Since the reason so many people moved because of the third-party app changes, wouldn’t it make sense for a Lemmy app to be made. Obviously not yet since the developers are already under a lot of stress with the amount of new users Lemmy is gaining.
Still, it would make me 100% swap full-time to Lemmy. Keep up the good work though.
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Android already does have an app, Jerboa: https://f-droid.org/packages/com.jerboa/
Not sure about iOs, since I don’t use it.
Think it’s called mlem?
That’s what I’ve been using, and I enjoy it. Similar to the website, but a bit more convenient.
Good thing is some Reddit apps announced plans of supporting Lemmy or other Fediverse accounts and I wish they follow through.
Do you know which ones have announced plans?
I don’t have a list but the one I use RedReader have expressed a possibility. It won’t be surprising if other capable devs would also do it and I’m surprised it’s not as common as Twitter+Mastodon apps in the mid-2010s
others have mentioned jerboa for android and there is mlem for ios! both are listed here if you want to look into them https://join-lemmy.org/apps/
Worth mentioning that mlem is in a very early stage of development. Expect daily testflight updates and missing features. I like it so far though! [email protected]
Also: it’s fairly useless on an iPad, because it’s simply a scaled iPhone version. Lots of wasted real estate and no fun.
Check out jerboa! Just a couple days ago I would have told you it isn’t worth it but in these days they have made a lot of improvement after much needed help from volunteers.
Also you can install lemmy as a progressive web app from chrome or firefox easily and it’s also great.
I also hope for a better alternative, since I am used to the experience that Boost for reddit gives, but really I’m not missing reddit at all.
I might have misunderstood this, but I think the Kbin developer was considering emulating the Reddit API. So existing Reddit apps could just be plugged into it.
Since others have mentioned jerboa and Mlem already, you can also install your instances webpage as a PWA. Navigate to the page in Firefox or chrome on mobile (idk about safari) and click the install option within the browser settings. Then click to add to homescreen.
I don’t feel as much need for an app, because the web interface works well on my phone and isn’t slow and full of ads.
