Comparison

猿社区 vs R2V

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

猿社区

This app provides access to a community for creative professionals, primarily from the internet, gaming, and media industries. It allows users to browse all topics, comment, and favorite posts, replicating most of the website's core functionalities.

Highlights
  • Browse all V2EX topics
  • Comment on topics
  • Favorite topics
  • Access V2EX website features
  • Community for creative professionals
Features
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V2EX 是创意工作者们的社区。这里目前汇聚了超过 400,000 名主要来自互联网行业、游戏行业和媒体行业的创意工作者。V2EX 希望能够成为创意工作者们的生活和事业的一部分。 【猿社区 - V2EX程序员工作者社区】是一款个人基于”V2EX“站点开发的app。 1、V2EX站点所有主题 2、支持评论主题 3、支持收藏主题 ..... 几乎涵盖了所有的V2EX站点功能。

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

Screenshots

猿社区4 screens
R2V4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: R2V at 60% against 猿社区's 0%. R2V also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). 猿社区's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.4). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

猿社区 ships an update fortnightly, R2V every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
猿社区 versus R2V: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter猿社区R2V
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.6 (9 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews60.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—9 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 4 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB98 MB
Age rating12+12+
Developer周 徐嘉伟 杨

Customer experience

猿社区

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

R2V

All ratings9 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral11.1%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative20.0%

In-app purchases

None

猿社区

No in-app purchases

None

R2V

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 猿社区 free?
猿社区 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is R2V free?
R2V is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do 猿社区 or R2V have ads?
猿社区 shows ads; R2V does not.
Which is updated more often, 猿社区 or R2V?
猿社区 ships an update fortnightly, and R2V every 4 weeks. Most recently, 猿社区 was updated on November 7, 2026 and R2V on November 3, 2026.

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