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Memmy - An iOS client for Lemmy

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My feed has been flooded with posts about the Sync app released for Android, with a lot of hype but also some complaints regarding pricing, ads, privacy, etc.

This made me really appreciate Memmy, with which I have had no issues so far, and am impressed with how clean and easy it has been to use despite being new.

So that’s all, just a huge thank you.

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[–] [email protected] 76 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I’ll second this. As a transplant of Reddit who used Apollo, Memmy seems to be heavily influenced by Apollo, which imo was an outstanding app.

I also saw all the posts about Sync and had to get caught up. Definitely makes me appreciate this app too.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You should check out Voyager too. It’s the closest thing to Apollo appearance-wise that I’ve used. I typically switch between that and Memmy.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

I can’t get on with voyager. What the dev has done with a React PWA app is amazing but not having haptics makes it feel too weird. And the new app version is just a web view and performance is awful for me, not sure if it’s better on newer phones. But i could learn a lot from what he’s done with React I’m sure.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There's a TestFlight available, which adds haptics.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Yea that’s what i was talking about with the app version. It just puts it in a web view on mobile, which makes it have terrible performance for me.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

The animations in Voyager iOS web app have lower refresh rate than in Memmy. Even on the latest iPhone.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There is a TestFlight that is a native iOS app now, complete with haptic feedback.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I’m Voyager only. Was trying out a few other clients, but Voyager almost nails the Apollo feel

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks, I’ll check that. I’ve been beta testing Thunder and Liftoff! liftoff works nicely for browsing, but seems to have trouble posting using federation (tells my I’m not signed in anywhere). Thunder let’s me post, the the UI needs lots of work (now swipe forward, tough vote buttons and more).

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

@nilloc Are you running the latest version of the Liftoff app? Had a similar issue until the latest upgrade and now it prompts me to select the profile before I post when I'm logged in with multiple profiles across separate instances.

@giantfloppycock @w00tabaga @DBT @GammaGames

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

Same. I bounced between all the apps for a few weeks but I’ve settled into only using voyager. It’s just perfect

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm also an ex-Apollo user. Memmy was my go to until I learned about Voyager. Don't even need Sync much, at this point, as this web app works for everything. If Voyager improves posting experience with rich text preview, it's simply perfect.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago

Such a sweet thing to say, giantfloppycock

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I’ve been extremely impressed with Memmy. Clean, stable and easy to use.

The main feature that’s missing is fast account switching, which IMO is even more important on a federated service.

edit: nm, long press on your account on the bottom to switch. The app is great!

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Just long-press your account to switch; I’m not sure how much faster you could need it to be?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

That is brilliant!

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Agreed, I’m assuming this poster didn’t know about the long-press. Good information, giantfloppycock!

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

All that’s missing for me is a swipe to hide function like Apollo had and Voyager has. Once I have that I’ll be pretty locked in on Memmy, as I prefer it aesthetically !

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We will be adding that soon i believe, since we’ve started making gestures customizable

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

I cannot wait!! I check back regularly so I look forward to the ability to customize swipe. :)

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Any one tried the app called Avelon yet.,??

In my opinion, it’s one of the minimalist and snappy Lemmy app in comparison to Memmy (which is little bit cluttered with all the features and little more battery drainer with the similar usage pattern ).

If anyone likes the Voyager then I’m sure you like Avelon too.. give it a try once..

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As one of the main Memmy devs, i really like Avelon. I appreciate he’s trying something pretty different and like the direction he’s taking.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Avelon dev here - thanks! Really enjoy Memmy as well, pretty impressive what you guys are able to do with React Native.

It's very cool to see so much enthusiasm in the dev community. Lemmy can definitely be a place where lots of different apps & frontends can thrive to suit just about everyone.

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

Hey sorry totally forgot to respond! Been checking out Avelon again for the past couple days and it’s really getting nice! Keep up the awesome work man

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Meanwhile I’m just using Kbin on my browser and it works okay.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We plan on eventually adding kbin support!

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

I used to do that as well for a bit but once I tried Memmy I never went back

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think that Memmy has the right priorities and a strong lead in regards to what’s important right now. When I read the changelog it feels like this project is on a really solid foundation.

I also like that’s it’s tuned very much for efficiency. No unnecessary glitter and stuff.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Yes.

  • Sent from Memmy for lemmy on my Apple iPhone 12 mini
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Well, it’s including the „Microsoft App Center“ tracker. I have to block ||appcenter.ms^

Several other Lemmy Apps do not have any tracker.

Edit: turns out the request can be useful. See comments. Still strange to get from Microsoft.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’d guess that’s because we use CodePush to do over the air updates, so you don’t have to wait for apple to approve a build.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thank you for letting me know. :)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Just for more reference, there are options to enable analytics, but they are not installed in the app. That is a separate package that is not added as I don't feel comfortable receiving whatever they would send. It's probably harmless but I don't even want the hassle.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Are you sure it’s the app and not websites you visit through Lemmy or your instance tracking you? I’m not seeing any tracking on my end when just browsing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yes, I am sure. The App Store even say that some device ID are get shared with the App.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Device ID is just for push notifications.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

This was explained by the dev at some point when the app went to the store. I believe this is related to push notifications. There is a post about it/comment by the developer but Lemmy.world is giving me server errors when I try to find it.

Not sure where the appcenter tracker is coming from though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

appcenter.ms

good to know.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

It’s used for updates not tracking

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

Appcenter does OTA push updates, dev is probably making a fast update system so they don't have to push updates to the various stores, the app was made in react native so appcenter is pretty standard for codepush OTA updates

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

I'm using Sync right now and honestly it's not much better than thunder or Connect which are free. The UI is slicker, but I feel my phone heating as it runs, and it's obnoxious seeing the gray boxes from the ads I'm blocking. Really hope boost doesn't pull this shit, or at least allows people to play for premium instead of fucking subscribing to it. $16 a YEAR for an app that just mobilizes a free online service is insanity.

I never used sync previously, but this has made a pretty bad first impression so far.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I used Sync pro for years and I don't ever want to change. Also I like supporting devs of apps which I use constantly. I don't know why everyone is talking shit about Sync as 16 dollars a year is literally nothing. Good on him for having that option to support the dev :)

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

$16 a year is not nothing, it's a subscription service for a basic mobile app with quality options in a competing space. A one time purchase that means I own the app outright or a lifetime "subscription" option is a much better option, and on par with literally every competing app in the space. Mentalities like this are why shit like NBA 2K, Call of Duty, and Diablo have become lootbox fests.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Sync was amazing at it's height, this is just the first iteration of it. It'll get much better over time.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah I currently use Connect and it's been pretty great so far, though I'm waiting for boost to come out.

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

HAIL, MY BOOST BRETHREN!

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