prefer to turn swipe actions for posts and comments off entirely) and really need more tappable things for Voyager to work for me.
One thing I would like in thunder is the ability to hide more of the interface when replying to comments. I have large thumbs and in landscape mode (which I type in exclusively) the button bar takes up a lot of space that could be better used for seeing my typed text and the comment I'm replying to.
Too bad it can't handle private messages apart from reading; you can't even easily mark them as read. The interface is mostly excellent, though, and hey, I'm using it for this comment right now.
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Boost
Apollo, er, Voyager.
Currently I use Boost for Lemmy, I even bought it to support it. Sadly there was no update since last july 😐
Edit: typo
Lazy dev
Has it needed an update? He was really good with the Reddit app. If there isn't an active problem with the app tho, it may not need updated. It's what I use, and I haven't had any issues with it
Edit: just to get onto my parent comment, he is working on an update for 0.19.9 features, posted 2 days ago. It seems there may have been some departure from regular updates, so hard to defend that, but seems like he's back on it?
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I think if you're gonna charge people fees then it should be regularly maintained. Big reason I'm done with sync.
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Eternity.
This looks really nice, but I cannot click any link there. If the initial post comes with a link, I get a light blue button with "LINK" and when I click it, I get "error loading postings".
My favorite feature is the support of multi-communites.
This is actually my favorite too! I downloaded like 5-6 different ones a few months ago and tried them all and played with the settings to see which I liked the layout of best. This one was my favorite.
Summit is peak Lemmy!
Awesome app, awesomer dev. If it doesn't do what you want, talk to them and they'll probably do it.
Not FOSS, but free and no ads.
Would not be enjoying Lemmy near as much without it thanks to all the great features like multi-community support and endless customization.
I've been using boost since that's what I used for reddit. Just not been vibing with the lemmy version as much for some reason.
Decided to give summit a go after reading some comments here, and while I've only had the app for an hour or two I'm really happy with it so far
I'm glad that was helpful!
It looked great and I really wanted to stick with the dev on it once they originally announced they were going to make a Lemmy version, but even after a couple months going between it and some other apps, while it looked much the same as Boost for Reddit, it just didn't feel the same.
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Summit. I love the screenshot feature. I can pick content and share to my WA stories
Connect is the best in Android
I started with it and like it. Never thought to compare other options. Too busy trying to find a browser and search engine I like
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I like Jerboa, mainly because it doesn't have ads.
I'm currently using Mlem on my iPhone. It recently got updated to version 2.0 and this made it a much better experience than before. Plus it's a native app which I personally like.
I'm locked in to Jerboa. Not the most robust, and it doesn't show me notifications for mentions or DMs, but it has the perfect layout and aesthetic I want after a decade of using RIF.
I was using Liftoff before it depreciated to the point of non-functionality.
jerboa.
summit is the only other client that i tried and wasn't irritated by, but I've reverted back to jerboa after a few days. i like how streamlined jerboa is, and how it just works and always has.
it looks like the summit dev is working overtime getting everything in order and finishing several feature rollouts, so I'll check that out again in a couple of months.
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I use Eternity. AFAIK it doesn't have ads and it's pretty much what I'm looking for. I tried others but they had ads and I couldn't tolerate that.
Booth has been good so far
Right now, it's Thunder.
Artic. Easy to navigate, very good privacy.
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