Hydra is the best client for browsing your subreddits and the ultimate experience on iOS. It's fast, fluid, and designed to make browsing more seamless than ever before. If you're looking for a powerful yet beautifully simple client, Hydra is the way to go.
"Hydra makes Reddit feel like a natural part of iOS. Everything just flows." - u/goosewatergoose
"This app is what you get when the developer really understands what a great user experience should be. It’s everything the Reddit app isn't" - DAC, UK
"Long time Apollo user. Found the app a month ago. Great work so far, just wanted to convey the props" - @gruthsc3 (Discord)
Hydra is crafted with a native iOS design, making it feel right at home on your device. It loads fast, responds instantly, and makes browsing an incredibly intuitive experience. Packed with powerful features, it's built to be the ultimate companion for both casual browsing and hardcore Redditors alike.
Features that make Hydra shine:
- Lightning-fast loading for seamless scrolling and browsing
- Multireddit support for organizing and following your favorite topics
- Favorite subreddits to keep your go-to communities at your fingertips
- A beautifully designed, native iOS experience that feels right at home
- Gorgeous image and video viewer for an immersive media experience
- Multiple account support so you can switch effortlessly
- Quick access gestures to upvote, downvote, reply, and more with a swipe
- Markdown support to get the most out of your posts and comments
- System share menu integration to easily share content anywhere
- Full inbox access for messages and notifications
- Private messages support to stay connected with other users
- Powerful search to find posts, subreddits, and users in an instant
- Customizable themes to match your style
- Compact mode for an optimized browsing experience
- Highly customizable UI to tailor Hydra to your needs
- Blur NSFW content and spoilers for a safe browsing experience
- Low data mode to keep your usage efficient
- Beautiful, intuitive UI/UX that makes using Hydra a delight
Hydra is always evolving with new features and improvements based on feedback from the community. If there's something you'd love to see, drop by the /r/HydraApp subreddit and let me know!
Hydra is an unofficial client, but it just might be the best one you've ever used.
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This is an unofficial client for the Reddit service (Reddit is a registered trademark of Reddit, Inc., and this app is not affiliated with or endorsed by Reddit).
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Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
I used Apollo for years and would have happily paid for it. Since it was discontinued, I tried everything else out there, from sideloading options to Narwhal and even the official Reddit app. None of them came close, and the experience was frustrating.Been using Hydra for a few days now, I’m happy to find something that is as good as Apollo was. I got the paid version and this feels like Apollo’s true successor. It even adds features Apollo didn’t have, like simple template-based filters that make browsing much easier.The only thing I’d love to see added is adjustable font sizing. Aside from that, Hydra is nearly perfect and easily the best Reddit experience available now.
So much potential but too many problems to rate it higher than a 2/5
icaciul
TL;DR the app is slow and sometimes unresponsive (which is not a deal breaker. If that was the only problem it would be a 4/5) but the app also causes my phone to overheat and drain my phones batteryWhen I first downloaded the app I was looking for alternatives to Apollo. Hydra did a really good job as an alternative until I used the app for more than an hour. The app has its share of problems such as long loading times and unresponsive UI elements. These problems are pretty manageable and are not the end of the world. My biggest problem with this app is how I can’t use it for more than 15 minutes without my phone overheating the app becoming slow and unresponsive. Additionally, it would drain my battery rapidly. At first I thought my phone was the problem and tried deleting old apps, turning off background refresh, updating everything I could but nothing would fix it. I deleted and reinstalled the app but overheating and battery drain still happened. I really like the app and would happily give it 5 stars but the overheating issue coupled with the battery drain makes the app almost unusable
Best option for 2025
Joe2351
Having used too many Reddit clients (Alien Blue, Reddit app, ReddPlanet, Apollo, 2021 Reddit app + tweaks) this is by far the best option for 2025. It could still use a few additional features (content blocking, comment images, startup feed, and others), but development is active so I’m sure it’ll only get better from here. Give it a shot, it’s free anyways
Bricked asking to join sub
Tatertacoma
For a while I used Apollo side loaded, but as with side loading it was an absolute pain trying to remember to renew the app and everything…Now using hydra it’s very *ok*…It has a lot of problems and little to no polish. It does work and it is probably the best/closest contender for Apollo alternatives but it has a ton of missing mini-features and still has problems loading some content (Although side-loaded Apollo had issue with certain content to).Ironically, the app got an update? Which completely bricks the app due to a pop-up saying to join the r/hydraclient subreddit with absolutely no way to remove it…
Features:
- Disable Swipe Gestures
- GIF Improvements
- Improved Wikis
- Temporary Subreddit Filters
Bugfixes:
- Fixed image posts momentarily showing the wrong image when scrolling quickly or on a slow internet connection
- Disabled autocorrect when searching
- Voting on a post while viewing a comments page, then collapsing a comment would cause your vote to disappear
- Gated and quarantined subreddits are now handled properly and are accessible
- Wiki shortlinks (/r/subreddit/w/page) now load properly
- Banned users and non-existent user profiles now show an error message instead of loading forever
- Giphy gifs were loading very slowly
- Marking posts as read would sometimes fail to update visually
- User subreddit links (/r/u_username) would fail to load
- Subreddit icon images now use caching to improve performance
- Post and comment edit modals now say "Save" instead of "Edit" for the submit button
- DB optimization improvements
Version 3.4.0
The developer, Dimitrie Milinovich, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
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Information
Seller
Dimitrie Milinovich
Size
51 MB
Category
News
Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 15.1 or later.
iPod touch Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
