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cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/kbinMeta/t/71764

link to post: https://sh.itjust.works/post/311799

The amount of apps being developed for iOS / Android is getting really crazy now and new apps keep popping up every day. Updated list below:

Most apps on the list are lemmy apps, meaning they don't work with kbin. Artemis is specifically designed to work with kbin, not sure if or when any of the other ones will go in that direction or become interoperable as there are some challenges with the kbin API at the moment. Having said that, a new API is in the works so things should get better with time.

I made a neat table, here u go:

::: spoiler Click to see table

Name Platform OS Stage Link
Artemis (Kmoon) Kbin, Lemmy (Upcoming) Android, iOS Private Beta (Starts End of June) /c/[email protected]
Memmy Lemmy Android, iOS Android Release (Pending Play Store Approval) /c/[email protected]
Mlem Lemmy iOS Submitted for App Store Review (July 1) /c/[email protected]
Morpha Lemmy Android, iOS Under Development /c/[email protected]
Thunder (FOSS) Lemmy Android, iOS Alpha Release [Thunder on GitHub] [Thunder Community]
Beyond Lemmy Android, iOS Under Development Beyond on Lemmy
Limbo Lemmy iOS TestFlight Beta Join the Limbo for Lemmy beta on iOS
Jerboa Lemmy Android Released Jerboa on GitHub
Slide Lemmy Android Under Development (More information coming) Slide on Lemmy
Sync Lemmy Android Research /c/[email protected]
Liftoff (FOSS) Lemmy Android Under Development Liftoff
Connect Lemmy Android Beta [Connect Release Post], [Connect Community]
Lemon Lemmy iOS Development, Beta in Early July Lemon Introduction, Lemon Community
Summit Lemmy Android Released Summit on Google Play, Summit Demo Video
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What would be a feature in any of those which would make it worth to use it instead of just installing the website as a webapp? I've never used any 3rd party apps for reddit either. Or is it just about it feeling more native on that platform?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
  1. ppl like apps more in general, ppl don't even know how to install PWA most of the time
  2. more of a native feel ye & sometimes they come with many extra features and things that make it more comfy to use on phone
  3. some have gestures like sliding ur finger across the screen to like a post or stuff like that
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ok thanks for #3, I'm interested in knowing about what extra features from #2 there would be.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Easily collapsible comments plus children , UI tweaks , accessibility enhancements, multi account support (with feed grouping) are some possibilities that people enjoyed on Reddit through 3P apps.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I have no problem running PWAs for things, but I'm not an enormous fan of the Lemmy default browser interface either. It's not terrible, but currently I think Jerboa is better than it (just), and I'm keen to see other developers improve further on it. Some of the Reddit third party apps were very polished and feature-rich (compared to both Reddit's first party apps, Lemmy's first party interface, and Jerboa), so something of that calibre would be gratefully received.

There's an argument to be made that (because of the structure of Lemmy) new interfaces could and should be integrated with the main codebase as themes rather than as genuine third party API consumers, but from an end-user perspective that doesn't really make a difference either way.