御飯 2 vs Boast
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
御飯 2
This social networking app offers a refreshed design with a refined color scheme and visual elements. It includes features like Dark Mode, a Notification Center Widget, and an Apple Watch app for enhanced user experience and convenience.
- Dark Mode
- Notification Center Widget
- Apple Watch App
- New photo viewer
- iOS Share Extension
- Refined design
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Dark Mode, Notification Center Widget, iOS Share Extension, Apple Watch App, Brand new photo viewer and status list pagination; Gohan experiences have reached a whole new level. What's new in Gohan 2: - All new design with refined color scheme and visual elements - Dark Mode for comfortable use at night - Large thumbnail in status list - Notification Center Widget for account updates and trending - Share Extension for more convenient photo sharing - Gohan for Apple Watch app - Brand new photo viewer let you quickly swipe between photos - Status list paginations - Status detail page now shows reposted post and replies
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: 御飯 2 at 4.8 against Boast's 4.5. 御飯 2 also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 3 months) and device support (4 vs 2). Boast's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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.
御飯 2 holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 26 and 40 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of 御飯 2's written reviews are positive against 79% of Boast's.
御飯 2 ships an update every 2 months, Boast every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 御飯 2 | Boast |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (26 ratings) — better | 4.5 (40 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better | 79.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 26 | 40 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | 隽 林 | 树元 梁 |
Customer experience
御飯 2
Boast
In-app purchases
御飯 2
No in-app purchases
Boast
No in-app purchases
