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What OS? For iOS I’ve used quite a few and voyager has been the best of them all

Very happy with sync

I use voyager. It's good. FOSS btw

Eternity! Can't imagine using anything else at this point.

Boost. One-time cheap payment to get rid of ads. No subscription like Sync (which is otherwise also a great app; it was not subscription based when it was available for Reddit).

I like Boost because when I revisit a post, all the new comments are highlighted.

Sync. Voyager was good too.

I'm switching between Thunder and Eternity, both still in development but already solid for me.

Bookmarks should be associated with your account

I really enjoy boost.

I use Voyager. It gets updates fast but it looks like an iOS app. I rarely encounter any bugs here. Voyager also has mark read on scroll and disabling infinite scrolling (add a Load page 2 button) Sync is also good, it deals great with vertically long images and is a native app.

Sync for Lemmy

Sync was my go-to Reddit app for nearly 9 years.

It does have ads, but with a one time purchase you can get rid of them. I've paid that and then I also plan on getting the subscription in the future for additional features.

The price is definitely a bit on the higher side, but I'm happy to support the development of the app I left Reddit for.

If you are able to, please support the apps and Lemmy instances you use.

What about for iOS? I can’t seem to find one I like.

Update: I am giving Voyager a try. Thanks for the suggestion, all!

I'm using connect and really like it!

Boost

FOSS? Voyager, or maybe Eternity if you prefer something with a more native feel

Non-FOSS? Sync

Bookmarks should be "saved posts" and associated with your Lemmy account

Disclaimer: I use kbin 99% of the time.

That said, I love using Connect when I use Lemmy

The absolute bare minimum is to show text as it was written. Most of the apps don't even deal with formatting post correctly, so I am happy to stick with a browser.

If your app of choice does not display the following correctly, let the devs know via a bug report

Bold = Bold v. normal.
Italic = Italic v. normal.
Superscript = ^SuperScript^ v. normal.
Subscript = ~Subscript~ v. normal.
Strike-through = ~~Strike-through~~ v. normal.

I am also a former Jerboa user and although I kinda liked it - the sole reason that I moved away from it was the lack of a proper search feature (It is already well-known that the Search bar in Jerboa is basically only for communities; Jerboa can't search for posts, comments or users.

I have lately been using Eternity - and the main reason is that Eternity is a fork of Infinity for Reddit, and Infinity was a complete app by its own merit - so although Eternity is not updated frequently, it is very unlikely that I will miss any essential feature in Eternity for Lemmy.

Just my 0.02.

Eternity for Lemmy!

I've tried Jerboa, Liftoff, and Connect. They all seem fine, but Connect is the one I stuck with.

Personally i use boost Because i used to use its reddit counterpart

Was super excited for Boost as I was a paid user

Then it came out and was missing many of the features of Connect

Came back to Connect and haven't looked back

For iOS, I’ve been testing Arctic, Avelon, Bean, Lemma, Memmy, and Mlem. All good, but none seem better or more reliable than Voyager (wefwef).

I'm using Connect. It has its issues, but it's tolerable.

Eternity

I'll be that person and say I simp for sync. If you're hardcore FOSS though, you probably won't like it.

My rankings based on personal experience and nothing else:

1. Boost
2. Liftoff
3. Thunder
4. Connect
5. Lemmotif
6. Jerboa

I know Lemmy has a general preference for FOSS but Boost just feels like home, and the amount of ads on the free version is tolerable to me.

I'm quite happy with boost. I've used eternity before, and it's a pretty good one, too. Like someone else said, there are many apps, so it's a matter of preference. You're probably going to have to try out a few before you find one you like.

Thunder! It is

• FOSS
• Cross-platform (Android/iOS and you can even build for desktop or web)
• Has some neat features that I haven't seen in other clients, like a really customizable FAB, material you theming, multiple anonymous instances, ping time and version info for instances, already supports 0.19 including new features like instance blocking, an advanced share that can create a microblog style image to share posts
• Very good accessibility
• and lots more.

Coming from Relay for Reddit, I feel very at home in Thunder!

Since I haven't seen it mentioned yet, I've been using Liftoff for a while now, and I've found it to be a fairly good experience. My main annoyance is that, if I open a notification of a reply to a comment, the process to see the original context for the reply is...convoluted, to say the least. Other than that, great app.