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
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
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Mlem is definitely one of the best I’ve tried! Great work guys!
glad you like it!
Mlem is awesome. I love the UI and the overall design. Keep up the good work
Is it only for IOS?
Edit: nevermind im am idiot who can’t read
Your name is purple for me on Mlem
in Mlem, certain types of users have a modified username style. see if you can spot them all!
Much like Apollo!
its a very good looking app, unfortunately the scrolling is very stuttery for me on my iphone13 pro compared to memmy
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
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 (♥️).
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.
Yes currently the Memmy experience is more complete
Afaik the mlem dev is stopping development
They are just moving to a new TestFlight account. Main dev is stepping back but there are still contributors.
Memmy is my favorite thus far, but Mlem isn’t far behind
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!
I can’t find a single one of those in the app store, all they all in beta or some developer mode?
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.
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.
Using Mlem. Ilike it so far, but I’m new to Lemmy and everything.
Imo, Memmy is fantastic.
Liftoff is really good http://lemmy.world/c/liftoff
I really like the look of Liftoff but I can’t seem to interact as well with other instances it keeps saying I need accounts on other instances which seems to defeat the point of federation. Anyone else had this issue?
Same for me, even searching only allows you to chose from a dropdown with your instances only. So no good for me but a shame because it’s a very good one !
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 all if not most available rn)
Post loading when add to Home Screen gets a black screen
This doesn’t happen for me, maybe try making it again?
Wefwef (https://github.com/aeharding/wefwef) is worth a look. It’s a PWA that is very similar to Apollo in looks. Pretty amazing what’s been done in a PWA
So far, I’ve tried Mlem, Memmy and Limbo.
I am liking Memmy the best!
I am currently using a PWA of discuss.tchncs.de because they have a sort by top of the hour, six hours, and 12 hours, which is awesome
I am alternating between Mlem[0] and wefwef[1] as I want to fill the void that Apollo has left.
I use Mlem for the fluidity (though it still has a lot of stuttering, but really good for a pre-release) and interactions (e.g., swipe to previous screen, vibrations).
I use wefwef for its support for messages and closer UI parity to Apollo.
Having said that, I am open to using a better/alternative UX and will start experimenting when these apps have their releases on the App Store.
I just use the standard browser version as a PWA. It works pretty well. Hanging out for Slide as that’s what I used for the other place.
Mlem is the best so far i think
