When viewing posts I see tons of phantom comments that seemingly have nothing to do with the post or are replying to something when they appear at the top level. Navigating to the post in a web browser shows dozens more comments (not from users I've blocked or anything).

Formatting of content across posts and comments doesn't match what the site does when I view it in the browser.

Thanks to the Memmy dev and any contributors, but broken software is broken software.

So, what's the best alternative these days?

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[–] LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 58 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Voyager is becoming the leader, is FOSS and actively developed by a large community. I also like Arctic which is developed by a single person but is really nice as well and has iOS notifications.

[–] manuallybreathing@lemmy.ml 31 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'm using Voyager, it's almost perfect

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 17 points 8 months ago

I'm commenting from Voyager now. Much better than it was a few months ago!

[–] Xabis@lemmy.world 14 points 8 months ago

I gave up on memmy months ago because it was randomly crashing. The release schedule even back then was once a month at best.

I switched to the voyager “native” app (not the pwa) and it has been absolutely flawless with lots of updates.

[–] Lifecoach5000@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I think this also might be the only iOS app that lets you view mod reports as well. I’m all about Voyager these days!

[–] JaymesRS@literature.cafe 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Arctic was the first iOS app to get mod features, voyager wasn’t far behind though.

[–] willya@lemmyf.uk 1 points 8 months ago

I think lemmios was the first, but its development has died down.

[–] dan80@lemmy.ca 5 points 8 months ago

Voyager is almost perfect, I only wish it had an iPad landscape-optimized interface (like Arctic).

[–] Levsgetso@lemmy.zip 31 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Everyone is saying Voyager and Arctic, and rightfully so, they are amazing apps. But I just wanted to say Mlem has also become really great.

[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 7 points 8 months ago

Mlem has been my go to

[–] PlasmaDistortion@lemm.ee 17 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I moved from memmy to voyager and honestly it is a far better app. Memmy was too buggy and the dev basically abandoned it.

[–] heavyboots@lemmy.ml 12 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I've been using Mlem quite happily.

[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 6 points 8 months ago

Hello fellow Mlemer.

[–] JaymesRS@literature.cafe 4 points 8 months ago

It’s my backup app. I wish it had a markdown editor, though.

[–] iso@lemy.lol 11 points 8 months ago

On iOS, I can recommend Mlem.

[–] orangeNgreen@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago

I bounce between Thunder, Voyager, and Arctic. I can’t make a final decision.

[–] player2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Sync for Lemmy

[–] johannesvanderwhales@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

Same here. Just got some big bugfixes.

[–] JaymesRS@literature.cafe 8 points 8 months ago

It was already mentioned in another place, by !Arctic@lemmy.world is my personal favorite at the moment.

[–] ArbitraryMary@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I’m currently using Memmy and having no issues at all

[–] Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I’m also using Memmy and I’m enjoying it so far.

The only problems I’m having is when someone replies directly to one of my messages. I don’t know why but I’m often not able to reply unless I load all the comments.

Also deleting the unread replies is complicated.

I might switch in the future but I’d just prefer if these issues were solved 😅

[–] Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago

Finally, after trying Voyager, I guess I’ll move to that one.

[–] Slowy@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

As of the recent Lemmy update I’ve been having a bit of issues but it’s still running ok. Definitely some bugs creeping in but hopefully the devs feel less burnt out soon and can keep it working, even if they aren’t upgrading.

[–] Kaliax@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Connect has been perfect for over 8 months so far! YMMV.

[–] Perfide@reddthat.com 1 points 8 months ago

Definitely not perfect, but besides for a brief hiatus the dev is still pushing out updates and actively listening to the community for feedback. 90% of the issues I've had have been resolved at this point.

[–] pixelmeow@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

I moved to Arctic months ago. It’s in continuous development with updates happening weekly or so, fixing bugs and making improvements. I’m very happy with it. Another commenter linked the community.

[–] scytale@lemm.ee 5 points 8 months ago

Thunder and Arctic are my go-to’s. Thunder because it looks different than the rest of the apps that try to emulate Apollo, and Arctic because it can embed and play videos/gifs from inside the app.

[–] Makhno@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Am I the only one using Boost?

[–] TheGiantKorean@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

I am a Booster as well.

[–] LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I’m on iOS so no boost for me :/

[–] Dhrystone@infosec.pub 4 points 8 months ago

Voyager. If only it had notifications.

[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 4 points 8 months ago

I use Voyager or Jerboa, pretty much half and half

[–] adj16@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

I’ve truly loved Avelon and it seems to have the best native gif support of any app I’ve used, but I’m pretty sure the dev has abandoned it too ☹️

[–] Krydex 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I use Eternity myself, it was the best option for me after I dropped Liftoff due to its lack of support :)

[–] Melonpoly@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

Eternity seems abandoned too

[–] Mindhunter@lemmy.today 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Jerboa has a came a long way

[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Isn’t that an android only app?

[–] Mindhunter@lemmy.today 0 points 8 months ago

Yes i just saw people reccomending android ones .

[–] kemsat@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

I’ve been using it with no issues.