Toffeed is a wrapper for Facebook's mobile site that provides enhancements to the normal browser experience.
Please note that I have no control over Facebook's mobile website. If something on the website does not work, I may be able to augment the app to provide a better experience but ultimately it is unlikely I can fix it.
Features:
• Light: The official Facebook app is slow and a battery hog. Toffeed is under 2 MB and has no background services which drains battery.
• Notifications: Toffeed supports background notifications.
• Material design: Toffeed follows Google's material design guidelines.
Permissions:
The INTERNET permission is used to access Facebook. The ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION permission is to allow geo-tagging. Location access must be enabled in the settings first for this permission to be used. The READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission is used to allow file upload. The RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED permission is used to start the notification service. The VIBRATE permission is for notifications.
The source-code is available on GitHub (https://github.com/JakeLane/Toffeed). If you have any feature requests or issues, please post them on the issue tracker (https://github.com/JakeLane/Toffeed/issues).
Please note that I have no control over Facebook's mobile website. If something on the website does not work, I may be able to augment the app to provide a better experience but ultimately it is unlikely I can fix it.
Features:
• Light: The official Facebook app is slow and a battery hog. Toffeed is under 2 MB and has no background services which drains battery.
• Notifications: Toffeed supports background notifications.
• Material design: Toffeed follows Google's material design guidelines.
Permissions:
The INTERNET permission is used to access Facebook. The ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION permission is to allow geo-tagging. Location access must be enabled in the settings first for this permission to be used. The READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission is used to allow file upload. The RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED permission is used to start the notification service. The VIBRATE permission is for notifications.
The source-code is available on GitHub (https://github.com/JakeLane/Toffeed). If you have any feature requests or issues, please post them on the issue tracker (https://github.com/JakeLane/Toffeed/issues).
My review
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Prisca Lo Surdo
This could be great. The app is well designed and offers good features, the only issue is that it won't let me post things properly (crashes when I select to post a photo, for example). It would otherwise be my top pick for Facebook use, much better than the official one. I will update the review if fixes turn up.
Thomas Forrester
The post photo bubble doesn't work. Just drops me back to the timeline every time. I can use the camera icon in the regular status post, though, so it's not entirely broken. Will need more time with the app to form a better review than "Just OK." Still looking for the "best" Facebook alternative app...
Patricia Myers
Excellent alternative Not heating up my phone or hogging ram. And i can use messages again without that fb messenger app. If I could skin it another color than BLUE, Id give it 5 stars
Scott Mason
Despite my early complaint I've used this app for about two weeks now, and I'm done. It constantly gets hung up loading sections and just sits on a white screen. Trying to click to another page doesn't load and I have to close and reopen the app. Quite often I can't post because the little orange floating button to start new posts ends up on top of the "post" button on the page. A few times now I can't "share" something simply because it doesn't load the top bar with the share button at all, and it's not just hidden and I need to scroll the page up or down, it just isn't there.
Nicola Ciccocioppo
It's not bad. No ads and chronological ordered feed are just 👌. But sometimes the app ghost-taps while I'm swiping down the feed and opening an image results in a very ugly downsized image.
Akshay Patil
Was better earlier When i previously installed it, it worked perfectly fine but now after sometime when i have installed it back it keeps on syncing but none of the news feed is shown nor are other things shown lilem the friend requests or messages! Please fix these issues
User reviews
This could be great. The app is well designed and offers good features, the only issue is that it won't let me post things properly (crashes when I select to post a photo, for example). It would otherwise be my top pick for Facebook use, much better than the official one. I will update the review if fixes turn up.
The post photo bubble doesn't work. Just drops me back to the timeline every time. I can use the camera icon in the regular status post, though, so it's not entirely broken. Will need more time with the app to form a better review than "Just OK." Still looking for the "best" Facebook alternative app...
Excellent alternative Not heating up my phone or hogging ram. And i can use messages again without that fb messenger app. If I could skin it another color than BLUE, Id give it 5 stars
Despite my early complaint I've used this app for about two weeks now, and I'm done. It constantly gets hung up loading sections and just sits on a white screen. Trying to click to another page doesn't load and I have to close and reopen the app. Quite often I can't post because the little orange floating button to start new posts ends up on top of the "post" button on the page. A few times now I can't "share" something simply because it doesn't load the top bar with the share button at all, and it's not just hidden and I need to scroll the page up or down, it just isn't there.
It's not bad. No ads and chronological ordered feed are just 👌. But sometimes the app ghost-taps while I'm swiping down the feed and opening an image results in a very ugly downsized image.
Was better earlier When i previously installed it, it worked perfectly fine but now after sometime when i have installed it back it keeps on syncing but none of the news feed is shown nor are other things shown lilem the friend requests or messages! Please fix these issues
Not good enough. This app needs a few things before we can be any good. It needs a most recent in the news feed, dark mode, and "write comment here" didn't disappear automatically when I was making a comment.
It works well if all you want is to read posts and notifications, but I could never get it to post anything except maybe a status. Comments work ok, but you can't tag anyone. Overall, I'd rather use the Facebook mobile site.
Good app overall Only complaint I have is that I can't tag anyone in the comments section, either by typing their name or putting @"___". Besides this a very good app.
Far better than Facebook App which consumes battery from ios and android smartphones. This app is smooth, efficient way to browse fb and also you could sent messages seamlessly
Best I've found but.... Very happy with this after the official app constantly failed on my S6 Edge. My only complaint is I can't share photos with it.
Facebook blocks it Would be a great replacement of the Facebook bloatware apps if FB had not block it... what they likely do on mobile hence it does not work!
after using it, I find it very annoying that it does not show notifications for messages. I have to go into the app and check manually!!!
It's not bad My main negative is that when I'm commenting on someone's post, I can't comment with an image.
Thank you. We can bypass Facebook's nosiness. You shouldn't have to give all your privacy rights away.
Good App The gallery of pictures now is very small, how I check my user agent?
Best Facebook app Tired of Facebook draining your battery??? Then this is the app for you.
Works well if you're just viewing posts but it's very restrictive for anything else. Can't tag people in comments for example.
Cool Best fb messanger alter ever.Great job guys. Only thing I miss is a theme selection :)
A few limitations Decent enough but can't tag people in things
Finally able to remove Facebook bloat Happy to be able to remove the bloated Facebook and Facebook Messenger! Fast and easy to use!
"There was a problem on Facebook's end." I get this error on the home screen all the time. Otherwise it works well.
Bests proprietary app Nice and light, Toffeed beats the house every time. With a great feature set, lightening fast speed, and minimal data usage Toffeed is a winning hand at my table.
Floating action button With the recent update, I no longer can post my photos in Floating Action Button "Post a photo"
Good but curious It's worked great until recently when I haven't been able to upload photos to comments.
New upgrade will not let me upload photos It was better before upgrade.
Does the basics with minimal battery use but notifications not working for me.
Ok Just won't notify my messeges and stuff even when I enabled it
Brilliant app Blocks the news feed and allows access to fb mail online. Deleted messenger
Amazing Love it! Light weight, loads very quickly unlike the official fb app...
Good app App does its job, just don't like how small the pictures are
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What's New
v1.5.5
• The useragent is now dynamically changed per device to allow mobile site redirections
Full changelogs are available at https://github.com/JakeLane/Toffeed/releases
Please submit any issues or feature requests to https://github.com/JakeLane/Toffeed/issues
Additional information
Updated
April 9, 2016
Installs
10,000 - 50,000
Current Version
1.5.5
Requires Android
4.2 and up
Interactive Elements
Users Interact, Shares Info, Shares Location, Digital Purchases
Permissions
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