R2V vs Vex
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
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 review sentiment: Vex at 100% against R2V's 60%. Vex also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 4 weeks). R2V's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On price, ratings volume, ads and monetization model 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. Vex sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. R2V asks for nothing beyond the download.
Vex holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 17 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of R2V's written reviews are positive against 100% of Vex's.
R2V ships an update every 4 weeks, Vex every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | R2V | Vex |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (9 ratings) | 5.0 (17 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 17 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 98 MB | 79 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | 嘉伟 杨 | 赛坤 孙 |
Customer experience
R2V
Vex
In-app purchases
R2V
No in-app purchases
Vex
- 7-day TrialFree
- Vex Pro Lifetime$2.99
