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I have pro on both and like both. Is there some criteria others have used in the past to pick their favorite? They seem so similar to me. Does one have a killer feature the other does not?

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Avelon, cuz it’s actually still being actively developed. I was excited about Bean and the excitement ended rather quickly when the development halted. If it picks back up it could take over. There’s a few that could do that though.

If I can’t mark as read and hide as I scroll, I don’t come back to the app until new development has happened.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The last Bean release was one month ago. I would not judge that as development that is dead.

I do notice that Avelon seems to update quicker and refresh quicker than Bean, but I’m not sure if that’s just perception 

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I’ve had interaction with both developers. The Bean one disappeared as soon as they offered a pay model. I know that one of the people that work with them provided an update, but I just didn’t like how that all went. It’s a great app though. Avelon just currently has more of everything that I want.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Thanks for the reminder, cancelled my subscription. Just had it for notifications, but Lemmios has them for free.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Arctic also has notifications and is free. much smoother thab Lemmios as well.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Arctic also has notifications and is free. much smoother thab Lemmios as well.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Really been liking Arctic! The app is very fast and the dev is very responsive.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah I currently use Lemmios for that too alongside Avelon. Avelon just introduced them in the TestFlight though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Ah, seems like one of the few I’m not on test flight for.

Edit: on it now

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

Good to know. I’ll keep an eye on it. There is something about the visual presentation of Bean that I prefer. If Mlem let me only focus on unread and mark read as I scroll, I think it would be my preferred client. The developer won’t do it, but until the Lemmy API allows for marking several real posts as read at a time. I guess it’s too inefficient if not.