A comparison of reddit mobile apps.
Last updated: 2016-06-08
| Feature | Reddit (official) (iOS, Android) | Alien Blue (iOS) (deprecated) | Narwhal (iOS) | Bacon Reader (iOS, Android) | Antenna (formerly amrc) (iOS) | iAlien (iOS) | reddit is fun (Android) | Relay for reddit (Android) | Sync for reddit (Android) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic features | |||||||||
| Multireddits | NO | NO | yes | yes, can edit from list, but can't add/remove from a subreddit | yes, but can't edit? | NO | |||
| Explore subreddits | yes (pro?) | no? (search only) | yes | pro??? | |||||
| /r/all | yes | yes | yes | yes | |||||
| /r/friends | NO? | yes | yes, and can edit from user profiles | NO (pro?) | |||||
| /r/random | yes | yes (add to menu from settings, or navigate manually to /r/random) | yes, via Explore | yes | |||||
| my saved posts | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | ||||
| my saved comments | NO | NO | yes | yes | yes | no? | |||
| my upvoted/downvoted | NO | yes | yes | yes, via 'saved' settings pane | yes | ||||
| my gilded | NO | no? | yes | NO | |||||
| my hidden | yes | yes | yes | yes, via 'saved' settings pane | yes | ||||
| Inbox | yes | yes, with mod mail | yes | yes, with mod mail | yes, with mod mail | yes, but no mod mail? | |||
| Mod tools | NO | yes, via search bar button | NO? | NO? | |||||
| Manual subreddit entry | yes | yes | yes, via search by subreddit | yes | yes, via search by subreddit | ||||
| Manual user entry | yes | yes | yes, via search for user | NO | |||||
| User profile/history | yes | yes | yes | yes (pro) | |||||
| User gilded history | no? | ||||||||
| Subreddit sidebar | yes | yes | yes, from subs list | yes | yes | ||||
| Subreddit banner image | NO? | ||||||||
| Subreddit custom icon/snoo | yes | ||||||||
| Posts & Comments | |||||||||
| Show user text flair | yes | yes | yes | ||||||
| Show user image flair | NO? | ||||||||
| Show post flair | yes, enable in options | ||||||||
| Indicate gilded posts | NO | yes, new (2.3) | yes | yes | |||||
| Indicate gilded comments | NO | yes, new (2.3) | yes | yes | |||||
| Gild posts | nope | ||||||||
| Gild comments | nope | ||||||||
| Save post | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | ||||
| Save comment | no? | NO | yes | yes | yes | ||||
| Report post | yes | ||||||||
| Report comment | yes | ||||||||
| Indicate 'hidden' comment score | yes | yes | no? | no? | |||||
| Indicate controversial comments | NO | yes, via dagger | NO | ||||||
| Sort posts (hot, new, rising, controversial, top) | yes | yes | yes | yes | |||||
| Sort comments (best, top, new, hot, controversial, old) | meh: only by best, top, new, 'Q&A' | yes | yes | yes | yes | ||||
| Search posts | yes | yes | yes, by: All subreddits, All posts, This subreddit/multi, For a subreddit /r/, For user). Can't search front page? | yes (pro) | |||||
| Search comments (within post) | NO | NO | NO | pro??? | |||||
| Submit post | yes (pro) | yes, with image upload | yes | yes (pro) | |||||
| Submit comment | yes | yes | yes | yes | |||||
| Comment context | NO, highlights and shows 3 (?) levels up | yes, great implementation | NO, doesn't highlight and shows 2 (?) levels up | yes?, and puts star next to the comment | |||||
| Highlight OP | yes | yes | yes | yes | |||||
| Highlight friends | NO | no? | NO | NO | NO | ||||
| Formatting | |||||||||
| Tables | yes, opens in new pane. Breaks if contains a link, will open that instead | NO, shows markdown in jumbled mess | NO, shows all tables contents consecutively in jumbled mess | NO, shows markdown in jumbled mess | |||||
Super/subscript (^/_) |
NO, shows them but no size/context indication | yes, new (2.3) | yes | NO, shows text but no size/context indication | |||||
Strike-through (~~) |
yes, shows as greyed out [removed: text] | yes, new (2.3) | yes | yes | |||||
Bold OR italic text (*/**) |
yes | yes | yes | yes | |||||
Bold AND italic text (***) |
NO | no? | |||||||
Inline code (`code`) |
yes, new (2.3) | ||||||||
| Code blocks (4-space indent) | yes, new (2.3) | ||||||||
Quotes (>) |
yes, small indentation + greyed | meh. just italicizes, so it's not always obvious | yes, indentation + greyed | yes, small indentation + blue highlight | yes, but poor visibility (just a small colored vertical bar character before quoted text) | ||||
| Spoilers (Note spoilers are not officially standardized yet) | NO? | yes? | NO? | yes? | |||||
| Line breaks | |||||||||
| Other features | |||||||||
| Open thread/link from clipboard | yes, opens post/comment automatically | no? | no? | ||||||
| Marks visited posts? | yes | ||||||||
| Multiple user accounts | yes (pro?) | yes, great implementation | yes | yes | NO | ||||
| Images gallery | yes (pro?), but doesn't support albums and can be glitchy | meh. thread view only, no fullscreen, only useable in subs/multis (i.e. not 'saved' content, etc) | NO? | ||||||
| Subreddit Bookmarks | yes, “casual reddits” | yes | yes | yes (pro) | |||||
| 3D touch (iOS) | NO | NO | yes | yes | yes | ||||
| np.reddit.com enforcement (No Participation mode) | nope | NO | no? | no? | |||||
| Additional comments | |||||||||
| Paid upgrades | - Switch between multiple reddit accounts easily - Browse in Gallery mode (formerly Canvas) - Discover subreddits by topic or interest - Expand all images in the comments with one tap - Quote comments in one tap - Exclude posts based on keywords - “Hide All / Hide Read” comments with one tap - submit post? - remove sponsored posts? |
remove ads | remove ads | "User history; Night mode; Navigate by; Readability, Instapaper, Pocket; Additional fonts; Search; Filters; Additional shortcuts; History sync (Synccit); Thread submission; And many more” | remove ads | ||||
| Additional features & notes | Preview images in comment threads without opening new pane/window (press and hold) | - compatible with OSX Continuity/Handoff as browser/webpage | Only tested on iOS. Not sure about feature parity with Android | - some features hidden in OS share widget (e.g. save/unsave post) - color codes comment scores, like RES |
Formerly known as Reddit News | ||||
| Known issues (besides listed below) | - Modern UI a bit clunky, can switch back to Classic UI in options if desired - has (had?) issues with editing/edited subreddit subscriptions - sometimes has issues reloading front page after exiting app and coming back later (go back to main menu and then back to front page to fix) |
- too easy to unsave content in 'saved' view (expect left screen swipe to exit saved view, but instead it unsaves something) - sharing the reddit post link always includes the title at the beginning, which can be annoying - |
- doesn't show which subreddit a post is in while looking at it, and no way to access the sub from the post. - Sometimes difficult to navigate, due to various areas opening in new windows and forgetting previous view. No forward/back navigation and frequently loses spot when opening new views (e.g. Saved opens in 'top' window, so can't browse threads like gallery. And if open user profile, loses previous location -- hitting close brings you back to front page) |
Opens links to reddit in web view instead of app view | |||||
| Ads | Not with pro. May show sponsored posts without pro | - Persistent banner ads on bottom of screen. - Removed via IAP |
some large ads between posts, and occasional small banner ads on bottom of screen (can be temporarily hidden by tapping the X) | NO | Large persistent banner ads on bottom of screen, can not be hidden without pro |