What client do Android users use for Lemmy these days? I’ve been using Jerboa from the start but it’s a bit basic and lacks any good search functionality. So I want to try some others. What do other Android users recommend?

Things I like about Jerboa:

  • It just works. It’s pretty simple.
  • It has actual private browsing in app. You never have to leave the app and it knows how to never save your history.
  • It can do the above even when setting your main browser to Firefox (so as blocking works even in open links in app).

Things I don’t like about Jerboa:

  • Text entry is oftentimes buggy.
  • Lack of any decent search for communities or in threads.
  • No draft capability.
  • Q@piefed.socialEnglish
    4·
    1 hour ago

    I’m using boost now but I miss the swipe to upvote feature I used to have on sync. Any recommendations? That swipe feature was great and made it so easy to throw a vote out there.

  • CerebralHawks@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    3·
    2 hours ago

    As a primarily iPhone user, I get a thrill using Voyager on my Android phone. It’s basically an Apollo clone, and Apollo was iOS only (for Reddit). IIRC Voyager is based on its released source code. The Apollo dev was never gonna code for Android, but he didn’t stop others from doing so, and they did. I also like the client. On iOS, I use it for my Piefed account because of its support for that branch (fork?) of Lemmy. On iOS for this account, I use Mlem, which I believe is iOS only.

    I’m happy with Voyager on Android, but I’m certainly open to alternatives. I want to keep one app that can switch between the two, so it needs Lemmy and Piefed support. I also like the comfortable interface with previews, the ability to blur/hide NSFW on a toggle (like if I’m out in public vs at home), and swipe controls (upvote, downvote, reply, and save). Easy access to blocking is also important (e.g. on this account I browse /all).

  • olduffer @lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    2 hours ago

    As we are talking about browsers… I use Boost, but would like the option of downloading ‘all, -top six hours’ including comments, for offline browsing (Perhaps up to a maximum size). Any recommendations please?

  • ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@slrpnk.net
    3·
    3 hours ago

    I haven’t found anything better than Jerboa. To me, the only flaw is that it will never, ever support piefed.

    It’s the closest to the RIF experience.

  • JayGray91🐉🍕@piefed.socialEnglish
    2·
    2 hours ago

    I t4ied only Interstellar and settled on Summit. Back when piefed social was new I got on board fairly early and interstellar IIRC was one of the first to have piefed support. Then summit came with the support and I never left since. Sorry Interstellar, Summit just have the UX I prefer back when I used Sync for reddit. Sync for lemmy didn’t have piefed support back then.

  • paraplu@piefed.socialEnglish
    15·
    5 hours ago

    Voyager for me. The compact mode is fairly compact, with small enough thumbnails that it can feel text-first. The few others that support piefed have had huge images with no easy way to fix that.

  • dan@upvote.au
    11·
    5 hours ago

    I like Boost.

    Last time I said this, I got shunned for recommending a closed-source app. I generally try to stick to open-source, but Boost has a good UI, works well, and bugs are fixed quickly.

    • ouRKaoS@lemmy.today
      2·
      3 hours ago

      I started using Boost during round 1 of the API debacle when Reddit is Fun got the axe. Boost was still up & going so I used it there for a couple months before it got killed, then came here & kept up with it.

      I haven’t had any major issues, just the occasional hiccup like spoiler markup formatting or other weird interactions.