Narwhal for Reddit
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Narwhal 2 is the most customizable app for Reddit. This is an all new app designed from the ground up to be the successor to Narwhal 1. All of these features were designed specifically for fast, efficient use of Reddit:
- View any and all subreddits
- A seamless experience to see a link and its comments at the same time
- Voting on posts and comments through a simple swipe
- Create your own themes
- Hide and save links to your reddit account
- Add new posts to your favorite subreddit
- View all of your orangereds
- What are you waiting for!? Go ahead and download and browse reddit as much as you want!
We are always trying to make the best reddit experience, so come visit our subreddit /r/narwhalapp and let us know what you want to see next!
Due to Reddit now charging for their API, you must subscribe monthly to Narwhal 2 to use the app. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
more Images & GIFs in comments, plus iPhone Duo support!
Many of you have been waiting a long time for this one. If you'd rather keep your comments text-only, new settings let you set up Narwhal exactly the way you like.
New:
- Images & GIFs in comments - Images and GIFs now appear inline with comment text, so you don't have to open links to see them. Tap any image to view it full screen.
- Added a setting to disable images in comments if you prefer to keep things text-only in Settings > Comments
- Control whether you would like GIFs to autoplay in comments via a new option in Settings > Comments
- iPhone Duo support - Narwhal now supports iPhone Duo. I don't have a device to test on, so please report any bugs you find on r/narwhalapp!
- Flair images - Images in user flairs now appear inline too. Shoutout to r/hockey and r/nfl for repping your teams!
- Added a setting to disable images in flairs in Settings > Comments
Improved:
- Share Comment as Image now has an option to include the post's self text.
Fixed:
- Fixed text getting cut off in some shared comment images.
- Fixed two long-standing crashes that were especially tricky to track down.
- Fixed YouTube videos not loading in the native video player.
2026.8 4 hr ago
Narwhal is now updated for iOS 27, with a few visual improvements and bug fixes along the way.
- Fixed an issue where favorites or content filters would disappear if you had iCloud syncing turned off
- Restored the soft, subtle navigation bar blur from iOS 26
- Menu backgrounds now better match your selected theme
- Fixed an issue with the message box in conversations
- Fixed swiping forward and back on the bottom action bar
Please come visit /r/narwhalapp and post any feedback or feature requests you may have!
2026.7.2 19 Sept
Narwhal is now updated for iOS 27, with a few visual improvements and bug fixes along the way.
- Restored the soft, subtle navigation bar blur from iOS 26
- Menu backgrounds now better match your selected theme
- Fixed an issue with the message box in conversations
- Fixed swiping forward and back on the bottom action bar
Please come visit /r/narwhalapp and post any feedback or feature requests you may have!
2026.7.1 16 Sept
Narwhal is now updated for iOS 27, with a few visual improvements and bug fixes along the way.
- Restored the soft, subtle navigation bar blur from iOS 26
- Menu backgrounds now better match your selected theme
- Fixed an issue with the message box in conversations
- Fixed swiping forward and back on the bottom action bar
Please come visit /r/narwhalapp and post any feedback or feature requests you may have!
2026.7 16 Sept
Moderator Tools are here!
We've spent an enormous amount of time building the first version of Mod Tools for Narwhal, and this is just the beginning. We wanted to get this initial version out to you so we can start gathering feedback and continue making it better.
Not a mod? We also added the highly requested Share Comment as Image feature and cleaned up a lot of bugs and rough edges. We have a lot of cool features planned for the next couple of updates, so stay tuned :D
New:
- Share Comment as Image - Generate an image of a comment thread to share with your friends. Choose how many parent comments you would like to show and whether you would like post details included.
- Mod Mail - Sort and filter through your inbox. Respond in a conversation view as either yourself or the subreddit. Post internal notes for your fellow moderators, and much more!
- Mod Queue - Review your mod queue across all subreddits you moderate, or filter by a specific subreddit. Review reports and take action on posts/comments: Approve, Remove, Mark Spam, or Ignore Reports.
- Inline Mod Actions - Take actions on content in subreddits you moderate. In the various Narwhal context menus, you will find options to: Approve, Remove, Mark Spam, Ignore/Unignore Reports, Lock/Unlock, Ban a User, Distinguish posts/comments, Sticky/Unsticky, Mark/Unmark NSFW, Mark/Unmark Spoiler, Set Link Flair, and View Approval Info.
- There is a new "Mod Tools" option in the side menu to access Mod Mail and the Mod Queue. If you would prefer to hide these, there is a new setting in Settings > Side Menu Customization.
- In Settings > Action Bar & Navigation Editor, there are two new options to add Mod Mail or Mod Queue to your bars.
- Posts will now indicate if their author has been distinguished as a moderator.
- Comments will now show a lock icon if a moderator has locked them.
Improved:
- All post types now support submitting body text alongside them. This means you can submit images, albums, and links with body text as well!
- Multireddits will now always be sorted alphabetically in the side menu.
Fixed:
- Fixed an issue with certain links not loading. This happened often with Wikipedia links.
- Fixed an issue with certain comment links not displaying correctly. One example of this is chess.com bot comments.
- Fixed an issue with Reddit video player links in comments not working.
- The album content type icon no longer hides on white images.
- Fixed an issue with YouTube videos not loading in the native iOS video player.
- Fixed a crash that could occur when tapping to go forward too quickly.
- The "Open in Narwhal" icon in the iOS share sheet now displays correctly.
- Post titles are no longer cut off in a rare layout case.
- The Mark Read / Hide Read buttons above posts now use the correct theme colors.
Please come visit /r/narwhalapp and post any feedback or feature requests you may have!
2026.6.1 7 Jul
Moderator Tools are here!
We've spent an enormous amount of time building the first version of Mod Tools for Narwhal, and this is just the beginning. We wanted to get this initial version out to you so we can start gathering feedback and continue making it better.
Not a mod? We also added the highly requested Share Comment as Image feature and cleaned up a lot of bugs and rough edges. We have a lot of cool features planned for the next couple of updates, so stay tuned :D
New:
- Share Comment as Image - Generate an image of a comment thread to share with your friends. Choose how many parent comments you would like to show and whether you would like post details included.
- Mod Mail - Sort and filter through your inbox. Respond in a conversation view as either yourself or the subreddit. Post internal notes for your fellow moderators, and much more!
- Mod Queue - Review your mod queue across all subreddits you moderate, or filter by a specific subreddit. Review reports and take action on posts/comments: Approve, Remove, Mark Spam, or Ignore Reports.
- Inline Mod Actions - Take actions on content in subreddits you moderate. In the various Narwhal context menus, you will find options to: Approve, Remove, Mark Spam, Ignore/Unignore Reports, Lock/Unlock, Ban a User, Distinguish posts/comments, Sticky/Unsticky, Mark/Unmark NSFW, Mark/Unmark Spoiler, Set Link Flair, and View Approval Info.
- There is a new "Mod Tools" option in the side menu to access Mod Mail and the Mod Queue. If you would prefer to hide these, there is a new setting in Settings > Side Menu Customization.
- In Settings > Action Bar & Navigation Editor, there are two new options to add Mod Mail or Mod Queue to your bars.
- Posts will now indicate if their author has been distinguished as a moderator.
- Comments will now show a lock icon if a moderator has locked them.
Improved:
- All post types now support submitting body text alongside them. This means you can submit images, albums, and links with body text as well!
- Multireddits will now always be sorted alphabetically in the side menu.
Fixed:
- Fixed an issue with certain links not loading. This happened often with Wikipedia links.
- Fixed an issue with certain comment links not displaying correctly. One example of this is chess.com bot comments.
- Fixed an issue with Reddit video player links in comments not working.
- The album content type icon no longer hides on white images.
- Fixed an issue with YouTube videos not loading in the native iOS video player.
- Fixed a crash that could occur when tapping to go forward too quickly.
- The "Open in Narwhal" icon in the iOS share sheet now displays correctly.
- Post titles are no longer cut off in a rare layout case.
- The Mark Read / Hide Read buttons above posts now use the correct theme colors.
Please come visit /r/narwhalapp and post any feedback or feature requests you may have!
2026.6 2 Jul
This update fixes an issue where posts and comments would fail to load for users browsing without a Reddit account. If you were seeing empty feeds or missing comments while logged out, everything should now load as expected.
As always, if you run into any issues, please reach out at /r/narwhalapp
2026.5 5 Jun
- Fixed an issue that could prevent the keyboard from appearing when signing in to your Reddit account. If you still run into this, dismiss Reddit’s cookie banner by tapping the X in the top-right corner of the log in page. If the issue continues, please let us know in /r/narwhalapp.
- Adds help button to sign in page
2026.4.2 17 Apr
- Fixed an issue that could prevent the keyboard from appearing when signing in to your Reddit account. If you still run into this, dismiss Reddit’s cookie banner by tapping the X in the top-right corner of the log in page. If the issue continues, please let us know in /r/narwhalapp.
- Adds help button to sign in page
2026.4.1 28 Mar
- Fixed an issue that could prevent the keyboard from appearing when signing in to your Reddit account. If you still run into this, dismiss Reddit’s cookie banner by tapping the X in the top-right corner of the log in page. If the issue continues, please let us know in /r/narwhalapp.
- Adds help button to sign in page
2026.4 22 Mar
- Fixed an issue that could prevent the keyboard from appearing when signing in to your Reddit account. If you still run into this, dismiss Reddit’s cookie banner by tapping the X in the top-right corner of the log in page. If the issue continues, please let us know in /r/narwhalapp.
2026.3 18 Mar
- Fixed an issue where some GIFs in comments displayed "Processing img…" instead of a view link.
2026.2 5 Mar
- Fixed issue with GIFs in comments loading in an external web page
- Fixed a rare crash
2026.1 1 Mar
This is our final release of 2025 and includes several important bug fixes as we continue development on our next major version. We have some big features coming in early 2026!
- Resolved layout issues when replying to direct messages
- Fixed an issue where some Imgur videos failed to load
- Improved keyboard and text input responsiveness when creating posts and comments on iPad
- Fixed an issue when tapping Add Account while in edit mode
- Resolved a crash when tapping a thread in Messages
- Fixed text truncation in self posts when using larger font sizes
- Corrected background rendering during long-press interactions
As always, we’d love your feedback. Visit /r/narwhalapp to share suggestions, report issues, or request new features.
2025.10 5 Jan
- Resolved an issue that prevented some videos from downloading to your device.
- Fixed a rendering problem where the action bar might not display correctly on iOS 26.1.
- Addressed text clipping that occurred with certain fonts in comments.
- Fixed a rare crash.
2025.9 18/11/2025
This version has some quick fixes from the larger 2025.8 release:
- Resolved an issue with long-press functionality on jump buttons (iOS 26)
- Fixed input text being hidden when composing a new message
- Corrected image display so the bottom portion no longer gets cut off
- Ensured post status now shows and updates correctly after hiding and saving
- Fixed issue with toolbar items not showing correctly on iPad single column layout (iOS 26)
Here are the original release notes for 2025.8:
It's liquid glass time! For those of you running iOS 26, Narwhal now features a sleek new look built with liquid glass. We've worked to tastefully introduce Apple's new design language throughout the app while keeping the Narwhal ethos and core feeling intact.
- Action Bar: Now uses liquid glass buttons and groups for your actions. Buttons placed next to each other share a single glass container. Empty buttons become transparent space, letting content show through. (iOS 26 only)
- Navigation Bar: The top navigation bar is now fully transparent, just like Apple's core apps on iOS 26. Content fades out subtly as you scroll. (iOS 26 only)
- Side Menu: Narwhal's signature side menu now has a stunning new liquid glass design. (iOS 26 only)
- Sort Options: Subreddit and user profile sort bars are now buttons in the top-right corner. The sort button appears to the left of any other top-right buttons you've configured (iOS 26 only). Prefer the old style? Two new settings let you show the sort bar on scroll, just like in iOS 18: "Show sort bar instead of top-right sort button" in Settings > Posts and Settings > User Profiles
- Many additional interface elements now use liquid glass, including the overflow (...) menu and the markdown keyboard. (iOS 26 only)
- Added a setting to use your theme's primary accent color for liquid glass buttons. (iOS 26 only)
- Added a setting to move the iPad post list from the left side to the right side. (iOS 26 only)
- Updated ad block list for web posts. Please let us know if you encounter any issues with ads.
- The side menu is much more responsive. You can start scrolling immediately while any animations are still running.
Bug Fixes:
- Blue boxes no longer appear around posts on iPad.
- Fixed issue with certain comments being truncated when using larger fonts.
- Fixed videos displaying at incorrect sizes on initial load.
- Fixed issue where the action bar could appear on top of a message thread.
- Fixed issue where canceling a forward navigation swipe prevented that view from appearing on the next attempt.
Please come visit /r/narwhalapp and post any feedback or feature requests you may have!
2025.8.2 01/10/2025
It's liquid glass time! For those of you running iOS 26, Narwhal now features a sleek new look built with liquid glass. We've worked to tastefully introduce Apple's new design language throughout the app while keeping the Narwhal ethos and core feeling intact.
- Action Bar: Now uses liquid glass buttons and groups for your actions. Buttons placed next to each other share a single glass container. Empty buttons become transparent space, letting content show through. (iOS 26 only)
- Navigation Bar: The top navigation bar is now fully transparent, just like Apple's core apps on iOS 26. Content fades out subtly as you scroll. (iOS 26 only)
- Side Menu: Narwhal's signature side menu now has a stunning new liquid glass design. (iOS 26 only)
- Sort Options: Subreddit and user profile sort bars are now buttons in the top-right corner. The sort button appears to the left of any other top-right buttons you've configured (iOS 26 only). Prefer the old style? Two new settings let you show the sort bar on scroll, just like in iOS 18: "Show sort bar instead of top-right sort button" in Settings > Posts and Settings > User Profiles
- Many additional interface elements now use liquid glass, including the overflow (...) menu and the markdown keyboard. (iOS 26 only)
- Added a setting to use your theme's primary accent color for liquid glass buttons. (iOS 26 only)
- Added a setting to move the iPad post list from the left side to the right side. (iOS 26 only)
- Updated ad block list for web posts. Please let us know if you encounter any issues with ads.
- The side menu is much more responsive. You can start scrolling immediately while any animations are still running.
Bug Fixes:
- Blue boxes no longer appear around posts on iPad.
- Fixed issue with certain comments being truncated when using larger fonts.
- Fixed videos displaying at incorrect sizes on initial load.
- Fixed issue where the action bar could appear on top of a message thread.
- Fixed issue where canceling a forward navigation swipe prevented that view from appearing on the next attempt.
Please come visit /r/narwhalapp and post any feedback or feature requests you may have!
2025.8.1 29/09/2025
It's liquid glass time! For those of you running iOS 26, Narwhal now features a sleek new look built with liquid glass. We've worked to tastefully introduce Apple's new design language throughout the app while keeping the Narwhal ethos and core feeling intact.
- Action Bar: Now uses liquid glass buttons and groups for your actions. Buttons placed next to each other share a single glass container. Empty buttons become transparent space, letting content show through. (iOS 26 only)
- Navigation Bar: The top navigation bar is now fully transparent, just like Apple's core apps on iOS 26. Content fades out subtly as you scroll. (iOS 26 only)
- Side Menu: Narwhal's signature side menu now has a stunning new liquid glass design. (iOS 26 only)
- Sort Options: Subreddit and user profile sort bars are now buttons in the top-right corner. The sort button appears to the left of any other top-right buttons you've configured (iOS 26 only). Prefer the old style? Two new settings let you show the sort bar on scroll, just like in iOS 18: "Show sort bar instead of top-right sort button" in Settings > Posts and Settings > User Profiles
- Many additional interface elements now use liquid glass, including the overflow (...) menu and the markdown keyboard. (iOS 26 only)
- Added a setting to use your theme's primary accent color for liquid glass buttons. (iOS 26 only)
- Added a setting to move the iPad post list from the left side to the right side. (iOS 26 only)
- Updated ad block list for web posts. Please let us know if you encounter any issues with ads.
- The side menu is much more responsive. You can start scrolling immediately while any animations are still running.
Bug Fixes:
- Blue boxes no longer appear around posts on iPad.
- Fixed issue with certain comments being truncated when using larger fonts.
- Fixed videos displaying at incorrect sizes on initial load.
- Fixed issue where the action bar could appear on top of a message thread.
- Fixed issue where canceling a forward navigation swipe prevented that view from appearing on the next attempt.
Please come visit /r/narwhalapp and post any feedback or feature requests you may have!
2025.8 24/09/2025
Narwhal now has support for iOS 26! We added liquid glass throughout the app and we will be adding more over time. We also made these changes:
- The column widths on iPad are now resizable by tapping on the divider and dragging
- Fixes issue where the action bar would sometimes show up on top of a message thread
- Fixes issue where cancelling a forward navigation swipe would prevent that view from being shown from a subsequent forward swipe
Please come visit /r/narwhalapp and post any feedback or feature requests you may have!
2025.7 15/09/2025
- Fixes issue causing self text posts and/or comments to not load
2025.6 01/09/2025
- Fixes issue with loading YouTube videos
2025.5 25/08/2025
We heard that many of you are unhappy with the RedGifs changes. Unfortunately, RedGifs has changed their API which forced these changes on Narwhal. However, we were able to make some quick improvments:
- Defaults to using the Narwhal video player for RedGifs in Big Preview mode. However, this means that those videos will no longer have audio. If you prefer audio with your RedGifs, there is a new setting in Settings > Posts to prefer the RedGifs embedded video player.
- There is a similar setting for how to load RedGifs when opening a post. By default, it uses the RedGifs embedded video player, but you can turn it off to use the old video player, however there will be no audio.
- Using the progress bar for RedGifs in big preview mode should be much easier now
- Automatically defaults RedGifs to HD
- When opening a RedGifs post, it will auto unmute if your "Unmute GIFs in Posts" setting is set to "Always"
2025.4 20/08/2025
The redesigned album/gallery experience is here! We have a few more improvements as well for this release. Stay tuned for moderator tools and other improvements in our next major release. Here is everything new in 2025.3:
- We rebuilt albums & galleries from scratch to feature horizontal scrolling similar to the Photos app. Quickly scroll through each photo and tap to enter full screen where you can keep scrolling between photos!
- For those of you who prefer the original vertical album user interface, we added a setting in Settings > Post Content to use the original UI
- Content Filters now have a settings section. Within you will find the following two new settings: "Do not ask to confirm when adding a filter" and "Deactivate filters". The latter is for when you want to temporarily deactivate your filters to load content as if you didn't have any. Then you can turn the setting back off and your filters are back!
- RedGifs changed their API to require video embeds instead of directly showing the video. All RedGifs will now load as a web page embed. Please let us know if you have any issues loading content!
- New multi account settings section in Settings > General with two new settings: "Auto refresh home feed when switching accounts" and "Reset app when switching accounts". When on, the accounts list will be dismissed and the app will go back to the home screen.
- Shows a lock icon next to post titles for locked posts.
Please come visit /r/narwhalapp and post any feedback or feature requests you may have!
2025.3 03/08/2025
Search in comments is here! We have a lot more in the works, but wanted to get these new features in your hands as quickly as possible:
- Search for text in comments (and comment authors) using the new "Find in Comments" feature! You will find it in the ... menu or you can add it to your action bar for posts. It will even auto expand comments that you may have collapsed, which include the search phrase.
- Translate Reddit content! There is now a translate option in the all menu for comments, long press menu for self post text, and the long press menu for post titles. (Only on iOS 18 and higher). The translate option will show up when content is in another language from the preferred language of your device.
- Mute inbox notifications for posts from the ... menu or by long pressing on a post title
- Mute inbox notifications for comments from the All swipe action or ... menu
- Adds setting to mark posts as read after upvoting/downvoting in Settings > Posts
- Automatically upvote posts & comments when saving. Turn this on with two new settings in Settings > Posts and Settings > Comments
- Instead of seeing "img" in comments that have image emotes, there will now be a link to view the emote
- Adds "Copy Text" option to the context menu when long pressing a post title
Bug Fixes:
- Fixes an issue that would cause certain Youtube videos to not load
- Fixes rare crash that could happen when loading a subreddit
- Fixes another rare crash that could happen when opening Narwhal
Please come visit /r/narwhalapp and post any feedback or feature requests you may have!
2025.2 04/04/2025
We have a quick release for our first version of 2025 with a few bug fixes:
- Fixes issue where tapping on a post would sometimes open another link
- Fixes issue with post titles displaying empty user flairs
2025.1 15/01/2025
Images & GIFs in comments, plus iPhone Duo support!
Many of you have been waiting a long time for this one. If you'd rather keep your comments text-only, new settings let you set up Narwhal exactly the way you like.
New:
- Images & GIFs in comments - Images and GIFs now appear inline with comment text, so you don't have to open links to see them. Tap any image to view it full screen.
- Added a setting to disable images in comments if you prefer to keep things text-only in Settings > Comments
- Control whether you would like GIFs to autoplay in comments via a new option in Settings > Comments
- iPhone Duo support - Narwhal now supports iPhone Duo. I don't have a device to test on, so please report any bugs you find on r/narwhalapp!
- Flair images - Images in user flairs now appear inline too. Shoutout to r/hockey and r/nfl for repping your teams!
- Added a setting to disable images in flairs in Settings > Comments
Improved:
- Share Comment as Image now has an option to include the post's self text.
Fixed:
- Fixed text getting cut off in some shared comment images.
- Fixed two long-standing crashes that were especially tricky to track down.
- Fixed YouTube videos not loading in the native video player.
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