Rossel @ Rossel @sh.itjust.works

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It has a ton of features and polish, and the UX is very good. Mainly that, value is subjective, but I'm willing to pay the dev for a good app.

Also, Sync is one dev working full time by himself, not a big corp.

Isn't Liftoff the clone, considering Sync is 10+ years old?

You can customize caching in data options, to use mobile data, WiFi only or never precache.

Settings shortcut: Settings > Data options

Toggle these 3 on. Settings shortcut: General > Transparent statusSettings shortcut: General > Autohide ToolbarSettings shortcut: General > Autohide bottom navigation

As for why I prefer Sync, I love the consistent Material You theming and animations, the advanced filters that allow you to filter posts per keywords, the QoL stuff like automatically removing AMP links and preloading posts and comments in case you lose your internet signal, the inline link previews in comments and posts, the endless customization, that yeah, can be overwhelmed but also very comprehensive, and the excellent support that the app recieves, constantly being updated with community requested features.

No, a lifetime Ultra subscription that includes Cloud backups is 100$. Only removing the ads is 20$.

Because I like Sync better and value is subjective. Besides, the dev is super responsive and active, Sync pushes updates very frequently with fixes and community requested features.

On the sidebar. It's 20 bucks.

There's a lifetime ad free tier for 20 bucks. It was on the sidebar for me.

It's pretty much the same as it was on the free Sync tier.

Free as in speech, not necessarily free as in no money exchanged. The GPLv3 explicitly allows commercial use to both the creator and third parties.

Tap and hold a setting and it generates a link.

Depends. Something like Krita? Absolutely. LibreOffice? Not so much.
I'm on team Sync on this one, it just has the advantage of 10+ years of maturity.

Here Settings shortcut: View type > Preview full width Settings shortcut: View type > Show a border around selftext

There's a one time purchase to remove ads.

Yup, if you tap and hold a setting, Sync generates a link you can paste on your comments.

Here Settings shortcut: Experimental > Sliding panel style drawer

The original was Android only, there was a TestFlight versión, but it was a different dev.

This is paying to the creator of the app, who works on this app full time, unlike most devs whose Lemmy apps are side projects.

It's quite polished, mainly that. Even for a beta, there's almost no bugs, it respects Android Material You specs including animations, and it's highly customizable, allowing advanced filtering for example. It also adds very nice QoL features like automatically removing AMP links for full links.
Value is subjective, I personally consider it worthy of my money.