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submitted 2 days ago by Osm@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

Hi everyone! I recently switched from Reddit and I'm still getting used to Lemmy.

I'm looking for an Android client that feels as close as possible to the Reddit experience: a clean feed, smooth gestures, easy community switching and strong user expirience.

I've seen many options (Voyager, Thunder, Jerboa, Summit, Raccoon, Interstellar) and I'm not sure which one to pick. Open source is a plus for me.

What do you use, and why? Any pros and cons from daily use would be really helpful.

Thanks in advance!

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[-] victorz@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

This is very subjective. What I did?

Install ALL THE CLIENTS, log in to each. Use them for a bit, try out the features you think you'll be doing the most. Feel out what each of them do best. Keep the one(s) you like best. ๐Ÿ‘

Best of luck!

[-] Zahille7@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

I'm liking Summit quite a bit

[-] Thassodar@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago
[-] cRazi_man@europe.pub 1 points 1 day ago

I've recently switched to Summit and I'm surfing Lemmy a lot more because it's more enjoyable in this app.

[-] essell@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

๐Ÿ‘

Only one I've found so far without annoying bugs in it.

[-] hexagonwin@lemmy.today 20 points 2 days ago

try voyager, if it's slow use boost

[-] Wentis@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago

As someone who switched from reddit just yeaterday, I'm enjoying Voyager too!

[-] Osm@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

After trying multiple clien. I recommend summit

[-] Osm@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 days ago

I try voyager but the probleme that i found is notifications. The app has no notifications permission so you should open the app to show received msg or cmts. Did you know what the solution ?

[-] white_nrdy@programming.dev 1 points 3 hours ago

As a voyager user, I actually like the lack of notifications. I understand not everyone will agree, but I don't want this app to be able to interrupt me.

But from a technical perspective, I think it is probably a non trivial problem to solve, since the server w; uld need a way to let the client know there is a new notification, which would mean either having a constant connection open (wasting battery life), using google Firebase (which I imagine there's a solid overlap of Lemmy users and degooglers), or the app and server supporting unified push. You'd also have to account for multiple accounts, potentially on different instances, to effectively multiplying the above.

[-] JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 days ago

I used RiF (Reddit is Fun) in the before times. When that got shut down I switched to Lemmy and used Jerboa. I can't remember why (maybe something broke) but I switched to Voyager and have been quite happy. I've found out "there's an option for that" multiple times when there was a particular feature I didn't like.

Fuck Spez

[-] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

Thanks for the recommendations!

I've been using connect since I switched from reddit to Lemmy some 5 odd years ago or so, and the experience has been quite underwhelming with regular bugs coming and going and I'm really kinda done with it. I'll try voyager!

[-] JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

I think I used connect for a bit and it didn't stick for me.

[-] Tikiporch@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

I'm probably the only neanderthal left using Sync. I

[-] Xan888@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

No I'm over here, been using Sync after I moved here with the initial third party client ban

There's a whole 2 of us

Summit is a very close experience to Sync! Definitely give it a try if Sync stops working for you.

[-] ByteMe@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Try boost :)

[-] GargleBlaster@feddit.org 8 points 2 days ago

I used jerboa for some time and then switched to voyager.
In think it's really thought out and clean experience. It also gets updated frequently and the team behind it listen to user feedback.

[-] Osm@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago

I try voyager but the probleme that i found is notifications. The app has no notifications permission so you should open the app to show received msg or cmts. Did you know what the solution ?

[-] GargleBlaster@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago

I see what you mean. I turn notifications off for basically everything so I never knew that Voyager doesn't send out notifications.
So unfortunately I don't think there's a workaround for your problem.

[-] s3rvant@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago

Same here; been enjoying Voyager

[-] Nickelalloy@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Blorp! Blorp! Blorp!

(No but seriously there is an app called Blorp that I enjoy, can be found on F-Droid)

[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago

I just use the web version, works best for me. That being said, I do like Voyager and Jerboa.

[-] darcmage@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 days ago

https://github.com/dbeley/awesome-lemmy#mobile--desktop-apps

In addition to gathering feedback, I would also strongly recommend trying multiple clients to find one that suits your preferences. It is a relatively friction-free experience.

[-] inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Surprised that I haven't seen it posted already, but connect feels like joey for reddit. Tried the other app people are talking about, but at least for me, connect feels the most intuitive.

[-] kalpol@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

Same. Connect is great

[-] Malica@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago

I really like summit, it's the most redditesque to me.

[-] ByteMe@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Summit and boost (from dev who made the one for reddit) are my favorite

[-] Hanrahan@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

i use Summit, it's good, are others better ? no idea and haven't needed to change because Summit's good

I used Jerboa way back when it was the only option.

Have a paid copy of Boost which is also good.

[-] CalcProgrammer1@lemmy.today 3 points 2 days ago

Mobile or desktop, my preferred interface is mlmym (aka old.lemmy). Unfortunately .ml doesn't host it, I left .ml partially for that reason (and partially for others) to move to lemmy.today which has old.lemmy.today. As a 10+ year old.reddit user I find the old Reddit interface ideal, and mlmym is very faithful at recreating it (and actually fits it better on mobile than real old.reddit).

[-] MxRemy@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago

It's been too long since I used any reddit app to really compare, I just don't remember them well enough. However, I did use them regularly on Android, so maybe they influenced my preferences? Personally, I really like Blorp. It just feels WAYYYY smoother and less cluttered than all the other ones.

[-] dihutenosa@piefed.social 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I vote for Fennec. Though I haven't used any Reddit clients, so I don't know if it's similar.

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