Voyager recently got added to F-Droid but can also be used as PWA from a web browser but personally I'm currently waiting until Infinity for Lemmy actually will get it's first stable release
Infinity is not too bad right now, I am replying from it right now. My only real issue with it is that I can't see whether people have responded to my posts/comments.
I can see replies to my comments and posts in infinity. The main issue is now that private messages aren't implemented. Depending on the speed of developement, it will soon land
I am presently using infinity from izzyondroid repository (is that the right name?) and it's good. However, some features are missing, such as blocking communities (at least I couldn't find the feature).
Infinity for Lemmy! I've been using Infinity for Reddit way before the API situation, and I am very used to the interface.
Tried other clients like Thunder and Connect, but the interfaces are either too chunky or the colors are off. Infinity for Lemmy is essentially a complete copy of the original and I love it.
I was using Jerboa for most things but using the progressive web app as well. Sync is my preferred method for browsing and commenting at this point, but I'm still using the PWA for mod responsibilities and submissions (though I think LJ expects to have submissions working soon and 🤞 mod tools aren't far behind). It's fair to say that Sync is my preference due to comfort but the amount of customization is what makes it so comfy in the first place.
Liftoff, voyager. Really loving the look of Infinity but it's very stage and missing some features. Maybe down the road infinity might become my app of choice if it adds more features that I like.
I prefer Liftoff, mainly because I am plagued by a well-known bug in jerboa that makes writing comments a big pain. However, since infinity got semi usable (it still has a bunch of references to reddit in its ui and the messages/replies page is broken) I have only used liftoff to check for replies. I am just used to infinity from years of reddit usage lol
I started Reddit almost 2 years ago, and used Infinity. I avoided all social media since MyPage but finally gave in for Reddit. It was Toxic, then it went to hell in a handbasket like Twitter.
Man, I really think you should either saddle up, don't block ads,
or use a free, non-ad-supported alternative.
Sync is made by a single dev who uses it as his main source of income. It's not made by a corporation. Taking the fruits of someone's labor, that they have priced to make it worth their time, feels kinda shitty to me.
If you really feel it's so much better than the alternatives that you won't even use them, then pay what the person making it feels they need to keep making it.
All apps require some customization for my preference. Once I'm done with customizing, there's hardly any difference between apps.
I'm currently using Connect, because it's very customizable. I like the list view and the option not to preload pictures to save on data.
Voyager is also pretty good, but the webapp seemed to conflict with my browser. Maybe that's fixed in the native app.
I don't understand why anyone likes card view at all. It's pretty much the reason why I was locked to using a third party app for Reddit in the first place when they "updated" the site back in 2018.
I'm currently using Sync but once some of the others polish up and catch up, I'll probably switch. All of the actively developed apps have a solid foundation, some are just newer than others.
I used Infinity for Reddit and I tried Sync and Jerboa for Lemmy. So now I am using Infinity for Lemmy and it's really good. Feels the same as the original Infinity and has almost all the advanced features.
The web browser works fine for me, and then I don't have a other app on my phone. I've tried a bunch of different apps, Jerboa, Liftoff, Wefwef/voyager, and connect, and I keep coming back to just viewing it in browser. Haven't tried Sync because the idea of wilfully putting ads into a thing that doesn't have them is disgusting to me.
I've tried every one that I know of, repeatedly, and I still don't think any of the others compare to Voyager. And that's on the web app, haven't even tried the Play Store/F-Droid version yet.
For me, it's also a question of the development speed and responsiveness of the dev community. Voyager gets an update almost every single day, sometimes more than one a day, and the devs are super responsive and nice.
Constantly updated, so make sure to check in there every couple of weeks.
I think most apps are decent in their own way and appeal to different users. Some want a simple client that just does what it needs to do, some prefer complete customization, some prefer having the exact same interface that they had on reddit, some prefer something a little different.
Infinity, Sync, Liftoff, Jerboa, Thunder, just to name a few, are all good for different reasons. Some upcoming ones look really nice (particularly Artemis which will be for Kbin and, shortly later, Lemmy) and several are cross-platform, which is a benefit when suggesting something that everyone can use.
I personally really like the Photon web app UI. And since it's a web app, it's platform agnostic as well which is nice. (Another bonus is that any instance can use it and other web app interfaces as potential alternative interfaces for the entire instance, like lemdro.id using Photon for https://nu.lemdro.id/)
To be honest, I just stick with the web interface at this point. I've become so used to it and I don't feel like using apps that were reddit ones or try to emulate them or reddit in general. Prefer Lemmy feeling a bit, if only a little, different from my previous time on the orange nightmare site, but I get why others prefer them for familiarity.