Boast vs V2Fun
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
V2Fun
A native third-party client for accessing V2EX content. It offers a clean interface with support for night mode, providing a streamlined browsing experience for users of the V2EX platform.
- Native V2EX client
- Night mode support
- Streamlined browsing
- Third-party access
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V2EX third-party client, native app, supports night mode.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Boast at 4.5 against V2Fun's 4.1. Boast also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 16.4). V2Fun's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). 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.
Boast holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 40 and 17 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of Boast's written reviews are positive against 78% of V2Fun's.
Boast ships an update every 3 months, V2Fun every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Boast | V2Fun |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (40 ratings) — better | 4.1 (17 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 79.3% of reviews — better | 77.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 40 — better | 17 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | 树元 梁 | 璇 廖 |
Customer experience
Boast
V2Fun
In-app purchases
Boast
No in-app purchases
V2Fun
No in-app purchases
