I use Connect on my phone. I've tried others, even Sync when it came out but I guess I was already used to Connect.
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That's not a requirement for everyone. And I don't mind paying someone for their efforts.
It kind of is, in this community.
To win over friends and family, an app being FOSS doesn't matter as much as its UI/UX.
This is a FOSS-specific community.
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Sync for lemmy now. Boost for lemmy when it comes out. Jerboa is nice too.
This is the FOSS community and neither Sync nor Boost are open source.
But Lemmy is, so it's still a relevant answer, no?
If I asked "What word processors can Libre Office Writer collaborate with?", would Microsoft Word be an off-topic answer?
Sync followed by Liftoff
Sync followed by Jerboa, for me.
Voyager recently got added to F-Droid but can also be used as PWA from a web browser but personally I'm currently waiting until Infinity for Lemmy actually will get it's first stable release
Infinity is not too bad right now, I am replying from it right now. My only real issue with it is that I can't see whether people have responded to my posts/comments.
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I am presently using infinity from izzyondroid repository (is that the right name?) and it's good. However, some features are missing, such as blocking communities (at least I couldn't find the feature).
Infinity for Lemmy! I've been using Infinity for Reddit way before the API situation, and I am very used to the interface.
Tried other clients like Thunder and Connect, but the interfaces are either too chunky or the colors are off. Infinity for Lemmy is essentially a complete copy of the original and I love it.
when I wanted a lemmy app, searching f-droid only pulled up Jerboa, and I remain happy with it.
Liftoff is working really well for me!
I was using Jerboa for most things but using the progressive web app as well. Sync is my preferred method for browsing and commenting at this point, but I'm still using the PWA for mod responsibilities and submissions (though I think LJ expects to have submissions working soon and 🤞 mod tools aren't far behind). It's fair to say that Sync is my preference due to comfort but the amount of customization is what makes it so comfy in the first place.
Infinity is great, much cleaner/easier to read layout compared to Sync IMO.
Liftoff, voyager. Really loving the look of Infinity but it's very stage and missing some features. Maybe down the road infinity might become my app of choice if it adds more features that I like.
Sync, Liftoff and Voyager are the three I've used. They're all good.
I had a look on F-Droid and it seems that Jerboa and Lemmur are your best options.
Give Liftoff a look!
My understanding is that Lemmur is effectively abandoned and won't work
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I'm using both Liftoff and Jerboa. I can't decide which is better, so I'm interested in others people love.
I prefer Liftoff, mainly because I am plagued by a well-known bug in jerboa that makes writing comments a big pain. However, since infinity got semi usable (it still has a bunch of references to reddit in its ui and the messages/replies page is broken) I have only used liftoff to check for replies. I am just used to infinity from years of reddit usage lol
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I have the same problem. I have Liftoff set for one if my Profiles, and Jerboa for the other one.
I really really wanted to use Jerboa. I love Jerboas and I love FOSS.
But I tried sync today and it's just better.
Really disappointed at the pricing model but I'm just ad blocking it in protest of the insane pricing.
As an app though, I'd happily buy it for a reasonable price given the quality.
Man, I really think you should either saddle up, don't block ads, or use a free, non-ad-supported alternative.
Sync is made by a single dev who uses it as his main source of income. It's not made by a corporation. Taking the fruits of someone's labor, that they have priced to make it worth their time, feels kinda shitty to me.
If you really feel it's so much better than the alternatives that you won't even use them, then pay what the person making it feels they need to keep making it.
I've only tried Liftoff, but I'm liking it so far.
I've tried a few and Thunder is my favourite, plus it's F/OSS
Infinity is the best Reddit client I've ever tried, and I will say the same for the Lemmy fork. I have deleted everything else but Sync and Infinity.
@admin tell me I’m not the only person in the world who thought ‘Lemmy???’ What on earth does it mean nowadays?
Lemmy is to reddit as Mastadon is to Twitter
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https://lemmyapps.netlify.app/
Every of the "Hot" app there is a solid choice, but it will probably depend on their personal preferences
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Jeroba
All apps require some customization for my preference. Once I'm done with customizing, there's hardly any difference between apps. I'm currently using Connect, because it's very customizable. I like the list view and the option not to preload pictures to save on data.
Voyager is also pretty good, but the webapp seemed to conflict with my browser. Maybe that's fixed in the native app.
I don't understand why anyone likes card view at all. It's pretty much the reason why I was locked to using a third party app for Reddit in the first place when they "updated" the site back in 2018.
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The web browser works fine for me, and then I don't have a other app on my phone. I've tried a bunch of different apps, Jerboa, Liftoff, Wefwef/voyager, and connect, and I keep coming back to just viewing it in browser. Haven't tried Sync because the idea of wilfully putting ads into a thing that doesn't have them is disgusting to me.
I've tried pretty much every app available, and liked Thunder the most. second place goes to Jerboa.
I used Infinity for Reddit and I tried Sync and Jerboa for Lemmy. So now I am using Infinity for Lemmy and it's really good. Feels the same as the original Infinity and has almost all the advanced features.
I'm not sure if its open source, so technically not FOSS, but Connect is by far my favorite UI and UX wise.
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I'm currently using Sync but once some of the others polish up and catch up, I'll probably switch. All of the actively developed apps have a solid foundation, some are just newer than others.
I got used to stock because at the time I was searching for an app there was none. I have added PWA shortcut to homescreen and it just works
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