Readly
Depends
Confidence: Medium
Buy if you read several magazines monthly . £12.99/mo UK undercuts buying titles individually.
Comparison
Readly vs Reddit
Readly and Reddit both land on Depends.
Depends
Confidence: Medium
Fine as a free community and research tool for consumers, niche audiences, and candid product opinions.
| Compare | Readly | |
|---|---|---|
| Verdict | Depends | Depends |
| Best for | Heavy magazine readers (3+ titles/month) | Niche community discussion |
| Who it's not for | Single-magazine readers . subscribe direct, it's cheaper | B2B validation . reviewers say G2 analysis is 10x better |
| Privacy | No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.⁹ | Two known breaches (2018, 2023) and a removed warrant canary; no security page found.12 |
| Support quality | Repeated cancellation and support complaints | 1.2/5 Trustpilot; account-access complaints |
| Public sentiment | Readers praise the catalogue's value for money, but cancellation and support complaints recur across Trustpilot, Facebook, and forums.² | Users value Reddit's candid communities but rate the company itself poorly and remain angry about 2023 API pricing.11 |
| Biggest gotcha | Cancellation flow draws repeated complaints; users describe support as unresponsive⁵ | 2023 API repricing killed apps like Apollo overnight . paid API costs can spike unpredictably14 |
Pick Readly when
- Heavy magazine readers (3+ titles/month)
- Mobile commuters wanting variety
- Households replacing print magazine stacks
When Readly is not a fit
- Single-magazine readers . subscribe direct, it's cheaper
- Newspaper-first readers . PressReader fits better
- Teams or businesses . this is a consumer app, not a workplace tool
- Anyone averse to cancellation friction
Pick Reddit when
- Niche community discussion
- Candid product research
- Consumer and dev-tool marketing
- Free audience insight gathering
When Reddit is not a fit
- B2B validation . reviewers say G2 analysis is 10x better
- Teams needing support SLAs or accountable vendor
- Regulated industries with sensitive data
- Anyone depending on stable API pricing
Sources
- Readly UK offers and pricingreadly.coofficial
- Readly Trustpilot reviewsuk.trustpilot.comreview
- Readly review . TechRadartechradar.comreview
- Readly free trial review . Julia's Bookcasejuliasbookcase.comreview
- Cancellation complaint . Facebook groupfacebook.comreview
- Vodafone-Readly partnership press releasevodafone.co.uknews
- Readly €15M funding roundbusinesscloud.co.uknews
news
- Readly security pagereadly.comsecurity
- Readly IT and Information Security Policystatic.readly.comsecurity
- Reddit is rated "Bad" with 1.2 / 5 on Trustpilottrustpilot.comreview
- Reddit discloses security breach that exposed source code and internal docssecurityaffairs.comsecurity
security
- Reddit Users Are Planning 48-Hour Blackout Over New Pricing Policybusinessinsider.comnews
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- How Much Does Reddit Advertising Cost? 2026 Pricingstackmatix.comofficial