I’m using Memmy but trying to read comments in my notifications crashes the app half the time and seems like it’s not getting updates.

Any good alternatives that can actually handle comments on Lemmy?

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[+] 24 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)
  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    Same! There are still a few glitches that need to be worked out, but crashing happens rarely. If the app does crash in the middle of typing something, it saves it for the next time you open the app. The creator is active and makes regular updates so I’m very happy with this app.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago

    You can try my Lemmy app, Arctic. It’s a pure swift based iOS app, written with performance, and content presentation in mind. It’s packed full of features, and new ones are being added constantly.

    You can read more about Arctic over at !arctic@lemmy.world

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I keep switching between Voyager and Avelon. I like both of them and am having trouble deciding which I like better.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Same here, currently using Avelon and pretty happy with it... Voyager dev recently announced he'll be working on it less going forward which may or may not be an issue 🤷🏻‍♂️

    Both definitely feel like using "Apollo for Lemmy" though 👍

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Yup, that’s actually the reason I checked out Avelon. Voyager is great, but it’ll be hard to keep up if it’s being worked on less. It’s too bad because it’s a great app! I certainly understand you can’t put too much into something you make no money from although I would pay for it at this point!

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    Voyager is pretty stable and similar to Apollo. I still have issues with it saving text after posting a comment and starting a new one. As well as the text not scrolling on longer comments where I go past the initial text box. It works super solid for browsing communities though

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I am loving Memmy! Feels the most Apollo like.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Memmy was on track for a while but imo their user interface is awful in comparison to Apollo. I'd highly recommend checking out Voyager if you liked Apollo's interface, its almost a 1:1 copy

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    What don’t you like in the memmy UI?

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    It's cluttered, especially the comments. Instead of using the existing 'up arrow/comment count' (to the right of usernames) as a vote button (like almost every other app has done), they added 3 net-new buttons to the lower right of every single comment for upvote/downvote/reply.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    Another vote for Voyager here, works well

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  • [+] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)
  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    I’ve had occasional hiccups with Memmy not loading comments or just straight up giving an error. I had to delete and reinstall to fix it. Its been working fine ever since

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  • Voyager and Memmy for main use

    Liftoff for…other things

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    Voyager user, but Lemma (Testflight) is a really strong and promising competitor

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    I've been loving Voyager myself but I'd also recommend giving Avelon and Lemmios a shot too.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    Basically tried them all and I’ve been using Avelon pretty exclusively for the past couple of weeks.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Been using voyager. Seems pretty okay.

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    I feel like the jury’s still out a bit. We had some insane development during July, then it steadily dropped off. Lots of decent apps, but not many being updated during the last month.

    And they aren’t really in that good of a state, still many kinks to iron out.

    Lemma is a newcomer that seems pretty great. I miss some sorting options, other than that it’s awesome.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Mlem, Bean, Avelon, and lots more! (Mlem is open source and native, am one of the contributors and it’s under active development 🥲)

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Avalon on iPhone, but Voyager on iPad

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 2 years ago

    As a side note: I’m trying multiple apps right now and comments on this post aren’t showing in multiple. Only in the web browser. Maybe API changed.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Is there anything like Sync? I've been using an Android for years and used Sync on Reddit but am going to be switching to an iPhone.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Lemmios is great too. It has alert features where you can set up notifications whenever a new post is made in certain communities. It's very useful. Also it's the only app where inbox notifications consistently work for me.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Memmy is good

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Arctic, Avelon, Mlem.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    I truly enjoy Bean most. I like Voyager as well. For PWA I like https://phtn.app

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