Readit 2.1.0.0
One of the most popular platforms, with a continuously increasing community is Reddit and those who want to stay connected and receive onto their Windows Phone devices all the posts from their favorite categories can try out Readit.
Well organized layout and smooth graphics
The application offers a clean interface, with neat looking graphics and a few customizations available for you to try. More precisely, you can opt for the dark (default) or light theme, while also having the possibility to pick the desired accent color, with neat slider for fine tuning the hue.
The navigation inside the utility is pretty fluent, but when accessing collections for the first time, the data will load after a few seconds of waiting time.
Manage your account and check out subreddits on the go
Readit offers you a special section where you can view the incoming messages and comment replies, while adding some of your own. This inbox corresponds to the currently selected account and the utility can handle several of them, as long as you add them in the account manager area.
Viewing the front page or selecting one of the numerous available subreddits can be easily done from the dedicated section and for each of them you can visit the hot, new, top, rising and controversial categories.
The personal collections are to be found in the same module, so you have at your fingertips the saved posts and comments, the subreddits moderated by you as well as the posts of your friends.
Search for content or users and enjoy the subreddit of the day
With Readit you can easily look for posts, users and subreddits using the smart search engine that is built-in this application. In case you want to view the activity of a certain user, you will be able to explore that person's profile and see the submitted posts and comments.
There is another area where you have the possibility to follow the trending subreddits and right at the top of that section is the subreddit of the day.
Sharing the preferred posts is very easy to to as the app offers you several options in this respect, so you can send the link via SMS, email or social networks. Pinning the posts and subreddits to the Start screen is also possible and for the latter you can create live tiles that either flip the name and recent posts or cycle through the content.
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Bottom Line
Design / UI10
The cool look of the application, with carefully designed graphics and a really neat organization of the content scores top marks here. |
Function10
This utility provides a lot of useful features and has in store many customization options, besides the rich assortment of possibilities for finding and browsing Reddit content. |
Security8
The app needs to look into several system areas and for a couple of them it doesn't seem to have a good reason of doing so. |
Battery2
Readit has an extremely high power consumption, so keeping it running for a long while will deplete the battery fast. |
Price9
Users have the possibility to explore and use all the features of the application with the trial version and decide if it is worth shelling out a couple of bucks to own it. |
Compatibility10
The utility is meant to be used on almost every Windows Phone out there, so it needs at least version 7.5 of the operating system. |
Specifications
- price:
- 1.99
- current version:
- 2.1.0.0
- reviewed version:
- 1.9.2.2
- developer:
- Message Across Studios
- category:
- SOCIAL NETWORKING
- os version req.:
- 7.5, 8, 8.1
- age rating:
- N/A
- in-app purchases:
- No
- hits:
- 733