11 mo. ago • 92%

Which Lemmy app are you primarily using in 2023

I thought it would be a cool idea to do a poll right before the year ends to see what everyone is using

Android Poll

iOS Poll

70 comments

Sync!

It was nice to migrate straight from Reddit and have the app seamlessly just switch right over.

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- Yep! Sync was one of the easiest app purchases I've made in a long time. I spent probably 3 hours a day on average on Reddit, including both business and personal uses. It was well worth the money for something I rely on so heavily.
  
  Though, I'm a bit concerned about Dawson; it seems he's gone dark.
  
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  He's done that in the past and may do it again.
  
  He is an amazing developer but I can't help but think that he overworks himself.
  
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- Sync for me too !
  
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- Same! I'm actually shocked it's winning the poll. Not because it isn't awesome I just never see anyone talking about it whereas others are always talked about. It's such a seamless transaction from reddit.
  
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VPN user voting is not allowed

WTF, why? I’m not turning off my VPN.

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- Yup. Add me to the list of non voters due to VPN.
  
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- Same. Immediate nope out.
  
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- I did turn mine off and it still denied me for the same reason lol
  
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- Permanently Deleted
  
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- I’m not even using a VPN and received that message
  
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Voyager, with Avelon as backup to find already read hidden posts as Voyager is a bit of a pain for that.

also

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- Lemmy as a whole is a pain for that. It's one thing when in the feed I read/vote/comment something and I want that hidden from the feed to remove clutter. But when I specifically search for it or browse a community I don't want those posts hidden. Obviously.
  
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  Yeah, it’s easy to hide but difficult to show hidden in most apps. That’s why I appreciate Avelon’s “Show Read Posts” option under the 3 dots on the main feed.
  
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- I use Avelon, with Voyager as backup.
  
  I also cannot vote for the same reason.
  
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Voyager all the way

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- I prefer Voyager because it doesn't sell my identity and current location to 3rd parties (DDG app confirms this). And it's a straightforward app with most of the features I miss from Relay for reddit.
  
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- Yep.
  
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Eternity has been perfect for my needs after Liftoff went on break. I can't vote because of my VPN, though.

Edit: That is, I can't vote on Strawpoll. Eternity works perfectly!

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- Eternity is just the best. It's not the most slick looking but it is feature rich and so snappy!
  
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- I love Eternity! It's the only app I've found that implements "swipe between posts" the way Joey and Reddit did. It's super customizable too!
  
  The one feature I wish it had is "get reply notifications" for posts and comments that are not my own, but I'm still interested in. Anyone know of an app with this feature?
  
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- Really??
  
  I van vote just fine on my VPN with eternity. I did it right now.
  
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  Yeah, it's a Strawpoll issue, not an Eternity one. For some reason "VPN voting is not allowed". I could definitely bounce around servers/protocols to find one that works, but I'm not in the mood.
  
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Voyager app (Droid-ify, IzzyOnDroid) on mobile, and Alexandrite on desktop. Evocative of the kind of experience delivered by apps like Relay and browser extensions like RES, to name two at random from a small sample.

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- I just found Alexandrite and it is eye-opening! Beautiful and every feature is perfectly intuitive
  
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Sync was Reddit for me. Sync is Lemmy for me.

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Was Jerboa, but a version issue forced me to Voyager. I'm happy with Voyager too.

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Thunder for now, unless Liftoff gets patched for 0.19

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- Liftoff is so good, I don't know what I'll do if it stops working
  
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Boost.

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- Something off with it to me, I have been using Jerboa mostly and boost if there are issues. It might be the having to hold down instead of tap to minimize things I've read, or the dark mode having to have the blue instead of just being grey, I keep going back to Jerboa
  
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  My bad, just found out
  
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  Hey, I juste installed Jerboa, how do you log into the app?
  
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  You can completely customize boosts backgrounds to be whatever you want. I have mine AMOLED.
  
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Sync as my daily driver. Connect as my backup.

Summit, jerboa, liftoff, voyager, and boost all get occasional use.

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Primarily was Liftoff, but since the dev is busy with IRL. Then I moved to Jerboa as the main app.

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- I used liftoff too but now i use voyager, it quite good too.
  
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Still on Jerboa because it reminds me of Baconreader

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- Ditto in on both, maybe baconreader is why I use it over Boost
  
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Thunder

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I tried a bunch of the iOS ones and ended up on Mlem. Feels akin to Apollo, as most seem to.

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- Yeah, you can tell it’s a native app. I love Memmy too but it’s just not as smooth, and it gets auto closed way more than Mlem.
  
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Voyager as an app on one device, Voyager as a PWA on another. App seems to work better.

Boost as a backup. Backup mostly in the sense that sometimes I open that instead. Voyager has the lead, but Boost is worth keeping an eye on.

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Connect

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I was using Memmy initially but ran into an issue with top comments not being displayed.

I’ve since switched to Voyager and it’s pretty good so far. A few quirks that I think are still being worked through with swipe navigation, but I’m sure it’ll get pinned down.

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- That’s good to know. I’m new and by chance fell into Memmy. It’s always weird and crashes randomly.
  
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For iOS it’s Voyager or the browser for me. I’m still hooked on old.style.

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I use my instance' website in-browser (Firefox) ... is that really so uncommon as to not be an option here?

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- same, I don't get the point of apps for something that works perfectly fine in a web browser (desktop or mobile)
  
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- Well it's specifically a poll about which app you're using so...
  
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  Firefox is an app, as are Chrome and so many others, but any more it would be more appropriate to list "web-browser" or "website" as a polling option, as almost no-one is looking to switch or try a different browser over a single use-case/website.
  
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Mlem for iOS has been really good. They also have an active dev scene on GitHub too.

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Liftoff has decent market share, shame the creators seemed to have went silent :(

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Mlem for me!

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Thunder, because it doesn’t look like another clone of Apollo which most lemmy apps seem to try to emulate. Special mention to Arctic because it can embed gifs and videos and allows scrubbing (Avelon wants you to pay to scrub media).

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Wow I thought almost no one else used connect, 3rd place?

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I've been through a few but Summit is my current go-to.

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Are we counting web apps here? I made Quiblr and I use it as my daily driver lol

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It was Bean, but it seems development has either stopped or slowed drastically. Now I’m back and forth between Thunder and Voyager.

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If you’re on iOS and haven’t tried Lemma, it’s pretty nice. I was on Voyager, then Avelon, then back to Memmy, but I have to say Lemma is my overall favorite right now.

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Sync.

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I've used all the ones on the poll, but Boost takes the cake.

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Memmy. Works fine for me.

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Memmy, or Remmel would be what I use. But how do I find my Instance link?

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I have like five apps. Voyager is the one I use most. Second is eternity, third is connect. Jerboa is ok, but it always has some small issues.

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Used to use liftoff, but since it doesn't appear to be maintained rn I'm on boost. Really liking it so far!

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