
Therefore, we have a handful of criteria that every Reddit client worth its salt should try to meet. If they did, we wouldn’t have written this article and you wouldn’t be here anyway. The whole point of third-party Reddit apps is that you get to bypass having to use the site itself or Reddit’s own app, neither of which offer the greatest experience around.
Nano - Designed mainly for the Apple Watch. Milkeddit for iPhone (99¢) and iPad (99¢) - Both versions have pretty bad ratings on the App Store as of this writing, so we’ll pass for now. Rhombus - Taken down from App Store website no longer exists.Īpps on Our Radar that We Haven’t Tested Yet (or Were Disqualified):. Alien Blue - Replaced by the official app. Antenna - Third place, and there’s no shame in that. Narwhal - Previous champion (and still very good). Two of the apps from our original list are gone, another one was replaced by Reddit’s own app, and we’ve got a couple new challengers on the list - one of which has in fact become our new top pick. With that second rule in mind, we’re back with a new and improved review of the best Reddit clients for iOS.Ī lot has changed in the two years since the first edition of this article. Rule #2: Use an awesome app to keep up with those subreddits, and maybe do the occasional browsing elsewhere. When you find a community you love, cling to it for all its worth. Rule #1: Stick to a handful of subreddits that cater to your exact interests. Nevertheless, you can still have a great time browsing Reddit, as long as you follow two rules: Even in “normal” subreddits, it’s hard to have an innocuous discussion anymore without it devolving into a Facebook-esque political debate or whatever else people feel like arguing about. While that’s no longer the case, there are still some deep, dark corners of Reddit that should never see the light of day. When we published the first version of this review back in April 2016, I wrote about how I spent years avoiding the site like the plague. Reddit is a tough place to love sometimes.
It’s a thoughtfully designed, customizable, and easy-to-navigate experience that just managed to beat out our previous pick, Narwhal (although it was such a close race between the two that it almost doesn’t matter). After extensive testing and far more Redditing than should be considered healthy, we’ve concluded that Apollo for Reddit is the premier choice for most people.
It’s been two years since we first reviewed the landscape of Reddit apps for iPhone and iPad.