RedReader
Hacker ApprovedReddit client in Phones & tablets
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.
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.
16 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 14
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 88%
Recommended in 9 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 14 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 7 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 9 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Works where mobile web fails
“customisable and away from ads and unusable mobile web ui”
Comment from 11 Aug 2026 in “They Killed Old Reddit” “Red reader is another option to make reddit usable.”
Comment from 6 Apr 2026 in “I Won't Download Your App. The Web Version Is A-OK” “the last port in the storm is redreader”
Comment from 5 Aug 2026 in “Reddit signals ominous upcoming "changes" for old.reddit.com” People switched to it
“I switched to RedReader, which Reddit decided to still allow.”
Comment from 6 Jan 2026 in “65% of Hacker News Posts Have Negative Sentiment, and They Outperform” “I switched over to redreader and I'm used to it now”
Comment from 23 Jul 2026 in “So Reddit has decided that plain HTML is unsafe” “I installed RedReader from F-Droid instead.”
Comment from 5 May 2026 in “Why Reddit blocked my daily visit to its mobile website” Lightweight, uncluttered interface
“Redreader has the same amount of info in much less space and doesn't look cluttered”
Comment from 28 Jan 2026 in “Ask HN: What recent UX changes make no sense to you?” “RedReader is a lovely, lightweight Android app for Reddit.”
Comment from 14 Jan 2026 in “Starlink roam 50GB is now 100GB with unlimited slow speed after that” Still works on Android
“I switched to RedReader, which Reddit decided to still allow.”
Comment from 6 Jan 2026 in “65% of Hacker News Posts Have Negative Sentiment, and They Outperform” “Redreader still works on android.”
Comment from 5 Sep 2026 in “Nitter has more working instances than before the takedowns”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Broke third-party API client
“I can no longer use RedReader with the API client I had created for this purpose.”
Comment from 23 Jul 2026 in “So Reddit has decided that plain HTML is unsafe” Intermittent recent issues
“RedReader is a much better interface but lately has been having issues for me”
Comment from 7 Nov 2025 in “A.I. and Social Media Contribute to 'Brain Rot'” Filters out NSFW posts
“since RedReader censors all NSFW posts and your RiF is now tied to that API token”
Comment from 23 Jul 2026 in “So Reddit has decided that plain HTML is unsafe” Missing specific UI actions
“The specific two UI actions I wanted and mentioned are not implemented.”
Comment from 23 Jun 2026 in “Reddit now blocks all free API access besides RedReader”
What people said
17 of the 19 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Redreader still works on android.”
“customisable and away from ads and unusable mobile web ui”
“the last port in the storm is redreader”
“I can no longer use RedReader with the API client I had created for this purpose.”
“I switched over to redreader and I'm used to it now”
“since RedReader censors all NSFW posts and your RiF is now tied to that API token”
“You can use reddit without the account.”
“The specific two UI actions I wanted and mentioned are not implemented.”
“I installed RedReader from F-Droid instead.”
“Red reader is another option to make reddit usable.”
“so does reddit (via redreader)”
“Redreader has the same amount of info in much less space and doesn't look cluttered”
“RedReader is a lovely, lightweight Android app for Reddit.”
“I switched to RedReader, which Reddit decided to still allow.”
“There is a third party app called Red Reader, it's free.”
“Not all third-party readers, the for-profit ones. Red Reader still exists.”
“RedReader is a much better interface but lately has been having issues for me”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.