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?

  • willya@lemmyf.uk
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    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.

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      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 

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        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.

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          1 year ago

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

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              1 year ago

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

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            1 year ago

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

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          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.

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    Now neither devs are affecting updates. I had went from Bean to Avelon, then it became paid and I paid for 2 months but now I’m not sure I’ll keep paying unless some bugs are fixed.