Always great to have more options! But this seems very similar to Mlem in terms of goals (Apollo like). Why not combine efforts?
Underlying technology is completely different. One is Swift, one is React. It talks about this on the GitHub.
This is one of those cases where two is better than one, because not everyone can contribute to a Swift app, and multiple projects isn’t splitting effort, it’s bringing on people who wouldn’t otherwise be involved at all.
Plus, probably worth having a few going just because there is so much activity now. Mlem is moving a little slower than I had hoped so while I’d prefer a native Swift iOS app, this one is already a little more functional and it’s the first release.
Those are some of the main reasons. Also, the fact that it can be easily released as an Android build as well is nice, especially for users who would want a more Apollo-like feel on android devices. I have not personally tested Jeroba, but from screenshots I have seen (while it does look great!) it doesn't have the same look as some of the old Reddit apps.
Bottom line is this is a huge preference thing. I don't want to take anything at all away from Mlem. If you know Swift and think you can contribute to that project then by all means you should! Looks like a great project. Glad that there's so many people working on things for Lemmy already!
Because some of us saps don't have a phone capable of iOS 16+ which is what Mlem is targeting. Memmy runs great.
This looks amazing!!
Are you able to convert into Android too??
nvm ignore my comment, i saw the option to compile for Android!
I’m not the dev but I think that’s the intention based on the readme on GitHub.
It’s written in Expo/React Native which means it’ll be easier to support both iOS and Android.
I love it so far, better than mlem for me
Any particular reasons you like it better then Mlem?
Faster, smoother, clearly caches more aggressively so much less halting when scrolling, smaller fonts so more compact interface.
Both are so early in development though it’s basically irrelevant. Tomorrow Mlem could push a new build that includes their new interface that I’ve seen in the GitHub PRs and I’ll be back to that one. For now it’s just like Mastodon was, using all of the apps and seeing which one ends up fleshing out into a fully functional experience.
Not him, but I like how stable it is compared to Mlem. But UX wise I still like Mlem better for now. But good to see two apps already like this, both really good so far.
For me it's the iOS 15 support, Mlem has targeted iOS 16 which doesn't work on my 6s.
Trying out now, it’s looking great for the first alpha release!
This looks great! Does it work with kbin.social accounts as well?
Edit: never mind, I should have read all the comments first. Looking forward to seeing how this app progresses!
@z2k_ Holy crap that's amazing. I might need to pull my iPhone out of the drawer
I'm not the dev. @gkd@lemmy.world deserves all the credit. He's amazing.
Thanks for the cross post! Please feel free to let me know if you guys run into any issues!
Love it so far! Like some others here, I’d also love to see kbin integration if that’s possible. Thanks for putting this together!
Using it now to post this comment. I'm really liking it, it's very smooth. Wish there was compact view but I'm sure its coming soon. I might switch over from mlem
Showing a lot of potential, already like what I see! Can’t login with kbin currently so just hoping that will change, otherwise I’d be commenting from there now :D
Swipe options nailed the bare-bones already and the right options in the right spots! I’d love to have share as the last option on swipe left. Also needs vibration when ‘unselecting’ (?) a swipe option.
Performance is already great, smooth and no crash yet other than when trying to login with kbin. Looking forward to seeing this grow!
Just tested this. This app is AWESOME! Please keep working on it!! Will keep testing for bugs!
Edit: This is a cross post. I'm stupid lmao
Thanks for the feedback!
Very cool. Posting from it now. Don’t like how the reply form takes up the whole screen. But given it’s v0.01 I’ll take these things in stride
While it does take up the whole view, I intend to have a few other buttons and things on screen. The comment that you're replying to will be visible under the comment section, and there will be some buttons to easily add markdown to the comment.
Giving this a try!
@gkd@lemmy.world This looks like a fantastic start! As an Apollo user it's a very familiar experience.
At the very least I'll try to test and submit bug reports. If I can find the time I'll try to do some development too. (I could do with a React side-project...)
It looks great! I’m definitely taking it for a spin and will create an issue on GH if I find any.
Gonna give this app a try! Cannot see a clear search feature. Other than that looks very clean!
I have something in the works and should have it released today or tomorrow.
Already using it to post this, looks awesome for v0.0.1. Keep it up :)
I just installed and loaded it up. This looks like a fantastic start. I hope I can provide feedback as I use it more!
Really nice! Super impressive for a 0,1 release. I'll follow the development on this one.
Memmy is looking good. Definitely more stable at this point. It’s going to be exciting to see two different apps grow. Options are always better.
Is email required? I am having issues logging in with my existing account, that only has username and password. Said could not find username or email.
Testing it now, seems to work pretty well. Aside from search, which you said you’re working on, links don’t seem to work? It would also be nice to have somewhere to see replies to your comments/post. It would also be nice to see what instance each community comes from. Thanks for your hard work!
Just tried it and it seems pretty good so far! Only thing I don’t really like is how the keyboard and some other UI elements use light mode even though I have dark mode enabled.
Edit: It's getting fixed now :)
This is a pretty good start. I like it a lot.
Wow, terrific! Love the tap to collapse, swipe to upvote, etc. Main thing in terms of common reading interactions that I’m missing from Apollo is a swipe action to collapse a thread back to its root. The app is already quite nice to use, though, thank you for sharing!
Excellent! Good to see a second iOS app.
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