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Which is the most customisable app, besides Sync? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 18 hours ago by AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works to c/lemmyapps@lemmy.world
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Looking for an alternative to Sync, because I'm tired of not getting updates from LJD despite it being a paid app. Unfortunately, thus far I've tried about half a dozen apps and none of them quite give me as much customisation options as Sync did, especially on the feed view. Few of them even come close. Does anybody have a recommendation for a highly-customisable app?

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[–] CrayonRosary@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

I, too, abandoned Sync after paying for it. I've come to despise the dev and the app. He'd do things like release breaking changes then disappear for months. Markdown never worked right because it used Reddit style markdown for things like superscript, etc. And one day he decided to add markdown to post titles with horrible results, and no way to disable it, then disappeared again.

At any rate, I switched to Thunder and I'm perfectly happy with it. It's customizable enough, and I guess I'm ok with the things I can't customize. I also tried a bunch of apps, and Thunder was definitely the best.

[–] InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I realize this is slightly off-topic, but I always end up going back to using just a mobile browser.
It has features that I haven't found in apps: multiple tabs, bookmarks, built-in ad blocker, etc.
TBH, before using lemmy, I had almost forgotten how it was to use a website that's not outright hostile to mobile browsers.

My use case might be wildly different and I'm not saying wanting an app is invalid at all, and the web UI itself also has room for improvement.
Just... the browser actually works here compared to places like reddit and I keep going back to using that.

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Thanks! That's an interesting perspective. Are you using the standard Web ui, or one of the alternatives?

[–] InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 hours ago

Bog standard default UI, but with a dark theme.

[–] arin@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I've been using Connect for Lemmy and it's made my experience as good as my previous favorite 3rd party reddit app

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 hours ago

Thanks! I tried it, couldn't get rid of enough whitespace for my taste. I'm a bit picky with layouts I suppose

[–] bcgm3@lemmy.world 11 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I switched from Sync to Thunder months ago (mostly for user tagging) and I don't feel like I gave up much in exchange.

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 6 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Oh hey, thanks! Gave the settings a quick tweak, and it seems to be almost exactly what I'm looking for

[–] bcgm3@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago

Great! Glad I could help spread the word.

You probably already saw, but they have a Lemmy Community for questions and discussions: !thunder_app@lemmy.world And if you're so inclined, you could even contribute to the development of the app on their GitHub: https://github.com/thunder-app/thunder/

[–] CubitOom@infosec.pub 11 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I've been really liking Voyager.

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 8 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

It's one of the ones I checked out, but it's also one of the apps with the fewest customisation options it seemed.

[–] CubitOom@infosec.pub 7 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Have you tried Eternity? It has a crazy amount of options.

What kind of customization are you looking for?

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 4 points 17 hours ago

Eternity has probably come closest to what I'm looking for, yeah. It has a tendency to leave way too much empty space in between stuff and I can't get the title to display at the top of the cards.

[–] Fleur_@lemm.ee -2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Am I the only one using sync for free, getting frequent updates and having a quality experience?

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 7 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

The last update was 8 months ago, so yes, you're probably the only one getting frequent updates. I don't mind it being a paid app, as I believe devs need to eat, but given how long his current hiatus has been, it feels very much abandoned.

[–] Fleur_@lemm.ee 1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I hear the exact same thing every 6 months. Still working for me.

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 2 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Good for you. Do you actually have anything to contribute to this discussion?

[–] BeN9o@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

When you say about it being a paid app do you mean repeat payments? Because I paid less than £5 for sync years ago and still use it for free on Lemmy. I don't think I'm helping the dev eat anymore. It does exactly what I need it to. No need to be mean to people that still like sync.

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 2 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

No, I've bought the app as a one time payment a few times, starting back with reddit.

No need to be mean to people that still like sync.

I'm not here to bash Sync or anything. If LJ were to show up now with an update to fix broken stuff I'd happily continue using it. I'm just not looking for somebody trying to proselytise sync to me. I'm here with a specific question, and he's making completely unrelated and unhelpful comments. Sync works for him? Great. What does that have to do with me wanting a new app that suits my needs? Not to mention he flat out bullshited in his first comment, about frequent updates.

[–] Fleur_@lemm.ee -1 points 12 hours ago

Average shit just works user