Comet for reddit

Name: Comet for reddit
Rating: 4.2 (422 reviews)
Author: Aaron Kovacs

Fast, Robust, and Beautiful

Free · In‑App Purchases

422 Ratings
Ages

16+
Years
Category

News
Developer

Aaron Kovacs
Language

EN
English
Size

48.8
MB

Comet is the ultimate way to browse reddit. Fast, yet beautiful. Functionally robust, but remarkably intuitive. With a forward looking iOS-compliant design and navigation, zero corporate meddling, and advanced alien technology, it's the most sophisticated reddit app to date. With hundreds of individually crafted features, no corner of Comet has been left unloved. Here are a few of the highlights: DISCOVER NEW CONTENT: - Beautiful post layouts bring content to life - Autoplay gifs inline - Infinitely scroll through subreddits COUNTLESS COMMENTS: - Collapse and expand comments with a tap or a slide - Scroll infinitely without hiccup - Full markdown support SEAMLESS SEARCH: - Search reddit posts and subreddits - Intuitively filter search THE MEDIAVIEWER: - View pictures, loop gifs, and watch videos all without leaving the app - Save and share quickly READ AND REPLY: - Keep your inbox in check with swipe actions - Read and reply to comments and private messages CREATE BEAUTY: - Compose messages, comments, and posts with a remarkably robust markdown editor - Upload images to imgur.com for use in posts and comments SUBSCRIBE AND SITBACK: - Manage all of your subreddit subscriptions with a single tap - Maintain a list of favorite subreddits across devices - Unified list of subreddits, multireddits, and users THEME TO YOUR HEART'S CONTENT: - Pick from five beautifully detailed themes (White, Dark, Black, Blue, and Sepia) - Switch between four post layouts (Super Compact, Titles, Thumbnails, Previews) - Customize over 60+ app settings MORE ACCOUNTS LESS PROBLEMS: - Add an unlimited amount of accounts - View your upvoted, downvoted, gilded, and saved posts - Manage hidden posts - Tag users across reddit - Subscribe to users FEATURES FROM THE FUTURE: - Timetravel by swiping on the bottom bar - Quickly jump to any subreddit from anywhere by tapping the large title New features are added all the time so make sure to stay updated by subscribing to r/Comet. Happy redditing!

Ratings & Reviews

4.2

out of 5

422 Ratings

Good app, some suggestions
02/03/2020

Needeedhelp4450
Honestly this app has so much potential. Not to mention it’s already quite good. Won’t use it as much though since it’s lacking some features. 1) The commenting interface is okay. Doesn’t compete with Apollo. You can select(highlight and select) portions of comments and quote them in Apollo. You can also highlight your own text and automatically bold or italicize it. Very useful if you don’t remember the syntax required for these actions. 2) I would love if when you go to the profile icon, the overview generated right under the “history” option. Maybe a page break and then the overview under. Way to much navigation to get to the overview right now.3) Also a bug - after searching something and deleting the text and refreshing the search page. The very same search results still hang around. Up until the next search 4) Would love for the upvote/downvote and comment buttons to be moved under. It’s sort of an Inconvenience to keep them up top. They also act as a page break.
Good app, some suggestions
02/03/2020

Needeedhelp4450

Honestly this app has so much potential. Not to mention it’s already quite good. Won’t use it as much though since it’s lacking some features. 1) The commenting interface is okay. Doesn’t compete with Apollo. You can select(highlight and select) portions of comments and quote them in Apollo. You can also highlight your own text and automatically bold or italicize it. Very useful if you don’t remember the syntax required for these actions. 2) I would love if when you go to the profile icon, the overview generated right under the “history” option. Maybe a page break and then the overview under. Way to much navigation to get to the overview right now.3) Also a bug - after searching something and deleting the text and refreshing the search page. The very same search results still hang around. Up until the next search 4) Would love for the upvote/downvote and comment buttons to be moved under. It’s sort of an Inconvenience to keep them up top. They also act as a page break.
Fantastic Reddit App for Mac
03/03/2021

lonercoin
I am a big Apollo user on iOS and this is the closest thing you will find to that experience on Mac. There are a couple of things that I wish were possible so maybe the dev will see these and implement. 1. Ability to change not just the font but the size of the font.2. Implement some type of gesture or option to hide the previously viewed posted after exiting and re-entering the Comet app.3. When using the Dark - Blue theme, it can be difficult to identify what sub the post is from. My suggestion would be to make this some type of accent color that stands out a little more. 4. I can't put my finger on it but I feel like the refresh button does not always work or maybe it take a significantly longer time than I would expect. Maybe this is just user error on my part XD5. Ability to move the "move to next main comment" button that is in the lower right. On mobile I know why it is the bottom right but when viewing on the laptop that button is quite a ways a way from the main scrolling performed on the left.These are all very particular comments and I would still use the app regardless if they were implemented. I would highly reccomend if you are looking for a clean Reddit app for Mac. Hey dev, add a link somewhere so people can tip you for making such a great free app available!
Fantastic Reddit App for Mac
03/03/2021

lonercoin

I am a big Apollo user on iOS and this is the closest thing you will find to that experience on Mac. There are a couple of things that I wish were possible so maybe the dev will see these and implement. 1. Ability to change not just the font but the size of the font.2. Implement some type of gesture or option to hide the previously viewed posted after exiting and re-entering the Comet app.3. When using the Dark - Blue theme, it can be difficult to identify what sub the post is from. My suggestion would be to make this some type of accent color that stands out a little more. 4. I can't put my finger on it but I feel like the refresh button does not always work or maybe it take a significantly longer time than I would expect. Maybe this is just user error on my part XD5. Ability to move the "move to next main comment" button that is in the lower right. On mobile I know why it is the bottom right but when viewing on the laptop that button is quite a ways a way from the main scrolling performed on the left.These are all very particular comments and I would still use the app regardless if they were implemented. I would highly reccomend if you are looking for a clean Reddit app for Mac. Hey dev, add a link somewhere so people can tip you for making such a great free app available!
Great app but a very annoying problem
02/07/2019

Burt dong
The ui and smoothness of this app is great but there's one thing that makes this app really annoying for me. There's no option to disable the swipe to upvote function, which is especially annoying when viewing comments because I can't swipe back to the previous screen without readjusting my grip to reach the very edge of the screen. Also there is no feature to rearrange subreddits for quicker access which I use everyday in Apollo. If these two things are fixed this would be my favorite app.Edit: they implemented full screen swipe back so that fixes that problem! Still can't rearrange subreddits.

Developer Response
The latest update added customizable swipe actions and a full screen swipe back! Hopefully that helps with your use case.I’m looking into expanding on how Comet handles favorites. I’ve gotten quite a few suggestions wanting sortable and more accessible favorites. I’ll keep you updated!
Great app but a very annoying problem
02/07/2019

Burt dong

The ui and smoothness of this app is great but there's one thing that makes this app really annoying for me. There's no option to disable the swipe to upvote function, which is especially annoying when viewing comments because I can't swipe back to the previous screen without readjusting my grip to reach the very edge of the screen. Also there is no feature to rearrange subreddits for quicker access which I use everyday in Apollo. If these two things are fixed this would be my favorite app.Edit: they implemented full screen swipe back so that fixes that problem! Still can't rearrange subreddits.
Developer Response 02/07/2019
The latest update added customizable swipe actions and a full screen swipe back! Hopefully that helps with your use case.I’m looking into expanding on how Comet handles favorites. I’ve gotten quite a few suggestions wanting sortable and more accessible favorites. I’ll keep you updated!
Flawed.
08/17/2023

MikeH24
After Reddit destroyed third party app support with spez’s idiotic stupidity causing Apollo to shut down, I’ve been looking for an alternative to the blindingly frustratingly UN-user-friendly official app. I thought maybe that it’s this one. It’s not.None, I mean NONE of Reddit’s settings, like blocked users and subreddits, transfer over to Comet. Meaning, theoretically, you’ll need to reset those settings within this app manually. This includes NSFW concern being hidden “by default.” This might not be a deal breaker for some, and by NSFW stuff it’s not all that important actually, but I’ve tried and TRIED to set this to show NSFW and NOTHING WORKS! It’s still all hidden. I’ve had this setting on since I first was on Reddit almost 5 years ago. It’s set to show unblurred NSFW stuff in the terrible official app, in the website itself, all to no avail.Normally this wouldn’t be a deal breaker as I don’t care much about that side of Reddit, but if this app doesn’t allow showing NSFW stuff, telling you have to turn these settings on in the app or Reddit website before you can view this stuff, only to STILL not show it even after all these settings are turned on, what else isn’t it doing??Inferior app for a now inferior site.
Flawed.
08/17/2023

MikeH24

After Reddit destroyed third party app support with spez’s idiotic stupidity causing Apollo to shut down, I’ve been looking for an alternative to the blindingly frustratingly UN-user-friendly official app. I thought maybe that it’s this one. It’s not.None, I mean NONE of Reddit’s settings, like blocked users and subreddits, transfer over to Comet. Meaning, theoretically, you’ll need to reset those settings within this app manually. This includes NSFW concern being hidden “by default.” This might not be a deal breaker for some, and by NSFW stuff it’s not all that important actually, but I’ve tried and TRIED to set this to show NSFW and NOTHING WORKS! It’s still all hidden. I’ve had this setting on since I first was on Reddit almost 5 years ago. It’s set to show unblurred NSFW stuff in the terrible official app, in the website itself, all to no avail.Normally this wouldn’t be a deal breaker as I don’t care much about that side of Reddit, but if this app doesn’t allow showing NSFW stuff, telling you have to turn these settings on in the app or Reddit website before you can view this stuff, only to STILL not show it even after all these settings are turned on, what else isn’t it doing??Inferior app for a now inferior site.

Along with this update Comet for reddit is now available on the Mac App Store! Go check it out and let me know any feedback over on r/Comet 2.3.2: - Replies to posts and comments now show up immediately after submission - Redesigned subreddit search to show more information - Fixed read links not staying read between app sessions - Renamed ‘Activity’ tab to 'Inbox' - 4 New App Icons! Heart, Mono, Short, and Flag - Added tip jar 2.3.0: - Support for GIFs in comments - Support for reddit gallery captions - Fixed a crash when using search filters - Fixed text alignment on search filters - Fixed albums having white background in light mode - Fixed bug where album indicator would not show on large previews - Fixed crash opening media viewer - Fixed crash when using “Open in Comet” - Fixed crash when opening post with blank album