I started off using Voyager, swapped to Mlem because of slight differences I preferred. Recently found out Thunder for Lemmy is available on the apple appstore and it instantly became my favorite. I like how unique the ui is compared to other, it seems better suited for browsing and posting on Lemmy, while the others feel better for the initial transition from Reddit. Very suprised it has barely any downloads or reviews when its easily the best Lemmy app on IOS.

Thunder reminds me of the more "modern" alternative front ends for lemmy some sites have while mlem and voyager feel more like the alternative reddit apps (blue alien) and give a similar experience.

On desktop, I've been using Friendica.

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[–] loaf@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Currently using Arctic for iOS. I was using Voyager for a while, but the Arctic dev (devs?) are so good about bug fixes and adding new features, I had to switch.

[–] 3dmvr@lemm.ee 2 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

I just really love the default ui of thunder, it nailed what I want for lemmy usage, makes the ocassional lage/wrrors less of an issue. Also like consistent ui across devices, but I find it too annoying to type on my tablet to browse lemmy there.

[–] 3dmvr@lemm.ee 2 points 21 hours ago

I have to get around to customizing it, thunder is mostly solid, a bit laggy sometimes, arctic is prob a better move on ios, I just wanted to get used to it, since piefed is forking thunder for their ios app and that will probably be my main eventually. Arctic is definitely more optimized for ios and the fastest I've used.

[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 3 points 3 days ago

Thunder. I like being able to customize, and it has just about everything.

[–] Azerick@lemm.ee 44 points 5 days ago (5 children)

I use Voyager on Android. It's a quality app that just works. On my iPad I use a safari plug in called sink-it.

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[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 39 points 5 days ago

https://www.lemmyapps.com/ has a "rating" column, to be compared with "last release"

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 34 points 5 days ago (6 children)

Sync on Android. I'll go down with the ship, I guess. If ljdawson never comes back I'll be forced to look into other options eventually, but for now it still works, despite some bugs. It just looks and feels the best to me, and I've yet to find another app that can exactly replicate how I have it set up.

[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 1 points 3 days ago

I was a Sync user on Reddit. Thunder has reproduced that feel for me here. The one place it didn't I contributed (2-column tablet mode)

[–] warbond@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Excellent, just the example I needed to prevent me from examining my own use of Sync. I picked it up straight off of RiF and it's been mostly fine. Spoilers rarely work and sometimes it just straight up can't "fetch the image," but I can do the things I care about, like downvoting and making ad hominem attacks. 10 out of 10 for me.

[–] unpossum@sh.itjust.works 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

[…] like downvoting and making ad hominem attacks.

Thunder can be used for that too, you blithering imbecile.

(Sync alumnus, only on Thunder because I moved to iOS. Sync is still the best 😢)

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[–] Zanshi@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

I use sync occasionally, and I found it has some features literally no other app has (or I'm too dumb to find them) like easy instance switching. It's right there on the main screen, you just click instances, pick a federated instance, and boom, now you're seeing stuff from that instance. I wish more apps has that.

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[–] Taeyeon@sh.itjust.works 25 points 5 days ago

Voyager on Android is the best.

[–] TORFdot0@lemmy.world 21 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Apollo was the best Reddit app on iPhone. Voyager continues its legacy

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[–] obinice@lemmy.world 17 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Boost, it was the perfect Reddit client for me and now it's the perfect Lemmy client, I didn't have to sacrifice any aspect of the experience.

God I love you, Boost my beloved 😍

I'm on Android. It'll be a cold day in hell before I give Steve Jobs a penny.

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[–] MP3Martin@programming.dev 8 points 5 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Boost for Lemmy on Android with a customised Amoled black theme

[–] Delusion6903@discuss.online 3 points 4 days ago

I tried Jerboa and Voyager on Android before settling down with SUMMIT. I haven't found a reason to change since.

[–] meldrik@lemmy.wtf 17 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Voyager on iOS. It’s the best for my use case and I like the UI the most.

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[–] Duckling5746@lemmy.today 16 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Thunder on Android. Alexandrite on PC.

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[–] tecnohippie@slrpnk.net 16 points 5 days ago (7 children)

I'm using Eternity, I haven't tried more so I can't compare, but I liked Eternity enough to don't have the need to try others.

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[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 days ago

Jerboa has always been great to me. Android. It uses old reddit style and reminds me of Baconreader

[–] serfraser@sopuli.xyz 15 points 5 days ago (4 children)

Boost 🚀💪

[–] Glifted@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Boost on Android for me as well

[–] kmirl@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago

Same. I used it for so long on reddit that I jumped as soon as the Lemmy version was available.

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[–] Shapillon@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago

Jerboa on mobile. It feels a lot like the reddit client Joey which I liked a lot.

On pc I just use firefox \o

[–] murmelade@lemmy.ml 13 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Summit is my favorite after testing Thunder, jerboa and Boost.

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I've tried almost every Android app for Lemmy, and holy heck, do I love Summit the most. It does everything I need it to and more. It looks great. It's responsive. And the dev is amazing. They respond to bugs, issues, and feature requests lightning fast. No ads. Not FOSS, which is the only thing I've seen anyone gripe about.

Been using it almost exclusively for a year or so now, and I can't praise it enough.

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[–] wjrii@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

Voyager on iOS has worked well enough I haven't gone hunting for anything else. On desktop I like the Alexandrite front end.

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[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Currently using Voyager on my Android phone. I like it. Quite the upgrade over Boost (which I was using before, as I really liked Boost for Reddit in the before-times).

Don't like going into Lemmy on PC, though. It looks fugly as hell, and the UI looks like something from the 90s. I wonder if there's a different way of accessing Lemmy through my browser.

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[–] Rooty@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

Firefox.

[–] warmaster@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

Sync on Android

Alexandrite on desktop

[–] blackhole_banana@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Still exploring but why I like Voyager over Mlem is that Voyager can load embeds where Mlem doesn’t seem to have that option. I don’t like to have to tap to see content.

[–] 3dmvr@lemm.ee 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Mlem testflight supports it, but its a bit buggy I couldn't make posts without crashing, havent checked the most recent update tho

[–] deadcatbounce@reddthat.com 10 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Haven't looked around for a while, but I've settled on Voyager.

https://github.com/aeharding/voyager#readme

Sadly, F-Droid tries to share the actual binary not a link to it via F-Droid (a la Google Play).

I have the reference application, Jeroba, installed but I don't really like it and haven't seen it updated for a while.

[–] ekZepp@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago

Eternity. As lacking in updates it may be, still woks well, and it is super customizable.

[–] Shape4985@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 days ago

Browser on pc, voyager on mobile

[–] powermaker450@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 5 days ago

Voyager on mobile, Photon on desktop

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 10 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Connect for Android was my jam, but now that I'm on Mbin I'm liking Interstellar (which also works with Lemmy).

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[–] DieserTypMatthias@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Eternity for Lemmy, Android. Used Infinity before, so when I switched to Lemmy, I switched to Eternity.

[–] Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (4 children)

Arctic on iOS; prefer it to Voyager, Mlem, and Thunder due to having more customization options.

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[–] 3dmvr@lemm.ee 9 points 5 days ago

I like how the thunder app shows what update the instances you are logged into are on, lemmy.world is so far behind the others lol

[–] OhVenus_Baby@lemmy.ml 8 points 5 days ago

Eternity

[–] needthosepylons@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

Voyager on Android, far above all others

[–] AnonomousWolf@lemm.ee 3 points 4 days ago

I use both Sync and Voyager.

Both have things I like and don't

[–] stopforgettingit@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

was using Sync, just installed Voyager today, still have to see which I like better.

[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

Voyager. Just very plain and nice.

[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 days ago

Was using the Voyager app. But now I use the Voyager PWA version through the Hermit app.

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