Lander App
A Modern Reddit Client
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
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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 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.
Great to have a native app that works well. Two issues I found are: scrolling comments is super laggy and the home feed seems to show the same stories after refresh (unlike the website).
Great to have a native app that works well. Two issues I found are: scrolling comments is super laggy and the home feed seems to show the same stories after refresh (unlike the website).
Great but seems to show the same stories over and over again. Also needs an option to hide story images by default.
Great but seems to show the same stories over and over again. Also needs an option to hide story images by default.
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
This is a big one — lots of bug fixes based on your reports, plus a few new features:
Fixed
• Muted GIF/video autoplay in the feed
• Saved posts & Profile Overview that never loaded
• Save/vote/hide not working from Profile
• Feed getting stuck when too many posts are filtered or hidden
• Comment collapse animations & superscript text rendering
• Export/Import softlocking Settings
• Smoother fullscreen media viewer with a single set of video controls
• Various swipe gesture & haptics inconsistencies
• Reddit links now open directly in Lander via the Share Sheet
New
• Swipe to block users / mute subreddits
• True Black: optional chrome-free post cards & action bar
• Optional global Popular feed
Thanks for all the detailed bug reports — keep them coming.
2.1.0 Jul 14
Private browsing relay: signed-out browsing can now route through Columbia, an open-source, operator-blind transport that keeps the sites you read from seeing your address. It's on by default and always falls back to a normal connection, so browsing never breaks. Manage it in Settings › Advanced › Columbia, or point it at your own self-hosted instance.
Smoother scrolling: fixed the feed stutter and hitching on ProMotion displays, and steadied video cards so the feed no longer jumps as media loads. Swiping back from a post now returns you to exactly where you were.
Modmail: fixed the Mod segment so conversations show and open correctly again.
Plus a redesigned inbox, Reddit Chat, and a batch of messaging and stability fixes.
2.0.9 Jul 11
Chat is here, plus a big wave of polish driven by your feedback. Thank you.
Chat & messages:
- Your Reddit chats, full history, and pending chat requests
- Accept a request and it opens right away
- Redesigned compose for chats, direct messages, and modmail, with a rich-text formatting bar and smart recipient suggestions
- When someone has direct messages off, easily send a chat request instead
Design:
- New Liquid Glass across the inbox, chat, and compose screens
- Tabs glide into a single compose pill as you scroll
- Cleaner, more consistent look across Inbox, Chat, and Mod
Reading & media:
- Saved videos now include their audio
- Video plays reliably when you open it, with no stray background audio
- Link previews show a thumbnail for X and other sites
- Tap and hold to select and copy text in posts and comments
Feed:
- Your place is kept when you switch apps and come back
- A little more breathing room in the compact feed
Fixes & polish:
- Trophies load correctly again
- Subtle haptics and confirmations when you post, reply, edit, or send
Keep the feedback coming.
2.0.8 Jul 6
Bug fixes and refinements:
- Videos no longer keep playing audio after you close the viewer
- Cleaner, solid profile backgrounds that match your theme
- Sans-serif typography throughout for better readability
- Fixed swipe actions on single-image gallery posts
- Stability and polish improvements
2.0.7 Jul 3
This update brings reliability fixes plus a wave of new customization.
Fixes and polish:
- Subscribed subreddits no longer mix together across accounts
- Posts load reliably on launch, and comment edits save every time
- Smoother pull to refresh and account switching
- Swiping back from comments no longer accidentally upvotes
- RedGifs and auto-play media now work correctly
Comments:
- Tap anywhere on a comment to collapse it
- A shorter reply box that keeps the post in view, drag up for full size
Make it yours:
- Pick your own accent color and font
- Single color background option, no gradient
- Edge to edge feed cards
- Hide the vote arrows on posts and comments separately
- Assign short and long swipe actions
Plus the rate-limit and sign-in improvements from the previous update.
2.0.6 Jul 1
Pure Clear: a completely untinted light theme, the clean counterpart to True Black.
Compact thumbnails can now sit on the right side of the feed (optional).
Smoother browsing when signed out, with fewer rate-limit interruptions.
Plus reliability fixes and refinements.
2.0.5 Jun 29
This update includes bug fixes and performance improvements.
2.0.3 Jun 27
Lander 2.0 is our biggest update yet.
- A gorgeous new look: toolbars, action bars, and chrome migrated to native Liquid Glass throughout
- Universal search: pull down on the feed (or tap Search) to search across all of Reddit, live
- Ambient themes that gently pick up the colors of whatever you're viewing, powered by on-device intelligence
- Home Screen widgets, Live Activities, and deep links
- Spotlight search: find your subreddits and saved posts right from the iOS search bar
- Full iPhone landscape and iPad split-view support
- Save Reddit videos, Picture-in-Picture, and better media everywhere
- Translate posts and comments inline
- Deep accessibility: VoiceOver rotors, full labels, larger touch targets
- Faster launch, smoother scrolling, and lots of polish
2.0.1 Jun 25
Temporarily requiring users to bring their own key.
1.9.16 Jun 11
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.
more Version 2.3.3 Sep 26
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