• cowleggies@reddthat.comEnglish
    944·
    2 years ago

    Highly recommend checking out wefwef - closest option to an Apollo clone as I’ve seen so far in terms of UI and functionality, and doesn’t even need to be installed. Memmy is a very good second place option, but I’ve been using wefwef since I heard about it yesterday and ZI think it’s better.

    • iso@lemmy.com.trEnglish
      321·
      2 years ago

      It’s good but laggy. Swiping doesn’t feels native unfortunately.

      • cowleggies@reddthat.comEnglish
        12·
        2 years ago

        Are you using it as an installed PWA? I’m not having any issues with animations or scrolling. I have run into a few weird UI bugs with slide up menus within communities, but that’s about it.

        • gkd
          60·
          2 years ago

          As the Memmy dev I can also highly recommend wefwef. Great product for such a short lifespan.

        • EliasChao@lemmy.oneEnglish
          3·
          2 years ago

          I do have installed as a PWA, and although I’m really liking it visually, it’s a bit buggy. I’d like to know if the bugginess is because of its beta status or the fact that it’s not native.

          If it’s the latter, it’d be unfortunate since it’s making my switch to Lemmy so much smoother as I feel like I’m using Apollo, which I’m very used to.

          • cowleggies@reddthat.comEnglish
            5·
            2 years ago

            It’s probably a bit of both - wefwef has been around for literally just days at this point I believe, so I have high hopes it will continue to improve.

            Beyond that, there are a lot of people who feel Apollo is/was the best user experience for Reddit, and there will be a LOT of devs trying to emulate that - one way or another, we’re going to get a high-quality Apollo replacement eventually.

            • EliasChao@lemmy.oneEnglish
              4·
              2 years ago

              Thats’s fair, most, if not all, of these apps has just started development, and it’s pretty impressive what they’ve accomplished so far.

              Right now I feel like when Mastodon started to grow exponentially last year, all of a sudden there were a ton of new pretty good clients. I can see something similar happening here.

              I gotta say tho that although using wefwef is helping me getting used to not open Apollo, I think it would be really great if it grows to become its own thing once the platform matures.

        • Altair@vlemmy.netEnglish
          2·
          2 years ago

          For me, it’s already amazing on my tablet, but quite slow on my phone.

          Seems to be a performance thing. Native apps like Connect and Liftoff are still overall better on lower end devices because of it imo.

          Really hope it comes out as a native app too at some point

        • iso@lemmy.com.trEnglish
          2·
          2 years ago

          IDK maybe I am being paranoid here :) Mlem feels smoother for me. It may be about frame rate too. I’m using 14 Pro and it has 120hz as I know.

          • cowleggies@reddthat.comEnglish
            2·
            2 years ago

            Yeah I can also see that animations aren’t as smooth as Mlem or other native apps, but it’s not bad enough that it bothers me. On an 14 Pro also.

            I imagine this has to do with the fact that PWAs likely don’t have access to full hardware acceleration for graphics, but I also don’t know enough about PWAs and iOS to know for sure.

    • FrayDabson@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      2 years ago

      I started with Mlem and wasn’t a huge fan and was primarily using Memmy. But I decided to try mlem again as it’s been a while and it looks much better! Might be my new daily driver. I’ll give wefwef a try too.

    • Fredselfish English
      31·
      2 years ago

      Using it right now. So far it’s nice. But I have like 7 plus the browser. See which becomes my default in time. I am just so used to RIF it’s going take an adjustment.

    • Stuka@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      I’ve never seen web apps as advantage personally. I’d much rather have a local install.

      • cowleggies@reddthat.com
        2·
        2 years ago

        Agreed in most scenarios, but wefwef is arguably the best PWA I’ve ever used - it’s nice right now as an option to get something into user’s hands quickly without waiting for App Store approval. Would love to see it become a native app eventually.

  • JuxtaposedJaguar
    38·
    2 years ago

    Apollo is more like the wife who was murdered by Reddit, now watching you from heaven, hoping that you find a new social media platform to make you happy.

    • narwhal
      3·
      2 years ago

      Apollo was with you under a white blanket in a brightly lit bedroom.

  • Feweroptions@sh.itjust.works
    34·
    2 years ago

    I started using jerboa cause of a random suggestion, how does everyone feel about it? I noticed it doesnt collect user data and I think it said it encrypts stuff, which I like for privacy

    • Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca
      151·
      2 years ago

      I had to switch to connect for Lemmy, as jerboa was bugging out and not showing me anything on my feed from outside my local instance.

      Waiting for sync for Lemmy but it’s roughly 6 weeks away from release according to developer.

      • imperator@sh.itjust.works
        0·
        2 years ago

        Same, I do wish connect had quick buttons to move between connects. You can collapse a comment section by holding down the parent comment, but I haven’t found a way to navigate quickly.

          • DingleBoone@reddthat.com
            1·
            2 years ago

            Just wanna let you know that I am usong your app now and that it is the reason I decided to give Lemmy a try. I was weary about migrating because Lemmy seemed a little to complicated/unintuitive, but your app fixed all that for me. THANK YOU

            • Kuro@lemmy.ca
              2·
              2 years ago

              I’m so glad to hear that! I am actually new to Lemmy too (switched over when subs went private) and couldn’t find an app that wasn’t confusing to me so I decided to make one.

    • Matthew@programming.dev
      13·
      2 years ago

      I’ve only started using it, but I’m liking it alright. That being said, I’m going to use Sync as soon as it’s available.

    • BurtsBS@reddthat.com
      8·
      2 years ago

      After being here for 5 minutes. After not knowing how to login 6 minutes ago.

      I’ve already forgot reddit exists.

    • Mark@lemmy.ca
      7·
      2 years ago

      I am still getting used to it coming from RIF but it’s growing on me.

    • Invader753@lemm.ee
      3·
      2 years ago

      I couldn’t login two weeks and had to do it on thed web page. I can’t download images in comment sections :(

    • therealmdubbs@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      3·
      2 years ago

      I’m using it. I like it better than connect which is the only other one on the play store right now. There are more but you have to install them off github. I’ll just wait till they make it to play store to try those out.

    • Falcon Hoof
      2·
      2 years ago

      I couldn’t even log in to jerboa so I just downloaded connect for limmey about 10 minutes ago and already I prefer it.

    • Aardonyx@lemmy.one
      2·
      2 years ago

      I’m using it. I came from Relay. I like Jerboa because it has two features I really liked in Relay, colour-coded threads for readability, and swiping to get back from a comment section to the main feed. I’m not too fussy other than that (dark mode and small font also appreciated though). It works well for me in general, I can switch between my accounts easily which I like, though there was a bit where my instances weren’t up-to-date enough for the app and notifications have been a bit on/off, but that’s teething problems. It also sometimes forgets my preference for defaulting to all > today, it puts it back on active.

    • MrQuantumOFF@lemm.ee
      1·
      2 years ago

      I’m using liftoff and I like it more, because it remembers that I only want posts from the communities that I’m subscribed to.

    • dingus@lemmy.world
      1·
      2 years ago

      Jerboa was one of the first legit apps out there for Android. But then it killed itself and became a horribly buggy, crashing mess. It doesn’t seem to crash as much anymore, but scrolling is very laggy and glitchy still for me. Wouldn’t recommend it at the moment, sadly, but I appreciate it as a pioneer.

    • gkd
      17·
      2 years ago

      We already are looking at adding community icons. 🤘

  • BornVolcano@lemmy.world
    252·
    2 years ago

    Image Transcription: Meme

    [‘Distracted Boyfriend’ - A stock photo image of a man walking side by side with a woman in a blue shirt, holding hands, as a different woman in a red shirt walks past. The man appears to be whistling at the woman walking past, showing clear interest in her looks, while the woman he is walking with looks at him. The face of the woman next to him is replaced by the app icon for the app “Apollo for Reddit”, while the woman he is looking at has her face replaced by the app icon for “Memmy for Lemmy”]

    ^I’m a human volunteer transcribing posts in a format compatible with screen readers, for blind and visually impaired users!^

  • Wren 🪐
    23·
    2 years ago

    I’m keeping Apollo on my phone for the memories 😢

  • neardeaf
    242·
    2 years ago

    Holy shit I’m posting this from wefwef… how the hell is this as good as Memmy!?

      • neardeaf
        5·
        2 years ago

        Hmm not sure, I’m honestly just a guy looking for a new home & app to be my new addiction

      • shadesdk
        3·
        2 years ago

        Not a bot, but I think it works surprisingly well for a non native and pretty new app.

      • SeedyOne@lemmy.ca
        3·
        2 years ago

        I think some of us are just surprised at how well it works with almost no options (yet). Whatever makes it easiest for people to migrate is fine by me.

      • LeftOnReddit
        2·
        2 years ago

        I’ve tried Memmy, Mlem, and Wefwef and so far Wefwef has been the nicest to use coming from Apollo. It’s definitely still buggy but overall it works well.

      • R1x38rexrper
        1·
        2 years ago

        Nope, I’m just a fan. What’s the issue with wefwef? Mlem sucks. Memmy is not bad, but wefwef pretty much replaces Apollo for me, so I’m happy with it.

        My biggest complaint at this point is the backend. I’ve signed up for a couple lemmy instances at this point and both are having issues with scaling.

    • june@lemmy.world
      11·
      2 years ago

      Wefwef is a web app that is a near carbon copy of Apollo. It’s how I’m browsing and it’s great. Much better than the web interface.

      • fuckstick@lemmy.world
        2·
        2 years ago

        I’ve got that bookmarked and it is great, but I’ve been using Memmy for now. It does the slide for up/down votes (or whatever they’re called here) but a slightly different UI

    • DriftingDeep@lemmy.world
      132·
      2 years ago

      He addressed that a bit ago. That kind of undertaking would be pretty big, since the data structure on the back end is so much different. It’s not out of the question, but not something he wants to do right now.

      • Mac@lemmy.world
        2·
        1 year ago

        I have 6 downloaded so I can try them all. Lmao

        Jerboa
        Connect
        Liftoff
        Lemmur
        Thunder
        Wefwef

        Edit: Connect was my favorite until i realized its absolutely riddled with trackers. RIP. Currently trying Wefwef but ill probably come back to Jerboa.

            • YWD@lemmy.world
              1·
              2 years ago

              It looks like thunder and Liftoff are for both android and ios. wefwef also works on both platforms but only has iOS graphic for now (but devs want to also add the android one)

        • dingus@lemmy.world
          1·
          2 years ago

          Which Reddit client are you coming from? Which Lemmy app are you enjoying the most right now? I’m an Android user coming from RIF. So far I have the most experience with Wefwef and Jerboa, and Wefwef is winning by leaps and bounds. I haven’t tried too much of the rest, but I’m curious of your opinion on them if you’ve tried them all!

          • Mac@lemmy.world
            2·
            2 years ago

            I’m from RIF. I still haven’t tried the other ones because I’ve been doing other stuff. Lol

              • Mac@lemmy.world
                2·
                1 year ago

                Connect was my favorite until i realized its absolutely riddled with trackers. RIP. Currently trying Wefwef but ill probably come back to Jerboa.

                Excited to try Boost when it releases.

                • dingus@lemmy.world
                  2·
                  1 year ago

                  I saw some post about the trackers but I didn’t really understand what that meant. Can you explain?

  • ThePaSch@feddit.de
    19·
    2 years ago

    Any prior RIF users with some advice for which app to switch to for Lemmy that’s the most similar?

  • brb
    18·
    2 years ago

    Memmy has seriously improved over the past two weeks, it’s development has been extremely fast and I’m very impressed with my limited casual use so far.

      • neardeaf
        1·
        2 years ago

        Dude Memmy is soo so good and the ONLY ONE who has implemented my request for moving the images/links in compact mode from the left hand side to the right hand side ❤️

  • june@lemmy.world
    16·
    2 years ago

    It’s wild seeing the difference in number of votes and comments today compared to the last week or so since I signed up.

  • Falcon Hoof
    15·
    2 years ago

    I just changed the connect for lemmy icon to the Rif icon because it just felt weird without it lol

  • codebam
    14·
    2 years ago

    there’s less content but I find the content to be of higher quality. at least on what I’d consider the frontpage