Having a little anxiety here because this is by far the best app. I purchased a lifetime Ultra membership and it wasn't until I replaced my phone and couldn't restore it, did I find out the developer hasn't updated or posted in 2 years. (Somehow the Ultra got restored a couple days later).

I really hope the dev continued this, or issues a statement regarding the status. I also would pay for a version for Reddit (yeah I know, I just can't quit that completely yet)

Edit: thanks for the responses. So far, Voyager seems to be the closest to Sync and best alternative for me. Really sucks the dev just abandon this.

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[โ€“] 30 points 11 months ago (12 children)

The support is dead. The app itself will be dead, when Lemmy 1.0 arrive. It's sad, because other clients aren't close to Sync in terms of behaviour.

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  • [โ€“] 5 points 11 months ago (9 children)

    I'm still using Sync. Is there anything remotely similar out there?

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  • [โ€“] 16 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Summit and Thunder are cool. Especially Summit.

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  • [โ€“] 10 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    Summit is the best option. It's not exactly the same - it's its own thing and not intended to be a Sync clone - but having tried like a dozen apps after finally leaving Sync behind Summit was the only one that felt right in all the ways I wanted.

    It also has a very active dev, who regularly incorporates user suggestions and feature requests.

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  • [โ€“] 4 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    I can't seem to upvote from the feed in compact mode. Tap on thumbnail, read meme, tap back, tap vote button, go to full post page, tap upvote, tap back. Maddening.

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  • [โ€“] -2 points 11 months ago

    Fuckin'ell, Voyager fanboy...

    Actually nothing (I've used it), but for me no Material You. I know wefwef (Voyager's old name, way more original) was made to look like Apollo for Reddit (users fapping to it switched IMMEDIATELY lol), but I like Material You more.

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  • [โ€“] 11 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    Heh, as a person that still uses it every 6 hours, what do you use?

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  • [โ€“] 21 points 11 months ago

    It's been dead for a while, I jumped ship to Summit. Pretty similar vibe, works well and I'm happy.

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  • [โ€“] 13 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    As others have said, it isn't dead, but don't expect any future support or updates.

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  • [โ€“] 4 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    How do you define dead if not by "no future updates"?

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 11 months ago

    Lack of core function, and no sign of future updates in this case.

    I'd also apply the term to other situations, such as a github page being taken down without any word from development about it, or similar.

    Or, if an app is otherwise functional, but can't be installed/accessed via apk/app store (like the keyboard app swype that works fine, but you have to jump through hoops to install on newer android versions and is no longer listed in any store)

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  • [โ€“] 9 points 11 months ago

    I switch between Boost, Voyager and Summit. I think they're all pretty decent and they all have support for Piefed as well, so that's a nice bonus.

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  • [โ€“] 7 points 11 months ago

    Connect has been my go to client. Works perfectly

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  • [โ€“] 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    I've never used Sync but the screenshots on Google Play remind me of Blorp.

    https://github.com/Blorp-Labs/blorp

    https://blorpblorp.xyz/

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  • [โ€“] 5 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    I tried it a while ago and didn't like it but I must say, it's a lot closer to feeling right than it was. It seems pretty nice.

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  • [โ€“] 6 points 11 months ago

    I still can't find a client that works as well as sync on a tablet. Boost and summit have tablet modes, but sync lets you open several posts in tabs, where boost and summit you can only open one at a time. (Also summits post feed is a little cramped in tablet mode and I can't find a setting to make it a bit wider).

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  • [โ€“] 4 points 11 months ago

    I use Mlem personally.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 11 months ago

    I use the alx frontend for the site that blahaj hosts personally. Used to use sync but it got some deal breaker bugs that the developer never touched. He does tend to come and go, so he'll probably be back at some point, but who knows when

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 11 months ago

    Idk man I keep seeing people cry about no updates; I'm yet to experience something that needs updating.

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