"good reviews" doesn't tell the whole story, are the stars all you're looking at? I read what the reviews actually say to determine if it's a good fit for me. If 2/6 this year are running Zeus with nodes separate from their phones, why not all-in-one if it's super-easy to do so?
1/6 says: "not syncing" - syncing with what?
The more-substantive 1/6 says: "this is a scam project and should be delisted from play store the Wallet only Recieve funds and doesn't work or do anything, even to close the channel i can't so I'm stuck and unable to withdraw or do anything" - um WTF is that a Zeus problem or a Lightning problem Zeus had no warning/mitigation instruction for?
The remaining 2/6 are 5-stars but vague; no description of their use cases, just reviews that read like ad copy.
But yes, I voted that one you quoted from Dec 2025 as unhelpful. Not sure if the one right before that said "Use the custodial Wallet of Satoshi instead" because everything before that was true & they were really driven over to custodial, or if it was just made up, though I have had that happen on Android apps before.
Didn't want to look too far back because at some point, the reviews are only about issues that were resolved in newer versions.
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fwiw a lot of these issues are with the old Embedded LND architecture. The private Neutrino backend that feeds the clients backends doesn't fare well if you have a high latency connection.
As of v13.0 we added a new LDK backend that doesn't suffer the same issues.
Try out the new version!
Much more welcoming for newcomers
No the stars are not all I'm looking at since I clearly copy and pasted a direct quote from one of the reviews. Not sure why you would insinuate that in bad faith when that's clearly not true.
Furthermore, I'm not sure why you would discount 5 star reviews that lack detail but then weigh heavier1-star reviews that equally lack detail such as one that states nothing but "not syncing".
At the end of the day, the app receives great reviews (take a look at reviews also on Apple's app store). Which review specifically made your hair stand up (a bit dramatic perhaps)? Furthermore, the app is free to use and try out. So why even worry about your hair standing up when it is a free and open source app that you can try for yourself? It isn't like it doesn't have a good reputation in the bitcoin community (what really matters). Check it out on the Zap store to see who among your follows also trust it.
Anyway, I don't really care whether you like the app or not. I have no vested interest in it. I simply put it out there as another low/no cost means of using LN.
