When comparing Slide for Reddit vs Boost for reddit, the Slant community recommends Boost for reddit for most people. In the question“What is the best Reddit app for Android?” Boost for reddit is ranked 7th while Slide for Reddit is ranked 8th. The most important reason people chose Boost for reddit is:
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.
Specs
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Pros
Pro No advertisements
Slide for Reddit guarantees that there will never be advertisements in the app.
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.
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.
Pro Free version is open-source
Released under GPLv3 license.
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.
Pro AMA mode
AMA mode allows for the user to see OP comments easily by color coding them.
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.
Pro Many display options
Pro Follows material design
Follows the same design theme that Android uses.
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 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 Amazing Darkmode
Pro Quick switch for display changing
Cons
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).
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.