# Best surviving Android app for reddit **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 30, 2023, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-surviving-android-app-for-reddit/986383 "2023-06-30T23:19:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-surviving-android-app-for-reddit/986383/1 "2023-06-30T23:19:34Z")
I don’t fully understand all the reddit API stuff, but whatever the details, sadly, my only reddit app, Reddit is Fun, is defunct. What options remain for Android, and are any of them nearly as good as RiF? Everything I read about the official app is bad, but has anyone tried it? ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2023, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-surviving-android-app-for-reddit/986383/2 "2023-07-01T10:52:49Z")
Disclaimer: I am a regular user of Reddit but I’ve never used a third party app. Old Reddit works fine for me on my laptop and phone and tablet. I have read that Replay is still active. The developer is going for something that gives you a choice of subscription versus ads to cover costs. People seem to like it but YMMV. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2023, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-surviving-android-app-for-reddit/986383/3 "2023-07-01T14:21:17Z")
I’ve only ever used the regular official app and it seems fine. 🤷 I really don’t get all the uproar about it. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2023, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-surviving-android-app-for-reddit/986383/4 "2023-07-01T15:57:21Z")
Do you moderate any large subreddits? The uproar is that the moderators of very active subreddits, the people who do an extraordinary amount of volunteer work and are the backbone of the site, find it effectively impossible to do their jobs with the official app. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2023, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-surviving-android-app-for-reddit/986383/5 "2023-07-01T17:05:00Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > I have read that Replay is still active. The developer is going for something that gives you a choice of subscription versus ads to cover costs. Yep, Relay got an extension while he works on a subscription plan. It’s the app I’ve always used. Otherwise you’re stuck with the official app. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2023, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-surviving-android-app-for-reddit/986383/6 "2023-07-01T17:08:23Z")
And as you said, it’s Relay. I gave an incorrect name. You don’t have to use an app at all though. I use the web version on Safari on my devices. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2023, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-surviving-android-app-for-reddit/986383/7 "2023-07-01T18:31:33Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > You don’t have to use an app at all though. I use the web version on Safari on my devices. For now. They’ve been testing blocking the web version and requiring you to use the app. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2023, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-surviving-android-app-for-reddit/986383/8 "2023-07-01T18:59:48Z")
I haven’t come across that but I wouldn’t be surprised. They nagged me to change to new reddit for quite a while but I never relented. ---
**Author:** ![CRhode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crhode/32/10500_2.png) [@CRhode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CRhode)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2023, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-surviving-android-app-for-reddit/986383/9 "2023-07-02T14:59:35Z")
> > > An unofficial open source Reddit client for Android, with many unique features... ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2023, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-surviving-android-app-for-reddit/986383/10 "2023-07-02T17:44:08Z")
Boost is still working as of today and I’ve been using it for a long time. You might have to also get the Revanced App and patch your copy of Boost which is simple. ---
**Author:** ![troub](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troub/32/14802_2.png) [@troub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/troub)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2023, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-surviving-android-app-for-reddit/986383/11 "2023-07-02T19:25:05Z")
Yeah, not sure what’s going on there; the author of Boost finally posted a few days ago that they were shutting it down July 1. I haven’t looked at it today but as of yesterday (I was curious) it was still working. I imagine what they Reddit _would_ do if they were competent is revoke previous API keys under the old terms and make them re-up for a new key under the new terms. If that’s what’s going on they might just be letting it ride out until Reddit shuts down their old API key. But I have no idea. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2023, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-surviving-android-app-for-reddit/986383/12 "2023-07-05T19:42:54Z")
Now for Reddit still works, not sure what the author is going to do about API fees. The program itself is very nice, clean and functional. I actually paid for it and I rarely buy apps. ETA: As far as the API stuff, the API is how apps get their data. So for Reddit it’s how the apps get post headlines/text/comments, etc and then display them to you. Reddit was giving that away for free, which was great and I’m sure added a lot of posts and comments to Reddit. Now Reddit wants to get paid for API access, which is fair since app users don’t see the Reddit ads. But only about 30 days notice was given. And not only do they want to get paid, the price seems very very high, 24 cents per 1,000 API calls. I’m not sure how many API calls just loading one page of posts would be, but I’d imagine the count adds up pretty fast for an average user. Let’s say an app had 10,000 users and each of them loaded one post, that’s $2,400. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2023, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-surviving-android-app-for-reddit/986383/13 "2023-07-07T03:12:17Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > Boost is still working as of today And it stopped working for me today. I’m not super opposed to the official app, it just isn’t as good as Boost. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2023, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-surviving-android-app-for-reddit/986383/14 "2023-07-07T19:50:15Z")
Something happened and Boost stopped working yesterday. Only it still works, it’s just crippled. Often opening a post will lead to constant loading. If you leave it for a time it will eventually load, but it’s much slower. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2023, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-surviving-android-app-for-reddit/986383/15 "2023-07-07T19:53:13Z")
I’ve only ever used the Reddit app (and I use it a lot). I have zero complaints. I don’t do any moderation.