When comparing Reddit: The Official App vs reddit offline, the Slant community recommends reddit offline for most people. In the question“What is the best Reddit app for Android?” reddit offline is ranked 11th while Reddit: The Official App is ranked 12th. The most important reason people chose reddit offline is:
Built with offline in mind, this app pre-downloads the necessary data - posts, images, and comments automatically, so that you can use those when the Internet connection is no longer available.
Specs
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Pros
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.
Pro Doesn't require constant Internet connection
Built with offline in mind, this app pre-downloads the necessary data - posts, images, and comments automatically, so that you can use those when the Internet connection is no longer available.
Pro Free
You can download and use this app for free.
Pro Ads-free
The developer guarantees ads-free user experience.
Cons
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