# RedReader

14 Hacker News commenters recommended RedReader and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 9 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Free, lightweight Android Reddit app that is less cluttered and ad-free. Critics say recent Reddit API changes broke some setups and it filters NSFW posts.

## Why people recommend it

- Works where mobile web fails (3 comments): "customisable and away from ads and unusable mobile web ui" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49256691)) "Red reader is another option to make reddit usable." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47663745)) "the last port in the storm is redreader" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49189381))
- People switched to it (3 comments): "I switched to RedReader, which Reddit decided to still allow." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46514140)) "I switched over to redreader and I'm used to it now" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49020056)) "I installed RedReader from F-Droid instead." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48022283))
- Lightweight, uncluttered interface (2 comments): "Redreader has the same amount of info in much less space and doesn't look cluttered" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46794554)) "RedReader is a lovely, lightweight Android app for Reddit." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46623375))
- Still works on Android (2 comments): "I switched to RedReader, which Reddit decided to still allow." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46514140)) "Redreader still works on android." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49580235))

## What people warn about

- Broke third-party API client (1 comments): "I can no longer use RedReader with the API client I had created for this purpose." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49020084))
- Intermittent recent issues (1 comments): "RedReader is a much better interface but lately has been having issues for me" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45848266))
- Filters out NSFW posts (1 comments): "since RedReader censors all NSFW posts and your RiF is now tied to that API token" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49017195))
- Missing specific UI actions (1 comments): "The specific two UI actions I wanted and mentioned are not implemented." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48642169))

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "RedReader", https://hackerapproved.com/p/redreader/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).