The dev, @hariette, also has a Mastodon profile where she posts updates https://tech.lgbt/@hariette. There is also a link to the apps discord server in her bio.
As a longtime Apollo user, I would love to know when this hits Test Flight!
Same, I’d love to beta test.
Go to her mastodon. You can request to be a beta tester.
Just signed up - thanks for the tip!
Unlike Apollo, will this be Free Software though?
Apollo did have a free tier and then a few paid tiers.
iirc, (I bought it many years ago), they had a one time Pro purchase that removed any ads and unlocked theming and such, and then the Ultimate which was a subscription to cover server costs of push notifications (although it did eventually end up having more features locked behind it).
While I personally did not go for the Ultimate subscription (didn’t really need the push notifications), I gladly paid for the Pro as it was well worth it IMO.
I think they meant Free as in Open Source
It’s not exactly the same. The Free Software movement is about user freedom. Open Source is a term used by corporations to avoid mentioning that users should have rights.
Libre, not gratis
Yes, I meant freedom and not price: https://youtu.be/Ag1AKIl_2GM
We want to be able to make sure the app doesn’t do anything malicious (like spy on us) and be able to change it to fit out needs. Like we can with Lemmy.
Any chance the Android build will make it to F-Droid?
I also want it in the F-Droid repos.
@hariette thanks!
The more options the better. I’m excited to try the Android version.
That looks great! iOS and Android? Can’t wait to try ut!
Yep, iOS and Android! Also, all this work has been done in less than a week. It’s crazy.
You just made my night! Thank you!!
Nice!! I assumed it was IOS exclusive from the screenshot, I’m thrilled it has android support. Is there a github I can go to to compile and try out the current build?
This looks super promising! I love the inspiration from Apollo being a user for many, many years. Looking forward to a testflight/release :)
Every app that ever gets created for this will be called an Apollo “Clone” or “copy” and twenty years from now people will ask, “what was so special about Apollo”?
You just had to be there I guess.
I’ll be speaking this way about Relay on android.
I think I downloaded Relay in 2014 or 2015 when I was needing good mobile mod tools and it was the winner for me. Love that app!
I love Relay, and will very much miss it
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The Apollo dev isn’t considering making his app compatible with lemmy or kbin?
I think he might just be burnt out and stressed right now. Being accused of making threats, being lied about publicly, and having something you worked really hard on have to shut down because the people lying about you wouldn’t be reasonable has all got to take a toll.
Great job all involved! So happy to see people trying to make usability apps/features! The color indicators for chat are great!
So far all of the dev work has been done by Hariette herself. Full credit to her, I’m just promoting it because it really looks quite great in my opinion.
Awesome! I am looking forward to it, and I love that it’s made for both major platforms :-)
Can we help the project?
Artemis is a great name for the app by the way.
The sister of Apollo :). Except I hope this one will be Free Software?
Money = good things cost money to make
I hope the developer offers a way to pay to help out (like RiF having “golden platinum”)
Yeah, it looks great, but this is such a nice touch.
Oh shit I’m in the screenshot!!
Im a Lemmy dude but this app looks awesome. Good job
Hoping for a RIF style theme, I really appreciated the simple information dense style it has
Yeeeees
It’s taking shape, exciting times!
Neat. I’m in that discord and very exited
