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!
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!
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!
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!
- Fixes issue causing self text posts and/or comments to not load
- Fixes issue with loading YouTube videos
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"
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!
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!
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
We are finishing out the year with a few bug fixes to address some issues from recent Reddit changes. Our plan is to get some awesome new features out in early 2025. Here are the updates: - Narwhal now has a new default app icon with more color! The icon should have automatically changed back to the previous dark icon so as to not disrupt what you are used to. If you'd like to change the icon, please go to Settings > App Icons - Changes Random, My Random, and other random options to all work locally on device, because Reddit shut down these API features. This also means that My Random will now work for everyone without the need of Reddit Premium. For Random, we generated a list of the top 5,000 subreddits and that is used to pick one to display. - Adds setting to hide post flairs (Settings > Posts) - Adds a few new app icons - Fixes youtube videos playing in the wrong language in some cases - Fixes issue where user flair would be shown on posts when the hide user flair setting is on. Please come visit /r/narwhalapp and post any feedback or feature requests you may have!
We are finishing out the year with a few bug fixes to address some issues from recent Reddit changes. Our plan is to get some awesome new features out in early 2025. Here are the updates: - Changes Random, My Random, and other random options to all work locally on device, because Reddit shut down these API features. This also means that My Random will now work for everyone without the need of Reddit Premium. For Random, we generated a list of the top 5,000 subreddits and that is used to pick one to display. - Adds setting to hide post flairs (Settings > Posts) - Adds a few new app icons - Fixes youtube videos playing in the wrong language in some cases - Fixes issue where user flair would be shown on posts when the hide user flair setting is on. Please come visit /r/narwhalapp and post any feedback or feature requests you may have!
We have a few bug fixes that we wanted to release before our next large update. There are currently some awesome new features in the works, but for now here are some fixes: - Fixes issue where certain GIFs would not have audio available - Fixes issue with the "Open in Narwhal" share extension no longer working - Fixes issue where audio does not stop when hiding a big preview post Please come visit /r/narwhalapp and post any feedback or feature requests you may have!
The 9th update of 2024 has some awesome features focused on improving GIFs and Videos. New: - GIFs/Videos in Big Preview Mode will only start playing when they are mostly on screen. No more scrolling and seeing GIFs that are already halfway done playing! - Settings (including themes!) are now synced to your iCloud account so that if you get a new device or have to re-install, everything will still be customized to your liking. - Adds setting to automatically unmute GIFs/videos in Big Preview mode as you scroll in Settings > Posts - Adds favorites button as an option for the action bar - Adds setting to control mute behavior on GIF posts - App icons will now respond correctly to dark mode. I also added a new orangered and new blue icon. - Adds setting to control the gesture for how comments are collapsed: single tap, double tap, two finger tap, or disabled altogether Improved: - When opening a GIF/Video from Big Preview Mode, the post will show the GIF/Video at the same place on the timeline. For those of you who may not like this behavior, there is now a setting to always start GIFs/Videos from the beginning in Settings > Posts - GIFs and videos that are unmuted in Big Preview mode will stay un-muted when you open the post Fixed: - Fixes issue where iOS dictation would insert a weird character that is displayed on reddit.com - Changed some icons for the action bar to ensure continuity in the visual style - Fixes issue where placeholders would be shown with thumbnails turned off We have so much more planned. Please feel free to come by /r/narwhalapp and share your feedback!
We are working on a larger update, but we wanted to get these bug fixes/changes out sooner! - Fixes issue where message replies would sometimes not route correctly As always, please come let me know in /r/narwhalapp what you would like to see in the next version!
We are working on a larger update, but we wanted to get these bug fixes/changes out sooner! You may need to re-enable the Safari Extension after installing this update due to a change in app configuration. - Adds setting to use reader mode after tapping "Open in Browser" to view a link in Safari - Fixes issue where search would return 0 results when searching a subreddit that is in content filters. We recommend checking your filter list to make sure you haven't accidentally added any subreddits. - Adds confirmation before adding a subreddit to content filters in order to avoid any accidental additions! As always, please come let me know in /r/narwhalapp what you would like to see in the next version!
We are working on a larger update, but we wanted to get these bug fixes/changes out sooner! You may need to re-enable the Safari Extension after installing this update due to a change in app configuration. - Adds setting to use reader mode after tapping "Open in Browser" to view a link in Safari - Fixes issue where search would return 0 results when searching a subreddit that is in content filters. We recommend checking your filter list to make sure you haven't accidentally added any subreddits. - Adds confirmation before adding a subreddit to content filters in order to avoid any accidental additions! As always, please come let me know in /r/narwhalapp what you would like to see in the next version!
We have another tweak from our most recent large update to make the Safari extension even better! - Safari extension now opens links automatically by default. - Opening the extension (tap aA in Safari then "Open in Narwhal 2") now has a setting to prompt you when opening reddit.com links in Safari As always, please come let me know in /r/narwhalapp what you would like to see in the next version!
Here are a few tweaks/fixes from the most recent large update: - Adds "Open in YouTube" as an option when you long press on a post - Content filters now apply to search results - Fixes issue with RedGIFs not loading - Does not highlight your own comments as new comments since last view - Only highlights comments if it has been a few minutes since your last view As always, please come let me know in /r/narwhalapp what you would like to see in the next version!
Thanks everyone for bearing with me. I have some awesome new features for you as part of the fourth release of 2024! - Safari extension to open Reddit links directly in Narwhal. You will have to turn this on in your device's Settings app. - When viewing a post for a subsequent time, new comments since the last time you visited will automatically be highlighted. - Highlighting is turned on by default, but you can turn it off and adjust behavior in Settings > Comments - Also, instead of highlighting the entire row by default, you may choose to only change the color of the time instead. - Collapsing comments will now persist between multiple views of the same post. You can turn this behavior off in Settings > Comments - Adds setting to choose the type of gesture used to collapse self post text. Choose one of the following in Settings > Posts: Single tap, double tap, two finger tap, or disable altogether - Adds "Open in Youtube" to the ... menu for posts that are YouTube videos - Adds new fun app icon courtesy of /u/repapap Bug fixes: - Attempts to fix issue where Narwhal would cause background audio to stop playing - Fixes issue with selecting text when replying to very long comments - Fixes keyboard issue where you wouldn't be able to see the input box when sending a message on iPad. As always, please come let me know in /r/narwhalapp what you would like to see in the next version!
- Fixes issue with downloading reddit videos to share or save on your device
Fixed a couple quick bugs from the latest update to keep your Reddit browsing experience the best it can be: - Fixes issue where self text previews would be shown for spoiler posts - Fixes issue with the "Use bold font for titles" setting not working 100% of the time
We are switching to year based version numbers! Welcome to version 1 of 2024 :D New: - When in big preview mode, self posts will now show a few lines of text as a preview. There is also a setting to turn this off if you don't like it :) - Videos will now respond to horizontal swipes to scrub through the duration of the video just like GIFs! - Tapping Home in the action bar will now scroll to top if you are already on your home feed. Tapping it again will refresh the feed - Adds option to add a subreddit directly to a multireddit from the ... button - Adds setting to control whether hide all above/hide read posts hides stickied posts - Adds option to have the app start on a multireddit - The Narwhal app icon will now have shortcuts to your home feed and your favorites when you long press the icon Improved: - Scrubbing through GIFs will now work above and below the GIF in the black space - Improves big preview mode when using single column mode on iPad. Very tall images/videos will now scale to not take over the entire screen. Fixed: - Fixes loading video short links like this one (https://v.redd.it/243q8tpgx7cc1) - Fixes issue where search screen would disappear without you asking!
We are changing the default video player back to not loop videos. Instead, when a video ends, it will go to the beginning of the video and pause playback. You can tap the play video if you want to watch it again. For those of you who would like videos to loop, there is now a setting for it in Settings > Posts Sorry to those of you who didn't like the default behavior change. We apologize and hope you stick with us as we continue to improve Narwhal throughout 2024!
Happy holidays everyone! We wanted to get a release out with some bug fixes and small features in time for the new year. Many more features are coming in the new year :) - Adds Save option when long pressing an Image or GIF - Adds "Go Forward" option to action bar customization - After a video ends, it will automatically restart playing at the beginning - Fixes issue where app would go to a black screen when dismissing an image or gif - Fixes issue with Twitter links not working on iPad - Pinned/stickied posts will no longer be hidden with hide all above/hide read posts
Happy holidays everyone! We wanted to get a release out with some bug fixes and small features in time for the new year. Many more features are coming in the new year :) - Adds Save option when long pressing an Image or GIF - Adds "Go Forward" option to action bar customization - After a video ends, hitting the play button will now restart the video - Fixes issue where app would go to a black screen when dismissing an image or gif - Fixes issue with Twitter links not working on iPad - Pinned/stickied posts will no longer be hidden with hide all above/hide read posts
Fixes a crash for users not signed in to a Reddit account. If you have any more issues, please post in /r/narwhalapp In case you missed the notes from the previous build, here they are: - Adds subreddit icons to the menu for Favorites. You need to open each favorite once for the icon to show up - Messages from moderators will show up in your list so you don't miss anything! - Fixes issue where videos/GIFs are paused when entering full screen. - Fixes issue where marking all messages as read would not actually mark them as read
Fixes the remaining issue with the Reddit API that would cause you to be logged out. If you have any more issues, please post in /r/narwhalapp In case you missed the notes from the previous build, here they are: - Adds subreddit icons to the menu for Favorites. You need to open each favorite once for the icon to show up - Messages from moderators will show up in your list so you don't miss anything! - Fixes issue where videos/GIFs are paused when entering full screen. - Fixes issue where marking all messages as read would not actually mark them as read
Right after I released the last version, Reddit changed their API with no warning and Narwhal started crashing. I worked around this issue on my end and hopefully all Reddit API issues are now fixed in this version. I'm doing my best to work around the quirks in the Reddit API so please bear with me. In case you missed the notes from the previous build, here they are: - Adds subreddit icons to the menu for Favorites. You need to open each favorite once for the icon to show up - Messages from moderators will show up in your list so you don't miss anything! - Fixes issue where videos/GIFs are paused when entering full screen. - Fixes issue where marking all messages as read would not actually mark them as read
Many of the Reddit API issues were fixed in the last build, but one pesky issue remained. For those of you who had issues upvoting, loading your home feed and more, this build should fix the issue. I'm doing my best to work around the quirks in the Reddit API so please bear with me. In case you missed the notes from the previous build, here they are: - Adds subreddit icons to the menu for favorites. You need to open each favorite once for the icon to show up - Messages from moderators will show up in your list so you don't miss anything! - Fixes issue where videos/GIFs are paused when entering full screen. - Fixes issue where marking all messages as read would not actually mark them as read
I've attempted to fix the many issues that have cropped up with the Reddit API over the past week. If you've had trouble switching accounts, seeing default subreddits in your home feed, or trouble posting content, this should hopefully address that. If you are still having issues, please come post in /r/narwhalapp. Many new features are coming soon, but I wanted to get this bug fix out as soon as possible. Here are the other new things in this version: - Adds subreddit icons to the menu for Favorites. You need to open each favorite once for the icon to show up - Messages from moderators will show up in your list so you don't miss anything! - Fixes issue where videos/GIFs are paused when entering full screen. - Fixes issue where marking all messages as read would not actually mark them as read
- Fixes issue where upgrading from Narwhal 1 would not load content in Narwhal 2 If you are still having issues loading content, please sign out of your account and then sign back in - Fixes issue where tapping to view a post's content would not open in an external browser/app if you have that setting turned on
Reddit is now charging Narwhal to display Reddit content, so we have added a mandatory subscription into the app. Yes, we hate this just as much as you do. We totally understand if you do not want to pay a subscription and we hope you enjoyed using Narwhal. We are working on many new features and will have more updates very soon!
Apologies about the iPad reset bug in the previous build. This is now fixed! Here are the full release notes: - Adds new layout option for iPad. If you want to use a single column, which is essentially the iPhone app sized to fit the iPad screen, you can now turn that on in Settings > General > iPad Layout - Tapping a thumbnail will now show media only with comments hidden at the bottom - Adds setting to turn this off for those who prefer the old behavior - Fixes crash that causes app to reload when going into background on iPads running iOS 17 - Fixes issue with reddit videos not showing natively in app - Fixes issue with certain images not loading - Fixes issue downloading certain videos
Thanks everyone for bearing with us! Here are some new features we cooked up in the past few days. There will also be a survey about subscriptions when you first open the app. Please let us know what you think! - Adds new settings section "Post Appearance" where you can change the layout of posts back to a Narwhal 1 style - Adds option to display subreddit on top - Adds option to use placeholder thumbnails for posts without one like self posts - Adds option to use bold font for titles - Tapping the comments icon for a post will open just the comments with no content - Adds saved and hidden back to the main menu - Adds setting to blur NSFW media - Adds action bar action to view your profile - Adds setting to use the bold font for comment author usernames - Adds long press to self posts to copy or select text, edit post, or delete post - When using the post content settings to hide comments when opening a post, the comments will not actually load until you display them. This will save API requests - Fixes issue rendering Chinese & Japanese characters - Fixes many of the most common crashes
- Adds explore section back to the menu with these rows: - Enter Subreddit - View User Profile - Open Reddit Link - Adds View subreddit option when searching - No longer autocomplete searches for subreddits as you type to save on API requests - Adds setting to turn autocomplete on if you want in Settings > General - Adds a section in search to show subscribed subreddits that match - Fixes crash when opening web links In case you missed the release notes from earlier: The long awaited Narwhal 2 is finally here! We have completely redesigned Narwhal from the ground up, while keeping the same "essence" of Narwhal 1. In addition, there are a ton of new features to discover: - Create your own themes! - Customize the all new action bar to quickly access what you need - Customize all of the swipe gestures app wide - Sync favorites and filters between devices - TONS of new settings - A video player that actually works ;) and lots lots more. Come let us know what you think in our new subreddit /r/narwhalapp
The long awaited Narwhal 2 is finally here! We have completely redesigned Narwhal from the ground up, while keeping the same "essence" of Narwhal 1. In addition, there are a ton of new features to discover: - Create your own themes! - Customize the all new action bar to quickly access what you need - Customize all of the swipe gestures app wide - Sync favorites and filters between devices - TONS of new settings - A video player that actually works ;) and lots lots more. Come let us know what you think in our new subreddit /r/narwhalapp
Squashed some more bugs!
- Fixed a few pesky bugs!
- Fixes crash when signing in to reddit
- Fixes issue causing certain GIFs not to load
- Fixed a few bugs
- Fixes some issues with pesky ad providers
- Fixes Youtube links not loading correctly in native UI - Replaces AD provider to hopefully have less intrusive ads overall. Please post in /r/getnarwhal if you notice any issues with ads
- Fixes issue with navigation bar colors
- Fixes a few things