Fans of Apollo, give wefwef.app a try
I initially tried Lemmy and thought it was too complicated - until I tried it with the wefwef.app web app. It’s design is really similar to Apollo, and is quite responsive for being a web app. Definitely give it a try before giving up on Lemmy.
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It's the one true successor to Apollo, and I say that because it's an identical copy. I'm just worried that the developer might drop dead at any second now. Bloke has been throwing updates at us right, left and centre. And he's also pretty active, commenting here and there. Mate got me worried.
It’s actually pretty impressive to see multiple features added within days - I wish app store apps could get updated this quickly.
Seconded! I’ve been using it for a few days now and it’s very similar to Apollo and super intuitive.
I’m stuck switching between Memmy and Wefwef
Try both out and see what you like, no pressure.
Agreed, the name is preeeeetty strange but I’m super impressed with this PWA!
Not gonna lie, I renamed it to Apollo when installing 😂
I named mine “Apollo II”
The more I use wefwef, the more I am impressed. By far the most functional web app I’ve seen.
I could kiss you. I’ve been trying to find the alternative that fit right. Just setup on Wefwef and am dropping my first comment. You’re a damn saint!
Glad to help - initially the name itself turned me off from even checking it out.
Yeah, it’s working well for me. :)
Needs a catchier name though.
The Apollo import feature was great. (You import an Apollo backup and it lists all your subscribed subs. Then clicking each opens a search for similar communities.
Been on it for just over a week now and it’s pretty awesome!
Wefwef is really nice. And it’s just a WebApp! Down side, no notifications with WebApps if I remember correctly)
Apple has added notification support to web apps.
Oh great news!
PWA notifications are only available on android currently
Can confirm, this one’s amazing!
Former Reddit is Fun user. Loving wefwef so far, migrated from Jerboa because I wasn't fond of the UX direction and wefwef seems to be nailing it.
Although is it just me or sometimes I find the posts refresh slowly or not at all
no it happens to me too, it’s still a bit buggy, the developer was getting the app rate limited at one point by Lemmy. Luckily they seem to be pretty active on the github page (it’s open source!) https://github.com/aeharding/wefwef
Wait, it’s all in Java Script (well, technically it’s i. typeScript with Vite JS). that means you could host your own WefWef instance on a private server like a Raspberry Pi or something… interesting. You could have direct access to your own private instance. You could customize or tweak it, and it may help with connection speed when you’re browsing from the same network.
Oh that’s good to know. Thank you!
I’m enjoying it so much. Thank goodness this exists.
I’m currently trying out Thunder. I’ll have to try this…
c/mlemmasterrace
Loving wefwef so much right now. Apollo stopped working and wefwef made me very comfortable in deleting the Reddit app completely!
I know this post is 2 weeks old, but if you're coming from Apollo and you'd prefer a "real" app, Memmy is very similar experientially to Apollo.
ah nice I didn’t know it was out of TestFlight, i’ll check it out!