I tried Jerboa, Liftoff and Connect Connect is the best one so far. I'm inclined to try Boost and Sync, those are repurposed reddit apps, but Connect is pretty decent.
I think it's just that the whole Lemmy thing is a lot more disjointed. Like, I can't see a nice list of subs, or even necessarily search for them. I have to know they exist and then search for them using their exact address. Quite cumbersome.
I understand the want for the whole federated thing but may have a central point where federation submit to have theirs catalogued? I dunno. Its making this whole thing very cumbersome and I'm not entirely sold on it yet.
Yeah, I tried Jerboa and wasn't a fan. Very buggy. Now on Connect and it feels like the UI of RIF. But it will take me a while to get used to this new world.
I also think connect is closest, although there's functionality I'm really missing right now, like being able to save posts, hide posts, and sort comment sections by new/best/controversial.
Also, idk if it's a bug, but a lot of the posts I look at don't show as read after clicking them.