As per title, what app are you currently using? Why do you think it’s the best one? I’ve seen a lot of app being developed (just to mention a few: Mlem, Memmy and Thunder) and I can’t decide what to use

  • BrooklynMan
    954·
    2 years ago

    I like Mlem because it’s a native iOS app developed in Swift and SwiftUI for everyone to be performant, beautiful, and accessible!

    But I’m on the Mlem Team, so maybe I’m a bit biased :P

    Follow updates here: Mlem App for Lemmy

  • bcbane@lemmy.worldEnglish
    59·
    2 years ago

    I use Memmy and I love it, although it is still in Beta release and may not be able to join the beta. The dev is super good at improving it and fixing bugs

    • FujiTive@lemmy.fmhy.mlOPEnglish
      29·
      2 years ago

      I’m currently trying both Mlem and Memmy, they are both great! I feel like Memmy have more features but the interface of Mlem feels more like Apollo (♥️).

      • shinratdr@lemmy.caEnglish
        24·
        2 years ago

        Same boat. I think I’ll prefer Mlem in the long run but the Memmy dev is just cranking out updates like nobody’s business so it’s a lot more functional right now.

          • Freeman@lemmy.pubEnglish
            6·
            2 years ago

            They are just moving to a new TestFlight account. Main dev is stepping back but there are still contributors.

          • ritswd@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            2 years ago

            The initial creator left the project this week; but there are 8-ish people on the project. They released a new version after he left, with a bunch of new features, so stuff is still going on.

    • AlgonquinHawkEnglish
      6·
      2 years ago

      Memmy for me too. Their philosophy is to make it operate like Apollo

    • ZappySnap@lemmy.oneEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      Memmy all day. I have both Memmy and Mlem and Memmy started later and is already more polished and feature rich. The dev is exceptionally responsive.

  • _pete_@lemmy.world
    34·
    2 years ago

    There are a bunch of options each with their pros and cons, here’s what I’ve found so far:

    Mlem

    • Feels very Apollo like with things like slide to upvote and reply
    • Doesn’t seem to be able to handle inline images and media (so you sometimes miss post information)
    • Switching to new communities is not intuitive (you have to click the community name and type with the “Subscribed” toggle pane open)
    • No guides on how Markdown works
    • No message inbox

    Memmy

    • Has an inbox (not something I’ve seen from the others)
    • Has Apollo like slide interactions
    • Easy to find and switch communities
    • Text is a little too small
    • Found a couple of visual bugs (obviously this is all very beta!)

    Liftoff

    • Seems to show all the post information you could want (community it was posted too, which community that user is part of, etc)
    • Feels a little bit like the official reddit app
    • No Apollo like slide interactions
    • Some interesting choices when trying to find communities (showing the full sidebar)
    • Colours are a little constrasty
    • A couple of UI bugs
    • I don’t love the rounded corners on everything out of the box

    Thunder

    • Pretty polished
    • Slide interactions are great
    • Nice Markdown editor
    • Not found any graphical bugs
    • Some UI elements (subbing / unsubbing from a community) aren’t always clear
    • Written in flutter so may not give a true “native” experience

    Personally I think I’m gonna stick with Thunder for a bit, but I’m swapping daily at this point.

    Given that any development on these really only kicked into gear in the last few weeks everything these devs are doing is incredible, they’ve all come a long way in such a short time!

      • denton@lemm.ee
        5·
        2 years ago

        On iOS you’ll find them in TestFlight, for android on their githubs

      • _pete_@lemmy.world
        4·
        2 years ago

        They’re all in test flight, an online search will usually throw up their GitHub page with either a link to their lemmy communities and the TestFlight sign up page.

  • drifty@sopuli.xyz
    27·
    2 years ago

    Just want to add my two cents here - https://wefwef.app is absolutely fantastic on both Android and iPhone and it’s a PWA. It’s better than any other client I have used (I have used most if not all available rn)

      • freebread@lemm.ee
        3·
        2 years ago

        Interesting. I’m still waiting for Sync for Lemmy since I’m used to that on mobile, but I always used Apollo on my iPad. (Well, I used it since Reddit acquired Alien Blue…)

    • Pechente
      5·
      2 years ago

      Glad to see this mentioned here. Wefwef is fantastic and not enough people know about it. It’s the client that made me really dive into lemmy.

    • actsukrit@lemm.ee
      5·
      2 years ago

      Just added it to my homepage. I’m surprised how good it is.

      I’ll have to try it a bit more, but it might become my default until Mlem is more fully developed.

    • ducking_donuts@lemm.ee
      4·
      2 years ago

      I just added it to the home screen, and so far, it’s my favorite between Mlem and using the default web interface. Thanks for mentioning it!

    • Spendies@lemmy.world
      3·
      2 years ago

      Overall it’s pretty good, but it doesn’t support the android back button which is really annoying. If you hit back it just closes the app.

      • aeharding@lemmy.world
        3·
        2 years ago

        The latest deploy respects android’s back button! Might have to force close the app/site a couple times to see the newest version. Sorry about that. Haven’t tested Android until today 😅

      • aeharding@lemmy.world
        3·
        2 years ago

        Author here, check back soon! I’m prioritizing core functionality and bugfixes for the next few days/week, but wefwef uses Ionic so once things settle down a bit it’s not that hard to get Android styles supported.

        • Tiger Jerusalem@lemmy.world
          4·
          2 years ago

          Hey, thanks for the app! Wefwef is unreal, it feels like a native app because everything is so smooth. It’s my favorite one, and I never thought I would like a PWA over a native one.

        • Railison@aussie.zone
          3·
          2 years ago

          Enjoying it so far! Current wish list is:

          • Creating posts
          • Following users
          • System notifications
          • aeharding@lemmy.world
            3·
            2 years ago

            Creating posts is the next priority! Also, following users? You can do that?!

            System notification will be harder, because it depends on Lemmy adding support for the Web Push API. There’ll be foreground notifications - but background ones is the part that depends on Lemmy.

            • drifty@sopuli.xyz
              2·
              2 years ago

              Hi I would love to be able to edit my comments from the same drag menu which has the reply functionality if possible!

  • MoodyCat@beehaw.orgEnglish
    16·
    2 years ago

    Currently using Mlem and Memmy, but been finding myself using Memmy more often. I prefer the brown theme over the completely black/dark theme. Still some quirks to fix but the UI reminds me of Apollo so far.

    Excited to try out Artemis since I also have a kbin.social account.

  • The_Weird_Child@vlemmy.netEnglish
    121·
    2 years ago

    I’m using Memmy and Mlem. So far I’m liking Memmy a bit better because I think it has more features (though part of that is likely just me being an idiot and missing things in plain sight). I feel like Memmy is easier to navigate, and it displays useful post/comment information better. That said, there are definitely a few things that make more sense on Mlem. I also really like how close Mlem is to Apollo. Right now, they’re both fairly buggy in their own ways (Mlem more than Memmy), so I just use whichever one has the feature I need at the time.

  • QuarterSwede@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    2 years ago

    I’m using Memmy more than Mlem as I like the look and gestures better plus the “me” and “OP” tags are an improvement over Apollo’s (which is saying something). I’ve been contributing to the github on missing features. Also added the wefwef PWA as it’s messaging is good (Memmy’s isn’t complete yet). Although, Liftoff’s is feature complete from what I can tell.

    The speed at which Lemmy clients have been developed is insane. Very impressed with the communities at work.