Narwhal for Reddit App Reviews

Can’t imagine life before. This app is a game changer! It is so well polished and has everything I could ever want and then some! Still learning all the features. So responsive and seamless im shocked. It’s sad what Reddit did to API users last year, and reading some of these inconsiderate reviews really made me angry. I downloaded the and was ready to put up for highest support package, and was greeted with a free 3 day trial! I can’t imagine this poor dev profits anything at this point giving out free access when he has to pay up big time, but it was very considerate surprise! Signed up for the top support package, let’s keep this fella in business forever!

Just glad it exists at all. Most people who use the official reddit app think it's okay, and that's fine. I always thought that it was trying too hard to sell content you weren't looking for and the options for customization are too limited so I was using Apollo for a long time. Since that app no longer exists I think Narwhal is now a good alternative and gets me to the content I'm looking for much quicker and offers tons of customization options, so I'm happy to use it instead.

The Best of a New Generation of Reddit Apps. Reddit’s decision a few months ago to make doing business as a third-party app developer for their platform more difficult definitely shook up the playing field; the loss of apps that we had all adopted and loved was a tough pill to swallow. Narwhal 2 represents a lot of hard work and determination, bringing back the best of what we lost and maybe something more. Fast, responsive, and feature-rich with a ton of customization options, Narwhal 2 can be Reddit however you want to experience it. Recreate what you liked in a previous app or make it your own; it’s amazing what you can tweak in this app. Well worth a subscription, Narwhal 2 is a worthy successor to any of the previous generation of Reddit apps that gave up the ghost.

Best surviving Reddit App. Look, we all hate subscriptions and Reddit isn’t doing anyone any favors. The official Reddit app is absolute garbage, Apollo was beautiful but is gone. Narwhal has always been a solid choice, this new version not only includes several requested features but also overcomes the hurdle imposed by the Reddit forced API situation. This is a great app and has lots of features, please review accordingly . The developer is trying to provide an alternative to the hot garbage official app and a subscription is required. The web-scraping apps aren’t going to survive Reddit’s forced pricing.

Making the best of an awful situation. I’ve used the original Narwahl ad-free since as long as I’ve had an iPhone. Fantastic app, and I prefer it to any other mobile Reddit app by far. The API changes Reddit is making is downright greedy. I disagree with everything they are doing. However, the dev is extremely transparent and generous to what this app is offering DESPITE what Reddit is doing with their platform. If you want a premium way to view Reddit, this is your best bet. Dev deserves the money for all the hard work. Just wish that money didn’t end up in Reddits hands.

Outstanding app and wonderfully responsive dev. After Reddit had their debacle this summer, Narwhal is one of the only apps that managed to find a proper path to legally continuing third party Reddit support, and Narwhal 2 takes a great app and improves on it in almost every way. Great design, lots of customization, responsive and works great. Yea, there is a subscription, as it’s the only way for the app to work with Reddit now, as they are charging the developer for every API call. The subscription model was done in a way that allows affordable access while allowing the developer to make ends meet. The dev is also very responsive and active on Reddit, incorporating fixes and new features after speaking with users. Great app.

Loved the ride. Thanks for making reddit on mobile possible for years now. I like the new, fresh look, but am hopping off. I don't want to give reddit a dime, and believe the subscription model is rarely worth it compared to a buy license once and it's yours forever. However, I would gladly pay for a single purchase app for another site that replaces reddit in the future after spez runs this thing into the ground. I kind of don't want to spend as much time on reddit anymore anyway. Had a much better browsing experience than I would have using something aside from Narwhal, thanks again.

Best Reddit App Next to Apollo (RIP). Yes, this app has now gone to a subscription model. But at only $4, I think it’s worth it. I’m not HAPPY that it’s gone to subscription, but honestly , I get it. What Reddit is doing to the third party app devs is pretty scummy. These devs like this app’s needs revenue to “keep the lights on” so to say. I hope to see the day where we can go back to Reddit apps being free, but, if there’s any Reddit app that is worth your money, this is it. It’s the next best thing to Apollo. The UI is sleek and navigating the app and Reddit is very fluid and looks great. To the devs, please keep putting love into this app. It’s a gem for Reddit mobile as of now. I’m also glad you guys chose to do a flat $4 fee and get unlimited API usage instead of the tiers. I feel like if you’re gonna charge people for the app, this is the best way for it.

Brilliant but lacking one or two key features. So I absolutely love this application! It is a great alternative to browsing Reddit. It is beautifully designed, and the user experience is very well optimized. Graphically, it presents data in a very pleasant and easy to consume way. The only feature that is missing is that it’s still forces you to browse Reddit in either a single column feed or double column feed. I’ve been looking around the settings to see if there was a way to increase the number of columns in the feed to 3+ so that I could browse in a gridlike manner however, I was unable to do so. Devs, Please let me know if there is a way to do this, but if there isn’t, it is a feature that I humbly request be added to the application. it would also be cool to be able to filter the posts in a feed based on the type of media. So if one only wants to browse a sub for images or videos or text only submissions, then they should be able to do so. But aside from that, the application works very well. The deaths provide consistent updates and are quite active. It is my preferred way of browsing Reddit, and I sincerely hope that these features can be added to it in the future.

Great Reddit App as an Apollo Refugee. This app is super customizable so i don’t understand all the complaints that people have. And honestly the pricing isn’t bad considering how horrible the official reddit app is with ads. This app has no ads and is 10x better than the official app. I wouldn’t highly recommend putting in some “preset” settings to alleviate the people complaining. Like a Narwhal 1 preset and an Apollo preset so things feel more at home for the people that can’t be bothered to spend any time looking through the settings. Also i highly recommend changing the menu bar to be left so you can swipe forward and backward.

Really great! But.... The app is awesome, but one thing i don't like is that if you leave the app and then go back on it refreshes pretty often bringing you back to the top, this may be out of control for the makers though and thats understandable. One thing id really love to see and i think a lot of people would enjoy too is a folder setting for anything you save, for ex: if i want to save a song from a music sub id like to be able to create a folder specifically for music so i don't have to scroll through all the random crap i save. I hope you guys take requests like that, i know it would make my narwhal experience 100x better :D

Use as last resort. I don't know what up with the ratios. This app is not designed well, flat out. The gestures are unintuitive, and really seems more like devs won't let a whiteboard idea die than make a well functioning UI. Besides that, it is a warren of half baked design ideas. For crying out loud, the logo is a button to switch between light and dark mode.... who needs that?!?! Why replace a standard UI feature like the logo being a home button with something people absolutely do not need instant access to.... Besides all that, its riddled with bugs. Gestures constantly skip around the screen, causing you to execute the command you were trying to do on a completely different post. Ads just... open your browser for no reason even when you can't see them. Its a mess.

A New Hope. Apollo refugee. Tried both Narwhal and the official Reddit app post-shutdown (Thanks Spez 🙃) and neither felt good. Bounced between both apps over the last few months, considered just side loading an older version of Apollo. Not sure how the API limits work with it though. Jump to today, and I see Narwhal 2 is available. Within minutes I felt at home. Took a few adjustments in settings to setup a left-sided UI, custom colors, and a bottom bar layout of my own design. Will happily pay the monthly fee when it starts up to the dev(s). I was an Apollo Ultra user so I’m already comfortable paying for a premium experience. Hate that Reddit gets a portion for their insane API costs, but this is a significantly better alternative (in all aspects) than paying for Reddit Premium.

I love it!. Narwhal makes browsing Reddit an absolute breeze with its intuitive and user-friendly interface. Everything feels polished and well-thought-out, providing a seamless experience from start to finish. It’s clear that the developer has put a lot of care and attention into the details, making the app enjoyable to use. I love how easy it is to navigate through posts and comments without any lag or confusion. Overall, Narwhal stands out as one of the best Reddit browsing experiences I've had!

Great app and an even better developer. The developer of the app, det0ur, is probably the most active dev I've ever seen with the community, he comments so much in the app's subreddit, this is highly appreciated and gives me a lot of confidence in the dev and the app. 5 stars just for the insane work ethic the dev has clearly displayed with the new and improved Narwhal. Also the amount of one star reviews being put just because the developer was FORCED to place them is ridiculous. You should be grateful Narwhal even exists in the first place because it's pretty much the only third party app on iOS that actually put in the work to stay viable. The monthly subscription is Reddit's fault, not Narwhal's, so those terrible reviews and ratings are completely misplaced.

Great App, but has recent freezing issues. This app came through clutch once I had to let go of Alien Blue. It took some getting used to since I used Blue for sooo long, but once I got the hang of the format I quickly learned to love it. The ease of organizing your most frequented subreddits is probably my favorite feature. Also the search feature is great! Commenting is easy along with upvoting and downvoting. Recently I’ve run into issues with a freezing bug. It has only gotten worse every day for the last week. The app will just randomly freeze when scrolling forcing me to close the app and wait a second before opening it up again. I’m sure this bug will be fixed, but it’s gotten to the point where the app is almost unusable. Please fix it so I can go back to loving this app!

Best reddit app I’ve found.. I’m not one to leave a review typically, but this app is my most used by far and it deserves praise. The most used functions of reddit such as browsing and sorting through posts and comments are nicely designed and intuitive to navigate on both my iPhone and iPad. Though there are a multitude of options in menus and sub menus that I personally found confusing at times, there is no doubt you can make the app as simple or complex as you’d like. Signing into my reddit account was easy and has me replying to comment threads or scrolling through my favorite subs in no time. The developers constantly make minor tweaks and subtle improvements that keep the app running smooth as silk. My only gripe is going through my comment history and not being able to pull up the original post from my comment alone, but rather I would have to select the OP’s profile and scroll through to the post to open it. A minor inconvenience that I don’t feel warrants a less than 5-star review from me. Overall, if you’re looking for a great reddit browser for your iPhone or iPad, look no further than Narwhal.

Well, it's a Reddit app. I don't really browse on my phone all too much anymore. Some of the "features" laid around over lap each other and can be difficult to use. Like down voting can lead to upvoting or constantly opening the subreddit menu. The god awful sideways feature kicks in all the time like all other bad apps for the iPhone. I'm still on iOS 9.3.2, and that's not changing anytime soon, so I have to thank the people behind the app for at least for keeping it optimized for my end, unlike the actual Reddit app. Last complaint, I hate ads, but I have Reddit gold!..but narwhal doesn't care. Overall I'd like to give it 3.5/5 bc it actually still works

Great app that makes Reddit enjoyable!. While it stinks that Reddit did what it did and forced apps into subscription models, Narwhal’s feature-rich app makes it less painful. You pay less than you would for Reddit Premium and enjoy a vastly superior experience. Dev is also incredibly responsive to feedback, and is very transparent about why the fee structure is what it is. In short, this app is essential for any Reddit user and it’s emphasis in customizability ensures that you will be able to use it in a way that suits your preferences.

Perfect for this Apollo refugee. I was a long time Apollo for Reddit user until it shut down following Reddit’s API policy changes. I’ve tried to use the official Reddit app but the ads and layout are downright aggravating. After months of sideloading Apollo weekly I discovered Narwhal 2 and I am amazed. The amount of customization is shocking. The app is quick and smooth. The native browser and media player are perfect, and it even includes an adblocker. The only feature missing is flair images. This is the best Reddit experience. Well worth a cheap subscription. Great work

Removed features. Update on narwhal 2.0: you guys took away the hide read posts option! That’s was main reason I was using the app Has all features the Reddit app doesn’t have and isn’t a nightmare to use like the reddit app. Only feature it is missing is the ability to swipe through posts. In this app you have to exit every post snd click on the next one. One annoying thing with this app too is that when you click on a post with a video or gif it doesn’t open the full video. So on every post you have to click the post, then click the video, then click off the video to get comments and finally click to exit the post. Overall it takes to much time to navigate posts.

Old school Reddit user? Give Narwhal a try!. Do you love to complain about Reddit’s layout? Do you think it’s gotten harder to use over the years? Does every Reddit link you share start with “old.”? Does the Apollo icon still reside on your Home Screen? Then come give Narwhal a try! To put it bluntly, if Narwhal didn’t exist I wouldn’t use Reddit anymore. It’s simple text interface eliminates all the frustrations of Reddit’s journey into modern UI. Things load quickly. There is no chat. It’s easy to navigate. It’s Reddit distilled to its essence; Reddit without the garbage they keep trying to shove onto our screens. Come and join the Narwhal community today! P.S. If you tried Narwhal a long time ago and didn’t like it, give it another try—the UI has improved over the years. At the same time if you liked the old format, it’s still available. Really is the best of both worlds!

Great reddit app, with one exception that comes to mind. Narwhal makes it super easy and intuitive to read what my family calls “an extremely stressful and overwhelming amount of content” on a mobile device. My ONE gripe is the video playback - occasionally, the video freezes on the first frame and I have to reload/fiddle with it to get it to play properly. And then when it does play and I want to skip to certain parts, the app video player has no idea what to do and skips around, often jumping to the same moment in the video regardless of where I am scrubbing. Maybe it’s just me? Otherwise, when I’m not viewing videos, the app is pretty great

iPad 10.5 UI to iPhone X?. I love this app so much! I tried every reddit client out there before downloading Narwhal, and this is the one that works for me. I love it on my phone and ipad, and I wish reddit looked like it on the actual website. The ipad app, though, is so much better than the phone app. Would you be able to allow plus-size phones and the X to work like the ipad UI in when turned to landscape? Not sure how much extra work it is, but I'd love it. I supported you guys and would really appreciate it if you'd add that feature. And please take care of the gifs that autoplay sound until the app is force-quit. Thanks again for this awesome app!

Decent App, but Not for Me. After two weeks of use, here are my impressions off the app: It’s a good alternative to Reddit’s native app. + You can search directly for a user or subreddit, + you can upvote/downvote posts/comments with swipes (as well as reply, save, and more), + and many other functions more than the Reddit app. + It even has a neat little tutorial for basic use at the top of the screen! However, I have several issues with the app: - Following a user seems vague (the “+Friend” is unclear to me), - You can upvote/download posts & comments older than 6 months (which Reddit doesn’t allow), making me doubt if my votes are actually registering in the site. • I know I can probably verify by accessing the post/comment from a browser, etc., but I don’t really wanna do that. - The auto-preview is all-or-nothing, which will show photos & videos and direct you to websites upon clicking the post, or leave the post blank when clicking it. I haven’t figured out how to use it to my liking, so maybe it’s just a setting I missed or uninstalling-then-reinstalling the app. - Clicking the source link (e.g. photos/videos from Imgur) does not take you to it. My fingers might be too fat to choose it, or I’m doing it wrong. 🤷‍♂️ These aren’t objectively negative issues, just my opinion on what doesn’t work for me. It offers a different user-experience than other Reddit clients, which others will enjoy more than me. Keep up the good work folks!

Best Reddit Experience. The best client used to be Apollo before it was shutdown due to Reddit charging for API access. Narwhal 2 has taken the crown. I had been using Apollo through other means but now have completely switched over to Narwhal after adding open in Narwhal from Safari. The layout is done well with no extraneous content. Messaging is organized well. Posting is easy. And watching videos/gifs with new player is so integrated and easy. It is definitely worth the subscription and some. Now with a trial so there is no reason to not try the best client.

An excellent app from a dedicated developer. I downloaded Narwhal in April of 2016, and I dont think I have gone more than a week without using it since then. The developer is a one man shop who has worked very hard to overcome some of Reddit’s recent decisions so he can continue to offer this app that I and many others rely on. Reddit has forced all 3rd party apps to pay for their API usage. If a subscription is not an option for you, you can use the official reddit app or a web browser. Personally, I would rather not do either of those things, since I find the interface and constant ads very annoying. I can afford to pay the subscription and a bit more to support this developer. I understand not everyone is able to do that, but please, if that is the case, direct your anger toward the bone-headed exectives at reddit, not this developer, who has no control over the situation. Det0ur, I hope for your mental health you are staying out of the reviews, but if you do read this, I want to thank you for all you have done to bring us this excellent app. Do not be discouraged by the hate, know that you are appreciated.

Still my favorite Reddit client. I’ve tried several Reddit clients. Yes, even the one that was huge in 2017. And yet this is the client I come back to. This client has everything some of the other clients offer for money—logins for multiple accounts, dark mode, icons, and more. And what I really like about this client is I can preview a webpage in Narwhal’s browser while looking at a Reddit thread at the same time. I haven’t seen a feature like it in other Reddit clients or even the official app. This client is totally worth paying the developers to only remove ads.

I avoid videos because everything freezes. I don’t typically write reviews for apps. But, I am incredibly frustrated. I have an iPhone 12 Pro Max on a later version of iOS 14 (non-jailbroken, thank you very much). But, there’ve been many times I get stuck watching a video because the app bugs out with anything longer than 30 seconds. I can’t use any swipe actions or go back to the main page; nothing works once a video is playing, and I have to remove it from the background. I don’t know if it’s something with how the app processes or displays videos, but I just get stuck. There have been numerous occasions where I’ve had to completely exit the app and remove it from the background, only to continue hearing the audio from the video for another 15-20 seconds. I only downloaded this app because it was an alternative to Apollo that wasn’t Reddit’s official app (which is garbage). I’m glad to have been around for the golden era, and disappointed to see reddit fall to total corporate greed and poor leadership.

So Many Bugs. Default state of the app is okay, but I personally think it requires so much tweaking to get to anywhere near what Apollo offered. Normally I wouldn’t mind this since it means you can make the app your own, but it seems like there are so many issues and bugs where the solution is necessarily “uninstall and reinstall.” That means all your carefully crafted settings and font sizes and preferences get wiped away way more frequently than I would ever want. UPDATE - As requested by the dev, I have installed the most recent update, which hasn’t fixed anything. My evaluation remains unchanged.

These 1 star review people are CRAZY. This is one of the last standing third party Reddit apps and the 2.0 update is a night and day upgrade over the original Narwhal. The people trashing this and leaving 1 star reviews are crazy to me, makes me think they aren’t intelligent enough to open up the app settings and tweak it to exactly how you want it. There is SO much customization when it comes to the UI, I honestly can’t even think of another app with this much. Coming from a long time user of Apollo, I was able to get Narwhal to look almost exactly the same and with the new swipe options, I got it feeling the same as well. Do not listen to these 1 star reviews, download this app and check out the settings to see all you can do. Props to the developer, who, by the way is just 1 person doing all the work.

Clean and fast. I’ve compared narwhal to the official Reddit app a few times and narwhals strength is it’s simplicity and layout in its interface that makes browsing thru Reddit very fast and efficient. The official Reddit app is so busy and poorly laid out. With narwhal I can scan more posts in a shorter amount of time. Plus narwhal has single tap comment collapse and automatically marks posts as read and has the “mark all above as read” feature and even a “hide all above” to organize posts better so you don’t keep re-reading the same post titles. If you go through tons of posts per day on Reddit, narwhal is the better choice. It has better control over font settings too. I hope the creators never mess up narwhal and try to be more like the official Reddit app with more flashy icons that are just not necessary.

Finally progress!. Narwhal 1 was a great app but it had so many quirks and bugs and the dev rarely fixed them because he was spending all his time on Narwhal 2. For years he got to enjoy this app and pretty much no one else could. Then Reddit cracked down on the API usage and pretty much forced the dev to make changes and finally release this app. I hate subscriptions but I’m so glad he was essentially forced to finally release this major update. The app is so much better now! The dev is very responsive at fixing things now and I think it’s well worth the cost! There are so many 1 star reviews here that either don’t understand the subscription (not the devs fault, blame Reddit) or they are mad that Apollo no longer works and they are expecting this app to be exactly the same as that one. People are too lazy to spend the time going through the options to customize the app the way they want. With that said, just give the app a try and and go through all the options. If you invest the time you can make this app perfect for your needs and if something is missing, request it! Don’t complain and leave bad reviews!

Used to love it now, meh. This used to be a wonderful app, it was everything the official app wasn’t, user friendly and with a nice layout. Now, it has some REALLY bad lag issues where the entire app will seemingly freeze for up to a minute or more when viewing an imgur post. This is awful, sometimes it will recover while other times the app just dumps and brings me back to the iOS home screen, I kept waiting hoping it would get fixed but it hasn’t. I’ve had the issue on an iPhone X the newest iPad and an iPad Air 2

Love this app!. I started using Narwhal before the brouhaha with Reddit starting to charge for their API. The developer was able to continue offering the app with a small monthly fee. As far as I’m concerned, it’s worth every penny. Reddit’s app is garbage. Narwhal is completely customizable, so you can get exactly the look and the functionality you want. There are also frequent updates with new features, and the developer is very responsive to user requests. Highly recommended if you want the best Reddit experience.

Came from Apollo. Let me start by saying I can’t from using Apollo. I probably won’t ever use the Reddit official app, so I’m glad this exists, but the user experience is so abysmal…it’s like the programmers never uses the app themselves. Example: clicking on a link to a video, opens with the video only taking up half the screen, so you have to click on it to get it full screen. Then the play controls are extremely limited, play pause only, no sound controls etc. then when you try to go back to the thread you have to click a link to load comments…what the heck is this? It’s not intuitive AT ALL. I have no idea how to subscribe to a subreddit, how to share anything, mark individual posts read… Just go through and use the app, it’s really not good

Best app for Reddit, hands down.. Dev cut a deal with Reddit to pay by the whatchamacallits they charge for, then figured out how much he needed to charge users to cover the cost. It worked. He then aggressively modified the app to use fewer whatchamacallits, reducing costs to the users. I pay like $4.50/mo to use Reddit. It's a ridiculous bargain, even if you don't consider that this is after 15 years of using it for free. He's active and responsive to bug reports, and is regularly adding features. If he didn't believe he could make this payment model work long-term, or if he didn't truly intend to do so, he'd be doing the minimum fixes necessary, but that's not the case. He's making the app better all the time. He cares. Besides all that, Narwhal has been my go-to reader for Reddit for ten years or more. It was great, is great, and there's every reason to believe it'll continue to be great. And people, if all that's not enough, don't forget that this is a viable way to avoid using the official Reddit app.

It's great, but I preferred the old layout. With the new Narwhal 2 update, the old layout I had been used to for years has gotten an update. Great in some ways, bad in others. I never liked accidentally opening my mailbox when I intended to open the app menu. But anyways, what I am trying to say is that the old layout in terms of ease of use and navigation was so much better. I don't know why it's not a style option even now, but if you can keep the retro app icon, then surely you can keep the retro layout and font size. Thing is, while the customization is great, I feel like I would have to configure way too many things to simply try to get the same experience as Narwhal 1, even though this should be added as a single, configurable layout.

So much customization!. Coming from iAlien (which I was very happy with) was kinda weird. The menu bar being on the right than the left was hard to get used to also. BUT as time went on the app gained more traction and more customization options kept being added. Things like what happens to a video or post when force touching (for force touch compatible devices) or what icon you prefer to use. Dark and light mode with a single tap! No going through settings to change the mode when viewing at night or day. The font you read can be changed. Literally almost everything can be changed to your liking. You can even hide certain menu options that you find yourself never using at all. Hopefully one day they add an option to switch the menu tab from the right to left lol. Recently a new tab was added called recently viewed and my goodness I did not know how much I actually would use that tab. I always find posts I find interesting but forget to save it and wouldn’t be able to find it later. Now I just go to that tab and it’s there! It’s super useful.

Might be back soon. I understand the monthly subscription, it’s not ideal but this app has always been great and deserves to survive. Best Reddit app I’ve ever used and it just gets better every update. I unfortunately won’t be subscribing so I’ll have to use the Reddit app for a bit but when I’m more comfortable with the subscription cost, I’ll be back. Thank you Devs for your hard work. Everyone that can afford to, should subscribe for the great experience of using the best app made for Reddit, even if Reddit themselves are too blind to see that.

It’s not the app devs fault…. That Reddit started charging through the roof for their API. I bought pro somewhere around 7 years ago for like $3 - pretty sure I got my moneys worth as a daily user. When the dev was discussing, transparently, estimated subscription pricing there were tiers based on API calls and he settled on what seemed best and most fair for all users. Do I love paying for another subscription? No. But I value the privacy, love the customization, and appreciate how the dev is constantly working with the community to deliver a great product for those who wish to use it.

Videos ignore mute button!!. I came to this app because Antenna was getting too out of date. I wish the gesture handling were more like Antenna’s but I recognize that that is a design decision that is mostly over. Here are my major griefs with this app: 1) Videos don’t say they’re videos (they look the same as photos) and they don’t respect my phone’s silence button. So I can’t use this app at night next to my spouse. 2) The image and album handling is poor. I struggle to exit from having zoomed on an image. I thought zoomed all the way out and so can now swipe to get away from the image. Nope. I have to try two more times. 3) Albums are frustrating. There’s no way to swipe between images. I have to completely exit the image back to gallery view to view the next one.

The best Reddit app out there. Don’t listen to any haters. If you want THE BEST Reddit app available with a great community and dev behind it, this is the app for you. Yes there is now a subscription fee, but this is 100% reddits fault for charging devs to use their API. The dev has to charge for the app, because Reddit is charging him for the API calls. The $3.99 per month was vetted with all the beta testers only after trying a bunch of other options first. This was the best compromise at the end of the day. Try it out and be amazed how much better it is compared to the official Reddit app.

Amazing App. I genuinely appreciate everything that the dev is doing to bring us this amazing app. Yes unfortunately there’s a subscription fee now, but I absolutely think it’s 100% worth it. Narwhal is so customizable and really lets you have exactly the app you want. The dev genuinely listens to suggestions and you can see his passion to create the best app possible. Definitely recommend this app to anyone who’s tired of the official trash Reddit app and/or refugees from any other 3rd party app that was shut down. I promise it’s worth it!

Never mind, overhearing back. 07 Aug 2022 - Overheating is back again, was just using the app for about 30 minutes and felt it through my case. I use an Apple silicone case so it isn’t very thick. Hot to the touch after taking the case off. Previous update and original review follows: Overheating issues were fixed. Developer commented that it was due to bad banner ads. I still have the other issues so not 5 stars but still the best experience I’ve found as most other unofficial Reddit apps that would measure up require you to buy the app to post or sign in with an account. Not giving those apps the time of day. Original review below for posterity: As of writing this (24 July 2022), the app is causing my phone to overheat. This started within the last 1-2 weeks. I have an iPhone 11 Pro Max that’s up to date on the latest public iOS 15.6 (no beta channel). Sometimes it takes about 7-10 minutes, other times it’s noticeable within just a few minutes. App is also up to date. Not sure what’s causing the issue. Going to check out other apps because I’ve had assorted smaller issues (GIFs playing slower than they should be, accidentally triggering gestures while scrolling). It’s not every iPhone that these issues happen to as my roommate uses the same app on an iPhone 12 and doesn’t have the overheating or GIF issue.

Gify Issues. I’ve been using Narwhal ever since Alien Blue was no longer in service and I love this app so much I paid for the premium features. However, after this last update any posts with A gif or gifycat or gify as the host for the link are unplayable. They just appear blank and I can’t seem to get it to work no matter how many times I restart my app, device and even my WiFi and phone service. Since half of reddit is just gifs it’s been a real inconvenience. I hope this bug gets fixed soon, I love this app and the developers are fantastic.

Still good. I used this a few years ago but stopped because the video player had a lot of issues and I think some other things. It runs much smoother and better now. The only problem I have is with the “hide all”/“hide read”/“mark all as read”. If you hide everything with or w/o marking as read, and refresh, everything you just hid is now unbidden. So hours of scrolling through things and then hiding all of that simply so it doesn’t show up yet again, only for *all* of it to show up again. It happens if you leave the app for awhile and come back as well. Thank you thank you THANK YOU for giving the ability to filter subs. I get so sick of seeing the exact same ones over and over on r/all and ones that I have no understanding of (like fandoms I’m not a part of). EDIT**** now I remember why I deleted Narwhal. The “hide all” feature doesn’t work either as intended or as expected. It’s *so* frustrating when 100s of posts you specifically didn’t want to see again show up AGAIN AND AGAIN. I don’t mean to be harsh, it’s a great app. It’s just that one thing that ruins it for me.

Almost perfect. I think this app is one of the best ways of browsing reddit on my iPad. However, there is one complain I have: The left sidebar, where you scroll through the list of posts in a sub, is just too narrow. There is the <-> icon at the top of the screen, but, from what I can tell, it can only be used to make the comments section on the right even bigger, but there is no way to make the topic section on the left any bigger than a narrow bar. Since every post title takes up multiple vertical lines, you can see fewer of them on the screen at once, and it takes a lot more scrolling to get through a sub than it would if there was a way to make the list wider (so that each topic takes up only one). I would like to see: - An option to at least split the screen 30/70, 50/50, or 70/30, between the topics list and comments view. This could be done by simply adding a couple more buttons at the top, near the existing one. - And/or I think it would be nice to be able to use a horizontal 2 finger swipe gesture to slide the divider back and forth (essentially doing what the <-> is doing, only adding the ability to 2-finger swipe to the right to shrink comments and expand topics list). - An option or button to set it so that the posts/topics list takes up a majority of the screen while you’re scrolling through it, until you tap on a post, which will automatically expand the article/comments side of the screen.

Great! But can you fix this small bug?. Hello! Big fan of narwhal for many years! However the current version doesn’t reliably allow searches within subreddits. It will only give results about 10% of the time. Most of the time the search results are blank. I have tested this while searching words used in recent posts, and the search still come back blank. My phone’s iOS is up to date and the Narwhal 2 app is up too. (Also I don’t understand GitHub, sorry I wanted to report the bug there!) Thank you 💜

Wow! Amazing app!!!!!!!. Update: i still love the app but one nagging issue is that my keyboard lags severely only when using this app, the screen will also freeze up entirely in Narwhal, I have tried force closing , clearing cache etc in the app, restarting device, but it still occurs and only happens when using the app, needs an update to fix. I am On iPad mini 2 , OS 12.3.1. Prior review: I love this Reddit client app,surpasses the official Reddit app, it has more free customizations than Apollo, better UI as well,I love the sliding action to upvote , downvote, etc , the two pane design looks great on my iPad. Great job developers, I can also change the app icon, 10 stars!!!!

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Devs have given up - 4 yr old bugs unfixed. Missing subreddits and multireddits in side bar. Absolutely no way of accessing from this app. Incredibly disappointing.

App No Longer Free and No Advert Tier. App now wants a subscription fee. Now less value for money than the official app.

True Black Dark Mode. Amazing! Finally we have the true black dark mode setting, thank you! Narwhal #1!

Best App for Browsing Reddit. This app is just so much better than any other reddit client I’ve tried. This is the app I’ve recommended to my friends who are getting into reddit. The swipe gestures make the experience easier than using reddit from my desktop, it also encourages me to interact with posts more. The level of customisation is absurdly good. It even lets you choose the icon for the app (never seen that before). Great job guys keep it up :)

Still working on July 4th 2023. I have no idea how the app still works after the api shutdown but anyways pretty easy to use and simple app, I will use it as long as I can for now.

i highly recommend this app. this is such a good app. easy surfing, so easy to get around. had options to customise everything that ive needed to. this is the best app for reddit.

Please let user to disable swiping. So many accidental swipes please let me disable that

Rubish , not worth paying . Don’t waste your time. Paid to not see ads but instead you constantly have to re watch read post. Workaround is to constantly press “hide read post”. I’d rather watch ads

The Original And The Best. I’ve been using Narwhal for almost 8 years now, and with Narwhal 2, the app is better than ever. The dev has handled Reddit’s frustrating attempts to cripple third-party apps well, and the new subscription option is cost-effective and more than worth it to support development!

Can’t filter off the nsfw anymore. This only happened to mine recently because of the auto update I think.. such a silly antifeature..

Trash, have to pay now. Trash, have to pay now

6 bucks a month?!. That is almost as much as some streaming services charge, for a reddit overlay? Jeez. Maybe it’s just better to let the app die

Add the verdana font please. That's the font for the desktop website, and I'm sure many are used to that

Polished Superior Experience. Great app with wonderful beyond minimal support and updates. Prompt and useful updates and change log and very clear. They've explained and apologised for the super large ads which I've noticed lots of users have complained about and immediately put out a notice to users. Taking immediate action to remove and explain. Regardless that it was not their fault they were nothing but courteous and deserve to be supported. (Bonus perks to supporting is that I never have to see an ad and can reward them for diligence in making sure that even for those who don't remove them it's a pleasant enjoyment experience) Can recommend this to all reddit users and it feels more native to iOS and reddit than the reddit app or mobile site itself. A real pleasure to use. Keep up the good work guys!

Love the app But. Been using and paying premium for Narwhal for a few months now. Great alternative after the beloved Apollo RIP. But please fix the gif/video loading times. It takes about 5-10 seconds every time i open a Gif/Video, its frustrating and the only thing that makes me wanna go back to the reddit app.

Much better than the reddit app. The official reddit app is very disappointing, with poor performance and even worse UI. Narwal is much better at both. This third party app is the reason I use reddit.

This app shouldn’t exist. det0ur is the scab that crossed the picket line. When app decelopers were boycotting reddit due to API pricing, along comes det0ur who sells out the whole industry and partners with reddit. Pushing their subscription service and delivering “proof” that “the API prices are acceptable to decelopers!” You’re the worst det0ur.

Much better than official app. Easy to use, good feature set, no stupid “promotion” or “trending” harassment like the official app. Paid-for ad removal is a reasonable price. Great work devs.

Great app. This is an excellent app well worth the subscription. So much better than the default reddit app. I’ve been using Narwhal for a long time so it was easy for me to get this app.

Bugs. a while ago you said you were working on a whole new version, but the current one is filling with bugs in the meantime. when can we expect some news? Strikethrough is currently broken for an example.

Excellent app. I'm not really keen on paying a monthly subscription but I will, using this over the official app is worth paying for. I'm aware the developer is only doing his best. 👍🏻

A few bugs but ok so far. Looks like an alien blue that works and had more features, gets a bit baffled with text position typing a reply in landscape with SwiftKey for some reason, like you are going under the keyboard can be tricky to post a link after text sometimes and missing the ability to upload video I think.

Don’t use - needs a subscription. Used to love this app, as did so many. But seems they have chosen not to stand up to reddit and are now charging a $6/month subscription - I can’t support them anymore

Best reddit app. Despite Reddit being dumb for their API changes and shutting down most of the third party apps, Narwhal remains and remains the best! Unfortunately, Narwhal does have to charge a subscription fee but this is due to Reddit’s pricing model

So much better. I tried this app because my official reddit app went mental and used half my data in a few days whilst I actually used it a little less than normal. What a blessing in disguise. This app might not be as pretty and takes a little getting used to, but once you do, it’s so customisable! That alone makes so much difference - being able to filter out all those toxic subs full of idiots is for me the biggest selling feature by far. Oh, and yes: it significantly reduced my data usage.

Love the app but…. They have done such an awesome job with this app and have no real complaints. The only thing that can be annoying is when using auto play the audio from the previous post will still play when viewing the next post. Fixing this would be awesome, other than that, this app is wicked!!!

Broken. Sharing links to Messenger doesn’t allow recipient to view image.

Best Reddit App!. I used alien blue before it was screwed over, and looking for an alternative switched to this one. Small learning curve but l really like it. It’s far better than any other ones out there! I even bought the premium version which I rarely do but these guys deserve my small contribution for a great app. Also the app icon is adorable so that’s a nice thing too.

Too expensive due to Reddit API price hike. Not the app developers fault but Reddit’s horrible business model that causes apps to have to pay criminally high price for access to reddits API.

A better experience than.... Think about a reddit app where everything down to the minor details is customisable to give the user the best reddit experience ever. Think about the official reddit app and everything stupid and that you hate about it that could be easily fixed but it's not. Well, this app fixes all that, this app is better than reddit's offical app and gives the user a much much better experience, an experience that even that slutty rancid swine that Spez's mum is could not give.

Great but.... Congrats, your app is so good that reddit is once more eating my life. I just have one minor grumble with your app. In the drop down menu with share,sort,report,etc you only have an option to refresh comments and no option to refresh the contents of the actual post. I have a questionable internet connection and often need to refresh several times before pages with start or finish loading. In a browser this is no problem, i just click on the address bar and press enter. I cant do this in the app obviously so I am constantly having to bounce to the browser to view the actual content before going back to interact with comments.

Take my money!!!. Clicking logo changes it from night mode to day mode!!

Awesome Client. I was a long time AlienBlue user until the stopped supporting it, and the official reddit app never rung my bells. I tried a couple of others before I found Narwhal, and it’s the best one yet! So easy to use, the only thing it doesn’t have (yet, please say yet developers!) is the ability to gild/award posts & comments from the app. Please give it this functionality!

Seriously has all the good settings. This app has so much settings for you to customise and change that youll think that this is truly the best reddit app by far. From excluding subreddits with hold to simple swipes to hide or save posts. They really outdid themselves

Simply the best, shame about Reddit. Narwhal has always been THE best Reddit client, and this new version is the best yet. Reddit’s shameful behaviour in how it treats developers, moderators, and users, and the damage it’s done to its reputation and content quality, would have had me flee, but for the fact that Narwhal kept working. That it’s now been substantially modernised and improved is gravy! The current subscription price is reasonable, though I do fear it won’t be enough to satiate Reddit’s newfound greed. I hope the developer is able to make decent coin from here on, and I plan to stick around while Narwhal keeps going, but I do fear the price increasing substantially over time, slowly, ensh*ttyfyingly nudging me to just quit the platform once and for all. For now at least, there’s no better way to consume (what’s left of) Reddit.

You want us to start a trial but…. You want us to start a trial but don’t tell us the cost. If i use the “start trial now” button does it start before i know the costs?

Best reddit app on iOS. I’d give it 5 stars if it you could customise the UI like change the colour for example. Currently I find it very unattractive making it look like an old app from windows 1998 style.

Wonderful. This makes Reddit a joy to use.

No ads, no pushed posts, excellent. Anyone who has been even half aware of the Reddit vs 3rd party developer issues earlier this year should try this app. Yes it's a subscription but about the price of a coffee each month. If you can't or won't afford it try the Reddit app - then try this and judge the difference. The developer has no control over the API pricing Reddit are demanding and is not going to get rich from the work they have put in to create this app. Don't want it, walk away.

Too many crashes. I love this app but yeesh, the crashes and freezes are doing my head in. Gonna have to try something else until it’s fixed.

Great!. It's just fantastic.

A must-have for heavy redditors. I couldn’t live without this app. Narwhal makes it actually possible to browse your fave subreddits. The dev is great and has included so many customisation options that I absolutely love, such as colours, fonts, layout and UI options.

Better than reddit app. Way better than official reddit app

The only way to browse Reddit. A pleasure to use and worth the subscription.

Top tier Reddit app. This app is great. Highly customisable UI, no promoted posts or ads and a very responsive developer. Only downside is the subscription cost (blame Reddit for that, not the narwhal dev) but most people won't need more than 10k API calls a month and that plan costs less than Reddit Premium on the official app.

Not so great anymore. This app used to be almost perfect, but lately it’s become a buggy mess with rare updates. My current favourite bug is the one that pauses background music every time you enter the app. I turned off automatically opening links in case it’s auto playing videos, but nope, just random.

Freezes on videos constantly. I’m guessing the lack of reliable infinite scrolling is to do with reddit’s changes, but fast forwarding a video shouldn’t freeze the controls up until the video is finished. But it does and it’s just bad.

By far the best Reddit client. Simple to use, hugely customisable and an active dev. Well worth the cost for me.

Best Alternative App. The official reddit app is very battery consuming and does not feature near as many features his app has built-in! It also is buttery smooth to touch and feels like an app which was built to utilise the IOS software. Trust me when I say this, once you use this app you will never want to go back to the official one!

Kinda expensive. I understand the necessity of the subscription to cover the ridiculous API charges but it should be a sliding scale.

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App layout change. I don’t usually hate on app layout changes but why did the devs make it so hard to leave a comment? At least have a little text bubble pop up explaining the changes. Used to be my fave third party app, deleting it now

A great app, ruined by Reddit. Since Apollo was no longer available, this was my next go to app. Now that Reddit has gotten greedy and forced a subscription model on everyone, I will search again for another Reddit app. I’ve got no issues paying for a subscription, but the monthly costs are too prohibitive. I feel bad for the developers having to deal with this.

Great new UX after Reddit API policy change eradicated free apps. Glad to see a great app able to survive with Reddit’s abhorrent API usage rates per call. The price in Canada is very fair (despite Apple’s cut 30%/month). Long time user loving the newer, smoother, cleaner feel of the improved user experience. No functionality was lost any nearly everything is 1-2 taps fewer to accomplish. The icon design and slide gestures are especially satisfying.

Way too expensive. 60 yearly in Canadian. I used to be a narwhal lover, but this is getting a lil greedy.

Flawless. Love this app! User-friendly with a clean and intuitive interface. Everything you need from a Reddit app.

Narwhal 2 is wonderful. Version 2 has so many amazing changes that I was used to in certain previous apps and was really missing in most Reddit apps. Thank you so much for implementing the changes requested by users and improving the user experience.

Sad. Was good when it was free

Thank you!. Used this app for years and was happy paying premium years ago! Now Reddit killed third party app access like this app :( Thank you for your work all this time!

Worth every penny!. This app is a game-changer. I couldn’t use Reddit on my phone without it. It’s so many orders of magnitude better than the official app that it almost feels silly to compare them. I’m sure the devs would love to make Narwhal free/freemium, but they literally can’t due to the way Reddit charges for its API. I hate paying for stuff as much as the next guy, but for like $4 CAD a month this is incredible value and I never think twice about renewing. Try it out—you won’t go back!

Awesome!. After the other app I was using shut down, I started using Narwhal. I needed to play around with some of the many options but I got it working exactly how I want it. Unfortunately Reddit locked down their API so now there’s a subscription but that’s not the developer’s fault. It’s a fantastic app!

Useless app. look past all of the gimmicky features, very easy to see them all within 5 minutes of using the app. Too bad "reddit is fun" is not on ios, otherwise this app would be deleted from being on the apple store for being useless in comparison.

Freezes, crashes, hangs. Frequently freezes, becomes unresponsive while playing video.

Having to reinstall. 3 times in the last week my app has stopped working for my profile. I can't up vote, save, hide, or view any of the above...I've apparently blocked myself. I also cannot change between my accounts. If I'm paying for this app, this needs to change.

Thank you. I really enjoyed using this app. The price is so reasonable too. But Reddit seems to be finding even more ways to charge us. I figure it’s best I leave before they push something controversial out and avoid the fallout. Better for my mental health that way too. This is a really good app. I’ve used maybe 10 Reddit apps in the last decade and this one was easily my favorite. Thanks again!

Used to be good. Used to be a good app but hasn’t kept up with features Reddit added over the past few years

Narwhal 2 is amazing. Quality iOS app.. Great new update. It rivals Apollo in usability and experience imo. A ton of new, long requested features have been implemented.

Best Reddit App. I have been using Narwhal for many years and it has been my favourite way of using Reddit on mobile. The developer made a better iPad and iPhone app than the actual multi-billion dollar corporation that makes Reddit. Now that Reddit is charging for API access, Narwhal has to sustain itself using subscriptions which I support because I understand the developer is not going to bankroll my Reddit usage… but wishing it was different 🤧

When it works, it’s great. But often all comments disappear and nothing brings them back.

The last bastion of a good Reddit app. Highly customizable, fast, lots of features, and no ads!

Audio doesn’t work on videos.. Why dont the videos play audio? I’m paying for this app, fix the audio. This is ridiculous. Also, make it so you can select the flair and group by it in subreddits. RIP Apollo, it was so much better. And cheaper.

Best Reddit App. Fantastic app! It does everything I need with a beautiful and easy to use layout!

I came from Reddit after being annoyed by some issues I’ve had there…. … but after using Narwhal for a while, I realized that it’s not any better. Narwhal for IPad the UI is all over the place, buttons are placed in a nonsensical way, important menus are hidden several clics deep, making a post gives you a minuscule window to see the text and the scrolling is weird.. in a post with multiple images I couldn’t find how to have the image fullscreen and scroll through them, have to put it fullscreen, leave fullscren, scroll, go fullscreen, etc. So you pay for an app, and your experience is significantly worse than the official reddit app. God I miss Apollo

Ads/posts playing music. My add/posts should not play any sounds when scrolling. Additionally, scrolling down should stop the sound on a post.

Phenomenal App. Definitely worth the current price if you use Reddit a lot.

Great app but the porn ads ruined it. I love Narwhal it’s a fantastic app but porn ads started popping up and now porn audio playing is something I cannot have while I’m out in public or at work. It’s been going on for weeks and I haven’t seen any notices or action from the developer. I strongly suggest using the app, so long as you can tolerate random porn ads - great features and usability.

it’s good!. lots of customization and way better than the official ap

Social Media 2024. Imagine paying money to access the social media of a company who sells your data to third-party advertisers and AI training companies. social media really has become the loser’s playground.

Apollo alternative. This is the best Reddit client alternative since Apollo shut down.

Getting pretty close to what Apollo was. It’ll take some fiddling around to get it the way you like it, but it least you can do that. Saves me from the official monstrosity so I’m happy. The creator is very active and responsive in his sub which is always really nice to see.

Thank you, Narwhal.. Narwhal is truly much better than Reddit’s actual app, in every single way. And the developer(s) actually listen to users and take care of their product. I could say so much more and it would still never be enough to show my gratitude, especially since Reddit as a company screwed everyone over.

Too expensive. $5 a month is too much to use a 3rd party reddit app.

Version 2 is amazing!. Well done!

It’s decent, but. Music plays randomly when I’m browsing. It’s super annoying. is there a way to get the app not to stop music playing? If I have music playing from my music app, opening narwhal stops it and won’t let me listen to music while I browse.

Inappropriate Advertisements. Loved this app until it decided to start popping up porn ads randomly while I’m browsing in public on SFW subreddits. The hell is wrong with you devs? There are probably kids using this app.

i didn't know auto update was on my new phone. i'm so mad, my phone updated to this automatically. i liked the old layout better and i didn't want this at all.

Graphic hardcore porn ads. Full screen porn ads with penetration and grunting come traipsing along the screen every so often, so if you have a family I’d suggest choosing one of the many other reddit clients that don’t take over your whole screen to show you naked people inserting things.

Paste STILL not fixed. Brought up the issue of copy and paste causing the app to crash BEFORE iOS 11 release, dev became hostile and refused to issue a fix. App continues to crash intermittently when paste is used.

Currently the best Reddit App!. I wasn’t sure what I was going to do when Apollo exited the market, but I’m very glad that Narwhal remained. This app does everything I want for a Reddit browser, and I’m more than happy to pay the subscription fee. It’s well worth it to support an awesome app with a community engaged developer!

Best Reddit client. Since Apollo’s end, this has been my go to. If costs a very small fee but it’s amazing! Well worth the cost!

Random sound constantly playing porn ads. I used this app since I think 2015 and it is useless now the random sound playing and porn videos coming on is terrible this shouldn’t be on the App Store until they fix it

Best Reddit App. No ads, no suggested posts, customizable. What more can you ask for? Cheaper than subscribing to Reddit premium, and far better for your privacy. You’re in control of what you want to see. Clean interface, gestures, there’s so much to love about this app. Worth every penny.

Reddit Must Have. I would rather use the browser than Reddit’s own app, narwhal saves me that headache while looking much better and functioning how I would expect the app to work! I’d much rather pay the dev monthly to be able to actually use Reddit than pay for Reddit premium. It’s a shame that Reddit decided to screw over the developers that made so many people use their site but I’m glad narwhal is still around and keeping my home feed clean of garbage sponsored posts.

Not Apollo but it’s all that’s left. If you’re looking for an Apollo replacement this is the only decent app left. The gestures take a bit to get used to and the design is just ok. It’s far better than the official Reddit app but could really use some upgrades or take some tips from Apollo. It’ll do for now but if there aren’t any feature or UI updates to make it better when they start charging I’d say it’s not worth the money.

One of my favourite apps. The UI is so customizable, and is so snappy. You can configure the app with all the shortcuts you like, and whatever colour combinations suits you best. The subscription is quite reasonable and worth it if you like to have a pure reddit experience.

Can’t delete posts made. You can delete comments made without issues but not posts, such a basic feature missing.

Best option for iOS. But not saying much. Gestures are weird, accidentally swipe back and you’ll lose your spot. Media player constantly freezes my phone until the video is done. Audio still plays after killing the app

THANK YOU. So blessed to have someone save us from the garbage that is the official Reddit app. Can’t thank you enough. Worth every penny for the premium version.

Best Reddit app. Way better than the official Reddit app. Amazing UI, UX, and a dev who really cares. I’m happy to pay the $5/month fee for it, it’s well worth it

I can see!. I respect this developer. The low ratings from those upset with Reddit can do more reading rather than just viewing pics & vids. I'm a sucker that will also pay for Reddit Premium; at least there's 1 feature; My Random, that is awesome. The font size in the official app apparently will always be terrible. In addition to many other things, but I still prefer Reddit to X; formerly Twitter. Update: Loved this app, & if I return to Reddit Premium, I will to Narwhal, also. But, I'm going all in on Apple News+ instead of the mob.

Gigs no longer load. Was great for a long time, then the gifs all stopped loading

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I like the app for mobile.. As mentioned above I like the app for mobile. But I would like it to make posting personal photos and videos more easier. It’s not like desktop where all of that is available on the same screen. Each subreddit has different rules and accessing the side bar is difficult on this mobile app. It can be done but with great difficulty. I really only use mobile to view Reddit. Because I like to keep my laptop for business.

The absolute best mobile app for Reddit. I can't say enough about how awesome this app is. It takes everything about reddit and makes it better. Seriously, it's ruined the desktop site for me and I find it impossible to use since using narwal. The developers are responsive, great at their jobs and updates happen as often as they need to. They listen to our requests and as such, the app is chock-full of customization and features. Excellent work, guys. Keep it up!

Wonderful, a must have.. I started on reddit five or six years ago after my soon to be wife got me started. I’ve since moved from desktop browsing to constant browsing on mobile and narwhal is a vast improvement over the mobile site with customization options I couldn’t live without. It’s highly stable and I’ve never crashed or even seen a bug with the app. GIF browsing is fast and the slide to upvote, downvote, and hide post make things so simple and streamlined. 10/10 would use again.

Was a great app. I’ve been using it since like, 2015, and today, with a much more powerful phone, this app just chugs-in a bad way. Old phone: iPhone 5c. Current phone: Xr. This is ridiculous. I finally got sick of my upvote swipes upvoting comments and posts I didn’t intend, and keyboard freezing and lagging, and this being the only app that made my phone overheat like this so I deleted the app, finally. Probably won’t be downloading it again. The last time an app made my phone chew through battery and overheat like this was Polemon Go. Ask me if I still have that installed, two years after deleting it.

Wow! Amazing app!!!!!!!. Update: i still love the app but one nagging issue is that my keyboard lags severely only when using this app, the screen will also freeze up entirely in Narwhal, I have tried force closing , clearing cache etc in the app, restarting device, but it still occurs and only happens when using the app, needs an update to fix. I am On iPad mini 2 , OS 12.3.1. Prior review: I love this Reddit client app,surpasses the official Reddit app, it has more free customizations than Apollo, better UI as well,I love the sliding action to upvote , downvote, etc , the two pane design looks great on my iPad. Great job developers, I can also change the app icon, 10 stars!!!!

Great app. I have never been a fan of the main Reddit app and was an avid Apollo user for a while. Since that’s no longer an option thanks to Reddit API changes I have since found Narwhal 2. I love this app compared to the normal Reddit one. I’m still in the learning curve for the differences but I love everything about it. There is a fee since the API costs way more to developers now but it’s well worth it to avoid the ads as well as the great features of this app! 10/10.

Needs more customization options and fewer bugs. For a couple weeks it seemed ok compared to clients that don’t even support multireddits, but it has bugs (such as in the video player) and there is no way to disable swiping from the left on comments so it constantly activates the functionality there when I want to go back to the previous page. They say the reason they don’t make it optional is that it’s a gesture-based app, but so are Apollo and Slide. Not only do Apollo and Slide allow you to disable swiping from the left on comments, they also have fewer bugs and much nicer user interfaces.

Happy to pay the monthly fee (which is Reddit’s fault) for an app of this quality. Anyone complaining about the monthly fee doesn’t understand Reddit’s recent API changes. I’d much rather pay $4/month for an app like Narwhal with its clean UI, great customization, and responsive developer than open the visual-spam grenade that is Reddit’s free official app. Been using Narwhal for years and years, even before the subscription, and I’ll continue to use it for years to come.

RIP Apollo. Found my new home.. Took about a week or two to adjust but I have been using this as a replacement for Apollo after trying the official Reddit app for a few days and not liking it. I think many Apollo users will feel at home here. Their dev is active and communicative in the narwhal subreddit just like Apollo’s was and I think that was the most important aspect of Apollos rise to success. Looking forward to see how / where this app goes.

Ads play in the background after backing out of link. Just starting today, I clicked a news link and suddenly a 30 minute video played that didn’t seem to be linked to the news website. I backed out to the main page thinking it would stop. Nope it kept playing. I swiped down on my iPhone to pause the audio and after a few seconds it finally went away. A few minutes later it started playing again randomly. Paused it again and it went away. It just started doing this as of May 6 and if it keeps happening I am deleting this app even though I think it’s the best of the third party apps

THE Reddit client. Update: Still the best Reddit client out there, but you can safely ignore all of the critical reviews complaining about the cost. It’s not the developer pocketing it, it’s Reddit being greedy. The introduced cost by Reddit is what killed Apollo, but idiots will criticize this app because they don’t know any better. After Apollo came Narwhal 2, and we all said it was good. If you’re not on Narwhal, you don’t know what you’re missing out on. Download it, try it, and never go back.

Old school Reddit user? Give Narwhal a try!. Do you love to complain about Reddit’s layout? Do you think it’s gotten harder to use over the years? Does every Reddit link you share start with “old.”? Does the Apollo icon still reside on your Home Screen? Then come give Narwhal a try! To put it bluntly, if Narwhal didn’t exist I wouldn’t use Reddit anymore. It’s simple text interface eliminates all the frustrations of Reddit’s journey into modern UI. Things load quickly. There is no chat. It’s easy to navigate. It’s Reddit distilled to its essence; Reddit without the garbage they keep trying to shove onto our screens. Come and join the Narwhal community today! P.S. If you tried Narwhal a long time ago and didn’t like it, give it another try—the UI has improved over the years. At the same time if you liked the old format, it’s still available. Really is the best of both worlds!

A fine replacement to Apollo. I’m on Reddit enough to justify a tiny monthly fee, no issues with them forcing subscriptions. And it’s not their fault anyway that they have to. Complaining about the fee is easy, but Reddit made their choice and that’s who should be getting the criticism, not this app and its developers. This app is well developed and the new version is vastly improved and brought me back to Reddit again after Apollo shut things down. It’s my new Reddit app of choice.

Software is not a service.. Developers got some really poor advice a few years ago and started trying to pretend their apps were services to be rented. Narwhal is an example of this idiocy. It’s buggy, slow, and fairly non intuitive. It’s worth a one time fee of maybe $5. But that isn’t enough for the developers. They have their tiny little brains set on loftier goals, like developing residual income from subscriptions WITHOUT HAVING TO WORK! So feel free to RENT this smoldering garbage fire for $3 a month— and pay attention to how a bug fix hasn’t been released since 2022 and updates are sporadic and mostly cosmetic. By the end of one year you will have paid five times what this app is worth and still won’t have a fully functional and reliable app. The Apple Store has a habit of removing my factual, critical reviews at the request of dishonest app developers. I do not expect this review to last, either, but maybe the developers will read it and it may make them think. But I doubt it.

used to love it.. i loved this app for years and used it religiously, but lately it’s become too difficult. gifs with audio should be pretty standard by now but narhwal doesn’t play them in-app. the video player is constantly breaking and glitching out, right now it won’t play any audio with videos. the version history shows only occasional bug fix updates, but this app desperately needs a rebuild (as was teased 2 years ago) and new feature set in order to stay relevant to what’s actually happening on reddit. i would love to come back if a true new version ever ends up releasing but until then, i’m switching to Apollo.

The lack of Family Sharing is a dealbreaker for me. If you’re the only person in your household who uses Reddit, Narwhal 2’s subscription price is reasonable for a well-made interface. If you have a partner who also Reddits or, as in my case, a family of four, the total subscription cost approaches and may even exceed that of a household subscription to a premium streaming service that invests heavily in its content. Narwhal 2 is solid, but the notion of paying premium prices for a repackaging of user-created content will keep me on Reddit’s poorly-constructed mobile site for now.

Happy to pay to use this amazing Reddit app alternative. This app makes Reddit worth using. While there is a monthly fee, that is to cover the costs that Reddit charges 3rd Party Apps to access Reddit. The fact that there are no ads and it is super customizable makes it worth the small monthly subscription cost. Rarely I’ll go into Reddit’s official app and it’s just awful. So many sponsored posts and way less ability to customize your experience. Narwhal forever!

Some annoyances but otherwise a decent app. I'm not a fan of some of the functions. When I figured out how to up/down vote I couldn't help notice how backwards the process was. To up vote you swipe left, but to down vote you swipe left even more? Why not swipe right instead? The whole thing feels awkward. Even when swiping the length of your screen doesn't always work. The ads at the bottom of the screen are incredibly bright especially when using night mode. I still don't know how to comment. I saw it once but forgot what I did. The report feature for posts doesn't allow you to provide details in why youre reporting. I do like the viewing cards when browsing. You click and see the contents and from there you can press view comments with out having to go back. This makes it easier to view articles without leaving the comments section. I don't believe the other apps have this feature.

So much better than the official app!. I’ll admit that it took me a while to try out Reddit Is Fun. I stubbornly clung to the official reddit app, excusing the poor loading times, frozen videos, and constant loss of connection on my service provider. After switching apps, I’m happy to say that all of those problems “mysteriously” disappeared. I’m not usually the sort to rate an app, let alone leave a review, but I just have to say it. If you’re frustrated with Reddit’s official app or their mobile site - use Reddit is Fun instead. You won’t regret it.

I’m glad this app is still running!. It is a very good app if you don’t like the Reddit app. When I learned that this was staying up, I quit Apollo when it shutdown and started using this one out of spite for spez. I recommend if you can, to support narwhal, because he is going to have to pay a lot to keep the app running, and he needs all the support he can. Anyways, first review, unless I am stupid and did another one and forgot, may the force be with you, goodbye, peace!

Easy to transition to. Came from alien blue (loved alien blue), the transition took maybe a day or two at most and frankly I would hate to not have the features narwhal brings to the table. The gesture based system is great and makes things a total breeze. Took me a while however to realize pressing hard on a post would open it in the main view instead of having to actually open the post but now that that’s figured out there’s not much more I’d ask for from an app!

One of the best reddit clients out there. Been using narwhal since it was first launched. UI has always been sleek and smooth. Doesn't limit functionality. The ability to customize everything is always a plus. The developer is always eager to hear feedback and implement changes quickly through timely updates. After a few months of use, I couldn’t help but pay for the app as i felt i wanted to give something back to the devs for an app that i use multiple times, every day.

The only viable iOS app for Reddit as far as I'm concerned. Yes this app has a subscription fee because Reddit charges the dev to use the Reddit API. If you want a free Reddit mobile experience, check out the official Reddit iOS app and then you'll understand why Narwhal 2 is worth its price. I can't imagine using any other app to experience Reddit on my iPhone after using Narwhal for years. Love the stability, user customization, dev support, and ongoing improvements to the app. I have zero complaints.

Blame Reddit, Not Narwhal. First, do NOT listen to the reviews shaming the app for moving to a subscription model. Blame REDDIT for their absurdly high API prices, not the developers. Reddit is charging THEM for making a functional app. How is the app supposed to remain free? Narwhal 2 is a much more fluid than the original app with more customization options. It really is such a shame that it’ll require a subscription soon but I understand. Props to the devs for the updates and accessibility options.

Narwhals are my favorite animal. After I started using this app, the above became correct. They do Reddit better than Reddit does. A shame they are moving to pay model but I know it’s out of their control. I’m happy to pay for the service if it’s reasonable. It’s truly a better browsing experience. The only thing I wish it did better was search for specific topics. I feel like it’s very broad unless you know the subreddit you’re looking for. 9/10 app. Thanks gang.

One of the best apps I’ve found, but some major issues. I love using this app. It feels much cleaner and streamlined than the main Reddit app, and feels more like old reddit than anything else. My biggest concern, and why this app is 3 stars rather than 4, is that recently ads have become much more invasive. I don’t mind the banner ads that are occasionally at the bottom, or ads occasionally between posts while scrolling. What has become invasive is that there are now auto-play video ads that randomly take over the screen. They also sometimes open a browser and redirect to an ad page without being clicked. This is unacceptable and has caused me to research using another third party app or even switching to the native Reddit app. More minor issues I have: - lack of support for reading wikis and sidebars through the app instead of in-app browser. - lack of ability to add flair to posts or view user flairs as icons in comments

Gify Issues. I’ve been using Narwhal ever since Alien Blue was no longer in service and I love this app so much I paid for the premium features. However, after this last update any posts with A gif or gifycat or gify as the host for the link are unplayable. They just appear blank and I can’t seem to get it to work no matter how many times I restart my app, device and even my WiFi and phone service. Since half of reddit is just gifs it’s been a real inconvenience. I hope this bug gets fixed soon, I love this app and the developers are fantastic.

Reddit screwed itself. I will never pay a subscription fee just to browse a website. Reddit’s own website and mobile app are shovelware. Therefore, Reddit itself is shovelware and you must pay third party developers to provide a useable platform. And Reddit has the audacity to charge these developers for fixing their own website? Message read loud and clear. Goodbye Reddit, won’t miss you. Another casualty of the rampant greed timeline. This shouldn’t even be an issue.

Best Reddit Client on iOS. Ever since Reddit killed off a good chunk of 3p clients, I decided to try out Narwhal after coming from Apollo as the official app is a horrid UX and filled with ads. Narwhal is definitely the best out there currently and glad to see it survived the changes. No ads, the most customizable UI and UX of any app i’ve seen, and a very supportive and responsive developer. If you are ok with eating the monthly sub cost to avoid ads (costs half a cup of coffee a month for something I spend hours on), i highly recommend this app.

Well, it's a Reddit app. I don't really browse on my phone all too much anymore. Some of the "features" laid around over lap each other and can be difficult to use. Like down voting can lead to upvoting or constantly opening the subreddit menu. The god awful sideways feature kicks in all the time like all other bad apps for the iPhone. I'm still on iOS 9.3.2, and that's not changing anytime soon, so I have to thank the people behind the app for at least for keeping it optimized for my end, unlike the actual Reddit app. Last complaint, I hate ads, but I have Reddit gold!..but narwhal doesn't care. Overall I'd like to give it 3.5/5 bc it actually still works

Awesome app. Really good app, nice design, gestures work very well. I've been using it for a quite a while and decided to review now since I saw the devs asking for people to send reviews in the update notes (which is so much better than if they threw a pop up asking for reviews inside the app). One of the very few apps I've paid for the complete/ads-less version, and it was totally worth it! Support for Reddit videos has come right on time! Keep up the good work and the regular updates!

New version made it hard to use. To be honest, I don't remember if the main posts were collapsible in the old versions, but I don't remember it happening. Now I have to re-open and scroll to find where I was every time I accidentally touch the screen while reading... I will have to change apps unless there is a setting to keep the accordion/toggle feature for comments only, make it less sensitive, or give it a delay... Thank you for years of hard work, and for otherwise being the only way I view Reddit. 🥰

I’ve loved this app previously. However. There’s an issue now where every message or notification when tapped opens the app which times out. This is not systemic with reddit nor does it happen with other apps - so I have to think it’s a narwhal issue. I’m trying to get some support or even acknowledgement of the issue on the sub reddit there was no reply or comment despite numerous upvotes clearly identifying this as an issue. It’s a 5 star app with a major time out but that takes it to three. Enough of s problem I’ve switched back to beam for now - we’ll see if it’s fixed.

Only way to do mobile Reddit. The Reddit website and app are absolutely inundated with ads, with my average being 1 ad post per every 4 feed posts. That’s predatory and unacceptable, and a clear way to monetize the platform excessively while also trying to push users into Reddit premium. Premium doesn’t offer much extra value beyond the removal of the excessive ads, so I can’t support that. I can however support a small developer who doesn’t ask for much for a well-developed app.

Costs a few bucks a month but worth it!. Has pretty much everything I wanted when I moved over from Apollo once Reddit started charging for the API’s but now that this a paid subscription, the developer is constantly releasing updates for it. I’d recommend this to anyone moving off of Apollo. I know you can get it working but who wants to spend all that time with something the original creator abandoned? Not me.

Fantastic Reddit app, missing a few things though.. I overall love the experience using this app. It’s fast, it’s easy to navigate, and very customizable. I do think there are some things missing though. I would love to have a FaceID option when opening the app/changing accounts like Apollo used to do, also I can’t seem to find a way to edit my subreddit flairs. If these two things get added then it’s basically perfect.

Incredible Reddit experience!. Reddit as a company has remained controversial and most notable due to charging so much for 3rd parties to pull from its API. Any 3rd party client will HAVE to charge due to Reddit’s decision to charge however the 4$ for the narwhal app is so reasonable that you don’t just get the most customizable and enjoyable Reddit experience on iPhone, it’s also Ad free, something the official Reddit app charges MORE for! Narwhal is an overall superior app and experience, especially when you get it dialed in exactly how you like it!

Still my favorite Reddit client. I’ve tried several Reddit clients. Yes, even the one that was huge in 2017. And yet this is the client I come back to. This client has everything some of the other clients offer for money—logins for multiple accounts, dark mode, icons, and more. And what I really like about this client is I can preview a webpage in Narwhal’s browser while looking at a Reddit thread at the same time. I haven’t seen a feature like it in other Reddit clients or even the official app. This client is totally worth paying the developers to only remove ads.

Best Reddit app. I love this app, it is the ONLY way for me to access Reddit outside of my Desktop setting. I’ve used it for years at this point, and when the developer had to add a subscription model because of the Reddit API changes I was more than happy to pay. I was afraid of losing the app and all the customizations I had saved in it, and I think the subscription fee is worth every penny. Great developer; great app. You won’t regret it.

Good app, a little feedback regarding how it handles reddit links. Sometimes if you click a link to a reddit thread, it will open up the mobile version of reddit on the in-app browser. Anyone familiar with Reddit's mobile website should understand how horrific this experience is. I just want to request that clicking any reddit link will take you to a page within the narwhal app itself, not the browser. Other than that, it’s a great app that does what it needs to and in an intuitive manner.

Narwhal 2 is great. Narwhal felt like settling for a lesser app after using Apollo for years (RIP), but Narwhal 2 is a huge leap forward. Really feels great to use now and the customization options are awesome. My one and only wish is that tapping the subreddit text on a post on Home/All took me to that subreddit, but setting up a swipe gesture works for now. Was on the fence if I’d pay the subscription when it came time, but v2 really sealed the deal for me.

Dev actively working to make Reddits new pricing model work. I’ll admit, I was planning on getting rid of Reddit when they had tiered pricing planned for narwhal where I might need to top up. I’m honestly both grateful and shocked that they managed to do it cheaper than Reddit premium and not worry about my usage month to month. There are improvements still necessary, but that’s the case with all apps. And it’s trending in a positive direction unlike the official client.

First complaint after years of use.. I’ve been using Narwhal as my Reddit client for nearly five years and for the most part it’s performed wonderfully. However, in recent weeks I’ve noticed ads opening links to the App Store (iOS, obvs) from within a comment thread. I’m not clicking on ads, the store is just opening up undbidden while I’m trying to read or make a comment. I’m not 100% that this is an issue with Narwhal or with Reddit itself, but it’s gotten annoying enough now that I felt compelled to write this.

Narwhal is fire no cap. A great app that monumentally improves the experience of browsing reddit. After using Apollo for years, which shut down after reddit forced heavy charges on app users, a customized Narwhal experience has enabled me to enjoy the website again. Like everyone else I was accustomed to consuming reddit content for free, but I see a clear value to the work of Narwhal’s developers, and appreciate what they’re providing enough to where a small monthly fee is very reasonable.

Amazing App. I genuinely appreciate everything that the dev is doing to bring us this amazing app. Yes unfortunately there’s a subscription fee now, but I absolutely think it’s 100% worth it. Narwhal is so customizable and really lets you have exactly the app you want. The dev genuinely listens to suggestions and you can see his passion to create the best app possible. Definitely recommend this app to anyone who’s tired of the official trash Reddit app and/or refugees from any other 3rd party app that was shut down. I promise it’s worth it!

A great Reddit app, needs an update. The swipe feature alone makes this a must have. I’ve tried the other apps and I keep coming back to this one. Unfortunately it isn’t the best. Several key features are missing, force me to use the official Reddit app (and that thing is awful). Some comment threads won’t load, no cross posts, no awards and no mute/unmute options. If the devs could fix those, this could be the definitive iOS Reddit app. Also want to note: video links from commenters are auto-muted when previously they were not.

Horrible UI. This app could be so great. Could being the word of day here. The UI is awful. Straight awful. The posts on Reddit is on your left. So you would normally use your left hand to navigate. Simple enough. So how to change your subreddit you are in. Use your right hand to open a menu, scroll down, now select a different subreddit. Now back to left hand. But if you dare swipe back in the left menu. Start all over with the right hand. Why on earth am I feeling like I’m playing a mobile game to navigate an app? If going navigating Reddit on the left, than have ALL parts of navigation on the left. Go to the settings. Right side. Now the settings menu is centered. Oh good lord.

Buggy mess, poor layout. All the recent reviews already say it, but the video player constantly freezes and is totally unusable. Videos periodically ignore volume settings and play at full volume regardless of your volume or ringer setting. The layout is not great and gives no option for left handed users. Subreddit sorting is buried and poorly implemented and gifs just straight up don’t work. This app isn’t bad because of comparisons to Apollo, it’s bad regardless. Def has promised Version 2 for years with all of these bug fixes and knows people will wait because it’s the last non-official app. Do better.

Reddit is useless without Narwhal. If you were around for alien blue and want that experience when you’re on Reddit, get Narwhal. I tried using Reddit without Narwhal and it’s difficult, and the ads are horrible! I kinda forget ads are a thing on Reddit, since I don’t see them. Give it a shot for a month and see if you like it. Once you start and realize all the things Reddit took away, but still exist in Narwhal, you’ll realize the subscription is easily worth the cost.

Best reddit app available. Since Apollo was discontinued, the official app has been a scourge. Happily, the developer of narwhal upgraded it into narhwal 2 and made my reddit life so much better. This app is continually getting better and is a far superior experience to the official app. Plus, it’s an ad free experience for less than reddit premium. The dev has gone above and beyond to ease the horrid mistakes that Reddit inc. has done in their blind attempt to ruin reddit. Use this app, you won’t regret it.