I tried a bunch of reddit mobile clients on my Shield

by bennyhillthebest

Thanks to the last update that enabled the use of the right stick like a mouse cursor (and the sideload launcher) i now use a lot of sideloaded apps. I was curious to find a mobile reddit client that would mostly work out of the box with my Shield.

Btw i know of the existence of Hopwatch, but i wanted a client able to display comments because on subreddits like /r/videos they are often useful and interesting.

I found out that the two best ones are Relay and Sync, all the other ones had major problems working correctly with the gamepad. Relay interface in my opinion is better, the subreddit list on top of the app allows the user to change subreddit very quickly. Both have an internal youtube player. Sync has a mosaic gallery mode that is perfect for a tv screen. In the end, Relay handles the comment section better than Sync in my opinion and for this it's the one i chose.

Mr_You

Just curious if you gave Boost a try?

So far I've been really happy with it from the very start after finding out about it a few weeks ago. I'm not familiar with Mosaic gallery mode, but it does have a Gallery mode and seems to have the best of almost all the clients while working really smooth and without a hitch.

rilobato

Great info! I'll give it a try! Just curious - What other apps are you sideloading that you've found useful or worth having?