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
Follow updates here: Mlem App for Lemmy
in Mlem, certain types of users have a modified username style. see if you can spot them all!
I love Mlem and use it almost all the time. I’m missing if I have a notification (but that for sure is in the pipeline) but I miss one more thing: saving pictures on my phone. For these things I switch to the safari version.
both messages (and notifications) and improved image handling are upcoming features (per the release notes/post). stay tuned!
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.
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?
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)
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.
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.
Enjoying it so far! Current wish list is:
- Creating posts
- Following users
- System notifications
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.
