V2EX vs Vex
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。
Vex
A native SwiftUI client for the V2EX community, offering a smooth browsing, replying, and searching experience. It supports various tabs, nodes, thread tracking, and native HTML rendering with adaptive image layouts.
- Browse topic lists with multiple tabs and nodes
- View topic details and replies with thread tracking
- Native HTML content rendering with adaptive image layouts
- Search topics via Sov2ex or Google
- Favorite topics and nodes
- Notifications and unread message reminders
- Dark mode support
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Vex 是一个第三方 V2EX 社区客户端，使用 SwiftUI 原生构建，让你轻松发现话题、阅读讨论、找到兴趣同好。 永久免费： • 浏览主题、节点和回复，发现感兴趣的社区内容 • 搜索主题，支持 Sov2ex / Google • 往年今日，回看过去的精彩话题 • 原生内容排版、图片浏览、会话线程追踪与深色模式 • iPad 侧边栏布局与剪贴板 V2EX 链接检测 Vex 永久版： 一次购买，永久解锁 V2EX 账号登录、发帖、回复、感谢、收藏、关注和消息等账号互动功能。永久版为一次性买断，无订阅和自动续费，可通过“恢复购买”恢复符合条件的购买记录。 浏览、搜索和往年今日不限使用时间，无需领取试用。此前已领取且尚未到期的 7 天试用可继续使用至原到期时间；已有永久版用户及符合条件的历史用户保留原有权益。 Vex 为独立开发的第三方客户端，非 V2EX 官方应用。社区内容和账号服务由 V2EX 提供。
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Vex at 5.0 against V2EX's 4.0. Vex also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 79%). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Vex holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 28 and 15 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of V2EX's written reviews are positive against 100% of Vex's.
V2EX ships an update every 2 months, Vex every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | V2EX | Vex |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (28 ratings) | 5.0 (15 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 78.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 28 — better | 15 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 76 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | 丰 黄 | 赛坤 孙 |
Customer experience
V2EX
Vex
In-app purchases
V2EX
No in-app purchases
Vex
No in-app purchases
