RedReader

QuantumBadger LLC

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

Ratings and reviews

The real gem of this app is how much you can customize your experience. Relay used to be my go-to, but when that app when premium, this one was a recommended replacement. I was skeptical until I got into the settings and realized the amazing depth to which I could customize things to mimic other apps I was used to. I'd love to see more themes. I'd be happiest if I could pick each part separately (background, text, accent..).

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.

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.

What’s new

Added pinch-to-zoom in video player
Ability to specify reason when reporting
RedGIFs links now open in the compact embedded player, instead of the full site
New workaround for text field issue on Reddit's login page (caused by their cookie banner)
Fix occasional setSpan crash when viewing comments with emote flairs
Support for Android predictive back gesture
Improve reliability of language setting, and integrate with the Android 13+ per-app language override
Translation updates
And more!