Are we just stuck with browsers for the time being? I mean it works but fuck I miss Apollo already.
I’m using Mlem through TestFlight. Works pretty well, crashes sometimes but I’m not sure that’s not just because I’m on IOS 17 dev beta.
Mlem is being developed but is in a very early stage.
https://lemmy.world/c/mlemapp@lemmy.ml
in beta at the moment. personally I’m just sticking with the web ui
I’m just going to add that the web ui on mobile is great. Good enough that I’ve stopped using mlem. Mlem doesn’t show you the different instances that users and communities are coming from which doesn’t really matter for users but is super annoying for communities, and the main dev said that’s intentional. It also shows you your “karma”, through what I’m assuming is just adding up the raw up/downvotes your posts/comments have accrued. Seeing that is what ultimately made me bounce, it seems like the complete antithesis of what Lemmy is trying to be about.
Also, while they’re working on adding a NSFW blur, it doesn’t exist yet and fuck seeing all that loli ai porn on my feed. I don’t mind having to scroll past stuff I’m not interested in, but come on at least blur it.
Finally the web ui has the rainbow indent lines, while there’s nothing but whitespace to indicate child comments on mlem. I’m sure they’ll fix most of the stuff up given time, but I’m not using it until they dump the cumulative karma tracking.
I had attempted to begin contributing code and those things left a sour taste in my mouth too. Ultimately I think wait until another open source option comes along and see if I can help at all.
It looks like someone else is creating a client, memmy. https://github.com/gkasdorf/memmy
No releases as of yet though so can’t comment on that.
According to the GitHub page it’s heavily inspired by Apollo, so that’s got me quite excited.
Inspired by Apollo
React Native
Pass lol
I used Mlem, it’s a test flight app, so it’s early in development, but it works fine enough. Crashes often, but that’s the only major issue I have.
Sadly Mlem won’t load (via Test Flight) on my 1st generation iPhone SE. The error says that Mlem requires iOS 16.
Novel idea: update your phone, so that it supports newer apps.
Yeah, eventually a replacement will happen but in the mean time I’ll continue playing the “frugal game”. Instead of buying a new phone whenever the latest version is released, for less money I buy two of the previous version. Even if one needs a new battery I’m still way ahead. It’s very reassuring, especially when traveling, to have a cold spare just waiting in case the first one dies.
So far Mlem not working is the only problem I’ve encountered so it’s way to early to consider spending money. The Lemmy web view works just fine.
Occasionally I encounter someone totally into consumerism that can’t understand this, but that’s OK.
They can’t. iOS16 is not supported on 1st gen iPhone SE.
They mean buy a new phone.
Other than Mlem, there are others currently under development too. I’m excitedly following memmy by @gkd@lemmy.ml
Interesting. I wish there was a “Remind me” feature so I could come back to your comment later to check on progress of that app. I’m using Mlem right now.
the dev seems to be posting updates here if you want to subscribe to it https://lemmy.ml/c/memmy
Got the TestFlight beta! Thx! Looks promising.
I’m working on building my own app for it too in Flutter, but Mlem seems to be the only option available as of now
Interesting, are you planning on an open source/free app?
