When comparing Reddit is fun vs Reddit: The Official App, the Slant community recommends Reddit is fun for most people. In the question“What is the best Reddit app for Android?” Reddit is fun is ranked 6th while Reddit: The Official App is ranked 12th. The most important reason people chose Reddit is fun is:
Reddit is fun's UI feels familiar for Reddit users.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Accurately recreates the reddit experience
Reddit is fun's UI feels familiar for Reddit users.
Pro Night mode
Allows for easier reading in the dark as there is less light to annoy the eyes.
Pro Tablet support
A recent update has added tablet support to Reddit is fun.
Pro Clean UI
Extremely "clean" UI: compact and nothing superfluous. Features are discoverable.
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.
Pro Multireddit support
Allows you to use multireddits you create on the website.
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.
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.
Pro Embedded moderator functions
Has functionality for removing/approving posts/comments, removing as spam, reading/replying to mod-mail, distinguishing comments.
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.
Pro Cards theme
Usable WIP of a cards them available.
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).
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.
Cons
Con Problems displaying .gifv videos
Con Unrefined UI
The UI and UX lack the visual and functional polish of competing apps.
Con Tends to crash
Memory leaks and other bugs cause crashing, especially on low RAM devices.
Con Ads
No way to get rid of ads at all, unlike most other apps.
Con Annoying irrelevant notifications
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.
Con Can't customize the view of posts
For example no support for multi column view or customization for the card view