Boost for Lemmy is happening!

This is what finally made me create a Lemmy account.

Great news. I'm probably more likely to use Sync, but seeing not one but two well regarded Android Reddit apps migrate to Lemmy is just bloody awesome.

Reddit user for over 10 years, here for good. I was a long time Sync user and at some point I switched to Boost and I'm not sure why because I also purchased Sync Pro at some point. My two favorite Android apps being developed to work with Lemmy made me create a new account here and I'm looking forward to seeing where this goes.

Here's the link

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rubenmayayo.lemmy

I paid for Boost premium for Reddit a long time ago and will do it again just to support it here.

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I am here because of boost

For some reason, Boost for Reddit is still working too 😅

first Sync, now Boost? Let's funking go!!!

Round 2

Whilst waiting for the boost app to be available, I tried wefwef and its pretty fucking sweet.

Link for android home install is:

https://wefwef.app/settings/install

Between Boost and Sync, Lemmy is emerging as a promising option because there's going to be multiple strong 3rd party apps to engage with.

Oh yeah, this is definitely hot! Shoot me up there into the endless fediverse! It's time to discover all those niche galaxies riding a nice vessel!

Yes this is great! Between this and wefwef which is Apollo lookalike right now for iOS ppl this is great! Just need everyone over to Lemmy now but that'll prob take decades

This damn near brought a tear to my eye. I no longer miss reddit at all.

I'm registered for this.... incidentally it's the first time I've ever seen pre-reg for an app before lol

It's the reason I finally decided to create a Lemmy account. Been a Boost user for many years.

As a long term user of Boost for reddit, I'm so hyped by this now!!!!

I'm in! Unless rif goes to lif, in which case cheers all around :)

Never knew pre-registration for apps was a thing. Signed up for this one, looking forward to giving it a go

Kudos to developer!

Boost wasn't just my favorite Reddit app but my favorite App in general. I love the clean design so much. When the Lemmy App is released I will launch the Rocket to the Moon

Fuck yes. Boost was my favorite reddit app.

I do get the “distributed” nature of networks and the underlying philosophy, but only if there’s a common interface where lemmy/mastodon or other similar network created accounts can be used seamlessly in addition to the current behavior.

Avid Boost user rejoice!!! Let's go boissss

Yes! Boost was my favorite.

Just pre-registered. Boost for Lemmy would be awesome

Dude don't posts screen shots. i kept trying to press back on your image.

https://libranet.de/display/0b6b25a8-2863-8e31-25ae-d40428649419

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rubenmayayo.lemmy

Hell yeah, Boost rules

This will actually make lemmy usable on mobile for me! I've been using boost for years, and I really can't wait.

Boost was my most used app for several years. Really excited for this and to see the Fediverse grow.

Preregistered.

I thought Rubén said he was going to move onto smaller apps instead of making a Lemmy app?

Regardless, I'm glad this is happening!

OMG, cannot wait for this.

Nice! Really hoping BaconReader follows suit soon as well 👍🏻

What is Boost?

I never used Boost for Reddit, but with this many people singing it's praises... ***BOOST FOR LEMMY, LET'S GOOO! *** Sorry, Connect. You're still cool tho

Awesome, used to use the reddit version and really liked it, switched from the official app and never looked back. Excited to try it out when it releases (also this is my first comment on lemmy, been lurking for a week or so but I think it's time I start interacting)

I will launch that 🚀 as soon as the app is available. Pre-registration is done, let's goooooooo.

This won't be pirated mateys, my gold awaits the dev

How does this compare to liftoff?

Been enjoying that quite a bit

great news not just for lemmy but all of the fediverse

LONG LIVE THE KING

As a boost user this is weird... So many people were asking in the subreddit and he never answered. I'm glad it's happening

This is most excellent news. 😀

Now time for apollo haha Although wefwef is already brilliant

I have used Boost for so many time before I Switch to Joey but maybe the time use this app again.

I am thrilled, Boost has been the best Reddit experience for me since I stopped loving Bsconreader. I don't even remember what my problem with it was, I think it was crashing or.... something, haha.

Boost ended up being a UI I preferred significantly, and I never looked back! This is gonna be FANTASTIC, where do I throw my money?!

This is a game changer

Fantastic news. This'll really scratch the itch.

This will actually make lemmy usable on mobile for me! I've been using boost for years, and I really can't wait.

Fuck yeah. Let's go.

I fucking knew it, in one of the last updates in the menu it went from "find subreddit" to "find community"

Anyone use both sync and boost? I had used RIF so trying to get a feel for how each had worked before leaning towards one

I'm so excited for this!

Thank you Ruben!

It seems like the future for Lemmy is pretty bright with all these amazing apps switching over.

It's a shame that Christian decided to not develop Apollo for Lemmy for the time being. I bet that would also convince a fair share of users to abandon ship.

This makes me so happy! I've been maining boost for almost six years now and was so bummed when the dev announced he wasn't going to be working on a Lemmy app. Looks like he changed his mind!

Most excellent, cannot wait!!

This is awesome news. Preferred Boost over Sync/Relay/Rif etc.

This was my fav reddit app. Used it for years. Very excited!

I was a RIF user and would like to see something similar over here. RIF feed is over. Rip.

WAIT WHAT THE FUCK WHAT!?

Last time I checked dev wasn't too convinced of it!!!!!

Nice! Really hoping BaconReader follows suit soon as well 👍🏻

It‘ll be great to see that icon on my screen again! This is amazing!

Great news! I loved boost for reddit.

I still can't believe spez did this. And continues to do this. What a prick

Wow.. I just uninstalled Boost after midnight. Looks like it will be back soon :)

Pretty cool. I think this would be a nice place to migrate to.

Awesome pawsome

we're up for a treat folks!!

I am really excited for this one . Always loved boost .

Yessss I had all but given up hope. There is a god.

Hopefully it supports Kbin as well

Hell yeah!

Great news! Waiting for Boost and Sync

I know there's a megathread for all lemmy clients, old and new. I just can't find it. Maybe you guys know? Or Is there a community? I just want an actual list of all lemmy apps.

Same. I imagine there hasn't been anything official from Reddit as they are trying to cut off 3rd party apps on phases to avoid a massive drop in traffic.

Think of it as smoothing the transition to increase their odds that people will cave to "peer pressure" and just download the official app.

The promise of Boost for Lemmy is what got me to sign up.

Nice, Boost was my reddit app of choice

This is the most exiting fedinews I've ever read.

This is so exciting! Boost was my app of choice for the old place. I'm glad to see this here.

Sync for Lemmy is coming too and that's how I heard of Lemmy! Excited to be on a fresh internet community, feels nostalgic in a way even though it's brand new

Yay!!!

I really like Lemmy so far even though it isn’t perfect yet. Adding a 3rd party app will make using this even easier.

We've arrived

Nice

Yesssssssssssssss! Thank you for this!

You beauty!

Android users desperately need a better app for browsing Lemmy than Jerboa. Boost and Sync may just be that app.

This is great. Lemmy needs more 3P apps, as most people don't like using websites directly.

I was so happy when I found this out. I hope Lemmy gets the support.

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Boost is my #1 app for Reddit. Such a beautiful and loved all the features in it.

Hell yeah, another great app joining the migration. Can't wait to get my hands on it. Keep up the great work.

This is amazing! I can't wait for this to get released + Sync!

I'm a total noob so using lemmy was a real challenge to get started, but I downloaded wefwef today and it's basically just like Reddit, very easy to use and feels very comfortable.

Use open source clients.

This is good news. Boost was my favorite until I switched to infinity.

hellzz yaa

I've been waiting for it to come out and it just got pushed to my phone today. This is my first comment on Lemmy! Woo! So far it's feeling pretty seamless.

You beauty!

Boost is my favourite, so looking forward to getting this!

I saw that "subreddit" was changed to "communties" in the app recently so I was quite certain that a version for Lemmy is being at least experimented with.

Let's fucking GOOOOOOOOOOOO!

YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Let's go.

Ah, yes, this is the one.

LET'S GO!!

written from Boost for Lemmy

I love how a day ago he said he wasn't going to make an app and then changed his mind that quick. So damn excited!

Awesome! I can't wait!

Excellent, liked it in reddit, should be good here, can't wait!!!

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Wait what, I thought he wasn't doing it, saying he was going to do smaller apps. I guess this is what he meant by "smaller apps"? xD

That's also not a FOSS app, is it

Sync for Lemmy is also happening!

Test

Best friggin news all day.

I've tried just about every android app for reddit and have firmly been a boost user since I tried it years ago. I was metlntally prepping myself for sync but now I may not have to!

I've been kind of expecting this move from a community person like Mr. Mayayo. I'm going to launch the rocket in a heart beat !

That's great. I've been using boost for years, can't wait to have them for lemmy!

Contains ads • In-app purchases

Is this real??? He said he wasn't going to do this 🤔

He said he would not be doing Boost for Lemmy, and that he would focus on smaller apps:

https://www.reddit.com/r/BoostForReddit/comments/14ehiqs/comment/jow1le5

And he only registered the Lemmy community to prevent impersonation:

https://www.reddit.com/r/BoostForReddit/comments/14ehiqs/comment/jouvuok

I wonder if he put this on the store as a placeholder to also prevent impersonation?

EDIT: Damn, just saw the screenshots. Either this is a very elaborate placeholder, or it's really happening!

Are there any good iOS apps coming?

Well up for this. The polish of Boost on top of the federated structure of Lemmy could be perfect.

"Contains ads" no thank you

It will be good feature wise, but privacy?

Why does it have to be so hard to find communities? Trying to add this, but it doesn't show up: https://lemmy.world/c/boostforlemmy

Should I just leave lemm.ee since it has trouble finding every single community?

FOSS?

Always good to see apps coming over

If the app contain adds how good can be?? 😝

Hell yeah! It's my favorite reddit app by far.

Love it, Boost was my favorite reddit app

i'll never understand why people used boost. it was so ugly