“Sync for Lemmy is happening!”

As a fellow iOS user, Memmy is pretty sweet for a version 0.0 beta app.

Really enjoying Memmy too! Dev seems to be moving at a quick pace. The app is already functional and getting better each day
- Yea I’m digging Memmy too!
- Thanks! ❤
How have I not found this!?

I wanted to check out Mlem, but it’s full. Lemur I think is discontinued. There is one that’s coming called Artemis, but that’s not available yet.

Memmy is honestly just what I was looking for. Cheers!
- I’ve been testing both and I definitely prefer Memmy overall. Mlem has better image display options and has search. Memmy doesn’t display images unless you tap on the post. Search should be released in the next day or two, though.
  
  Artemis being an Apollo clone had me very excited, though.
  
  Edit: new app just released on TestFlight showing real promise: Limbo
- You are able to login with a kbin acc on it?
- Also have a look at thunder. https://github.com/hjiangsu/thunder
- Im using jerboa and it looks great!
Both memmy and mlem have been great in their own ways thus far. Both are in testflight and getting regular updates, in addition to the news about sync there is also news about another new one called artemis that is aiming to be apollo styled.
- All three claim to be Apollo-like. It’ll be a while before any of them will be even close to how feature rich Apollo was though.
Would you like a more 'Material' lemmy app on iOS??
- No
Yeah I’ve been enjoying Memmy. Considering how early it is, it works really well.
Memmy in case anybody wants to join the TestFlight!
- Thanks for the link! Thought the beta was closed.
+1 for Memmy, dev has been quick and efficient in fixing the issues we’ve been reporting. Loving it so far
Yea it’s definitely a good start!
Not that it affects you, but seems like Memmy it is about to come for Android as well!

This is exactly why I never pick iphones, because a good chunk of the time you miss out on all the niche things you can do on a smartphone.

I never pic up an iPhone because Mac discontinued support for my $6000 editing computer within two years when they scrapped the mac towers and went laptop only.
- Which one was that?
My first smartphone ran Android 2.0 and back then apps were developed for iOS first. How the times have changed.

Please let that also be a Lemmy instance, Lemmy needs horizontal distributed scaling.
- This is how I've been thinking Lemmy can scale. Sync can host their own instance funded by premium subscribers. In other cases, a group of friends with common local interests can host an instance with their local channels plus caching posts on other instances, and peoppe could connect to that or lemmy.world for free and see the same content.
Man, I love sync and can't wait to continue using it.
SHIT. THIS IS AWESOME !!!

You already have like 3 apps. We have jerboa. Jerboa.

And Jerboa probably won't be updated for a while with the devs so busy working on Lemmy.
- Is jerboa first party?
- It's a shame because they are now so many contributors, it's really picking up steam.
  
  I'm refreshing GitHub multiple times a day for the new version haha.
- Don't mind it honestly. People will probably use Sync or Artemis anyway
Actually, a new Android client called Thunder has entered Alpha. It's SEVERELY lacking in features as of now, though.
- I like Flutter based apps, so that makes me happy. I saw it a couple of days ago and while it is lacking in features, it does feel nice to use and looks much better than Jerboa IMO.
- There is also summit and connect
- There is also Lemmur
Jerb!

Please clap.
The memmy dev is going through the process of getting a test version approved for the playstore

Just waiting for Christian to announce he's rewriting Apollo....

Same! I hope he’s considering it… Lemmy + Apollo would make it 1000x more attractive for Reddit users to enjoy Reddit without the management team’s constant fuckery.
- I mean, I would throw some more money his way if he decided to integrate it with Lemmy. It’s a good app, and has been reliably functional for years, through all the various iterations of Reddit jiggery-pokery.
  
  Also, if he does, a client app outliving it’s target service and migrating to support another competitor service would obviously become known as “pulling an Apollo”.
Man the ad for lemmy if he announced it with a pop up on Apollo reddit opening
- That would make spez so incredibly angry. And then promoting it on reddit in his subreddit and then people posting it to the apple sub would make me not surprised if he banned Apollo sub out of anger.
After everything that happened, let the man enjoy his forced vacation for like a year before going back into the fray.
I heard in an interview that it would be too much work to do but maybe in the future he will in the meantime there’s a dev working on an Apollo themed kbin app called Artemis
https://youtu.be/BagUP2X9cUw

Happy for Android users, but for those that don’t know, on iOS, we have three apps in beta we can download, and all three are very good with the current state they are in. I suggest giving anyone of them a try.

Memmy Join the Memmy App beta - TestFlight - Apple https://testflight.apple.com/join/6jaRU6rD

Mlem Join the Mlem beta - Testing Apps with TestFlight https://testflight.apple.com/join/xQfmkJhc

Limbo https://testflight.apple.com/join/e6ZEbxuR

Thank you! mlem beta is full but was able to get into the others.
- Glad you were able to get into one!
- Nice same!
Thank you for sharing this! I was searching for an iOS app.
- Np! Just trying to help out fellow iOS users :)

The official community is on Lemmy.world/c/syncforlemmy

There's also a subreddit r/syncforlemmy

I dare say he'll be wanting to get out a functional app before implementing things like support for Kbin. But it's worth requesting it. If enough do so, perhaps the more priority it will get.

Your url is a bit messed up. See my comment's source for how to format your url.

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Been using sync (paid) for over 10 years, will instantly buy a Lemmy version

I've never used sync, what makes it compelling?
- For me, it was the swipe quick actions, true black dark theme, and how the comments were nested.
  
  It just felt right 12 years ago, I'll insta buy again
- Feature rich. Basically whatever way you want to view Reddit, it has it. It also played videos much better for me than the official app. Very customizable and great ease of use.
I would buy any decent client!

I always used RIF for reddit but I'll definitely give Sync a try if this actually ends up happening

Fwiw, the dev for RIF has announced they're going to be making an app for Tildes.
- It's unfortunate that tildes is invite-only. I also secretly wish they would federate their website with us somehow, but I guess we can't have everything. :p
- How do we get them to make Lemmy Is Fun?
Same here! Been on RIF what seems like forever, will for sure give Sync a go if this happens.
Used sync when I still had an Android phone. IMO the best 3rd party app for reddit.
Lemmy is Fun is an app I would pay for. A decade of familiarity would satisfy the award itch I have after leaving reddit.

What do we have to do to convince Christian Selig to make Apollo for Lemmy?

I already pay for Apollo, I'd happily keep paying for Apollo for Lemmy, I'm sure tons of users would.
Christian touches on this in his interview with The Verge:

https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/13/23759180/reddit-protest-private-apollo-christian-selig-subreddit
Try wefwef, it’s very similar to Apollo

Fingers crossed for Relay for Lemmy

I mean sync had and iOS version so it’s not out of the realm of possibility.

The iOS version was handled by a different developer altogether. LJ has never done work for iOS himself.

Y'all are always considered the default anyhow. Let us have something XD

The early days of reddit were wild with everyone making third party apps. This will be like that again but now we have established Devs throwing their hat in the ring to make their versions of Lemmy Apps.

I need an Apollo alternative. Memmy app for iOS comes close though 😄

Love Sync, but I wish Infinity also implemented Lemmy support.

The Infinity dev said he has no plans, but noted that there's an API bridge that others could use to fork Infinity and build it for Lemmy.

That's the beauty of open source!

Any idea if there's a chance that the app will be open-source?

Unlikely as its ios
- Maybe it's on both?
  
  I know it was for years on Google Play.

I have been using Limbo which feels pretty good. https://testflight.apple.com/join/e6ZEbxuR

Wow, Limbo seems pretty advanced compared to lemmy and memmy, thanks for sharing.
- Actually pretty impressed on first impressions!
- I am back to trying out Memmy and the latest version is also really good. All these apps are still in very early stages and keep getting significantly better in a bery short time.

just a PSA, remember you can still use Lemmy as a PWA ("install" lemmy.world from safari as a shortcut)

Meanwhile I‘m just using the Safari Shortcut on the Home Screen. Works just as good as an app. If you‘re in beta test mood you can check out MLEM. It’s available through the Test Flight App.

Though you can’t pull to refresh on a safari shortcut..
- Honestly that's a feature not a bug
  
  https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/oct/05/smartphone-addiction-silicon-valley-dystopia
Yeah this is what I’ve been doing
Me too, but only because apps aren’t very good right now.

Time to switch to Android!

I'm totally here for it. Mobile web PWA via Native Alpha Plus works best at the moment.

Yeah that's what I want to use because it's lightweight and feels snappier than firefox PWA.
- Not only that but you don't have to worry about it clogging up your browser history.

what community do I join for updates?

https://lemmy.world/c/syncforlemmy
- Okay I'm using jerboa and I just can't get that type of FQ link to open in the app instead of the browser.
- Shows up as deleted.

Boost for Lemmy?

Yes please

Praise be.

What about Sync for kbin?

They're federated so it shouldn't really matter that much?

I guess we could do KiF once the API is read/write...
- IIRC, there are some slight differences in API so Jerboa doesn't work on Kbin. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
Please support kbin!

So what does this mean?

Hahaha I was about to comment that this is how I felt before realizing the meme was exactly that. I thought this was another excited android user.
I’ve tried mlem and I’m going to try memmy but honestly kbin w/ kbin enhancement suite has been my preferred option. I just wish we could enable KES on the PWA version.