Sync for Lemmy (beta) is now live for everyone
Sync for Lemmy (beta) is now live for everyone
A beautiful Lemmy app for browsing Lemmy on the go!
Please note this is just a beta and there are going to be bugs, but it works and it works nicely. Have fun.
My excitement is tempered by two things, the ultra cost being a subscription (I get the "why" I just hate more subscriptions) and also the pretty crappy targeted adverts "consent" whereby you have to scroll through page after page of third party vendors to turn off the "legitimate" interest which is, let's be honest their way around consent by just ignoring what you want. That's put me right off in all honesty sorry.
It's like having Reddit back, this is amazing. 🙏
For as long as I can remember Reddit and Sync have been one and the same. I never used Reddit website or app, only ever used Sync to browse Reddit hosted content. I used it a lot. I've missed it a lot.
Between the Lemmy platform and Sync client, to all intents and purposes what Reddit was has been fully restored/migrated.
I know it's early days, but I did not expect to see anything like this so soon and it gives me hope that Lemmy can grow and thrive into the network of people that always made Reddit what it was. Everything that's needed is there - early, a little rough around the edges, but there. And being improved constantly.
Hallelujah!
Oh and please note that bugs should be reported in #sync-support-and-bugs in the discord: https://discord.gg/qYWxqva or the github.
LJ has been working very hard - this is beta 24 from no betas a week ago.
And again, it is a beta - some features like Ad-free IAP and submissions are not there, but they will be in there eventually.
Game. Changer.
I live my life as FOSS-y as possible.
This is the only subscription that I have. $2/mo or $16/yr is not even a blip on most people's radar.
The OG Sync was the most used app on my phone and tablet.
So download, enjoy, and pay the dev! He's phenomenal, approachable, and transparent. This isn't some Flappy Birds knockoff. This is a polished app that allows us to connect with one another more easily. And I'd like to see what features he comes up with next.
It takes a lot for me to trust an app/dev this much. Hopefully everybody else will too and we can help him do even more neat things.
My god, it's actually like it used to be. Thank you a million times !ljdawson@lemmy.world <3
What the hell, this is so impressive. I'm blown away! Did not expect this kind of experience this fast!
It's a nice app mostly but there's a few things stopping me from loving it currently
- No lifetime license, I refuse to use a subscription service
- list view mode doesn't have the option to have buttons enabled and always showing
- can't disable auto hide of comment actions
- No way to hide viewed posts
- can't highlight and copy text from a comment It just hides content instead (like why?) Only option is to copy all text from a comment but I don't want to copy all just a small selection...
- No option for top bar, only bottom and side
Firstly, I'm happy to see Sync return.
I made sure to subscribe to help make developing the app financially viable.
Secondly.. With the Sync beta just going live, I'm already running into my very first bugs.
What would be the appropriate place to report these bugs?Edit: My question has already been answered by OP:
Oh and please note that bugs should be reported in #sync-support-and-bugs in the discord: https://discord.gg/qYWxqva
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Very nice! Now I can get addicted to Lemmy properly.
The pricing is a bit much, especially compared to other services like Tutanota that actually runs servers and provides a service in addition to developing the applications. $20-$30 for the onetime purchase option would be more sane.
I know I bought Sync Pro for Reddit, but I know that was nowhere close to these prices.
EDIT: Found the Remove Ads option, and that is more reasonable priced.
contains adds
contains in-app purchases
collects data
shares data with 3d party orgs
Nothing against sync, but this is not what I'd expect from lemmy app tbh. There's a lot of free open source options that don't sell your data.
Asking to be paid for your job is OK, but injecting ads in ad-free opensource service, selling user data? This is just reddit-app-moment in my opinion
Just tried it, looks good!
- So many options, the customability is really nice
- There is a premium option to copy subscriptions between instances (not ready yet).
- Live comment refresh mode
- Default font size could be too small for most people. I switched to Medium right away on a 6 inch phone.
- Sports Mode in comments is a fun feature :)
- Search Comments is really useful, I have missed this in other clients
- It has faster and smoother scrolling of comments than other clients, very noticeable.
- Being able to collapse comments by clicking on the number of comments is very useful.
So many options everywhere, it's a step up from previous clients for sure.
Making this client in such a short time is ultra impressive. Will be worth the money if being on Lemmy a lot, and also just to support developers like this who dare to bet on Lemmy.
It's freaky to see how smoothly Sync lets me hop back into a familiar experience, now on Lemmy. It's so clean and intuitive, no unnecessary crap, I love it. One of the best apps I've ever used, from one of the best developers to grace this cursed earth.
My neighbor just called asking why I was moaning so loud
Biggest improvement for me is toggling Settings shortcut: View type > Right aligned voting
Gonna try to see if I can use backup/restore layout from my old sync 🤔
Would it be possible to utilize the cloud backup/restore feature for previous Ultra users to bring all their settings back? At least for any similar rules?
Just bought the remove ads version. It is very thrilling to be back to Sync! I'm so used to this look and interface after eleven years with Reddit Sync. Lemmy becomes immediately more familiar and friendly to my eyes. I enjoy Jerboa just fine but I guess I am just an old guy set in my ways and this is how my favorite mobile scrolling app should look and behave. Seems great for a beta and I look forward to further developments!
Brilliant - I love that we can see where a text link actually points. It's one of the things I've liked least about Lemmy apps so far, sometimes you're potentially clicking blind.
Oh, and we still have the choice between inline and expanded, fantastic! Settings shortcut: Link handling > Expanded comment links
My lemmy experience is exponentially better now, great work! thank you!
As a first release this is so much more fully featured than anything I expected!! So impressive thanks @ljdawson@lemmy.world.
Didn't realize how much I missed the slide to upvote. This is great. I know the whole subscription thing but whatever, I don't want ads and it's a tiny yearly payment. I'm in for the year and let everything work itself out.
Feels great.
Thank you thank you thank you
If you pay for Sync, IMO you should give to the instance which hosts your lemmy account as well as to the Lemmy dev(s) (yes Dessalines is a tankie, but you should separate the artist from the person)
I would love to pay for Sync, alas I don't have Google services on my phone. I know this day will never come, but a non Google pro version would be great (some pro versions I bought without Google play: Folder sync pro, Tasker, Fairemail, KWGT, Poweramp, xprivacy...)
The app is really great
Feels like home.
Was about to complain that I was hoping for remove ads version instead of premium sub shenanigans, and ljdawson had already pushed an update.
Take my money 🤑💰
This is sooooo nice! Really appreciate all the hard work.
This must be the most upvoted post on Lemmy
If there was any chance for me to go back to reddit, it's definitely gone now. Awesome app so far!
This is my first action on the app.
I'm already impressed after having logged in and scrolled 2x screens doomscoll style, how the repeating threads aren't coming up.
I'm sold.
Going to wait just a bit longer before signing up for premium, but that will probably happen before next week.
Alright, feels like home again!
fuck yeah we back
Epic
I hope this encourages people to support the open source clients too. At least in directing them to improve their features and catch up!
Brilliant work!
Soooooooo freaking happy to finally have the tablet setup that I just couldn't seem to find in any of the other Lemmy apps (so far)!!! I can now have three columns and see so many posts with their smaller but still good sized previews! Was curious how much would be different in moving to Lemmy, and so far everything seems to be much closer to one-to-one than I even thought. Very good work! And back on the Ultra sub as well!
Well, that's nice to watch how people switch from reddit to the Lemmy. Foss internet is the best
Oh man the reddit mobile app is awful. Hopefully lemmy takes off because this app is just so good.
And we're back to our regular sync programming, thank you!
Absolutely unreal how a top tier app can be such a game changer. Fediverse will be bigger than Reddit ever was.
sync was hands down the best reddit app. and now, even in early beta, it's already the best lemmy app. lj deserves what he's charging.
I've been using it the past 30 minutes or so and it's pretty good and very feature rich but I might stick with Liftoff for a while just because I got used to it. Some issues I had with Sync:
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The default font size is tiny, I had to go looking in the options to increase it.
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It seems like expanding replies of comments is a bit buggy. It seems deep replies are showing before the comments they're replying to.
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The UI is pretty overwhelming at first. Feels like there are so many buttons and knobs that do a lot of things, a few of which are redundant. That's definitely just me not being used to it, but that's my first impression coming in from apps like Reddit is Fun which are fairly straightforward.
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Only been using it for a couple of hours, but have to say this is a super impressive Beta. Might be my bias towards original Sync, but so far this is easily outdoing the other Lemmy clients I've tried (Jerboa, Connect, Liftoff).
it feels so natural now... thank you so much ♥️
Cozy in here
Thanks from saving me from Jerboa!
Omg.... I can't even tell you how happy I am about this!! I missed sync. I knew I did, but I truly didn't realise how much I missed it!
This is amazing! Thank you for all the hard work!!
BUG: Auto fill Username and Password is putting the username in the instance and leaving the username box blank. Pixel 5a & Pixel 7 Pro.
Device information
Sync version: v23.08.01-20:30 Sync flavor: googlePlay Ultra user: true View type: Small cards Push enabled: false Device: barbet Model: Google Pixel 5a Android: 13Permanently Deleted
And I'm commenting from it. So nice to have Sync back.
This feels like a near 1 to 1 copy of the Sync for Reddit app. And I mean that in a very positive way. Sync got me into Reddit, and I think it can definitely do the same for lemmy. I'm very excited to give this a try.
Now I feel at home
Day 1 Ultra Sub! Loved Sync for Reddit have been trudging along in kbin and Lemmy while this was being worked on. I am so excited... It feels so familiar! Thank you LJDawson!
The wait is finally over!
A work of art in dark times.
I've been waiting for this!! Been using sync for reddit for what feels like a lifetime now. Bought the ad free lifetime version yesterday for Lemmy Sync. I've missed this app! But the honorable mention is LiftOff I'll be leaving it on my phone for a while too.
They all try to be the king but the ace is back!
Just migrated from reddit and writing from Sync. So happy that Sync is back!
Will there be a sync pro app like before?
Some of us don't have Google Play services on our phones, is there a way to remove adds without having to install Google services?
I miss this so much :)))
Is there an option to separate the upvote and downvote scores? I've grown used to seeing that distinction on /kbin but it might not be a thing on Lemmy?
Hell yeah!!!! App looks sick, this is my first interaction with a Sync product! Runs smooth and gives lots of settings that I appreciate.
Congrats on being first to market out of the other polished Reddit apps who are switching - I hadn't used Sync before (I used RIF, Joey and then most recently Boost) but now I'm committed to Lemmy and already loving this experience!
Thank you!!
HYPE! so happy with sync THANKS LJ
Typing this from Sync for Lemmy. Love it already! Feels right at home.
I do not mind the subscription costs for the premium version. Yes, in a perfect world a lifetime purchase would be nice. But this isn't a perfect world. Lemmy isn't a casual game that can be considered "done" once it's developed. No, Lemmy and the Fediverse are new and unfamiliar and it is likely there will be significant chances to the ecosystem and this development effort for the developer.
hell ya! just installed!
!fucksubscriptions@lemmy.world
Let me buy this one time please.
I've never used Sync before. This is an amazing app you have here.
Now lemmy feels like home. Thanks!
Just a Incredible app It Feel like being back home again and Man Do I miss it. Plus it dodo all over reddit official app and it's just in beta :)
I guess I'll be spending a lot more time on Lemmy now. It's like sync never went away ʘ‿ʘ
Works like a charm !
As a Boost user I'm glad this came out first. I was getting tired of waiting for Boost to release a Lemmy app, this one feels much better.
Let's go! First post using sync! Hands down the best client when it came to reddit.
I've tried literally all of them. ALL OF THEM.
For the reddit clients, they came and went, but sync stayed on my phone and I always eventually came back to it. If that's not testament of a phenomenal app I don't know what is. The competition for the lemmy clients is honestly hotter than I expected but sync remains on top. None so far match the level of fluidity, customizability, and polish sync has.
My usage of lemmy went up by 5x today because of this. $99 feels pretty steep, but eh. Add it to the pile. Pretty sure it's over $300 at this point 7 years in. Lol.
To the years of mobile lemmy browsing ahead.
Works pretty damn good if you ask me. I feel like I'm using Reddit again 😊
It looks and feels amazing. Thank you for this!
I didn't see kbin.social in the list of instances when logging in, and when typing manually, it returns an error. I'm still learning lemmy - is there a reason kbin login doesn't work?
Anyways it hardly matters, this acct is fine too and the app is amazing. Perfect timing with RIF now returning Error Forbidden while logged out (officially dead, rip).
Looking forward to using this more, thx y'all
Currently using the beta, just a few questions.
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is the difference between ad free and ultra os the ad free is a one time fee and ultra have the extra options?
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is there a way to see separate count of downvote and upvote like in voyager?
Thanks for this app, really like the experience so far as I just migrated from reddit, now I just need to find counterparts for the reddits I view before.
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Best Lemmy app hands down. Just deleted all the other ones. This is just so smooth.
Sync is back in business! It's so good to be back home again.
This is absolutely insane!
FINALLY!!!
Im using it RN
Installed and subscribed. I wasn't a paid user of sync for reddit but I think it's important now.
Thank you so fucking much.
It's so smooth..
Ahhh. Feels good to be home. Thank you!!
Hell yeah finally, been hard to quit Reddit...but now that I have Sync again all is well
Thank you so much. It is a great app and brings enormous value to Lemmy.
would be very cool if this let you log in with a Mastodon account!
Party! 🥳🎉
Posting from Sync!!!
it's looking delightful, albeit still in the early stages. i'll happily pick up sync pro once that's available, as i did for the old reddit version
one admittedly minor thing: my home instance disables downvotes. is there a way sync can detect that, and hide the downvote buttons like the web ui does? alternatively an option in the settings to manually tell sync that downvotes aren't supported would work fine too
Thank you so much
Welcome back, Sync! 🎉
Yay, I'm able to comment on Sync. Everything's coming up Milhouse!
Catppuccin theme if anyone is interested:
{ "monet_override_light_secondary_text_color" : "#6COF85", "monet_override_light_primary_text_color" : "#4C4F69", "monet_override_light_link_color" : "#1E66F5", "monet_boost_light_color" : true, "monet_override_dark_secondary_text_color" : "#A6ADC8", "monet_override_dark_primary_text_color" : "#CDD6F4", "monet_override_dark_link_color" : "#89B4FA", "monet_boost_dark_color": true, "monet_color_intensity": 1, "monet_manual_theme_color" : "#1E1E2E", "monet_system": false }My lemmy usage is about to increase significantly. Thank you so much!
Hello again fellow degenerates :D
A "hide after voting" option would be AMAZING
Installed Sync as soon as I could, but went back to Jerboa for now due to lack of a one-time purchase option. Not a fan of subscriptions, I need less of those in my life.
Seems good so far, feels very nice.
Honestly forgot how good Sync feels. Such an enormous difference vs connect for Lemmy. Should make Lemmy a good bit better for day to day use.
Only thing I've noticed is that I can only see a sub. Would definitely prefer not to add another sub to the mix if a one time purchase is viable.
It's so good, my god.
My settings backup from sync for reddit works here! That's amazing
First comment from Sync. Great work Dawson. I will delete all other apps now. Impressive how good this app is already after only so short development time
Just restored my old sync backup. This Is fire!
Looks great!
All the love ❤️🔥
Incredible, I'm in!
Any option for a larger up front cost to remove ads? I don't care for subscriptions and can handle managing settings myself.
We are witnessing history.
What a legend.
So glad to be back on Sync!
I would do pro but not doing a subscription for ultra. Liftoff is good enough for me for now until a pro version comes out that's reasonably priced
Everything is gorgeous :)
It's like coming home after a long trip.
I have found a bug though. Logging in to sh.itjust.works seems to cause crashes that other instances don't (so far). Lemmy.world, ttrpg.network, and sopuli.xyz haven't crashed at all so far. Haven't tested any others yet since I want to take a bit to just enjoy the app.
Seriously, Dawson, thank you for this :)
Edit: found a very minor thing in the comment markdown menu. The >!spoiler!< markdown on lemmy is different than reddit uses. The >! Doesn't work here.
Spoiler is weird on lemmy. It's
::: spoiler
Text
:::
Supposedly. However, it doesn't actually work at all in most apps.
The reddit >! Works in sync, but not elsewhere.
Oh, it feels good to be back in this familiar interface.
ITS HERE AND I AM POSTING FROM IT I AM HAPPY NOW
This is nice. Great app;
Are we absolutely married to the idea that "upvotes" are orangered and "downvotes" are perrywinkle? I mean it works and we all understand the visual queue but lemmy has a chance to be different. Some people don't even want to call them upvotes and downvotes anymore. Just my thoughts... So far, I like sync a lot! Though I have to agree with a few other users that the font is small but I kinda like it. I didn't realize how much scrolling I did just to read something.
I love this app way more than I thought I would, nice work!
We're back! I've literally been checking the play store every single day. Thank you LJ and best of luck on this new path!
Can't wait to pay for sync pro again, you deserve it dude
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I've been using my browser to view Lemmy so far, still waiting on Boost for Lemmy. Decided to try Sync while Boost is still being worked on, and I gotta say I'm really liking it so far.
this is fantastic! just gave it an install and a play. definitly will push me to use lemmy a lot more. great job
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Oh, so nice. I love to have it back!
Just wondering, is there a known issue about hidden posts? I hide them with a swipe action, but when in refresh the feed later on - the hidden posts appear once again.
BYE BYE BYE
Juicy. We will watch your career with great interest
So stoked, thank you LJ!
This is so nice using Sync again. Solid app.
Love it.
Some replies to a reply are showing up in the wrong place. Might be a bug, might be because I imported settings from old sync to save myself the trouble of configuring the application anew. Worked like a charm though.
I have a question, can I pin a instance in the feeds? Eg I have a lemmy.world account. Right now it shows me Everything, Local, and Subscribed. But I do want to see everything in programming.devs main page. It's like an everything for programming, so I see that as a valid use case.
I'll join the others in saying I gladly purchased pro in Sync for Reddit, but I don't like a subscription only upgrade. Otherwise great job!Edit: I see now that it exists. I will buy the one-time ad removal.
Looks and works great. So glad to have this.
Feels just as good as Reddit Sync did. Amazing job
Just joined Sync Ultra, the developer deserves it for the effort of making lemmy browsing the same delightful experience I got when I used reddit sync
Let's Go!!!!
Thanks for the great work! Just made a Lemmy account earlier today & subscribed to Ultra after seeing how much care & thought have clearly gone into this app. Excited to see what comes next!
I love this app. I'm about to purchase a lifetime subscription. I just have a couple of suggestions:
- Make it easier to keep your existing settings when adding an account without having to do a backup and restore.
- Allow it to switch from one pane to two when opening a foldable device.
Great job, thanks!!
Glad to see some more options for everyone to participate. I'm entirely satisfied with Liftoff, personally.
Thank you... Been waiting for so long...
i love the UI. It really matches well with Google's. Using it right now!
Thanks! It's amazing to have your app back! It's hard to describe how much the difference in quality was impacting my enjoyment of Lemmy (no disrespect to the other app developers, but sync is just a cut above the rest!).
This has completely made my day. Also very impressed that I was able to restore a backup of my settings from the Reddit version of the app, so setup was a breeze.
Thank you!! Lemmy feels like home now! BTW if you're using lemmy.world instance, currently there's a server issue that prevents apps from loading comments. It's not a Sync issue.
Awwwww yeah! I haven't done much yet, but everything looks beautiful.
I'm so happy
Holy shit fuck yessssssss this is awesome
This app is amazing and all I needed to move to lemmy
Awesome, downloading now! Can't wait to try it
posting from sync! let's goooo!!!
Downloaded and subscribed!
I can finally enjoy Lemmy :)
Really cool. Trying it out now. Will there be an option to pay to remove ads that isn't a subscription plan down the line?
You can use your old backups as well to restore settings. The only thing that didn't work for me was the theme, but it was an easy fix. Good to be back.
Excellent work. Finally an app that has reasonable UI/UX
Today is the day!
Posting it from sync. Now I feel like I am a little bit closer to deleting my reddit account. I am still searching for one instance of lemmy with maximum freedom of speech without censorship, only blocks or defederate criminal instances, csam etc.
Thank you @ljdawson
FUCK YEA
This post let me know, so I downloaded it, I'm posting from it, and I bought sync ultra before I even logged in.
Fantastic work!
I've missed this interface!
This app is gorgeous with Android Material You!
Do we have any information if there will be a version without google drm? Would love to use it on my devices that don't have google play installed.
Does anyone know if there's a way to see individual Upvotes and Downvotes? Been looking in the settings and haven't found anything.
This is already the smoothest third party app for lemmy. I've missed this
Thank you 😊 now lemmy will be much more pleasure to use!
Liking it so far, is there a "hide on read" option?
Oh man, this release totally made my day. I've been missing this client something fierce!
Seriously good. Totally fills the hole.
Sweet, I’m hoping Apollo can come back like this as well someday too.
Yessss. Using it to post this, and it just feels like home.
Jesus Christ this app is beautiful!
Pretty cool, liking it so far
I love this, can't wait to be able to submit posts. The customization is worlds ahead of connect, liftoff, jerboa. None of those are bad apps, but this is better.
Fuck yeah!
It's beautiful. Thank you!
Omg omg omg omg omg!
Love seeing Sync again on my homescreen. Even subbed to Sync Ultra again to support the development. 15 bucks per year ain't that much for the usage I get out of it
God it feels good. I missed this
God, this is a welcome thing.
I don't know what to say, only thank you!
Yes! Finally! Thank you so much!
Jesus christ, how I missed you!
It's so fucking beautiful. It works seamlessly.
Love it. Feel home.
People really love to hate, don't they?
Christ on a cracker! When Reddit went tits up greedy, Sync's developer worked his or her ASS off to bring us what we have now. They deserve compensation. Just because they made an ultra tier and made it a subscription, some idiots in this thread IMMEDIATELY start talking about them like they're no better than Spez.
FFS, you people all want your good things for free, don't you?
Either pay for something that you think has value, or shut the fuck up when the developer has to seek compensation some other way.
You people are the worst.
My first comment from S4L.
Am I blind or does the PlayStore not reveal that an app has in-app purchases before you download it?
Awesome!! Posting from Sync right now. It's very nice so far
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Woohoo! Posting from it now. Great job!
Installed, bought Ultra, imported my Sync for Reddit backup settings into Sync for Lemmy flawlessly. All is good in the world again. Thanks LJ!
Absolutely fantastic, well done LJ!
So excited to be using Sync again!
I have waited for this and it is so much better then the web gui on mobile. Payed for Ultra straight away!
This item isn't available 😪 😔
Update: Download from aurora store 😀 👍Okay, well, this is already better than Liftoff, and I'd been enjoying Liftoff. I wasn't expecting that. Nice app!
It's so nice! Feels like nothing changed
Woo hoo! I was afraid it wouldn't work on my ancient phone, but here we are! Thanks all the devs! Going to waste so much time tonight!
Love it, so glad to have it!
Inner peace
Hello world!
~ from S4L!Typing this from Sync. Heya, let's go!
Amazing news! So pleased to see the popup from the play store.
Already it is smooth to scroll, images open and close instantly, unlike the app I was using connect, they would lag by a second to open and close to the point i was not sure the phone registered my tap and i would do it again and reopen the images grrrr.
Let's go. I am posting this from sync. Feels like home
This app is amazing! ❤️
Working great so far
So glad this is now available, been hesitant to try out Lemmy but glad I finally took the leap
