I’ll add more apps to this list as they are released.

Since all these apps are being constantly updated, I’ll also include the version number. Please don’t let my post stop you from using any of these apps. My complaints will probably be fixed very, very soon.

Summit v0.1.22 (Day 1): The app is pretty neat since they added inboxes halfway through my day. The app feels pretty neat overall. It will be much better once they add profiles. I just wish they had an infinite scrolling feature. The community selection feels kinda wonky though.

Connect v1.0.73 (Day 2): This is probably the best app for Android right now; but I obviously can’t tell since I haven’t even tried half of them yet. Nothing feels missing from this app. It’s great and has all the features I could want from a Lemmy client. The only issue I had was that some communities sometimes don’t appear in the hamburger menu. I check up on my Stephen King community every few hours but I often have to search for it to find it. Overall an amazing app.

fennec v0.0.4 (Day 3): Overall a pretty neat app. It doesn’t have too many formatting options; no button for adding pics to comments. The reversed voting buttons were kinda annoying and sometimes when a post had too many comments or votes, or when I was deep into a comment thread, it wouldn’t show the upvote button. Also idk if it’s just me being dumb but I can’t figure out how to edit posts…

Thunder v0.2.1 11 (Day 4): It’s a decent app. I don’t really have much else to say about it. My only complaint is that you can’t add images to comments and posts. If you don’t really care about that it’s a good choice for your main app.

Lemming 1.0.0-alpha05 (Day 5): It feels different from the others apps I’ve tried so far (probably just because of the unusual hamburger menu) but it’s great. Profiles and inboxes are missing but i liked the UI colors quite a lot which made scrolling through it fun for me. Also, swiping to upvote requires a very small swipe on this app so I used it quite a lot whereas I literally never used it on the other apps. Pretty great and it’s probably gonna be one of the best when inboxes and profiles are added.

  • twistedtxb@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    2 years ago

    Missing wefwef. Every app has its flaws, but Connect is the more feature-rich.

    It’s easy to complain about the bugs in every one of them, but let’s not forget that for the vast majority of us, we didn’t even know that Lemmy ever existed a month ago.

    Progress has been astounding

    • AusatKeyboardPremi@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      2 years ago

      Well put. The developers behind the apps have been on their toes to provide a more accessible experience to the community, albeit with different visions. :-)

    • jetsetdorito@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      2 years ago

      I didn’t realize this at first, but using Firefox it just installs as a home screen shortcut, but if you install from Chrome it adds it to your app drawer like an actual native app.

      • shashi154263@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        It installed like an app for me. Then they updated and told to remove and re-add. And now it just installs as a home screen shortcut.

  • kratoz29@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    2 years ago

    The nice thing about using multiple apps is that you get tons of updates and improvements (?)

  • ClaretNBlue@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    2 years ago

    I’m switching between Jerboa and Liftoff - Can’t decide which one I prefer yet as both seem decent apps. I came over from Reddit and used Infinity and Slide fwiw

  • mizu@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    2·
    2 years ago

    I was at the passport office all day and didn’t get a chance to use Lemming properly. I was gonna write something with the few minutes of scrolling I did before going to bed but decide that wasn’t really fair to the app. I’m gonna give it a second day before moving on to Liftoff.

  • mizu@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    1·
    2 years ago

    Connect feels very clean, it might be the best app out of my list.

  • KayMan17@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    2 years ago

    Anyone have one that was like Reddit’s “Bacon Reader”? That was my go-to app for the site.

  • dottedgreenline@lemmy.mlEnglish
    1·
    2 years ago

    I keep trying all of them but keep coming back to Jerboa. It uses it’s screen space most efficiently (even with all the customisations of the others) and for me seems to work the best.

    Edit: Connect is probably the next best one I’ve tried on Android (and potentially better functioning than Jerboa), but the font is too bold however small I make it.

  • mizu@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    1·
    2 years ago

    This is for lemmy.world users: Are the Lemmy apps all very slow for the rest of you as well? My apps aren’t loading properly ever since the hack. I’m commenting this from the website.

  • ratson@lemmy.worldEnglish
    0·
    2 years ago

    Which app deals best with hiding already read content? I only found the option in Connect to hide the posts I already scrolled over. Joey for areddit had a post contextual menu item to hide everything above, that was the most convenient to me. Or is there any other technique to not to stare at the same content at each session ?

    • Consti@lemmy.worldEnglish
      0·
      2 years ago

      Lemmy itself can hide read posts, so they app never even sees them; you can find this setting on your profile

      • ratson@lemmy.worldEnglish
        0·
        2 years ago

        That’s nice to know, thanks, and what about posts you scrolled over but didn’t bother to read still could be handled as read?

  • mizu@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    0·
    2 years ago

    Just started Day 3 with fennec. I went in not expecting much but it’s great. But when I’m scrolling it sometimes jitters and jumps upwards.

  • mizu@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    0·
    2 years ago

    I’ve replaced Lemmotif with Wefwef as Lemmotif doesn’t support login yet. If I get two apps with missing inboxes in a row I’ll open up Liftoff for a few minutes to reply to messages. Bye for now as it’s hard to find this post every time I want to reply to comments.