Review of Boost for reddit powered by the Slant community.
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Pros
Pro Highly customizable
There is a huge variety of ways you can customize the app. Many theme color combinations, many different ways to customize the display, lots of filter options and more.
Pro Follows material design
Follows the same design theme that Android uses.
Pro Many display options
Pro Swiping gestures
Configure swipes up on pictures to return to sub, slide left/right through album. Swipe in from a side for the subreddit sidebar (configurable), and more.
Pro Comprehensive media handling
Select to choose whether or not you want to load gifs, gfycats, movies, pics, and more (link types, e.g. youtube) within the app or externally. Can also select whether to use Chrome Custom Tabs.
Pro Quick switch for display changing
Cons
Con Hard to navigate to and from site and comments
Con Intrusive ads
The ads cause your phone to vibrate and have other annoying issues (like causing your media volume to drop if you're listening to music).
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