So I proceeded to download the Leomobile app from playstore after a series of positive reviews on-chain. It was only 14MB I'm size, especially for people who are bothered about the cost of downloading on Android. This is awesome because it's a well-loaded app with so many exciting features.
So after 10-hours of using the app, I can say my first-hand experience has been ease, smoothness, class and utility. The fact that I could easily access the app using HIVESIGNER is cool. Although I had to first access the app using my posting key, the first impression was that there were no bugs or lags while I tried to sign in.
It felt like signing in with a lite UI. One thing I've always laid emphasized is fluidity when using an app. This enhances its user's friendliness and the more a user experiences smoothness, it'll increase their curiosity, which would in turn create interest, then exploration which then facilitates longevity.
The Theme Colors
There is so many fascinating difference between leofinance.io and Leomobile but firstly I'll like to talk about the options for different colors to blend with the traditional orange colors. For me, the only Hive end that white looks good on is Hive.blog. I went ahead to toggle the dark and the white colors and I saw that the dark one was way better.
I didn't want my Leo to look funny, so I didn't change the default orange, because I felt it was what makes the app unique, although the colors were probably there to provide more options for the users and I think this is good.
The Vote Slider
The second thing and a huge difference is the vote slider. My word! This is sleepy. I don't know if anyone has experienced difficulties with setting a 1% vote on either peakd or hive.blog, this slider is cool, efficient, fast, and reliable. How to use it is simple, slide it up or down. It's set to 50% by default, to the right, you'll automatically see your voting power as you're sliding up or down and the beautiful orange colors feel sleek.
It's by far the best voting slider on any Hive's UI or app because of its seamlessness and efficiency. Although I believe this voting power is strictly my Leo power because it's a Leo app. I do not own any secondary account for Leo curation, so this is tied to my hive power as well. So since my hive stake is tied to my Leo stake, I prefer to do my curation from this app.
The Options When Making A Post
The next thing I checked was the option to add a post Now the difference here is that in Leofinance.io, you'd next click some options below the post to preview your post. With the app you only need to toggle the preview section and the main post section, it's very smooth and it does not load at all. Plus.
Their app has its inbuilt markdown making it specifically easy for a new user to experiment with the markdown and specifically choose the one they want. However, one can externally write their post and import it. Whichever way it is, the app supports external markdown option and doesn't restrict users from using only the in-app markdown.
The Preview Option
Another thing is the two options to view the posts. I think this is a very cool option even if it doesn't seem significant. I'm saying this again. A great app is knowing for having options. Taking a look I think there's the grid view and the full view. I prefer the grid view because I like scrolling past posts with ease, I like everything small, so I don't want the image of a post to be too vivid, rather, I like to see it beside the title of the post. However, this might not matter for too many people.
Looks Of The Mobile Notification
One interesting aspect is the notification. I'll like to talk about the mobile notification. Now whether the app is running in the background or not, it pops up notification. One exciting thing is, if you're using Android 12, you can set your phone's notification to pop up notifications from the Leo app. This way you'll never miss any notification. However, if you're using ginabot, you might not need to go the extra mile. Even if you are, you might still want to experience the pop-up notifications on your device.
The In-app Notification
What about in-game notification? Nothing special, it's just cool. Immediately you click a notification from your mobile, it takes you directly to the text, then you'll have an option to reply to the comment. One thing I've come to discover is that this app takes away the hassle of engagement. The ability to switch from one page to another is the selling point.
Thing To Improve On
While I've been taken away by the seamlessness of this app, I think there are still issues that can be enhanced and improved. The first thing is that its notification is just a bit slower. For example, I use both ginabot and the Leo app. Sometimes the ginabot notification is always faster and sometimes I'll need to wait about 45 seconds before the Leo app notification can come in.
Another thing is, that there's no option to change the payout from dollars to leo. I've scavenged throughout the app for this option but I've not gotten it and I think this will be a great addition, that's if it's not there already.
A Review On PlayStore
In conclusion, the upgrade to the app has been stunning over the last couple of 6 months. I've gone ahead to leave a review on PlayStore, not that this is relevant, I just feel like these reviews might mean something. The users' friendliness of this app is awesome and one part of this app that isn't speedy is the mobile notification. I like to see this app on a 5G phone. My device is 5G enabled, but it's not working at the moment. Overall, I believe that this has been an awesome experience, I wouldn't see the need to use the web and the app simultaneously. The app wins it for me.
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