To me it seems like the landscape for Lemmy apps are sort of stagnant. I’m using Voyager and Mlem but I’m not sure if Voyager will get an iOS 26 makeover due to it’s cross platform nature.

So what are you using?

  • cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    1·
    17 hours ago

    I’m using Voyager. I don’t really care if it doesn’t get the Liquid Ass interface. When I was still on Reddit, I was testing an app (Lander) that used it. It looked so bad on iOS 18, but on the 26 beta, it looked a little better. Very crash happy though.

    (I like Liquid Glass, but I’m not gonna use that name. I say “Liquid Ass” with nothing but love. It looks great to me!)

    Anyway, I like how it looks. Like how Apollo used to.

    Anyone who uses something different, why? What’s it got over Voyager? Android and iOS answers valid — I have an iPhone 16 Pro Max, and a Galaxy S10. The -E version with only two cameras and the side mounted fingerprint reader/track pad. Currently rocking Voyager on both. But always open to change!

  • mnhs1@lemmy.world
    2·
    2 days ago

    For mobile I use Mlem and for web I use Photon, which is more beautiful than any other social media has ever been.

      • cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        1·
        17 hours ago

        I think it’s based on Apollo source?

        What’s cool is it’s also on Android (I have one of each). Apollo was never on Android. And it’s neat, being on Android and you open Voyager and you’re using an iOS-looking app in Android. It’s not the first. I also have Apple Music on both of them, and yeah, that’s iOS design language through and through. Some Google apps are Android-themed on iOS, and that’s fine… for the people who use them. I really don’t, except Gmail.

        • MisanthropiCynic@lemmy.today
          1·
          6 hours ago

          I don’t use any google products except YouTube because there’s no real alternative

          It looks like Apollo but doesn’t act like Apollo. It’s not nearly as intuitive or easy to use

  • zhenbo_endle@lemmy.caEnglish
    23·
    7 days ago

    I’m using Mlem since its testflight.

    For now, I’m quite satisfied with the app store version

      • piyuv@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        7 days ago

        I tried mlem after this comment and actually liked it a bit more than voyager. I wish Compact comment view could be customized though, I want to view upvotes instead of replies

      • DaisyLee@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        3·
        7 days ago

        Seems like the app store version hasn’t had any updates in awhile, but the testflight gets updated every week? Seems kinda odd.

        • connaisseur@feddit.org
          4·
          7 days ago

          If you always want the bleeding edge stuff, get on the Testflight. If you want only occasional updates with urgent fixes or thorough tested releases, the Appstore version is better suited. I used to use the Testflight but have since switched to the regular version and it is quite stable.

        • QuarterSwede@lemmy.world
          4·
          7 days ago

          This is true. The dev has been adding Piefed support recently which is why it’s been updated weekly. I’m on the TestFlight.

    • mbirth@lemmy.mlEnglish
      3·
      6 days ago

      Yep, when Voyager had an issue with the iOS 26 Beta (blank pages), I’ve tried Mlem and it worked just fine. And you can configure it that it basically looks like Voyager - just a tad more modern.

  • piyuv@lemmy.worldEnglish
    91·
    7 days ago

    Voyager not getting an iOS 26 makeover is more reason to keep using it

  • VioletSoftness@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    6·
    6 days ago

    density of information and ability to doomscroll are my key criteria and nothing else nails these like Voyager. It’s one of the few softwares i’m happy to pay for. The developer is really active too we got piefed support so fast! And if there are bugs I haven’t run into them.

  • dinckel@lemmy.world
    6·
    7 days ago

    Very happy with Voyager. If that weren’t available, i’d just use the Photon frontend as a PWA