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Bean

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Bean is a Lemmy client for iOS.

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Hey everyone 👋

Bean for Lemmy is now available on the App Store for everyone to download!

The app is free to use with a "Pro" plan that gives you access to some premium features like push notifications and multiple accounts, as well as a bunch of customisation options with more themes and app icons available.

Thank you to everyone who tested the app over the last month. I'm really happy with what I've made in a short period of time but… This is just the beginning and I have so much more planned including mod tools, kbin supported more!

I hope you'll check it out and I look forward to hearing your feedback ❤️

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[–] mikey@talk.neovibe.app 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Congratulations @steve228uk@lemmy.world !!! This is hands down my favorite Lemmy app!

[–] steve228uk@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Thanks so much! 😁

[–] orangeNgreen@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

To everyone that enjoys the app, and especially those pleased enough to subscribe or purchase Lifetime Pro, don’t forget to rate and review the app in the App Store. Let’s help Steve build a user base!

[–] steve228uk@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Thank you!! Yes, App Store reviews are a massive help ❤️

[–] slin@feddit.de 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
[–] steve228uk@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

React Native

[–] existenzmaximum@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago

Just bought the pro license. Great job!

[–] fleece@pawb.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Any plans to add a safari extension like Apollo used to have and Ivory currently has? I’m all for buying in on good software, but that’s one of the requirements for me to buy in.

It looks great!

[–] steve228uk@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A share extension? That should already be there, you might just need to turn it on.

[–] fleece@pawb.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you used Apollo or Ivory you might remember they both have a Safari extension where they take links to instances and open them in the relevant app. Apollo would just open reddit links but Ivory takes a link to any Mastodon instance and opens it in the app. It would be awesome to have the same happen with lemmy instances. I think Memmy is planning on something like that

[–] steve228uk@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Oh, gotcha! Yeah, Ivory has “Open in Ivory”. Not a difficult thing to add, just was t something I thought about!

I’ll add it to the list of things to do 😊

[–] starman@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] sterno900@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] starman@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago

Okay, thanks for answer.

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[–] invisibit@infosec.pub 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Before I buy Pro, is there a timeline as to when image posts will mark as read correctly when the image is opened from the thumbnail? (Links seem to mark as read correctly when clicking the thumbnail)

Thanks!

[–] steve228uk@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'll get that fixed for 1.0.2 so within a couple of days.

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[–] spiderman@ani.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

When will android get a release?

[–] timi@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] spiderman@ani.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This link is not loading for me.

[–] timi@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I don’t know why that is, I was having trouble too. It’s just a link to Steve’s comment that says iPad before Android.

I’m not sure why people downvoted me repeating what Steve actually said…

[–] acetuk@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How long will the lifetime discounted option be available for? I will go for that once I hit payday at the end of the week.

[–] steve228uk@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It’ll be for at least a week! I really appreciate the support 😊

[–] acetuk@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

Don’t take it off until I can afford to pay for it! 😀

[–] acetuk@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago

Pro lifetime purchase. This is the only Lemmy app I use making this well worth it for me.

[–] TwinTusks@outpost.zeuslink.net 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This actually looks really polished

[–] steve228uk@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Thank you 😊

[–] Cavendish@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

EDIT: Fixed it. After deleting the app from the phone, and choosing the option to remove all data, a fresh install allowed me to go through the real Pro subscription process.

Original message below: I'm having trouble subscribing to Pro. I did the fake lifetime subscription in TestFlight a few days ago, and it still says i'm subscribed in the app store version. In TestFlight, it now shows the option to install bean, so I'm pretty sure the version on my phone is the official release. I want to give you real money!

[–] steve228uk@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Thank you so much!

The fake payment seems to get cached for a while (I think 24 hours) but it seems like deleting it fixes things.

[–] Horsey@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

can Bean work with kbin accounts? I know the two are federated, just wondering since that’s my home instance 😛

[–] steve228uk@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

At the moment Kbin doesn’t have an API in the stable release. When it does I plan to add support to Bean.

In the meantime you’ll need a Lemmy account and sub to Kbin Magazines from there.

Hopefully not much longer!

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[–] bluemix@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago
[–] robmexx@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Finally my go to Lemmy app is in the AppStore. Your app made the transition from reddit over to Lemmy much much easier for me. Thank you very much! Can’t wait what the future is brining… Will Pro carry over to testflight?

[–] steve228uk@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thank you! I'm glad I could help with the switch 😄

All purchases in TestFlight are fake and aren't connected to those made on the App Store.

[–] robmexx@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, I know. I’ll get Pro in the official release and wonder if I’ll keep the Pro status if I support the betas in the TestFlight.

[–] steve228uk@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I believe so! I'll do some more testing and give people an update on TestFlight going forward.

[–] robmexx@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks a lot. Keep up the great work and say hi to Jazzy from me.

[–] steve228uk@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

He says “meow” back 🐱

[–] net00@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I got a lifetime sub! https://postimg.cc/SndY1G6M/f8b6b53f

It definitely wasn't cheap (considering the several open source free lemmy apps), but seeing how fast this app has evolved + your commitment shows that this is gonna be a serious app (and not a side experiment that is suddenly canned).

This is also exactly why I chose lemm.ee as my instance, I'm looking for serious and stable platforms. Commitment quickly runs out for free apps, as I've seen many times before. Anyways congrats on the appstore release!

[–] steve228uk@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks so much, I really appreciate the support! ❤️

[–] Veedem@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Will Test Flight be ending?

[–] steve228uk@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The link for new TestFlight testers is already closed and I'll be clearing the list at the end of this week. Testing for v1.1 will be opened up again as a new list soon.

[–] acetuk@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago

Remember us testers who have been here for a while… :)

No, seriously well done. The app is truly excellent and my go-to option for Lemmy. Just mark as read on scroll to be added and it will pretty much perfect!

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