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Lemmy apps on iOS (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

NOTE: For more up-to-date list, see the iOS section on this post from [email protected]


There has been quite a few posts regarding Lemmy apps for iOS, and their installation process might not be straightforward since they're PWA or beta. Here's a list of apps mentioned and their links:

⭐ Released

Voyager (formerly wefwef) (📱PWA)
Mlem
Lemmios
Thunder
Avelon
Arctic

🚧 TestFlight Beta

⚠ Note that apps below are potentially abandoned, please check each community for updates

Olympus
Lemmotif
Echo (closed alpha)

⛔ Abandoned

⚠ Apps below seem to have been abandoned by lack of community posts/new releases

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Memmy
Bean
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[–] [email protected] 59 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Mlem is Great! But what really surprised me is wefwef, hands down the best PWA I’ve ever seen

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

wefwef is seriously one of the best PWA I’ve ever seen. I’m interested in trying out mlem once it goes live on the App Store

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why do you want to wait for the App Store version? FlightTest is made by apple, no jailbreak, no illegal things. It’s a separate App Store where you need an invite link to access an app. And here is the Link

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You’re right, I don’t have a good reason not to use it other than preference. I used to be on beta for everything when I was on Android and when I switched to iOS I decided not to.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

a good reason not to use it other than preference

So why is that your preference? You didn’t really say.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Well I did mention why in my previous reply. I used to be on beta for all my apps but I got tired of things sometimes not working and having to update all the time and/or missing features. So now I prefer stable, more feature complete App Store builds. It’s just my preference.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Sorry Dumb question but what’s a PWA vs TestFlight?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago

PWA- progressive web app

An app that is actually just a webpage that behaves like an app and runs through safari. A TestFlight app is a full regular iOS app but in beta so you install it from the TestFlight app like a different App Store.

Think when a new call of duty or other video game releases early in beta access. Same idea with TestFlight. Memmy is in TestFlight (I’m using it rn) but is being submitted for normal App Store release now.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

PWA- progressive web app

An app that is actually just a webpage that behaves like an app and runs through safari. A TestFlight app is a full regular iOS app but in beta so you install it from the TestFlight app like a different App Store.

Think when a new call of duty or other video game releases early in beta access. Same idea with TestFlight. Memmy is in TestFlight (I’m using it rn) but is being submitted for normal App Store release now.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

This posted twice

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Mlem is great!

It’s a shame Mlem doesn’t have an iPad version. This makes it unusable to me

screenshot

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Give it time, it’s on their backlog. They’re building everything crazy fast.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Looks like it’s already being worked on now. https://github.com/mlemgroup/mlem/pull/167

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

The iOS app is still in beta and only on test flight. I don’t even think it’s been in development for that long. Give it time.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Of the three I’ve used (Memmy, Mlem, Wefwef), Wefwef is the only one that seems to be able to tell that you’ve read a reply and stops showing it as unread. Unsure why. Very very pleased with Wefwef.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Now is a native app too on testflight!