It’s not some random “it’s all inspired by the same thing”

But it is? I think Apollo has a special place in the hearts of most iOS Reddit users, so it’s only natural that we use this as inspiration. For example these are screenshots of Apollo that I used:

For the icons I’m using Apple’s SF Symbols, which is probably the same as Memmy uses.

I can see where you’re coming from, since I have a separate page on my homescreen with all the iOS Lemmy apps as well, but I built this UI myself. However, I must admit that my design has been greatly influenced by Apollo (like a lot of other Lemmy iOS apps). In fact, I have a folder filled with Apollo screenshots that I captured before it went offline, using them as a source of inspiration. While I genuinely believe that Memmy is an exceptional app with a lot of features that I haven’t even built yet, my main objective was to challenge myself into building an app that has the same native iOS feeling like Apollo.

That’s definitely on my list! Together with Share as Image, those two were my absolute favorite features of Apollo

I get it, right now it’s not perfect, but I’m starting with a closed beta to work out the kinks first. Once we’ve got that sorted, anyone can hop in and join the beta with a simple link (:

Edit: It is indeed like @mrmoj0rising said a way for me to invite people to the group in TestFlight. I’m pretty new to publishing apps on TestFlight too, so I’m still learning as I go but I figured this was the best way to start.