水木说 aka ysmth vs R2V
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
水木说 aka ysmth
This app provides a user-friendly interface for accessing a prominent Chinese online community focused on diverse topics from social information to academic science and technology. It offers features like a comprehensive homepage and conversation viewing, aiming to enhance the mobile browsing experience.
- Comprehensive homepage
- View conversation lists
- Restore original text from comments
- Access diverse community topics
- User-friendly interface
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ysmth, Yet another xsmth app. 又一个水木社区非官方应用。 水木社区（www.newsmth.net）是源于清华的高端社群。水木社区论坛提供多样化服务，成立以来一直获得用户的支持和认可。论坛内容涵盖社会信息、学术科学、电脑技术、文化人文、体育健身等多领域的知识和信息，用户在论坛中可以方便的搜索到所需的各种实时有效信息。 水木说尝试为水木社区制作的一款好看又好用的iOS应用。 基本功能与xSmth、zSMTH、最水木类似，在官网公开接口的基础上做了些新的特色功能，比如 综合首页、查看对话列表、从评论中恢复原文等功能。
R2V
A third-party client for a creative worker community, offering features like customizable home feeds, detailed topic previews with text selection and decoding, user profile viewing, and personalized settings for layout and display.
- Customizable home feed sorting
- Detailed topic previews
- Text selection and base64 decode
- User profile viewing and editing
- Personalized display settings
- Daily check-in
- Image QR code recognition
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R2V 是一款 ”V2EX创意工作者社区“ 的第三方 App。 ## 主要功能 1. 主页帖列表 - 自定义栏目排序 - 可添加节点到首页标签中 2. 主题预览 - 查看主题详情 - 支持文本选择，以及 base64 decode - 相关回复会话模式预览 - 回复主题， base64 文本 encode - 用户信息 Bottomsheet 3. 主题发表 4. Imgur 图床 5. 查看用户资料 - 发表的主题 - 发表的回复 - 修改用户资料 6. 自定义偏好设置 - 显示/隐藏头像 - 布局风格选择（标准/紧凑） - 已读/已读更新提示 - 自动刷新 7. 主题设置，默认主题外，提供其他强调色主题 8. 搜索设置 9. `r2v` url scheme - 主题页： r2v://v2ex.com/t/:id - 节点页：r2v://v2ex.com/node/:name - 用户主页：r2v://v2ex.com/member/:username 10. 其他 - 每日签到 - 图片二维码识别
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: R2V at 4.6 against 水木说 aka ysmth's 3.0. R2V also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support 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.
R2V holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of 水木说 aka ysmth's written reviews are positive against 60% of R2V's.
水木说 aka ysmth ships an update every 3 weeks, R2V every 4 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | 水木说 aka ysmth | R2V |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (3 ratings) | 4.6 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 98 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | 乐兮艺术 | 嘉伟 杨 |
Customer experience
水木说 aka ysmth
R2V
In-app purchases
水木说 aka ysmth
No in-app purchases
R2V
No in-app purchases
