Gotta say, the website works great on phone too. No reason to get an app
Yep. Then you find Voyager, vger.app where you install that website as an app, now you get a similar Apollo experience from the “old Reddit days.” That’s what I’ve used since day 3.
Some websites can be directly “installed” in you app drawer. They are really like an advanced shortcut for the mobile webpage. You probably haven’t seen it a lot because commercial webs that want to shove their propietary app down your throat disable this option.
But both Lemmy and Mastodon have it enabled.
To do so, click on options on your desired browser and you’ll find an “addto startup page” option or something along those lines.
Sure is! They’re called Progressive Web Apps. This article explains how to use them, https://mobilesyrup.com/2020/05/24/how-install-progressive-web-app-pwa-android-ios-pc-mac/