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Best Reddit Android apps – Updated July 2023

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Reddit is one of the world’s most popular social networks. People use it to talk about all sorts of stuff, find some good wallpapers, APKs, and so, so much more. The company offers an official Android app for the platform. But you can also get several third-party options in the Play Store. These apps often come with additional features that you can’t find in the official app. They offer a unique UI as well.

The company updated its API policies in June 2023, effectively killing some third-party Reddit apps. But many of them live on. In this article, we’ll take a look at the best Reddit apps that are still available for Android users, including the official app. Each app has some of its benefits, so it all depends on what you’re looking for. Read on to find out more about them.

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We have included a brief description for each app and also provided the Google Play rating and size, cost of in-app purchases, screenshots or promo videos, and a Google Play Store download link. Note that the apps are not listed in any specific order, so you might want to go through the full article before picking the best Reddit app for you.

Best Reddit Android apps 2023

Below is a quick overview of the best Reddit Android apps for 2023, including any download and in-app purchase costs.

Download Cost In-app cost (per item)
Reddit $0.99 – $399.99
Infinity
Now $3.99
Relay $2.99 – $6.99
Joey $0.99 – $19.99
RedReader
Redditoria
Removed

Best Reddit Android Apps 2023 Downloads

Below is a little more information on each app, and a direct link for easy downloading.

All download links go to the app’s Google Play Store listing. Users are always recommended to download apps from Google Play or an authorized app store.

Reddit

Reddit app Android

  • Price: Free to download
  • In-app purchases: $0.99 – $399.99
  • Size: 79MB
  • Google Play rating: 3.1 out of 5 stars

Reddit is the company’s official app for Android. It is quite good, and most Redditors use it. The app works great and has a fairly intuitive UI, mostly in line with the desktop version. You can do all the basic stuff you’d expect, such as upvote and downvote posts and comments, comment on specific posts, and so on. There are also several sorting options that you can choose between.

The official Reddit app’s Play Store rating has taken a hit after the API updates, but that’s just users voicing their frustration after losing access to some of their preferred third-party solutions. The app is as good as before, barring some occasional bugs and performance issues that the company quickly patches. But if you don’t like this app, you’ll find more options below.

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Infinity

Infinity best Reddit apps

  • Price: Free to download
  • In-app purchases: No
  • Size: 15MB
  • Google Play rating: 4.6 out of 5 stars

Reddit’s API updates may have killed several third-party apps but Infinity lives on. Its developer has announced that the app will be subscriber-only, with a montly fee of aound $3. The exact pricing will be revealed a few weeks later, after some analysis on usage and total API costs.

Infinity has several interesting add-ons that you won’t get on the official app. You can heavily customize the UI or even use the Lazy Mode for auto scrolling. It scrolls through reddit threads on the homepage at an interval of 2.5 seconds to 10 teconds. The app offers multi-account and dark mode support.

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Now

Now app grid image

  • Price: Free to download
  • In-app purchases: $3.99
  • Size: 8MB
  • Google Play rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

Now for Reddit, aka Now, is another app confirmed to stay around following the company’s API updates. The app will switch to a subscription model to cover API costs, though the developer hasn’t yet announced the pricing structure. As far as functionality is concerned, it gets the job done with minimal effort.

This app has a simplistic yet customizable UI. You can swipe to move between subreddits, while the built-in video player lets you watch videos without leaving the app. The app offers full Reddit mail support, along with the ability to vote, comment, hide, and save posts. It supports gestures and lets you filter content using specific keywords. You can even completely block NSFW (not safe for work) content.

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Relay

  • Price: Free to download
  • In-app purchases: $2.99 – $6.99
  • Size: 10MB
  • Google Play rating: 4.6 out of 5 stars

Relay is also switching to a subscription model to cover Reddit’s API prices. Its developer plans to launch two subscription tiers that offer varying usage limits. The base tier is said to be enough for almost 90 percent of current users, while power users may have to pay extra for a higher limit.

Until the prices are official, Relay for Reddit will remain free. It gives you a rich text editor for writing comments and offers a gesture-based intuitive naviation experience. You can also use gestures for executing several other functions, including upvote/downvote and reply. This app also lets you block other users on the platform and filter content easily.

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Joey

Joey for Reddit app grid image 2022

  • Price: Free to download
  • In-app purchases: $0.99 – $19.99
  • Size: 18MB
  • Google Play rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars

Joey is one of the most popular third-party Reddit apps for Android. The future of the is currently uncertain as the developers haven’t explicitly confirmed that they plan to keep it following the API updates. But over a week into July 2023, when the new API policies came into effect, it was working perfectly fine.

This app offers a full-screen Reddit experience with tons of settings to manage your feed and customize the UI. Its magazine-style Q&A format is a game changer, and so is the text-to-speech feature. Joey for Reddit lets you upvote by double-tapping and supports dark mode. We will update the article if its developers share something notable about the future of this app, including potential subscription plans to cover API costs.

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RedReader

RedReader Reddit app

  • Price: Free to download
  • In-app purchases: No
  • Size: 6MB
  • Google Play rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars

Reddit has exempted accessibility-focused third-party apps from its API prices as long as they are for no-commercial use. RedReader is one of those apps that will not be affected by the API updates. This app may look a bit dated with its interface, but it does the job quite efficiently.

RedReader doesn’t offer many customization options though you can still pick from a handul of color themes (Blue, Gray, Green, Night, Orange, Red, and Ultra Black). You can also change the font size, menus, and image and video views. This app lets you hide its content on the Recents menu. A UI update will surely make RedReader a lot better.

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Redditoria

Redditoria app grid image

  • Price: Free to download
  • In-app purchases: No
  • Size: 5MB
  • Google Play rating: 3.9 out of 5 stars

If you prefer a magazine-like UI, and are looking for a different take on a Reddit app, Redditoria may be right for you. This third-party Reddit app for Android is quite good, and elegant. Its magazine-style UI will definitely attract some of you. The developer says that the app is built with “simplicity in mind”. Do note that Redditoria is a side project for the developer, so it’s still very much a work in progress.

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This app allows you to pin subreddits that you check out frequently, so that you can access them whenever you want. All the basics are included here, such as upvoting, downvoting, commenting, and so on. The app relies on swipes to move between posts in subreddits, and the developer has focused on consistency as well. The only problem is that Redditoria hasn’t received updates lately. It’s unclear if this app will live on for much longer.

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Removed

Removed Reddit apps Android

  • Price: Free to download
  • In-app purchases: No
  • Size: 2MB
  • Google Play rating: 2.9 out of 5 stars

The last app on this list is a unique one. Removed for Reddit doesn’t let you browse the platform to see its content, but serves a very specific purpose. It lets you see comments that the original poster has removed. Yes, you can see deleted Reddit comments with this app.

To see a deleted comment, you need to first browse Reddit using a different app. You can use the official Reddit app or third-party solutions. Whenever you come across a removed comment, tap on the share button and select “Removed for Reddit” from the list. The app will then browse the archives and pull out the comment from its grave. It works most of the time unless the comment was removed too quickly to be archived.

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