V2EX vs Boast
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
V2EX
This app offers a comprehensive, unofficial client experience for a popular online community. It provides full access to topics, comments, and nodes, with enhanced features like image viewing, timely notifications, and user account management. Explore advanced functionalities such as threaded comment views and customizable reading settings.
- Full topic and comment experience
- Image viewing similar to Twitter
- Real-time unread notification alerts
- Threaded comment views for clarity
- Customizable reading settings (themes, font size)
- Automatic sign-in and multi-account management
- Automatic daily check-ins
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V2EX - 开源好用的非官方客户端 基础功能 ---------------------------------- - 主题、评论 、节点 … 等功能的完整体验。例如翻页、评论、收藏、帖子详情与评论图文支持、超链点击支持智能解析 ...等等。 - 查看图片体验与twitter类似，保证看图体验 - 及时的未读通知提醒 - 用户账户相关功能 特色功能 ---------------------------------- - 评论支持查看对话，上下文更清晰（将某条评论相关的评论提取出来单独查看，无关的剔除） - 多配色（亮色、暗色），自定义字号行距等阅读设置 - 1Password 登陆 ，登陆TOKEN失效自动重登，多账号管理与一键切换 - 自动签到 ---------------------------------- 更多功能与细节等待你的探索，并且你也可以参与进来，向我提出任何你想要的功能，或直接在Github上贡献代码。
Boast
This app provides a streamlined and efficient experience for browsing a popular social media platform. It removes clutter for a pure user journey, ensuring smooth performance even on older devices and offering convenient navigation gestures.
- Pure Weibo experience
- Smooth performance
- Handy edge-slide navigation
- Highlighted mentions and topics
- Saved recent topics and emoji
- Free forever
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Boast is a wonderful app for Weibo, aim to offer a simple and smooth Weibo trip, BTW, it's free. Notable Feature: ● Boast removed all the redundant elements to provide pure Weibo experience ● Any interaction with Boast is always smooth, even if running on a device you bought a few years ago ● You can close current page by sliding around its edge, it's very handy! ● All the Mentions and Topics will be highlighted, most of the major web's URL also appears readably ● Any topics and emoji you recently used will be saved ● Free forever Please feel free to contact oraclelsy@gmail.com if you have any question or suggestion Telegram: https://t.me/BoastTelegram
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Boast at 4.5 against V2EX's 4.0. Boast also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Boast holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 29 and 40 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 79% and 79% positive.
V2EX ships an update every 2 months, Boast every 3 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | V2EX | Boast |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (29 ratings) | 4.5 (40 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 78.9% of reviews | 79.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 29 | 40 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | 丰 黄 | 树元 梁 |
Customer experience
V2EX
Boast
In-app purchases
V2EX
No in-app purchases
Boast
No in-app purchases
