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What is the best Reddit app for Android?

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Nov 11, 2023

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The Best 2 of 18 OptionsWhy?

Best Reddit app for Android	Price	Required Android Version	Publisher
91 RedReader	FREE	2.2 and up	QuantumBadger
91 Slide for Reddit	Free	4.1 and up	Haptic Apps
84 Sync for reddit	$3.99	4.0.3 and up	Red Apps LTD
81 BaconReader	-	Varies with device	OneLouder Apps
81 Relay for reddit	$0-$2.99/ITEM	4.1 and up	DBrady

RedReader

Top Pro

Free with no ads/tracking

The app is completely free and there is no tracking through advertisement since there are none. For those that are security conscious on their devices this makes a great choice for a Reddit app. See More

Top Con

Minimal UI

This is a pro and a con. I love the simplicity but it is lacking some QOL features. See More

SupportiveBochica's Experience

No fuss. Fast See More

Specs

Required Android Version:2.2 and up

Publisher:QuantumBadger

Top Pro

Simple navigation

Scrolling and swiping actions make for an intuitive interface that is easy to control. See More

Top Con

Ugly

Top Pro

Open Source

RedReader is completely open source meaning the code is available for anyone to look at or use. It's a completely open environment for understanding the app if one is so inclined. See More

Top Con

Does not start gif/video with muted audio

Top Pro

Clean UI

The user interface is simple in its layout making it easy to read and use. See More

Top Pro

Truly Ad-free

No ads, open-source. See More

Slide for Reddit

Add Video or Image

Top Pro

Free version is open-source

Released under GPLv3 license. See More

Top Con

App abandoned by developer

The developer had admittedly abandoned this app to move on to other things. This app hasn't received an update since June 2021. See More

Specs

Required Android Version:4.1 and up

Publisher:Haptic Apps

Top Pro

No advertisements

Slide for Reddit guarantees that there will never be advertisements in the app. See More

Top Con

Buggy page management

Frontpage posts doesn't load after logged in. Subbed reddits aren't managed well. See More

Top Pro

Matches the design of newer Android devices

The Material Design guidelines were used 100% in the design of Slide for Reddit, making for an app that fits well on newer Android devices. See More

Top Pro

Casual subs

Users can set a subreddit to casual which will not show the sub on the users front page, but still allows the sub to be easily viewed when selecting it individually. See More

Top Pro

Themes and user set color coded subreddits

Users can set colors to their favorite subreddits allowing for an easier cursory glance at the info contained in the app with over 50 color combinations. When combined with the three available themes this allows for over 150 theme combinations. See More

Top Pro

AMA mode

AMA mode allows for the user to see OP comments easily by color coding them. See More

16 Other Options Considered

Sync for reddit

Top Pro

Beautiful material design card UI

Reddit Sync has a beautiful card-based UI. The user can configure the feed with three types of text density as well, if he/she prefers faster skimming through items. See More

Top Con

Does not sync users' subreddits every time

Some reddit users will find that their subscribed subreddits will not sync. Instead, they are only given the defaults. See More

goosmurf's Experience

Have tried Boost, rif, and Sync, and Sync is arguably the cleanest, most intuitive, and best integrated (previews for almost every common site). See More

Specs

Required Android Version:4.0.3 and up

Publisher:Red Apps LTD

Top Pro

Well-implemented (swipe) navigation

Reddit Sync has well-implemented navigation UX. It's easy to swipe back into the main feed from comment sections and to access subreddits by swiping from the main feed. See More

Top Con

Themes do not work

When the user changes background colors, or runs reddit in night mode, the background will turn white when multitasking, while the text remains white. See More

Workaholic772's Experience

Of all the reddit apps I have tried, sync is the most reliable and the most feature-complete See More

Top Pro

Easy to jump to parent comments

Intuitive navigation allows for easy jumping to parent comments with a feature where arrows at the bottom of the page will navigate up or down to the next one. This makes for an easy way to quickly see the most voted comments. See More

Top Con

No gesture to upvote/downvote a post/comment

Grifta's Experience

It has the best set of features of any reddit app, is highly customizable and respects your privacy. See More

Top Pro

Gfycat support

Gfycat videos are embedded inline, which mean the user does not need to open a separate webpage in order to view them, making the use of the app much more convenient. See More

Top Con

No sync

Top Pro

Multi-reddit support

Multi-reddit allows the user to create and organize groups of subreddits: basically custom feeds of a user's favorite subs. See More

Top Con

No comment or link sync

The app is not very useful for offline reading as it only syncs the headlines and thumbnails and not the comments or the linked page/picture. See More

Top Pro

Great design

Reddit Sync is chosen by a lot of users because of its attractive design. Being one of the first Reddit apps to utilize the cards design, as well as follow Google's material Design guidelines, have together allowed the app to jump ahead of its competition due to its overall good looks. See More

Top Pro

Shows inline content on the feeds

The card UI makes skimming content on the main feeds on one's phone a pleasure. This is due to the fact that the user gets a quick preview of the content inline. See More

Top Pro

Multi-user support

Reddit allows for easy switching between multiple accounts. This is great for Redditors who use multiple accounts as well as users who are sharing a device (such as a tablet) with other family members. See More

Top Pro

Offers varied themes

In the options, there are different theme colors available, as well as night themes. The color themes are aimed moreso towards personalization where as the night themes are for reading in dark rooms (as they are easier on the users' eyes). See More

Top Pro

WYSIWYG editor for messages and submissions

With the WYSIWYG editor, users can add bold text, bullet points, and links. See More

Top Pro

Free version available

Sync for Reddit offers a version of the app that is free with ads. Therefore, for those who are willing to put up with ads or who just want to test the app for a short while, the free version is available. Thanks to know it’s free See More

Top Pro

Energy efficient on AMOLED screens

Helps save battery life on AMOLED by allowing users to set black background. See More

Top Pro

Sync images and post content for offline viewing

Offline viewing allows the user to read Reddit anywhere, including places without an internet connection. See More

Top Pro

Easy to switch subreddits

The sidebar in the app allows the user to quickly and easily switch to what subscribed subreddit they want to read next. See More

Top Pro

Ad free version

A one time payment removes all ads from Reddit forever. See More

BaconReader

Top Pro

Fully featured full profile support

All features that are available for profiles on the website are also available in BaconReader, giving the user full control. See More

Top Con

Occasionally slow

In comparison to other popular Reddit apps, BaconReader tends to be slow loading and displaying content. See More

KindPingerton's Experience

The inapp browser sucks See More

Specs

Required Android Version:Varies with device

Publisher:OneLouder Apps

File Size:Varies with device

Top Pro

Excellent UI on both phones and tablets

BaconReader works well on tablets and phones alike whether in landscape or portrait. The phone UI uses a single column view while tablet mode allows for a double column, which utilizes the screen space better allowing for info to be read easier. See More

Top Con

i.reddituploads.com won't load

Links using i.reddituploads.com won't load. See More

Top Pro

Collapsible comments

BaconReader allows for users to collapse comment threads in order to make it easier to read sections of comments. See More

Top Con

Imgur crashes the app

Opening up an imgur album (and often an imgur link to a single image) will cause the app to crash. See More

Top Pro

Dark theme

BaconReader has an included dark theme that allows for easier reading in dark rooms. See More

Top Con

Lacks useful features

Top Pro

Responsive developers

The BaconReader developers are engaged with Reddit users so they can receive and respond to as much feedback as possible. See More

Top Pro

Supports swipe gestures

To upvote or downvote, the comment can be swiped. See More

Top Pro

Desktop widget

BaconReaders desktop widget allows users to set the widget on one of their home screens for quick access to the app and its content. See More

Relay for reddit

Top Pro

Easy to flip between content & comments

A great feature of Relay is the UX for swiping between the post and the reddit comments. It's very fast to go back and forth between the views. See More

Top Con

Can not up/downvote comments

VigilantAchelous's Experience

I tried them all and for me relay is still the most convinient to use. There is of course some things which could be better which other applications have (like quick NSFW filter which is possible to change, but requires some clicks, or a better handling of read items), but in general this is the best. Especially reading through comments is my favourite in this app! See More

Specs

Required Android Version:4.1 and up

Publisher:DBrady

Top Pro

Excellent material design UI

Relay uses screen space efficiently and can be navigated quickly. It is mostly designed for viewing a single subreddit at a time and making that experience as pleasurable as possible, with easy access to a subs from a dropdown menu at the top. See More

Top Con

Can't disable sliding animations

Sliding animations are baked in & can't be disabled, as some don't like animations. See More

KindheartedAdgilisDeda's Experience

Used it for years and never seriously considered switching (tried Sync years ago, didn't suit me) . Miss it when I'm using Narwhal on my iPad. See More

Top Pro

Tons of features and functionality

With support for multiple accounts, interface themes, and inline picture previews, Relay for reddit offers a large amount of features for any power reddit user. There are also many unique functionalities that set Relay apart from the competition. ●It has a 'Remove unread' option to swipe away all read threads. This is especially useful when it's a large and busy subreddit with tons and tons of submissions, to the point where it can get overwhelming. This a convenient option for making your reddit-browsing experience a little easier. ●It offers compatability with the Multi-Window feature which is present on Samsung & L.G phones (soon to be present AndroidOS-wide). This greatly enhances multi-tasking. ●It offers an excellent Spoiler tag support and an AMA mode (conspicuously missing from its biggest competitor). See More

Top Con

Non native image uploading

All images need to be loaded externally when wanting to view full screen, this means another app will need to be loaded, which can be slow and consumes RAM. See More

Hatchet's Experience

Swipe navigation is invaluable and extremely convenient See More

Top Pro

Allows you to view a parent comment

To keep a better context of the conversation, Relay doesn't hide the parent comment while browsing. See More

Top Con

Poor feedback for network errors

Sometimes comment submission will fail silently and it isn't clear whether it went through. See More

VersatileMandanu's Experience

Consistently good. Considering the pro version to remove ads. I also tried Joey. See More

Top Pro

Animations make for more pleasurable usage

The abundant animations make browsing more enjoyable because it transitions so nicely. See More

Top Con

Not open source

Accessing your reddit acount with proprietary software might not be safe. See More

Top Pro

Fast GIF loading

GIFs are automatically converted to gfycat format; they therefore load much faster than on other apps. See More

Top Con

No gallery swipe view

There is no way to swipe through a gallery of posts pics, which means each pic has to be individually clicked on and loaded, which takes time. See More

Top Pro

Clutter-free and well thought-out UI

The moment the user opens Relay for reddit and begins exploring all of its ins and outs, it becomes quite clear how wonderfully designed this app is. There is excellent UX for redditors who prefer discussions and news, rather than pictures, videos, and gifs. ● You can alternate between a cards and a lists UI with a compact list view optional. ● A drop-down menu of all your subreddits is present at the top for quick and easy access. If the user is adequately familiarized with the list, he/she can simply swipe on the banner so to quickly switch between subreddits. ●The comment format option is situated right next to the drop-down menu. It's an all around wonderful application with many Material Design elements employed. See More

Top Con

Sharing link/comment options buried too deep

At present, the sharing menu is buried deep inside: swipe an article > Click More > Swipe again > then Share. See More

Top Pro

Automatically loads optimized images based on screen size

The app will automatically load a lower resolution image that is a closer match to your screen size to save bandwidth, with a button to load the original image if you need more detail. See More

Top Pro

Easily save battery with night time theme

The available night time theme allows the background to be dark with light colored text, which uses less battery on AMOLED screens. See More

Top Pro

Easily moderate from the app

Moderators on Reddit are allowed more functions over a normal user on Reddit, which is possible to be used in Pro for Relay. With these features included in the app it's possible to approve comments, check modque, and get specifically labelled moderator messages. See More

Top Pro

Colour coded collapsible comments

Top Pro

Smooth as butter

Opening links, animations, and transitions, as well as scrolling, all work well with no glitches or missed frames. The app feels extremely smooth thanks to the attention to detail in all of its inner workings. See More

Reddit is fun

Top Pro

Accurately recreates the reddit experience

Reddit is fun's UI feels familiar for Reddit users. See More

Top Con

Problems displaying .gifv videos

Eduard Jackson's Experience

An oldie but a goodie See More

Specs

Required Android Version:Varies with device

Publisher:TalkLittle

File Size:Varies with device

Top Pro

Night mode

Allows for easier reading in the dark as there is less light to annoy the eyes. See More

Top Con

Unrefined UI

The UI and UX lack the visual and functional polish of competing apps. See More

Peter J. Mello's Experience

Perhaps not the most beautiful of the reddit apps for Android, but still the only one that has never left me wishing it had a feature I am accustomed to on the web site. Post creation, private messages, multireddits, reddit Gold, moderation tools, silky smooth scrolling, filters...it's all there and it just works. See More

Top Pro

Tablet support

A recent update has added tablet support to Reddit is fun. See More

Top Con

Tends to crash

Memory leaks and other bugs cause crashing, especially on low RAM devices. See More

Top Pro

Clean UI

Extremely "clean" UI: compact and nothing superfluous. Features are discoverable. See More

Top Pro

Amoled mode

The Amoled mode turns the background to complete black, which emits no light on Amoled panels. This not only looks cleaner, but also saves battery. Phones without Amoled panels can still select this mode - it is a bit darker than the material dark mode. See More

Top Pro

Multireddit support

Allows you to use multireddits you create on the website. See More

Top Pro

Support for Reddit Gold

Reddit is fun allows you to use special features earned by having reddit gold such as syncing visited links between reddit is fun and the browser site. See More

Top Pro

Ads are optional in the free version

The free version allows the option to disable ads, so you only need to turn them on if you wish to support the developer or use moderator features. See More

Top Pro

Embedded moderator functions

Has functionality for removing/approving posts/comments, removing as spam, reading/replying to mod-mail, distinguishing comments. See More

Top Pro

Sync between desktop support

The app combined with 3rd party sync applications helps show links you've already viewed. Sometimes it misses a few, but it's close most of the time. See More

Top Pro

Cards theme

Usable WIP of a cards them available. See More

Top Pro

Samsung multi-tasking compatible

Reddit is Fun has the ability to be used in milti-window mode on high end Samsung phones. It can also be used in pop-up view (drag the corner of the screen towards the middle to shrink the app to about 1/2 size, or keep it as a bubble similar to FaceBook's chat heads feature). See More

Flow

Top Pro

Free

Still being in development Flow is free to download and use, though this may change. See More

Top Con

Doesn't remember sorting order

When setting the view to "top" comments or "best" comments, Flow does not remember this when closing the app and reopening it. See More

Top Pro

Has a lot of features

Flow supports the vast majority of the features of Reddit.com built straight into the app such as Youtube support, an image viewer, and search. See More

Top Pro

Customizable UI

Very tweakable with lots of interfaces including card UI. See More

Top Pro

Very intuitive to browse

Flow creates a great, easy to use, immersive user experience. See More

Top Pro

Very close to the iOS app Alien Blue

Flow has a comparable level of polish and feature-completeness as the fantastic Alien Blue Reddit Client for iOS. See More

Top Pro

Supports multi-reddits

Multi-Reddit is a feature on the web for Reddit that allows users to view multiple subreddits at once. This feature has support built in on Flow. See More

Top Pro

Fantastic for AMAs

Has a specifically designed AMA mode that sorts comments by reply by specific person. Useful in AMAs to see all the questions they've actually answered. See More

Joey for Reddit

Top Pro

Has screen lock feature

This is the only app with a screen lock feature. See More

Grace Huang's Experience

Similar to Slide for reddit, but card layout just seems more cluttered. I tried to make a suggestion for more multireddit incorporation but the developer dismissed it as very niche. I'm a longtime slide and boost user and they both seamlessly incorporate multireddits. See More

Specs

Required Android Version: 4.1 and up

Publisher:codesForLiving

File Size:6.7mb

Top Pro

Fast and fluid

No lag or stutter, smooth as butter. See More

ConsiderateAsherah's Experience

perfect See More

Top Pro

Streams all GIFs

No waiting for download of entire GIF. Streams instantly. See More

Top Pro

See all the ancestors of a comment

You can see not only parent of a comment, but parent's parent and so on of a comment with single tap. See More

Top Pro

Read AMA in magazine style Q/A format

AMAs are available in magazine style Q/A formatting. works for multi author AMAs too. See More

Top Pro

Can collapse the comment thread from anywhere

You can collapse the comment thread from anywhere inside the comment tree. See More

Top Pro

It has the fastest GIF loading speed

This is the faster reddit app, when it comes to loading GIF files. See More

Top Pro

Ad-free

No ads. See More

Top Pro

Supports TTS

Only client which reads out content to you. See More

Top Pro

Amoled night theme available

Power saving with Amoled night theme. Normal night theme also present. See More

Top Pro

Streams comments

Streams match threads. See More

Top Pro

Most powerful text editor

One of the few mobile apps that has support for inserting tables, codes, headings. See More

Top Pro

Reader view

Read web articles without the clutter. See More

Top Pro

Easy to view albums and read image descriptions

It has vertical cards for albums, so swiping for next image and reading description is in same direction. See More

Top Pro

Lets you filter posts by flair

You can filter posts from r/science, r/LifeProTips, r/IAmA, r/askscience by flair. See More

Top Pro

Supports live threads

Full support for Reddit live threads. See More

Top Pro

Swipe to close

Swipe to close is available for everything. See More

Top Pro

You can add upcoming AMAs to your calendar

Upcoming AMAs can be added to calendar, so you never miss an AMA. See More

Top Pro

16 million colors for customization

Both primary color and accent color have 16 million options. See More

Top Pro

Auto theme change

Change themes automatically. See More

Top Pro

Level-N-Collapse

Collapse comments at any level of your choice. See More

Top Pro

Color coded usernames

Highlights users who have participated earlier in the comment chain. See More

Top Pro

Omni Subreddit Finder

Searches your subscriptions and the web simultaneously. See More

Top Pro

Shows which AMAs are going on

It shows live AMAs going on currently, so you can participate in them. See More

Top Pro

Beautiful animations

Has very beautiful and smooth animations. For example when upvoting or downvoting stuff. See More

Top Pro

Real trophy case for reddit trophies

This is the only app that has got the Reddit trophies correctly. See More

Top Pro

Beautiful error screens

Even the error screens have cute animals. See More

Top Pro

Doesn't put strain on eyes

The sepia theme is very easy on the eyes. See More

Boost for reddit

Top Pro

Highly customizable

There is a huge variety of ways you can customize the app. Many theme color combinations, different ways to customize the display, lots of filter options and more. See More

Top Con

Hard to navigate to and from site and comments

Grace Huang's Experience

I love boost for reddit. There's lots of customization options and it's easy to streamline the app to fit how you use reddit. Looks great and easy to use. See More

Top Pro

Amazing Darkmode

Top 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). See More

ProudPsyche's Experience

The best reddit experience on Android See More

Top Pro

Follows material design

Follows the same design theme that Android uses. See More

Top Con

No "always on" feature

While watching a gif or video, a phone starts to get dim and eventually lock. Need always on feature like Reddit App. See More

Bonnie Simon's Experience

Excellent App good design , pleasant to the eye. Smooth . But loading times a bit too much. See More

Top 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. See More

IngeniousEuthenia's Experience

I really liked the UI of this app. Looks modern and smooth. And it's a lightweight app despite its looks and features. So I would recommend everyone to give it a try. ✌🏻✌🏻 See More

Top 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. See More

Yael Snir's Experience

awesome See More

Top Pro

Quick switch for display changing

Top Pro

Many display options

Top Pro

Comment formatting

Collapse comments and improve visibility See More

Top Pro

Many features

Great developer who keeps updating the app See More

Now for Reddit

Top Con

Can be CPU and/or data intensive

Reddit Now tends to use a lot of data as well as runs the CPU pretty hard, which in turn drains the battery fast. See More

Top Pro

Clean slick interface

With the card-based UI, the app fits in very well design wise with the Material Design of the OS. Everything is intuitive to use being that the interface is familiar and follows Google's design guidelines. See More

Specs

Required Android Version:Varies with device

Publisher:Phyora

File Size:Varies with device

Top Con

Hard to navigate when you subscribe to many subreddits

Top Pro

Translucent nav bar for Android 4.4+

Now for Reddit utilizes the transparent nav bar implemented in Android 4.4+, making for a cleaner looking interface. See More

Top Con

Delayed messages

Most Reddit clients refresh your inbox upon opening the app, notifying you instantly about any messages that you have. Now for Reddit on the other hand may not alert you of any messages even if you're using the app. The delay is generally short, but sometimes can take up to a couple of hours with no noticeable pattern. As a workaround, it's possible to manually refresh, but this might be a deal-breaker for some. See More

Top Pro

Nicely designed launcher icon

The design of the icon for Now for Reddit is clean, simple and fits well with material design. See More

Top Con

Has to reload sometimes and will always reload and forget your place (goes back to frontpage) if you reopen the app from its launcher icon

Top Pro

Configurable card sizes

Now for Reddit is one of the few Reddit clients that come with the ability to change how much content can be viewed on the screen. You'd also be hard pressed to find another Reddit client that can show you full-size images (via full-size cards) without you having even tapped on the image. Keep in mind that the configurable card sizes might also have an impact on battery consumption, ranging from tiny cards (most battery efficient) to full size cards (most battery/data hungry). See More

Top Pro

UI for phones and tablets

The design of the app lends itself well to phones and tablets alike no matter the orientation that the device is being held in. Not having to switch apps depending on the users device is a nice feature. See More

Top Pro

Great performance/less jank

Using Android's profile GPU rendering tool it can be clearly shown how the Now for Reddit is generally more responsive than quite a few of the other popular reddit clients. For people obsessive about the 60 FPS mark, it would be hard to find a near 60 FPS experience as good as Now for Reddit. See More

Top Pro

Easy navigation of subreddits

Reddit: The Official App

Add Video or Image

Top Con

Ads

No way to get rid of ads at all, unlike most other apps. See More

Top Pro

The official app

This app is the official Reddit app made by Reddit, which has the potential for not only better support over a third party app dev, but the implementation of features not found in the public API. See More

Workaholic772's Experience

Constantly crashes, constantly lose place See More

Top Con

Annoying irrelevant notifications

Top Con

Does not open native apps

When clicking on links in the Official Reddit app (such as a Youtube link), the Youtube app will not open, but instead the Chrome browser does. This happens with a wide array of links found in the Official Reddit app as they all lead to an outside browser instead of opening within the app or opening in the appropriate app. See More

Top Con

Can't customize the view of posts

For example no support for multi column view or customization for the card view See More

Top Con

Can't see single comment threads

Top Con

Frequent crashes

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Top Pro

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