RedReader
4.1star
3.46K reviews
100K+
Downloads
Mature 17+
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About this app
An unofficial, open source client for Reddit, with a focus on accessibility.
Features:
- Free and open source, with no ads or tracking
- Lightweight and fast
- Swipe posts and comments left and right to perform customizable actions, such as upvote/downvote, or save/hide
- Advanced cache management: automatically stores past versions of posts and comments
- Support for multiple accounts
- Two-column tablet mode (can be used on your phone, if it's big enough)
- Image and comment precaching (optional: always, never, or Wi-Fi only)
- Built-in image viewer, and GIF/video player
- Multiple themes, including night mode, and ultra black for AMOLED displays
- Translations for multiple languages
- Accessibility features and optimization for screen reader use
Source Code
Available on GitHub: https://github.com/QuantumBadger/RedReader
Features:
- Free and open source, with no ads or tracking
- Lightweight and fast
- Swipe posts and comments left and right to perform customizable actions, such as upvote/downvote, or save/hide
- Advanced cache management: automatically stores past versions of posts and comments
- Support for multiple accounts
- Two-column tablet mode (can be used on your phone, if it's big enough)
- Image and comment precaching (optional: always, never, or Wi-Fi only)
- Built-in image viewer, and GIF/video player
- Multiple themes, including night mode, and ultra black for AMOLED displays
- Translations for multiple languages
- Accessibility features and optimization for screen reader use
Source Code
Available on GitHub: https://github.com/QuantumBadger/RedReader
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Ratings and reviews
4.1
3.21K reviews
Lisa Brown
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November 25, 2023
I love you. Seriously. I'd rather eat a bowl of live cockroaches with sour cream than use the official Reddit app, and while FF mobile made Reddit bearable, I had to keep zooming in because some page elements like the arrows were positively tiny, plus I couldn't readily tell which links were videos (I skip videos unless they look really interesting). Red Reader is *beautiful* and I actually came back, looking for a "pro" version so I could support the project.
60 people found this review helpful
Donnie Andro
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June 16, 2023
This is a good 3rd party app for reddit. My only complaint so far is that there is no pause feature on videos. On RIF, you can pause and slide to any point in the video. Here, if you touch the video to pause, it just closes the video. Other than that, great app. Edit: And this is exactly why I made this review, hoping you would say exactly that! Thank you! Increased to 5 stars.
47 people found this review helpful
QuantumBadger
June 16, 2023
Good news :) You can enable this feature under "Settings > Images/Video > Enable video playback controls". The app has a ton of customisation options like this, so you can tweak it to suit your preferences.
Joseph Freedman
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July 18, 2023
I couldnt find a way to change it to look more compact. It's the "cards" format that's default on most apps. I prefer a list or compact layout, I dont want big videos that I'm not interested in cluttering my feed. Maybe theres a way to change it, but it was too difficult for me to figure out. Looked through all the settings. It's also very slow just like new reddit and the reddit app.
10 people found this review helpful
QuantumBadger
July 18, 2023
Hey, are you just looking to hide the inline images/videos? If so, this is under Settings > Images/Video > Inline image previews.
I'm surprised to hear it's slow for you, the app is very lightweight -- the issue is possibly your internet connection. Turning off images may free up some bandwidth though!
What's new
Added a preference to automatically open the first image in an album
Made links blue again in dark themes
Added post tap action preference: open link, open comments, or use old "post title opens comments" behaviour
Fixed long-click menu not appearing when post tap action changed from the default
Reduced top and bottom margins on popup menus to avoid the need for scrolling
Increase number of comments shown in user profile from 25 to 100
Made links blue again in dark themes
Added post tap action preference: open link, open comments, or use old "post title opens comments" behaviour
Fixed long-click menu not appearing when post tap action changed from the default
Reduced top and bottom margins on popup menus to avoid the need for scrolling
Increase number of comments shown in user profile from 25 to 100
