Let’s face it: the app has been abandoned for longer than is acceptable, especially at this price level. It’s no longer working correctly on newer Lemmy versions, and there’s no indication the dev is still active.

Yes, he worked similarly during Reddit times, but a) Sync was much cheaper back then, and b) Reddit didn’t change as much.

Right now, to unsuspecting users Sync seems great given the 4.9 star rating on the Play Store. They’ll possibly buy this app before noticing that it’s subtly broken.

Please consider giving Sync a bad rating, but if you do so, explain why. Write about the broken functionality, so others don’t fall into the same trap.

    • @Lizardking13@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2•1 month ago

      Looks like jerboa has similar navigation, just not quite as polished. I’ll roll with it for a bit and see how I feel in a few days.

        • mintiefreshEnglish
          1•2 days ago

          It’s decent. My next favorite after Sync. However the upvote score isn’t showing properly for me. It’s the wrong count and goes downwards after I upvote. And if I do it again it gives a different number.

          Unfortunately the dev on there is really inactive too. Although they’ve stated recently that they’re going to start working on it again.

          Sigh. It’s too bad. I understand this isn’t their main thing so I don’t want to say too much.

          Nice app aside from that though.

          • Rikudou_SageEnglish
            1•2 days ago

            Yeah, the really slow updates and unfinished stuff sucks, but from the 6 or so apps I’ve tried, it was still the best.

    • @Lizardking13@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3•1 month ago

      Any of these have similar gesture based navigation as sync? That’s my favorite thing about it. I Just tried Voyager and it’s alright, but I dislike the navigation.

    • DrasglafEnglish
      13•1 month ago

      I’ve been using Voyager for nearly a year and have no complaints.

      • @bert@lemmy.monsterEnglish
        6•1 month ago

        Same here, though I do have one thing I miss from Sync: press+hold on an image in feed to make it full screen. Happen to know if there is a voyager setting to enable this functionality?

          • @bert@lemmy.monsterEnglish
            2•1 month ago

            Hmm, maybe I need to take another look through my settings (or perhaps I didn’t clearly enunciate my issue), because when I click a thumbnail in my main feed it opens the link, rather than a larger version of the image.

            I miss Sync for that singular feature of press+holehold on a thumbnail in the feed to show a full size image of said thumbnail.

            • @curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
              2•1 month ago

              That happens for me for any link that can’t be handled in Voyager, but I think when it comes to images the thumbnail doesnt load either…

              Out of curiosity, is it maybe your instance and how its caching? Have you tried other instances? Let me grab a random post that works for me as an example.

              https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/37713149 works for me for reference. Tap and right to fill screen.

              Edit: BTW, tapping these images will also go full screen. Not sure if you have that issue with embedded so figured I’d mention.

              • @RememberTheEnding@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
                2•1 month ago

                https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/21931444

                This post is a link to an image rather than an image uploaded to an instance like the one you linked - in sync, you can just press the thumbnail to see it full screen (not at full resolution, but high enough). Voyager correctly loads the thumbnail, but I don’t see a way to expand the image without opening the webpage.

                I assume that’s what they’re talking about. I’d also like the same…