Lander for Reddit
A Modern Reddit Client
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Lander is a Reddit client for iPhone, iPad and Mac with Apple silicon. Browse communities, read discussions, view media and manage your messages in a layout you can customize.
READ AND EXPLORE
- Browse Home, Popular, All and custom feeds.
- Search posts, communities and people.
- Read threaded comments, collapse replies and choose how discussions are sorted.
- Vote, save, share, hide and crosspost.
- Keep your reading position when returning from other views.
- Use multiple columns on iPad to browse and read side by side.
MAKE IT YOURS
- Choose a theme or set your own background, accent and text colors.
- Adjust text size, post density, margins and action-bar spacing.
- Customize tab destinations, profile controls, shortcuts and gestures.
- Choose app animations and comment-opening transitions, including options to turn them off.
- Find preferences with Settings search and back them up for later use.
IMAGES AND VIDEO
- View images, GIFs, videos and galleries.
- Open media full screen and zoom into images.
- Control autoplay and default video muting.
- Adjust thumbnails and spoiler previews.
MESSAGES AND MODERATION
- Read and reply to direct messages and chats.
- Manage modmail and review posts and comments in Mod Queue.
- Use reporting and moderation actions where your account has permission.
ACCESSIBILITY AND PRIVACY
- Dynamic Type, VoiceOver labels, contrast options and Reduce Motion support.
- Face ID or Touch ID app lock on supported devices.
- Multiple Reddit accounts and optional crash reporting.
- iCloud syncing for supported preferences and favorites.
Browse public content without an account. Sign in with Reddit to vote, post, comment and use account features.
Lander is an unofficial client and is not affiliated with Reddit, Inc.
TERMS & PRIVACY
Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://landerapp.xyz/privacy
more Great app, need standalone Apple Watch app
Great app, need standalone Apple Watch app
This is coming together as a fantastic Reddit client with sane choices all around and an immense amount of functionality and customisability.It’s not Apollo. Christian Selig is a legendary and practically mythical tier of Apple developer, and it was made during a different era of software engineering. Comparisons between them are only natural given the scope, but I wouldn’t focus much on them. In reality, I’m beginning to think Lander is the next best thing after the proverbial Apollo, and, hopefully, soon enough, *the* best. Looking at the progress made in a couple of months, it’s getting there! Sometimes, Lander can be a little rough around the edges or buggy, if not for the lack of ambition; after all, it’s one developer. But the developer respects you as a user and listens eagerly to your feedback, always quick to fix issues and address questions, which all but makes up for any minor animation glitch or random bug. I’m leaving it at 5 stars because I truly do believe that this is a great app made by a great developer. I believe as time goes on, a review like mine will condense more and more down to “A great app, by a great dev.”
This is coming together as a fantastic Reddit client with sane choices all around and an immense amount of functionality and customisability.It’s not Apollo. Christian Selig is a legendary and practically mythical tier of Apple developer, and it was made during a different era of software engineering. Comparisons between them are only natural given the scope, but I wouldn’t focus much on them. In reality, I’m beginning to think Lander is the next best thing after the proverbial Apollo, and, hopefully, soon enough, *the* best. Looking at the progress made in a couple of months, it’s getting there! Sometimes, Lander can be a little rough around the edges or buggy, if not for the lack of ambition; after all, it’s one developer. But the developer respects you as a user and listens eagerly to your feedback, always quick to fix issues and address questions, which all but makes up for any minor animation glitch or random bug. I’m leaving it at 5 stars because I truly do believe that this is a great app made by a great developer. I believe as time goes on, a review like mine will condense more and more down to “A great app, by a great dev.”
This is way better than the official Reddit app. The customization is deep, including themes, text size, density, spacing, and even comment transitions, so it actually feels like your own app instead of a generic template. Multi-column browsing on iPad is great for reading side by side, and media viewing like galleries, GIFs, and videos is smooth. Managing messages and the mod queue without switching apps is a nice bonus if you moderate anything.
This is way better than the official Reddit app. The customization is deep, including themes, text size, density, spacing, and even comment transitions, so it actually feels like your own app instead of a generic template. Multi-column browsing on iPad is great for reading side by side, and media viewing like galleries, GIFs, and videos is smooth. Managing messages and the mod queue without switching apps is a nice bonus if you moderate anything.
I’ve been using this app as a replacement for Narwhal.. which I’ve used forever.. and have been very impressed. The few bugs I’ve encountered have been fixed with quick app updates… so it’s actively being developed. If you’re looking for a replacement for the awful Reddit app, take this one out for a spin. It’s free and runs on donations.
I’ve been using this app as a replacement for Narwhal.. which I’ve used forever.. and have been very impressed. The few bugs I’ve encountered have been fixed with quick app updates… so it’s actively being developed. If you’re looking for a replacement for the awful Reddit app, take this one out for a spin. It’s free and runs on donations.
Version 2.3.12
- iPhone Duo and iPad: in landscape, Home shows two columns, the feed beside the post you're reading. Opening, switching and closing posts happens in place, with nothing sliding or reflowing. Prefer one wide column? Turn off Split View in the side bar on iPhone Duo, or in Settings > Appearance on iPad.
- iPhone Duo: in landscape every control is in the side bar: the feed's, the Split View switch, and Close, Reply, Next Comment and sort for the open post.
- Posts that fill the screen open and swipe back with the system's own motion, smooth on every screen.
- iPhone Duo: bending into book mode moves content smoothly off the crease, and flat it fills the whole screen.
- iPhone Duo: replies open and close instantly, and the side bar's controls keep working afterward.
- Link posts without a preview image show the site's icon beside the title, in one row.
2.3.12 2d ago
Version 2.3.11
- iPhone Duo: while you reply, Cancel and Send sit in the side bar and stay visible with the keyboard up, in landscape, in portrait and on the front screen wherever there's a side bar.
- The formatting bar above the keyboard is larger and centered.
- iPad and iPhone Duo: opening and closing a post, replying, folding and rotating are smoother. One layout rule decides where everything goes, the panes slide on one motion, and nothing waits on a timer.
- iPad and iPhone Duo: browsing the card feed, open a post beside it and the feed switches to a compact list in the same motion, keeping the post you're reading where it was. Close the post and the cards come back.
- Fewer rate-limit interruptions: normal browsing is never throttled, only a reader going much faster than usual briefly waits, and a thread you just read still opens when Reddit is busy.
2.3.11 4d ago
Version 2.3.10
- iPad and iPhone Duo: with no post open, the feed fills the screen. In landscape a post opens beside the feed, which slides aside for it; in portrait the post fills the screen and Back returns to the feed. Your place in the feed stays put as you fold, unfold, rotate or close it.
- iPhone Duo front screen, and anywhere Split View doesn't fit: posts open just as on iPhone, zooming out of the comment icon, with the native swipe back to the feed. A back swipe that starts over media or a link no longer opens it.
- iPhone Duo, unfolded: in landscape the feed sits on the left and the open post on the right (Settings > Appearance > iPhone Duo swaps them). The side bar holds the feed's controls, plus Close, Reply, Next Comment and comment sort for the open post. Every screen has large titles, the two sides meet at the hinge, and bending the Duo opens a channel at the fold. Posts slide in and out smoothly, and a post keeps your place as you fold or rotate. In portrait the top controls no longer go missing.
- iPhone Duo: replying takes the whole screen, with a short reply box under the post or comment you're answering; swipe it down or tap Cancel to close it and return to where you were.
- iPhone Duo: swiping in from the feed's edge opens Communities again, and the feed's name is a large title in every posture, like every other screen.
- Opening and closing posts, replying, rotating, folding and unfolding are smoother, and the post you're reading stays put instead of reloading. Rotating your iPhone or iPad keeps your place in the feed and in comments.
- Auto-refresh works again.
- iPhone Duo front screen in landscape: the sidebar no longer peeks in from the edge.
- iPhone Duo front screen: community shortcut bubbles are now off unless you turn them on in Settings > Appearance. When on, they sit on the feed only and fold away as you scroll.
- Split View has a switch for each orientation in Settings > Appearance (on in landscape, off in portrait), and a post's Split View button switches the current one. The Post Style button switches between Cards and Compact List in one tap.
- Compact List: the vote score sits centered between the arrows.
- Private browsing relay: if Columbia's relay stalls, Lander now loads directly after 15 seconds instead of 45, and skips the relay for a minute rather than making every load wait.
2.3.10 4d ago
Version 2.3.9
- iPhone Duo: Lander is now built for iPhone Duo, so its Duo layouts show up on the inner and front displays. 2.3.8 shipped them, but they didn't turn on.
- Half-fold it like a laptop: the discussion stays above the fold with your feed below. Photos and videos sit above, with their title and Share below.
- Reply in portrait like a laptop, with the keyboard below the fold and the thread you're answering above it.
- Shortcut bubbles for your communities along the top of the front screen. Pick them, reorder them or turn them off in Settings > Appearance.
- Inbox shows the open conversation above the fold and your messages below.
2.3.9 Oct 23
Version 2.3.8
- Moderators: tap a post's or comment's report count, or Moderate… in Mod Tools, to read the reports, snooze a reason, approve, remove with a reason, lock, set flair, or message, note or ban the author without leaving the thread. The post page now shows its mod status too.
- Follow people from their profile.
- New settings: Fade Last Line in Appearance, Sidebar Swipe Zone in Gestures, and Fit Tall Images in Media to show tall images whole instead of cropped.
- Long-press a link in a comment to see where it goes before you open it.
- Translate To lists each language once, with Chinese Simplified and Traditional shown separately.
- VoiceOver now reads the current Post Style.
- iPhone Duo: half-fold it like a laptop and the discussion stays above the fold with your feed below. Photos and videos sit above, with their title and Share below.
- iPhone Duo: replying in portrait works like a laptop, with the keyboard below the fold and the thread you're answering above it.
- iPhone Duo: shortcut bubbles for your communities along the top of the front screen. Pick them, reorder them or turn them off in Settings > Appearance.
- iPhone Duo: Inbox shows the open conversation above the fold and your messages below.
- Widgets keep their Lander orange in StandBy.
2.3.8 Oct 23
Version 2.3.7
- Fixed "You don't have permission" while signed in when sorting a community by New, loading more replies, or opening profiles, trophies and community info.
- Comments and search load faster while Reddit is limiting signed-in reads.
- Pull to refresh now always shows fresh posts when signed out, and Top time ranges work when signed out.
- Settings changes now sync between your devices through iCloud.
- Chat and Inbox Live Activities now work, and unread chats count toward the app badge.
- On iPad and iPhone Duo, communities and profiles you tap now open beside the feed, and the community you're reading opens its About page there. Change this with Open Communities in Settings > Appearance.
- New Background settings in Settings > Appearance: Ambient, Theme Gradient, Solid or True Black, with one background behind every screen. The True Black theme is now pure black, post cards included.
- iPhone Duo: the reply composer keeps Cancel and Submit in one bar in every pose.
- Added a 99¢ monthly Supporter option in Settings > Support Lander. Every feature stays free.
- Upvoted and downvoted arrows show your theme's vote colors again instead of washed-out tints.
- Community names at the top of a feed now show in full instead of being cut off.
- "Load more replies" now appears under every comment that has more replies to show.
- Long community About pages and comments now show their formatting instead of raw text, and bold or italic lines no longer turn into bullet points.
- iPhone Duo: one Back button, controls that stay on the side rail, full feed names, centred cards and text kept clear of the fold.
- Fixed some Reddit videos that wouldn't play.
2.3.7 Oct 20
Version 2.3.6
- Fixed search showing "Search couldn’t load" for every search while signed in.
2.3.6 Oct 18
Version 2.3.5
- Fixed comments failing to load with "You don't have permission to access this content" while signed in.
2.3.5 Oct 15
Version 2.3.4
- iPhone Duo: portrait now opens a full-screen feed, and landscape shows the feed and discussion side by side. Choose the layout for each orientation in Settings > Appearance.
- The post you're reading is highlighted in the feed.
- Read posts are easier to spot in Compact layout, and accent colors are richer on dark themes.
- Fixed subreddit sync failing with "record too large".
- Text crossposts now show their content, and subreddit icons appear in the sidebar.
- Pulling to refresh your profile now updates your karma.
2.3.4 Oct 14
Version 2.3.3
- Fixed sorting controls on the Home feed, including Top, New, and Best.
- Improved Columbia connection reliability and recovery.
- Fixed a crash when leaving a feed.
2.3.3 Sep 26
Version 2.3.2
- Smoother comment scrolling on long threads.
- Collapsing and expanding comments is instant and smooth, even in threads with thousands of replies.
- The feed's top controls tuck away as you scroll down and return when you scroll back up, just like the tab bar (follows the Minimize Tab Bar on Scroll setting).
- Subreddit names in the feed header are no longer cut off.
- The post style button switches between Cards and Compact List with a single tap.
2.3.2 Sep 26
Version 2.3.1
- Home on iPhone Duo and other supported wide windows can show your feed beside the selected discussion. Panes share the space equally by default; adjust the feed width in Settings or focus the discussion. Your Full Width preference is preserved.
- Improved stability on earlier iOS versions.
- Fixed votes falling out of sync between feeds and discussions.
- Improved animated image loading and full-screen media controls.
- Better preservation of comment drafts and paused media when the app window changes size.
- More reliable optional usage reporting, including delivery after a temporary connection loss.
- Find settings faster with grouped search results, highlighted destinations and controls matched to your device.
- Improved Open in Lander links from Safari, with clearer manual extension setup guidance.
- Customize your first two post shortcuts, with Share as Image and Share ready by default.
- Clearer Apple Intelligence Summary availability messages and recovery when a summary can’t be generated.
2.3.1 Sep 21
Version 2.3.0
- Fixed compact-layout posts not opening reliably: taps on the thumbnail, the divider gap, or after a slight finger wobble now always open the post.
- Mark All Read is now a button in the Inbox toolbar, and the Unread list clears right away. Moderators get Mark All Read for modmail too.
- Decline all pending chat requests at once.
- Comment attachments: add a caption, post them in 18+ communities that allow media, and the picker stays hidden when you're signed out.
- New comment swipe action: Collapse.
- New Loop Videos setting for the full-screen player.
- Imgur links: single images resolve to the real media (GIFs and videos play instead of showing a still) and albums render inline in the feed.
- Your custom font and filtered communities are now included in settings backups; Refresh Interval and Saved Palettes are searchable.
- Badge Count asks for badge permission once, so the app-icon badge actually appears.
- Under the hood: a smaller binary with unused push-notification plumbing removed.
2.3.0 Sep 16
Version 2.2.4
- Refined glass navigation and post controls, with clearer scores, balanced spacing, improved theme contrast and centered feed margins.
- Feeds, profiles, search results and chats remember where you left off.
- Fixed missing or duplicate comment images, GIFs and videos, including playback after closing the full-screen viewer.
- Added controls for spacing, margins, profile layout and animation speed. On iPhone, the tab bar can minimize as you scroll.
- Improved Search and menus at larger text sizes, and made settings easier to find.
- Improved message and chat reliability, including retries and account switching.
- Fixed modmail status updates and improved Mod Queue support for comments and removal messages.
- Corrected hidden-post syncing, theme restoration and settings resets.
2.2.4 Sep 15
Version 2.2.3
- Refined glass navigation and post controls, with clearer scores, balanced spacing, improved theme contrast and centered feed margins.
- Feeds, profiles, search results and chats remember where you left off.
- Fixed missing or duplicate comment images, GIFs and videos, including playback after closing the full-screen viewer.
- Added controls for spacing, margins, profile layout and animation speed. On iPhone, the tab bar can minimize as you scroll.
- Improved Search and menus at larger text sizes, and made settings easier to find.
- Improved message and chat reliability, including retries and account switching.
- Fixed modmail status updates and improved Mod Queue support for comments and removal messages.
- Corrected hidden-post syncing, theme restoration and settings resets.
2.2.3 Sep 15
Version 2.2
- Refined glass navigation and post controls, with clearer scores, balanced spacing and improved theme contrast.
- Feeds, profiles, search results and chats remember where you left off.
- Fixed missing or duplicate comment images, GIFs and videos, including playback after closing the full-screen viewer.
- Added controls for spacing, margins, profile layout and animation speed. On iPhone, the tab bar can minimize as you scroll.
- Improved Search and menus at larger text sizes, and made settings easier to find.
- Improved message and chat reliability, including retries and account switching.
- Fixed modmail status updates and improved Mod Queue support for comments and removal messages.
- Corrected hidden-post syncing, theme restoration and settings resets.
2.2.2 Sep 14
Improved sign-in reliability and recovery after interrupted authentication. Updated edge gestures for easier sidebar and back navigation without interfering with taps on posts or media. Refined spacing, text sizing, tab bar behavior, Liquid Glass controls, comment media playback, feed position retention, and accessibility support.
2.2.1 Sep 14
Version 2.2
- Refined glass navigation and post controls, with clearer scores, balanced spacing and improved theme contrast.
- Feeds, profiles, search results and chats remember where you left off.
- Fixed missing or duplicate comment images, GIFs and videos, including playback after closing the full-screen viewer.
- Added controls for spacing, margins, profile layout and animation speed. On iPhone, the tab bar can minimize as you scroll.
- Improved Search and menus at larger text sizes, and made settings easier to find.
- Improved message and chat reliability, including retries and account switching.
- Fixed modmail status updates and improved Mod Queue support for comments and removal messages.
- Corrected hidden-post syncing, theme restoration and settings resets.
2.2 Sep 13
Big fix train — straight from your reports. Thank you!
• Fixed: your home feed showing subreddits you don't follow on cold launch (no refresh needed — it loads YOUR feed the first time, every time)
• Fixed: links opening in external Safari even with "Open Links in App" on — links now respect your settings, and shared reddit links (sh.reddit.com) open right in Lander
• Fixed: crash at launch on iOS 17
• Fixed: videos starting muted even with "Mute Videos by Default" turned off
• Fixed: the first video in your feed never auto-playing until you scrolled away and back
• Fixed: vertical scrolls occasionally dying mid-drag after a swipe gesture
• New: jump-to-next-comment button in posts (most-requested!)
• New: flair picker in the post composer — post to flair-required subreddits without leaving Lander
• New: auto-collapse stickied mod comments (Settings › Comments)
• New on iPad: collapse the sidebar, and Single-Column Layout now applies to every tab for a true full-screen feed
• The "Open in Lander" Safari extension now catches every reddit.com subdomain (enable it in Settings → Apps → Safari → Extensions)
2.1.9 Jul 31
Your feedback, shipped — thank you!
• Save media is back everywhere: download videos, GIFs, and images from the viewer, comments, DMs, and now straight from the feed's long-press menu (Reddit videos save in full quality, with audio)
• Buttery-smooth zooming: panning a zoomed image now uses native scrolling with momentum and rubber-banding — no more choppy drags in galleries
• New: swipe left or right in a post to jump to the next or previous post in your feed (Settings › Gestures to turn it off)
• Under-the-hood security hardening
2.1.7 Jul 24
New: open reddit.com links from Safari straight into Lander. Enable the "Open in Lander" extension once in Settings > Apps > Safari > Extensions, and links you tap on the web land in the app.
Also in this release:
- Fixed: the first swipes after opening a subreddit sometimes did not register
- Fixed: opening the app from a widget or link could land on Home instead of the right screen, and some links opened twice
- Fixed: confirmation messages were invisible when Settings was opened from the Profile gear
- Fixed: "Reset All Settings" no longer flips frame-rate and Translate settings away from their defaults
- Tidied the Notifications settings screen
2.1.6 Jul 22
A small housekeeping release: a refreshed App Store presentation and minor internal cleanups. All the good stuff from 2.1.4 - inline imgur albums, Streamable playback, the smarter galleries - keeps working exactly as before.
2.1.5 Jul 19
More fixes straight from your feedback — thank you!
• Fixed: opening Settings could bounce you back to Home
• Galleries now open on the image you were viewing, and the dots keep up past 10
• Share as Image includes the post’s picture, with new options for the post text and top comments
• Light/Dark now switches live — no need to reopen the app
• iPad: new single-column layout option (Settings › Appearance)
• Imgur albums and galleries now open right inside Lander
• Streamable and RedGifs videos play inline instead of bouncing to a browser
• More reliable messages, chat, and modmail
2.1.4 Jul 19
Bug fixes from your reports — thank you!
• Fixed a crash when opening a subreddit from search
• Comment votes, saves, and edits now stick
• Smoother video playback in the feed
• More reliable messages, chat, and modmail
• You can now edit your own text posts
• The full-screen viewer respects your mute setting
• Profile media no longer shifts when you swipe
• iPad: fixed clipped section headers and search keyboard focus
• More polish and stability throughout
2.1.3 Jul 18
A quick follow-up focused on account and content safety:
• NSFW content now requires a signed-in Reddit account with adult content enabled in your own reddit.com preferences — Lander no longer has a separate toggle for this
• Added a persistent NSFW label on marked posts
• Added a one-time screen on first launch covering Lander's content policy, with a direct way to report objectionable content or block abusive users
• Crash reporting is now properly wired up, so real crashes get flagged and fixed faster
2.1.1 Jul 17
Version 2.3.12
- iPhone Duo and iPad: in landscape, Home shows two columns, the feed beside the post you're reading. Opening, switching and closing posts happens in place, with nothing sliding or reflowing. Prefer one wide column? Turn off Split View in the side bar on iPhone Duo, or in Settings > Appearance on iPad.
- iPhone Duo: in landscape every control is in the side bar: the feed's, the Split View switch, and Close, Reply, Next Comment and sort for the open post.
- Posts that fill the screen open and swipe back with the system's own motion, smooth on every screen.
- iPhone Duo: bending into book mode moves content smoothly off the crease, and flat it fills the whole screen.
- iPhone Duo: replies open and close instantly, and the side bar's controls keep working afterward.
- Link posts without a preview image show the site's icon beside the title, in one row.
more Version 2.3.12 2d ago
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