Arctic For Lemmy 17+
Experience the Fediverse
Dana Buehre
Designed for iPad
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
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Description
Arctic For Lemmy is a free and native iOS client for Lemmy. In the spirit of the Fediverse, Arctic is completely free and private. No data of any kind will be collected from your device, and no pesky advertisements, Ever.
Arctic was built specifically for iOS and runs natively on pure Swift. Enjoy browsing feeds with embedded content that keeps you out of the browser, and in the app. Engage in the conversation using the rich markdown editor, and intuitive post composer
Key Features:
• No advertisements or trackers, ever
• Native support for media, photos, videos, gifs, etc
• Robust media viewer to view content in full detail
• Rich link previews in posts and comments
• Customizable swipe gestures to make navigation a breeze
• Account quick switcher, supports unlimited accounts
• Community switcher, quickly jump between communities
• Account push notifications, badges, replies, mentions, messages, reports, applications
• Community push notifications. customizable notifications for communities based on filters
• Content filters, exclude content by keyword
• Smart cache keeps browsing fast, and storage freed
• Rich markdown editor for composing new content
• Upload manager for keeping control of uploaded media
• Lemmy Explorer integration, browse Lemmy Explorer directly in the app
• Full-featured client, if you can do it on this website, you can do it in Arctic
Visit Arctic's community at arctic@lemmy.world to keep up with the latest changes and provide feedback.
What’s New
Version 1.5
Arctic v1.5 introduces over 200 new features, enhancements, and bug fixes. For a comprehensive overview of the updates, please refer to the changelog available in Arctic's settings.**
New Features:
1. Themes & Customization:
• Full support for custom themes: Create, edit, and switch between themes for light/dark modes with live previews.
• Added 12 default themes (e.g., GitHub, Dracula, Solarized) with import/export capabilities and detailed theme editing tools.
• Arctic settings search: Quickly find and configure settings, including support for deep links to specific options.
2. Markdown & Link Previews:
• Embedded markdown views now support videos, images, tables and spoilers with rounded media corners and improved caching.
• Enhanced Markdown parsing: Faster performance, improved spoiler reliability, and optimized rendering of block quotes, inline code, and nested elements.
• Added new link handling tools, including haptic touch for alternate sources and improved favicon fetching.
3. Media Uploads & Playback:
• Support for uploading videos and media to services like Catbox.moe with account login integration.
• Improved playback for videos (PeerTube, Streamable) and caching for resuming media at previous positions.
• New paging gallery view for media.
• Added options for scaling images or dimming them in dark mode.
4. Swipe Actions & Haptics:
• Configurable swipe action thresholds and bug fixes.
• Added haptic feedback options.
5. Push Notifications:
• Redesigned networking logic to prevent duplicate/missing notifications and improved syncing across devices.
6. Instance Blocking:
• Native Lemmy API integration for instance blocking, with fallback to internal blocking for older versions.
UI/UX Improvements:
1. General Enhancements:
• Improved scrolling behavior to reduce stutters.
• New action menus for posts and comments to streamline interactions.
• Updated link preview generation to prioritize display order.
• Refined post and comment layouts for better responsiveness.
3. Accessibility and Feedback:
• Added warnings for empty comments and clearer progress indicators in inline videos.
• Improved toast messages and gesture-based dismissals.
Performance Optimizations:
1. Memory and CPU Usage:
• Arctic now uses 75% less memory and significantly less CPU, improving efficiency during heavy media usage.
• Enhanced image and video preloading for smoother performance.
2. Caching and Reliability:
• Improved caching for media playback positions, link previews, and embedded content.
• Reduced unnecessary network requests by batching API calls.
3. Bug Fixes:
• Resolved issues with:
• Spoiler visibility in feeds and notifications.
• Link previews loading incorrectly or reloading unnecessarily.
• Layout inconsistencies for media galleries, voting buttons, and swipe actions.
• Markdown elements (e.g., nested quotes, inline code, soft breaks).
• Crashes during post feed scrolling and crosspost interactions.
• Swipe actions overriding system gestures.
• Fixed problems with iOS and macOS UI (e.g., hidden tab bars, widget insets, and gallery resizing).
• Adjusted behaviors for iOS 17+ and 18, including fixing visual glitches, restoring tab bar styles, and resolving media playback issues.
• Added support for trackpad dismissals, improved App Nap integration, and new shortcuts (e.g., Command + Return for submissions).
• Optimized performance for media previews and resizing on wide displays.
Ratings and Reviews
Best iOS Lemmy app!
I’ve tried all the free Lemmy apps on iOS and for me this is the best one, plus the dev is very active and hasn’t abandon it unlike some other apps. Keep up the great work and thanks for the latest update, very much appreciated!!
An excellent Lemmy Reader
Arctic is everything I need for Lemmy.
App Privacy
The developer, Dana Buehre, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Dana Buehre
- Size
- 48.2 MB
- Category
- Social Networking
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 17+ Unrestricted Web Access Infrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive Themes Infrequent/Mild Medical/Treatment Information Infrequent/Mild Alcohol, Tobacco, or Drug Use or References Infrequent/Mild Profanity or Crude Humor Infrequent/Mild Sexual Content and Nudity Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence Infrequent/Mild Horror/Fear Themes
- Copyright
- © 2024 Dana Buehre
- Price
- Free
- In-App Purchases
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- Bountiful Tip $9.99
- Supporter Tip $19.99
- Kind Tip $2.99
- Generous Tip $5.99