Really enjoying Memmy too! Dev seems to be moving at a quick pace. The app is already functional and getting better each day
Download Testflight then find the magic link to join the beta.
How have I not found this!?
I wanted to check out Mlem, but it’s full. Lemur I think is discontinued. There is one that’s coming called Artemis, but that’s not available yet.
Memmy is honestly just what I was looking for. Cheers!
I’ve been testing both and I definitely prefer Memmy overall. Mlem has better image display options and has search. Memmy doesn’t display images unless you tap on the post. Search should be released in the next day or two, though.
Artemis being an Apollo clone had me very excited, though.
Edit: new app just released on TestFlight showing real promise: Limbo
Wow, Limbo is looking really good. It already feels better than the official Reddit app.
Thanks for mentioning this. Just downloaded it and I’m loving it so far. Very clean layout and some features that Memmy or Mlem don’t have yet, such as being able to save posts and comments!
You are able to login with a kbin acc on it?
yeah! https://kbin.social/m/ArtemisApp has some links (including beta sign up)
Also have a look at thunder. https://github.com/hjiangsu/thunder
For iOS users, you can install Thunder using AltStore
TetsFlight: https://testflight.apple.com/join/9n8xrqvH
Both memmy and mlem have been great in their own ways thus far. Both are in testflight and getting regular updates, in addition to the news about sync there is also news about another new one called artemis that is aiming to be apollo styled.
All three claim to be Apollo-like. It’ll be a while before any of them will be even close to how feature rich Apollo was though.
Fr I’m glad people have moved on from material design for iOS apps. Always felt like there was so much wasted space, and not enough gestures
Yeah I’ve been enjoying Memmy. Considering how early it is, it works really well.
Memmy in case anybody wants to join the TestFlight!
+1 for Memmy, dev has been quick and efficient in fixing the issues we’ve been reporting. Loving it so far
I never pic up an iPhone because Mac discontinued support for my $6000 editing computer within two years when they scrapped the mac towers and went laptop only.
2011 Mac Pro, which was discontinued in 2012, while support for the design was fully discontinued in 2013, when mac decided it would completely change everything and focus on the trash can design.
I get upgrading and whatever the fuck, but this was supposed to be an upgradeable machine, like a user built pc, but then they just fucking dumped support within 2 years, which should be fucking criminal considering its outrageous price.
Lol we still have these an my company.
It doesn't make my life as a network engineer hell at all, having to figure out how to make decade old technology fit into a fiber network in a windows environment.
I would not get your hopes up. The last I heard the rumor said that you would only be able to side load on an iPhone if it was activated on a European carrier
Fair enough. I'm just saying from apple I'd expect nothing more but barely passing the definition malicious compliance.
My first smartphone ran Android 2.0 and back then apps were developed for iOS first. How the times have changed.
Please let that also be a Lemmy instance, Lemmy needs horizontal distributed scaling.
This is how I've been thinking Lemmy can scale. Sync can host their own instance funded by premium subscribers. In other cases, a group of friends with common local interests can host an instance with their local channels plus caching posts on other instances, and peoppe could connect to that or lemmy.world for free and see the same content.
I did ask them about this in the Discord server, but they aren't planning on this. Apparently, the cost would be quite a bit higher than the subscription, and they wouldn't be profitable. They are keeping it open for the future, if it becomes easier to monetize, but they don't have any plans for it as of right now.
And Jerboa probably won't be updated for a while with the devs so busy working on Lemmy.
Is jerboa first party?
It's made by the main Lemmy developer, but it's his personal project and not the official Lemmy android client. He's been making some controversial commits on Jerboa in the past on the basis that it's his personal project, so he can do as he please (unlike Lemmy which is funded by a foundation).
Can you elaborate on the "controversial commits"? I'm on iOS so haven't been following anything on the Android side
https://github.com/... support/donate for the repo says it's made by lemmy's developers.
Don't mind it honestly. People will probably use Sync or Artemis anyway
Actually, a new Android client called Thunder has entered Alpha. It's SEVERELY lacking in features as of now, though.
There is also summit and connect
Didn't work great when I tried it on Sunday. It would load my instance, but login was broken. Seems to be a bit better now. Weirdly my OP shows up in it, but your reply doesn't.
Abandoned.
Jerb!
Please clap.
Same! I hope he’s considering it… Lemmy + Apollo would make it 1000x more attractive for Reddit users to enjoy Reddit without the management team’s constant fuckery.
I mean, I would throw some more money his way if he decided to integrate it with Lemmy. It’s a good app, and has been reliably functional for years, through all the various iterations of Reddit jiggery-pokery.
Also, if he does, a client app outliving it’s target service and migrating to support another competitor service would obviously become known as “pulling an Apollo”.
That would make spez so incredibly angry. And then promoting it on reddit in his subreddit and then people posting it to the apple sub would make me not surprised if he banned Apollo sub out of anger.
After everything that happened, let the man enjoy his forced vacation for like a year before going back into the fray.
I heard in an interview that it would be too much work to do but maybe in the future he will in the meantime there’s a dev working on an Apollo themed kbin app called Artemis
Happy for Android users, but for those that don’t know, on iOS, we have three apps in beta we can download, and all three are very good with the current state they are in. I suggest giving anyone of them a try.
Memmy Join the Memmy App beta - TestFlight - Apple https://testflight.apple.com/join/6jaRU6rD
Mlem Join the Mlem beta - Testing Apps with TestFlight https://testflight.apple.com/join/xQfmkJhc
Nice same!
The official community is on Lemmy.world/c/syncforlemmy
There's also a subreddit r/syncforlemmy
I dare say he'll be wanting to get out a functional app before implementing things like support for Kbin. But it's worth requesting it. If enough do so, perhaps the more priority it will get.
Your url is a bit messed up. See my comment's source for how to format your url.
Feature rich. Basically whatever way you want to view Reddit, it has it. It also played videos much better for me than the official app. Very customizable and great ease of use.
I always used RIF for reddit but I'll definitely give Sync a try if this actually ends up happening
How do we get them to make Lemmy Is Fun?
Same here! Been on RIF what seems like forever, will for sure give Sync a go if this happens.
Lemmy is Fun is an app I would pay for. A decade of familiarity would satisfy the award itch I have after leaving reddit.
What do we have to do to convince Christian Selig to make Apollo for Lemmy?
I already pay for Apollo, I'd happily keep paying for Apollo for Lemmy, I'm sure tons of users would.
Christian touches on this in his interview with The Verge:
This is the one I want to see. Here's hoping.
Lemmy is Fun
I mean sync had and iOS version so it’s not out of the realm of possibility.
The early days of reddit were wild with everyone making third party apps. This will be like that again but now we have established Devs throwing their hat in the ring to make their versions of Lemmy Apps.
I need an Apollo alternative. Memmy app for iOS comes close though 😄
Love Sync, but I wish Infinity also implemented Lemmy support.
The Infinity dev said he has no plans, but noted that there's an API bridge that others could use to fork Infinity and build it for Lemmy.
That's the beauty of open source!
Any idea if there's a chance that the app will be open-source?
Unlikely as its ios
Maybe it's on both?
I know it was for years on Google Play.
I have been using Limbo which feels pretty good. https://testflight.apple.com/join/e6ZEbxuR
Wow, Limbo seems pretty advanced compared to lemmy and memmy, thanks for sharing.
I am back to trying out Memmy and the latest version is also really good. All these apps are still in very early stages and keep getting significantly better in a bery short time.
There's an app in development, Artemis, heavily inspired by Apollo, even the name!
Meanwhile I‘m just using the Safari Shortcut on the Home Screen. Works just as good as an app. If you‘re in beta test mood you can check out MLEM. It’s available through the Test Flight App.
Though you can’t pull to refresh on a safari shortcut..
Honestly that's a feature not a bug
Yeah this is what I’ve been doing
Me too, but only because apps aren’t very good right now.
Time to switch to Android!
Praise be.
I'm totally here for it. Mobile web PWA via Native Alpha Plus works best at the moment.
Not only that but you don't have to worry about it clogging up your browser history.
what community do I join for updates?
Shows up as deleted.
Boost for Lemmy?
So what does this mean?
What about Sync for kbin?
They're federated so it shouldn't really matter that much?
I guess we could do KiF once the API is read/write...
Please support kbin!
Hahaha I was about to comment that this is how I felt before realizing the meme was exactly that. I thought this was another excited android user.
I’ve tried mlem and I’m going to try memmy but honestly kbin w/ kbin enhancement suite has been my preferred option. I just wish we could enable KES on the PWA version.
Wait......there is a kbin enhancement suite!? Where? I cannot find it. I have used RES on reddit since forever!
Edit: I think I found it?
That's it!
There's already Kbin enhancement suite? That's fast
Isn't it always. lol
Dang I feel this.
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As a fellow iOS user, Memmy is pretty sweet for a version 0.0 beta app.
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