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I've been using Jerboa so far. It's pretty nice. At first I was a bit sceptical because it seemed a little half baked. But it's growing on me. Also now that I've used it for a while I think it's relatively well rounded feature wise. It is quite minimal, but I think a lot of people probably like that. I think long term if other apps come up that are more similar to the existing 3rd party Reddit apps I will probably switch though.

My main issue so far is not being able to follow links to communities inside the app. I imagine this will probably be more difficult to implement than on Reddit because of federation, but hopefully apps can get that working eventually.

Also it can be difficult to add new communities from other servers even via search. Which is also a federation issue.

I also miss the features from Reddit Is Fun which let you choose which content is displayed in-app vs in a web browser. But that's only a minor annoyance so far.

I find I am getting used to the visual style of comments. I initially didn't like it, but it's growing on me.

I love how nerdy everyone on lemmy is. Brings a tear to my eye to see so much Firefox love.

I use Jerboa. Are there others? I wouldn't mind trying them all out so I can pick the best one

I started with Jerboa on Android but then saw someone post that the Lemmy web UI was a progressive web app that you could "install" to act as a standalone sort of app. Jerboa was missing the key feature of being able to view communities on other instances in the app by clicking on a link to them.

I've been using the web app as a stand alone app for a few days now. I like it more than Jerboa bc I can follow other communities. Although eventually I hope to switch to an Android app for ease of use.

Firefox for Android

There is Thunder for both Android and iOS.

I use Jerboa mostly because it was the first one that popped up

I think jerboa is the only one available for android

I've stopped to use jerboa. On mobile I prefer the web browser. Its fully functional and act like an app with an shortcut on the drawer :)

I’m on iOS, currently running Mlem and Memmy.

Posting this again, as for some reason it got posted as a reply…

I’m playing about. I am on IOS so I saved the web app on the home screen as well and I find myself using it to find new communities/ comment/ post. I like Memmy as I enjoy the look and feel, I just feel it’s lacking a bit of functionality (such as receiving notifications, or searching for communities), but it easier to block communities on it. Mlem is nice as well, but again lacking a bit functionality wise (does not have search, cannot see post history, cannot receive notifications). At the moment I am switching between them depending on my needs at the moment and I will decide on one depending on their development in the future. I don’t mind testing new stuff and I enjoy discovering updates as they are coming on each of them

I currently use Mlem on iOS. I’m very happy so far and they improve it with every update.

Aren't there only 2 apps available?

There are apps? I've been using the website on mobile.

jerboa

I went into Chrome on Android and saved it to the home board (or what it's called) and it works really well, better than I expected to be honest. It stays logged in and stays where I was when I left it, it's quite fast and look good, without anything breaking on mobile.

i’m currently using the Memmy App flight test. it’s in really early stages but is better than the browser.

I'm currently just using the default app.

Ie, when you click the button in chrome to add app to desktop.

Leaves room to be desired, will check out jeroba soon though

Mlem user here. It works pretty great for my needs

Safari on iOS and Firefox on my desktop and laptop. So far I haven’t found an app for iOS that is not in TestFlight.

For some odd reason Firefox on iOS hangs when I’m trying to log in to my Lemmy homeserver.

I'm switching between mlem and Firefox

I think jerboa is the only one available for android

Jerboa here, too. Could use a little work, but seems stable, intuitive, and usable for me at this point. Better than the website definitely, which was having major issues when I tried it a few times.

Memmy! It’s getting updates rapidly and it’s looking very good so far. It’s going to be cross-platform shortly as well. Also has a lower bar for contributors compared to Mlem. A redesign is also in the works.

Jerboa doesn't work for me. Every time I try to login I get a weird java NULL exception error. I wonder if it's cause my Lemmy is a bit outdated (YUNH version). I have had some good luck with lemmur, however it looks like it has not had any updates in months. I am going to try native web app on mobile and see how that goes too

Memmy! It’s getting updates rapidly and it’s looking very good so far. It’s going to be cross-platform shortly as well. Also has a lower bar for contributors compared to Mlem. A redesign is also in the works.