Narwhal for Reddit Downloads & RevenueNarwhal for Reddit · App Store
Narwhal for Reddit is #32 in News Grossing in United States and charting in 13 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
Developerrobot swingset, llc.
CategoryNews
PriceFree
Released
Rating★ 4.5 (17k)
Version2026.10
Age rating17+
First seen by us
24 Sep 2026
24 Sep 2026Installs (est.)1M+ worldwide
📊Downloads up ×2.6 in a week⭐Ratings pace jumped ×5.1⭐Ratings taking off in United States✏️New iPad screenshots✏️New screenshots🔎Top 10 for “reddit”🔎#1 for “reddit”📦Updated to version 2026.10📦Updated to version 2026.9📈Entered the top 100
Full timeline · 30 events
- 📊Narwhal for Reddit: downloads up ×2.6 in a weekabout 1.3k a day now (our estimate)
- ✏️Narwhal for Reddit: new iPad screenshots· FR
- ✏️Narwhal for Reddit: new screenshots8 screenshots (was 8) · FR
- 🔎Narwhal for Reddit reached Top 10 for “reddit”#10 in Italy search · popularity 90
- 🔎Narwhal for Reddit reached #1 for “reddit”#1 in China search · popularity 91
- ✏️Narwhal for Reddit: new iPad screenshots· IT
- ✏️Narwhal for Reddit: new screenshots8 screenshots (was 8) · IT
- ✏️Narwhal for Reddit: new iPad screenshots· 13 countries
- ✏️Narwhal for Reddit: new screenshots8 screenshots (was 8) · 13 countries
- 📦Narwhal for Reddit updated to version 2026.10We crushed some more bugs from our iPhone Duo update:
- Fixed signing in to your Reddit account with Apple or Google.
- Fixed duplicate subreddits being shown in the side menu.
- Fixed an issue where certain subreddits didn't show subscribe options.
In case you missed it, here are the release notes from 2026.8:
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.… more - 📦Narwhal for Reddit updated to version 2026.9Thank you to everyone for reporting these iPhone Duo bugs:
- Fixed gallery media from not being shown full screen on the iPhone Duo
- Fixed issue with gallery items not showing correctly when unfolding your iPhone Duo
- Fixed issue where the menu is shown after unfolding your iPhone Duo
- Fixed text entry being stuck underneath the markdown bar when creating a comment
In case you missed it, here are the release notes from 2026.8:
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.… more - ✏️Narwhal for Reddit: new iPad screenshots· 13 countries
- ✏️Narwhal for Reddit: new screenshots8 screenshots (was 8) · 13 countries
- 📦Narwhal for Reddit updated to version 2026.8Images & 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.… more - 📈Narwhal for Reddit entered the top 100Top Free · News · DE
- 📈Narwhal for Reddit entered the top 100Top Free · News · RU
- ✏️Narwhal for Reddit added hidden keywords: readwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📈Narwhal for Reddit entered the top 10Top Grossing · News · US
- 📈Narwhal for Reddit entered the top 100Top Free · News · IN
- 📈Narwhal for Reddit entered the top 100Top Free · News · BR
- 📈Narwhal for Reddit entered the top 100Top Grossing · News · IT
- 📈Narwhal for Reddit charting in a new countryItaly
- 📈Narwhal for Reddit entered the top 100Top Grossing · News · FR
- 📈Narwhal for Reddit charting in a new countryFrance
- 📈Narwhal for Reddit entered the top 10Top Grossing · News · RU
- 🆕Narwhal for Reddit first spotted by AppInsider#24 in Top Grossing · News · United States
- 📦Narwhal for Reddit version 2026.7.2No release notes
- 🆕Narwhal for Reddit released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Rating
4.5 ★
17k ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#32
News GrossingMeasured
New ratings a week
34
▲ ×4.5 vs the 2 weeks before
Measured
Narwhal for Reddit at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-06. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
A highly customizable Reddit client for iOS that requires a monthly subscription to cover API costs, targeting power users seeking advanced features like swipe voting and custom themes. The app ranks #5 in News Grossing in Russia and maintains top-50 positions across diverse markets including South Korea, Canada, Brazil, and the US, indicating strong monetization performance relative to its free download status.
Similar apps: Apollo for Reddit, Sync for Reddit, Reddit (Official App)
Narwhal for Reddit on the App Store
App details
App ID
845422455
Publisher
robot swingset, llc.
On the store since
Apr 2014
12 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 15.6+
iPhone 6s and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Universal purchase
Content rating
17+
7 content notes below
Languages
1
EN
Size
33 MB
Also listed in
Social Networking
Content notesInfrequent/Mild Sexual Content and NudityUnrestricted Web AccessInfrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive ThemesInfrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy ViolenceInfrequent/Mild Realistic ViolenceInfrequent/Mild Alcohol, Tobacco, or Drug Use or ReferencesInfrequent/Mild Profanity or Crude Humor
Narwhal for Reddit downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Apple publishes no download counts. App Store downloads come from chart positions and daily rating growth per country, calibrated on Google Play install counts; lifetime installs from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where Narwhal for Reddit's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
Retention · share of new users still active
Day 1
Day 7
Day 30
Time spent · per daily user
Average time spent Pro
min a day
Sessions a day Pro
Time per session Pro
min
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in Narwhal for Reddit before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Not in an overall Top Grossing chart, only in category charts: each category position is converted to the overall position it corresponds to, then priced on the same rank-to-revenue curve, inside the part of each market the charted apps leave over.
Business model: In-app purchase-led
How Narwhal for Reddit makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
SubscriptionsIn-app purchases
Subscriptions
/mo
of revenue
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Tip Jar $5 | |
| 2 | Tip Jar $10 | |
| 3 | Tip Jar $25 | |
| 4 | Narwhal Pro - Extra Support subscription | |
| 5 | Narwhal Pro - Extra Support subscription | |
| 6 | Narwhal Pro subscription | |
| 7 | Narwhal Pro - Extra Support subscription | |
| 8 | Narwhal Pro subscription | |
| 9 | Narwhal Pro Annual subscription |
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United States | NewsGrossing | #32 |
| United States | NewsFree | #50 |
 United Kingdom | NewsGrossing | #29 |
 Russia | NewsGrossing | #11 |
 Japan | NewsGrossing | #60 |
 Germany | NewsGrossing | #34 |
 Canada | NewsGrossing | #24 |
| United Kingdom | NewsFree | #50 |
 Brazil | NewsGrossing | #29 |
 South Korea | NewsGrossing | #47 |
 India | NewsGrossing | #41 |
 Australia | NewsGrossing | #42 |
 Indonesia | NewsGrossing | #27 |
| Canada | NewsFree | #54 |
 Saudi Arabia | NewsGrossing | #36 |
| Australia | NewsFree | #70 |
| Germany | NewsFree | #194 |
| Indonesia | NewsFree | #63 |
| Saudi Arabia | NewsFree | #77 |
 United Arab Emirates | NewsGrossing | #80 |
Apps near Narwhal for Reddit on the chart
News Grossing, around #32.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
4.5 ★
17k ratings
Measured
Ratings
17k
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
34
▲ ×4.5 vs the 2 weeks before
Written reviews a week
13+
US App Store (Apple shows only the newest)
Lifetime rating
4.5★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Recent written reviews
4.6★
people who write skew negative
Review momentum
88/100
faster than 93% of News apps
Growing fastest in United States ▲ ×4.2
New ratings by country (4)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 29 | 87% | ▲ ×4.2 |
| Canada | 1.8 | 5% | – |
| Australia | 1.5 | 4% | – |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 3% | – |
App Store ratings in the countries we track, 4-week average.
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about Narwhal for Reddit
From the 101 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users overwhelmingly praise Narwhal as the superior Reddit client for iOS, citing its ad-free experience, high customizability, and responsive developer. While most accept the subscription cost as necessary due to Reddit's API fees, a minority of negative reviews criticize the mandatory payment model and specific UI issues.
Mixed but leaning positive (72% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for good value, and few ads. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and missing features or content. Recent reviews are more positive than earlier ones.
What people like
- Price & subscription: “Great app worth the price”
- Ads: “It’s highly customizable and NO ads”
- Updates: “UPDATE: This issue isn’t due to the dev”
- Features & content: “It's feature-rich and the developer listens to feedback”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “I ain’t paying for reddit”
- Features & content: “Spent 30 min looking at options”
- Login & account: “Very Short Trial period, No longer works without an account”
- Ads: “Not worth 4$ a month to not get ads”
About Narwhal for Reddit
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/
- 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/
Latest updates
2026.10
We crushed some more bugs from our iPhone Duo update:
- Fixed signing in to your Reddit account with Apple or Google.
- Fixed duplicate subreddits being shown in the side menu.
- Fixed an issue where certain subreddits didn't show subscribe options.
In case you missed it, here are the release notes from 2026.8:
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.
2026.9
Thank you to everyone for reporting these iPhone Duo bugs:
- Fixed gallery media from not being shown full screen on the iPhone Duo
- Fixed issue with gallery items not showing correctly when unfolding your iPhone Duo
- Fixed issue where the menu is shown after unfolding your iPhone Duo
- Fixed text entry being stuck underneath the markdown bar when creating a comment
In case you missed it, here are the release notes from 2026.8:
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
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.
Store changes
What Narwhal for Reddit changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
New iPad screenshots 
New screenshots
8 screenshots (was 8)
New iPad screenshots 
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