What client do Android users use for Lemmy these days? I've been using Jerboa from the start but it's a bit basic and lacks any good search functionality. So I want to try some others. What do other Android users recommend?
Things I like about Jerboa:
- It just works. It's pretty simple.
- It has actual private browsing in app. You never have to leave the app and it knows how to never save your history.
- It can do the above even when setting your main browser to Firefox (so as blocking works even in open links in app).
Things I don't like about Jerboa:
- Text entry is oftentimes buggy.
- Lack of any decent search for communities or in threads.
- No draft capability.
127 Comments
human@slrpnk.net · 51 pts · 105d
I tried a bunch and settled on Voyager. I also liked Thunder.
Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social · 8 pts · 105d
Same, I tried them all and Voyager was my favourite
It's also nice to recommend because it's on iOS too
VibeSurgeon@piefed.social · 36 pts · 105d
Summit wins out
M137@lemmy.today · 10 pts · 105d
Agreed, I've tried all the ones mentioned so far and some others but Summit is the only one that doesn't have annoyances and drawbacks for what I want.
Master@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 105d
Im on summit now and its ok. I wish sync was still in development.
TisI@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 105d
Like most people, I've tried many apps, and chose summit because, in addition to it having everything I'm looking for in an app, it doesn't eat my battery like the other apps. Thunder was good, but it drained my battery so fast, it was just crazy.
ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 104d
Also on summit. Not only is it a really nice to use app in general, it also has the best mod tools that I've seen in any app so far.
BagOfHeavyStones@piefed.social · 2 pts · 105d
Agreed. I just wish they would get the PieFed post combining happening so we didn't see the same article posted four times in a row. The PieFed PWA does it right. Might be an API issue though.
ByteMe@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 105d
Agree on that
Shadow@lemmy.ca · 28 pts · 105d
I'm quite happy with Thunder
bonenode@piefed.social · 9 pts · 105d
whimsy@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 105d
Me too. But it refuses to load images of a fraction of the posts and I don't really know why. And cross linking to some other instances is occasionally borked, it tries and then opens the browser.
Apart from that it's been fantastic
EvenOdds@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 105d
Same here, thunder refuses to load images seemingly randomly.
everett@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 105d
Another vote for Thunder, though I'm also kind of warming up to Summit.
paraplu@piefed.social · 25 pts · 105d
Voyager for me. The compact mode is fairly compact, with small enough thumbnails that it can feel text-first. The few others that support piefed have had huge images with no easy way to fix that.
dan@upvote.au · 22 pts · 105d
I like Boost.
Last time I said this, I got shunned for recommending a closed-source app. I generally try to stick to open-source, but Boost has a good UI, works well, and bugs are fixed quickly.
lazynooblet@lazysoci.al · 7 pts · 105d
I'm also using boost but "bugs are fixed quickly" isn't my experience.
dan@upvote.au · 3 pts · 104d
Maybe I just haven't encountered any bugs that took a long time to fix. It's been pretty reliable for me.
ouRKaoS@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 105d
I started using Boost during round 1 of the API debacle when Reddit is Fun got the axe. Boost was still up & going so I used it there for a couple months before it got killed, then came here & kept up with it.
I haven't had any major issues, just the occasional hiccup like spoiler markup formatting or other weird interactions.
LuigiMaoFrance@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 105d
Also been using Boost for years and very happy with it. My only gripe is that oftentimes embedded images like custom emotes are displayed at an enormous screen filling size, so sometimes if a user includes multiple emotes in a comment I have to scroll several screens to get to the next comment. This never was an issue in the Reddit Boost app, and the fact that its been unaddressed for so long now has me worried that the app may have been abandoned. No idea if it still gets updates, I should check one day.
FenrirIII@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 103d
I like Boost, even paid for it. Sometimes won't load mpegs or bigger files,but those are my only gripes
RiceMunk@sopuli.xyz · 17 pts · 105d
Browser
ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 105d
sakphul@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 105d
This! Don't know why you would need something else.
vext01@feddit.uk · 17 pts · 105d
Voyager for me.
Thunder is also good.
Scrollone@feddit.it · 2 pts · 105d
I'm sad that Voyager is just a webapp and not a native client; but apart from that, I think it's perfect.
Rogue_General@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 105d
Wait what? Voyager is a native client, I'm using the version I downloaded from the Google Play store:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.vger.voyager
Scrollone@feddit.it · 1 pts · 105d
Yes, that's what I also use. But it's just a wrapper for the web view. It doesn't really use native widgets.
vext01@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 105d
You can't tell. It feels totally native.
hanrahan@slrpnk.net · 17 pts · 105d
Boost
Zombie@feddit.uk · 6 pts · 105d
Isn't it closed source and serves ads?
ALiteralCabbage@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 105d
It doesn't serve ads if you pay for it - I used it for Reddit and moved over during the API debacle and I haven't had any issues with it personally.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 105d
I must have paid for it years ago when I used it for reddit, because I don't get ads
MrSulu@lemmy.ml · 15 pts · 105d
I'm using Voyager and happy with it. Of course, now. I need to trial these listed by others.
cAUzapNEAGLb@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 105d
After much complaining about sync's descent into mediocre abandonware, i finally switched to Summit - i still miss sync's ui/ux - but its nice being able to use a non buggy product
TrippaSnippa@aussie.zone · 11 pts · 105d
Likewise. I left Reddit when they killed third party apps because Sync was Reddit to me. I stuck with it here for a lot longer than I should have, but I finally accepted that it was dead and settled on Summit after trying a few others. Connect is also good, but I felt like it wasn't quite as flexible as Summit last I tried.
JayGray91@piefed.social · 6 pts · 105d
Sync was borderline abadonware even as a reddit third party app before reddit closed the gates.
sanguinepar@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 104d
I still use Sync every day, and I can't think of any issues I've had with it. What sort of bugs do you mean?
cAUzapNEAGLb@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 104d
The one that finally pushed me over the edge was, while i could (barely) tolerate the ads, some time after his last update, something in the code broke or wasnt updated, and the ads would play an audible blip, as if the first 5ms of audio played before it was then caught and automatically muted - and that was just a bridge too far. There were smaller things and features unimplemnted - but having to hear blips catching me off guard and at times when scrolling is appropriate but audio wasnt was too frustrating for me and so i switched. Was using sync forever, was a true fan, was frustrated how he changed and milked the pay structure for sync for lemmy as conpared to how he did it for reddit, and then he had the gal to just dip entirely, such a shame for such a good ux.
sanguinepar@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 104d
That ad thing is weird, I've not seen anything like that at all. In fact I don't even see video ads. Where is this, in your feed? Or when you open a thread?
I wonder if it's to do with how the feed is set up? I use Small Cards view, don't know if that's maybe preventing me seeing the ads in the first place? I do sometimes see small static ads at the top of a thread, but that's all.
electric_nan@lemmy.ml · 13 pts · 104d
Voyager.
mitrosus@discuss.tchncs.de · 7 pts · 104d
Voyager
mech@feddit.org · 13 pts · 105d
I use Firefox and have no idea why you'd need a dedicated app.
texture@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 105d
who cares why someone might prefer or be interested or i suppose even "need" an app. why you gotta throw shade just bc you prefer a browser?
mech@feddit.org · -2 pts · 105d
found the app dev
texture@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 105d
loll
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 105d
I'm not sure anyone suggested it was needed. Some of us prefer the UX
iByteABit@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 105d
I also use FIrefox exclusively nowadays for Lemmy, but personally I can see the nice "feel" the app has, it just works very smoothly on a mobile device
Embargo@lemmy.zip · 13 pts · 105d
I'm on voyager and it does the job. I miss sync though.
Peffse@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 105d
Hey a fellow Jerboa user! I'm also in the Jerboa camp, just because it's so simple. I'll use it to load my subscriptions if I'm waiting at a dentist or something.
chrand@lemmy.ml · 12 pts · 103d
Voyager
adarza@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 100d
same. only because it was the only one i could remember the name of when i was setting up the 'mini tablet' (which is just someone's old phone. has no sim or service). it's an old and slow phone, so it doesn't get used often. i'd much rather be on a desktop.
Bell@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 105d
Sync. But I'm an old guy with habits that are hard to change
M137@lemmy.today · 15 pts · 105d
I stayed with sync until I was forced to switch due to bugs and missing features, I tried all alternatives I could find and settled on Summit. Highly recommend, it has a ton of options and both looks and feels great to use.
asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev · 6 pts · 105d
You'll probably be forced to change your habit soon.
Wahots@pawb.social · 11 pts · 104d
Sync, until it dies.
MIDItheKID@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 103d
Am I the only one using Connect?
Am I out of touch?
No, it's the lemmings who are wrong.
Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 103d
I'm with you. Connect is great
sudo@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 103d
Reddit is Fun into Connect. Never looked back.
Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 103d
Same
Eldaroth@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 105d
Blorp for me
moseschrute@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 104d
Blorp dev here. Let me know if there is anything I can do to make the app better for you!
Ryanmiller70@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 103d
Same here. Blorp was the first result when looking up Lemmy on the Google Play Store and I've had 0 issues since.
otter@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 105d
Boost and Voyager for me.
We asked about this in our census and got the following results:
https://fedecan.ca/en/announcements/2026-04-03_censusResults#_3-1-10-on-mobile-how-do-you-access-the-instance
mesamunefire@piefed.social · 3 pts · 104d
Interesting, thanks for the info!
pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 103d
Cool, I thought Eternity was much lower
mannycalavera@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 104d
Nice it seems Voyager is a clear winner!
Wrongdoer2@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 105d
Boost is the best for me!
Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 103d
Sync for Lemmy
FireWire400@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 105d
I used to use Boost for Reddit back then and switched over to Boost for Lemmy initially. Nowadays I use Voyager as the UI is better IMO.
Archr@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 104d
Does voyager actually support saved comments? Boost still only shows saved posts despite letting you save comments.
FireWire400@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 104d
Sorry, for the late reply I wanted to double check if I was correct. Yes, Voyager shows your saved comments and posts under the "Saved" category on your profile page
jaypatelani@lemmy.ml · 9 pts · 105d
Jerboa
hellequin67@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 105d
Summit for me. I've tried most of the others mentioned so far but always stick to summit.
Epp@lemmus.org · 8 pts · 105d
I use Connect and haven't had any complaints.
Boneses@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 104d
I tried Voyager and Interstellar but Blorp for whatever reason was the only one with a UI that felt right to me.
southsamurai@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 105d
Most of the time, sync, because I prefer my scrolling and reading on a tablet, and having dual columns that are easy to parse is more important than most other factors.
Boost is my backup for the same reason, since so far all the otherwise great lemmy first apps don't do dual column well, when they do it at all.
That being said, check out connect, summit, and thunder. All damn fine apps overall
abbadon420@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 105d
Connect. It felt most like RIF, so I stuck with it
TisI@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 105d
I used to use it as well because it was the closest to rif, but it had a lot of limitations compared to summit, I'm glad I made the switch.
q@piefed.social · 7 pts · 105d
I'm using boost now but I miss the swipe to upvote feature I used to have on sync. Any recommendations? That swipe feature was great and made it so easy to throw a vote out there.
clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 105d
Connect has that.
Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org · 7 pts · 105d
Interstellar
determinist@kbin.earth · 2 pts · 105d
me too. It's pretty good, or at least it suits me.
sefra1@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 105d
I'm using Voyager because Star Trek.
Works very well except for one problem, it doesn't remember the last thread or community I was on I switch apps and android kills in background.
It's particularly annoying when I follow a link and when I come back to comment on it Voyager is back on Home and the thread lost forever.
Or when I'm in the middle to writing a comment but want to quickly fact check something but when I come back I get a message saying that my comment was saved, nice. But still can't go back to the thread I was to finish it.
Apart from that I'm satisfied with it.
cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 105d
As a primarily iPhone user, I get a thrill using Voyager on my Android phone. It's basically an Apollo clone, and Apollo was iOS only (for Reddit). IIRC Voyager is based on its released source code. The Apollo dev was never gonna code for Android, but he didn't stop others from doing so, and they did. I also like the client. On iOS, I use it for my Piefed account because of its support for that branch (fork?) of Lemmy. On iOS for this account, I use Mlem, which I believe is iOS only.
I'm happy with Voyager on Android, but I'm certainly open to alternatives. I want to keep one app that can switch between the two, so it needs Lemmy and Piefed support. I also like the comfortable interface with previews, the ability to blur/hide NSFW on a toggle (like if I'm out in public vs at home), and swipe controls (upvote, downvote, reply, and save). Easy access to blocking is also important (e.g. on this account I browse /all).
Diva@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 105d
I use browser, never really had a reason to switch
StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 105d
Boost
kokesh@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 105d
Boost
fum@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 105d
Voyager is all I've ever used to access Lemmy.
ApertureUA@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 104d
Jerboa was the smallest one I could find on F-Droid. The lack of post search sucksssss but that's probably a sign that I should get home and onto my computer regardless.
SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 105d
Sync still works great and is tighter than basically everything else. The other apps have made MONSTROUS strides in the past couple years, but I still have sync set up pretty close to how I want it. But, what I really truly want is Baconreader for fediverse.
hexagonwin@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 105d
boost and voyager
zip@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 105d
I really like Raccoon, Summit, and Connect a lot. I switch around between them just for shits and giggles; they're all great apps with cool, active developers. I'm currently writing this with Raccoon.
AyuTsukasa@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 105d
Just tried Raccoon and the level of post customization is really nice. But it doesn't have a mark as read button which it kinda annoying.
zip@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 104d
That's odd, because I have one in the little post options menu. I probably changed some setting... Check out the advanced settings under general, I see 'read/unread post' related settings there, along with options to do it automatically on scrolling, etc.
AfricanExpansionist@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 105d
Irreally really like you Voyager. It's inspired by Reddit Sync, the GOAT
sanguinepar@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 104d
I'm still using Sync (for Lemmy) but I'll need to check Voyager out, since it seems Sync is now abandoned.
AfricanExpansionist@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 104d
I love Sync. A beautiful app that served me for a full decade. But now, Sync charges way too much for a subscription and access to features that used to be free or came with a one-time purchase. And yes, it appears abandoned, so why would subscribe?
Sync also had a bunch of customizations that I had to do for each account. Very tedious and the settings menus and options themselves weren't implemented as well as they could have been.
Voyager was exactly what I needed. It's very close the Sync experience while also its own thing. I'm very happy with it. If only they'd change the logo
NutWrench@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 104d
Boost and Connect are my favorites for Lemmy.
Cowbee@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 105d
Still using the browser! Works just fine.
trk@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 105d
Voyager, only because I'm used to it and cbf swapping.
If RiF was made for Lemmy, I'd be using that.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 105d
I've been using Boost simply because it's what I used to use for reddit and it does what I want
ODuffer@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 105d
As we are talking about browsers... I use Boost, but would like the option of downloading 'all, -top six hours' including comments, for offline browsing (Perhaps up to a maximum size). Any recommendations please?
clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 105d
That WOULD be neat.
JayGray91@piefed.social · 3 pts · 105d
I t4ied only Interstellar and settled on Summit. Back when piefed social was new I got on board fairly early and interstellar IIRC was one of the first to have piefed support. Then summit came with the support and I never left since. Sorry Interstellar, Summit just have the UX I prefer back when I used Sync for reddit. Sync for lemmy didn't have piefed support back then.
Nemo@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 105d
I haven't found anything better than Jerboa. To me, the only flaw is that it will never, ever support piefed.
It's the closest to the RIF experience.
florge@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 105d
Eternity til it dies
lightnsfw@reddthat.com · 3 pts · 103d
Firefox
bananabread@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 105d
Eternity and sometimes voyager
florge@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 105d
Really don't know what I'll do when Eternity stops working
freddo@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 105d
Try voyager, last time I checked, eternity was not maintained.
bilb@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 103d
How amusing to call an app eternity and yet to be so ephemeral 😏
pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 103d
Eternity
InterestingUsername@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 100d
Boost
reagansrottencorpse@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 104d
After using thunder I haven't felt the need to try anything else since.
geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 103d
Firefox based browser and Jerboa
mesamunefire@piefed.social · 2 pts · 104d
Firefox on mobile. I make the website an app. It works.
HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 103d
I just use the web UI. It scales really well on mobile.
bluesquid0741b@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 101d
Interstellar
gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 105d
I use the browser and have no idea why you'd need a dedicated app
MousePotatoDoesStuff@piefed.social · 2 pts · 93d
Connect.
It's functional...ish.
(Let me know if this lemment got through)
(Also, I'm technically on PieFed now... but that's basically Lemmy 2 or something, right?)
koncertejo@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 105d
My web browser lol
Shimitar@downonthestreet.eu · 1 pts · 105d
Summit! Being using it since my lemmy day 0
sudoer777@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 104d
Too many options so I just use the browser and it works perfectly fine
parzival@lemmy.org · 1 pts · 103d
Blorp, it has Lemmy and piefed, looks nice, and the logo is really good
Kurtagag@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 103d
Im using my computer
reev@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 105d
Voyager as PWA through Chrome. Unfortunately. There's just no other way I've found to easily copy anything I see on screen, be it any link or photo, to share it with others. It's my issue with so many platforms...
This way I can just long press anything and share.
Feathercrown@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 105d
I've never understood why people have to use a client. I'm just using Chrome.