(single quotes around best for subjectivity) I’m trying to get all of my Android using friends and family into the Fediverse.

I’m an iOS user, so I have no idea about Android apps.

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    I was using Jerboa for most things but using the progressive web app as well. Sync is my preferred method for browsing and commenting at this point, but I’m still using the PWA for mod responsibilities and submissions (though I think LJ expects to have submissions working soon and 🤞 mod tools aren’t far behind). It’s fair to say that Sync is my preference due to comfort but the amount of customization is what makes it so comfy in the first place.

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    Infinity for Lemmy! I’ve been using Infinity for Reddit way before the API situation, and I am very used to the interface.

    Tried other clients like Thunder and Connect, but the interfaces are either too chunky or the colors are off. Infinity for Lemmy is essentially a complete copy of the original and I love it.

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    Liftoff, voyager. Really loving the look of Infinity but it’s very stage and missing some features. Maybe down the road infinity might become my app of choice if it adds more features that I like.

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    I prefer Infinity the most, but while I’m waiting for it to get more daily-use ready (I mean, it basically is for regular use, but am at least waiting for beta release), I’m using Liftoff and have been very happy with it.

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    I really really wanted to use Jerboa. I love Jerboas and I love FOSS.

    But I tried sync today and it’s just better.

    Really disappointed at the pricing model but I’m just ad blocking it in protest of the insane pricing.

    As an app though, I’d happily buy it for a reasonable price given the quality.

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      Man, I really think you should either saddle up, don’t block ads, or use a free, non-ad-supported alternative.

      Sync is made by a single dev who uses it as his main source of income. It’s not made by a corporation. Taking the fruits of someone’s labor, that they have priced to make it worth their time, feels kinda shitty to me.

      If you really feel it’s so much better than the alternatives that you won’t even use them, then pay what the person making it feels they need to keep making it.

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    I got used to stock because at the time I was searching for an app there was none. I have added PWA shortcut to homescreen and it just works

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    I’ve tried every one that I know of, repeatedly, and I still don’t think any of the others compare to Voyager. And that’s on the web app, haven’t even tried the Play Store/F-Droid version yet.

    For me, it’s also a question of the development speed and responsiveness of the dev community. Voyager gets an update almost every single day, sometimes more than one a day, and the devs are super responsive and nice.

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    Good resource for all platforms: https://lemdro.id/post/4319

    Constantly updated, so make sure to check in there every couple of weeks.

    I think most apps are decent in their own way and appeal to different users. Some want a simple client that just does what it needs to do, some prefer complete customization, some prefer having the exact same interface that they had on reddit, some prefer something a little different.

    Infinity, Sync, Liftoff, Jerboa, Thunder, just to name a few, are all good for different reasons. Some upcoming ones look really nice (particularly Artemis which will be for Kbin and, shortly later, Lemmy) and several are cross-platform, which is a benefit when suggesting something that everyone can use.

    I personally really like the Photon web app UI. And since it’s a web app, it’s platform agnostic as well which is nice. (Another bonus is that any instance can use it and other web app interfaces as potential alternative interfaces for the entire instance, like lemdro.id using Photon for https://nu.lemdro.id/)

    To be honest, I just stick with the web interface at this point. I’ve become so used to it and I don’t feel like using apps that were reddit ones or try to emulate them or reddit in general. Prefer Lemmy feeling a bit, if only a little, different from my previous time on the orange nightmare site, but I get why others prefer them for familiarity.

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    when I wanted a lemmy app, searching f-droid only pulled up Jerboa, and I remain happy with it.