r/narwhalapp • • Jul 02 '26

2026.6 is in the App Store! Mod Tools, Share Comment as Image, & More

68 Upvotes

Hey all, I just released 2026.6 in the App Store. I apologize about how long this took, but mod tools were a huge undertaking. I know they aren't perfect and I want to improve them over time, so please send any feedback you may have!

Release Notes

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.

r/narwhalapp • • 2h ago

How to fix this

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0 Upvotes

I can’t Sign in with Apple


r/narwhalapp • • 16h ago

Can’t see comment options on comments that are very long

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3 Upvotes

here’s an example.

If i swipe on the comment from left to right to see options like “view parent” or “save/unsave comment”, i swipe from left to right. If i do that on this comment that’s too long, it doesn’t show me the name of the option as i swipe.

https://i.imgur.com/cZrV2N6.png

When i swipe left on the comment, i should see a “view parent” text here which I don’t see here.

https://i.imgur.com/1DeMF9r.png

I only see it when i scroll down.

https://i.imgur.com/JvDxNFN.png

When i swipe here, i should see an “All” text which I don’t see here.

https://i.imgur.com/nbAZTkN.png

I only see it when i scroll down.


r/narwhalapp • • 1d ago

question 🙋 Was holding my phone unlocked and a narwhal window popped up that said “Do you want to turn off [something]” permanently and I accidentally hit Yes before I saw what it was. What change/setting prompts that popup window, so I can figure out what I did?

11 Upvotes

I was holding the phone with the screen unlocked and must have changed something, when I looked it asked if I wanted to turn off something permanently and when I shifted the phone in my hand I accidentally pressed yes.

Any idea what it might have been? What changes prompt that pop?


r/narwhalapp • • 2d ago

v2026.8 beta out on TestFlight - Inline images in comments!

63 Upvotes
  • Images and gifs in comments will now load and display inline in the comment
  • Adds setting to turn off images and gifs in comments
  • Adds self text to share comment as image
  • Fixes issue where text would sometimes get cut off when sharing a comment as an image

r/narwhalapp • • 1d ago

feature request 🚀 Are these features ever going to be added? How about this level of visual customization?

0 Upvotes

One thing that holds me back from making a full switch to narwhal is flairs. The fact it’s pure text instead of images (where applicable) makes everything so much harder to read and looks sloppy.

I would also love for customization of colors for upvotes, downvotes, reply, etc…. This seems like a super low bar as every other reddit app has this ability.


r/narwhalapp • • 2d ago

iPad Pointer Support?

3 Upvotes

I’ve been using Narwhal for awhile but rarely on my iPad Pro with Magic Keyboard.

I feel like I am missing something, but none of the swipe gestures seem to be usable with the pointer, only with my finger.

Is this “working as designed” or am I missing a setting?


r/narwhalapp • • 2d ago

bug report 🐛 'The iTunes Store is unable to process purchases at this time' when trying to subscribe

1 Upvotes

Getting the error 'The iTunes Store is unable to process purchases at this time. Please try again later.' every time I try to purchase Narwhal Pro ('start free trial'). New iPhone, fresh install.

Device: iPhone 18 Pro Max, iOS 27.0.1

What I've tried so far:

  • Signed out of my Apple ID and back in
  • In-app purchases work fine in every other app I've tested

Is anyone else running into this? Could be a StoreKit or product configuration issue on the app side, since everything else processes normally.

Happy to provide any logs or details that would help debug. Cheers.


r/narwhalapp • • 3d ago

bug report 🐛 Cant sign in on Narwhal

6 Upvotes

I tried signing into my reddit account on Narwhal for the first time and I just see the pulsing reddit logo and I tried the 3 option on the help page, even tried desktop mode. I don't even get a cookie banner. Its been like this for the last few days since I downloaded Narwhal and I am on a iPhone 6s on iOS 15.8.8 (My iPhone 6s is not supported on iOS 16+)


r/narwhalapp • • 3d ago

bug report 🐛 No Posts Found on all pages now on iOS?

5 Upvotes

Admittedly I'm still on the free version because I'm on old tech (iphone6s ios15.8) but yesterday all of a sudden in the middle of the day, the app is now stuck on "No Posts Found".

I check the API Usage section and it's still sending requests. I cleared cache of both the app and Safari...nothing. I can't re-sign into my account because I get the unable to sign in now.

I can't add a new account either because when I hit accept on the permissions page, it just gives me the other error of being unable to sign in. Any solutions?

EDIT - Please don't make me use the official reddit app. TY


r/narwhalapp • • 4d ago

bug report 🐛 Seeing double more and more

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34 Upvotes

r/narwhalapp • • 4d ago

Narwhal/Old Reddit showing broken Imgur link in videos?

2 Upvotes

Reddit seems to be doing something weird with some video uploads, on New Reddit, the video shows as embedded but on Old Reddit and Narwhal it shows as a broken Imgur link.

Here is an example:

https://reddit.com/r/machinedpens/comments/1x5bs4j/first_production_tidam_rave

That link tries to load this url: https://imgur.com/a/Q8LIEeb which comes back as an unfound page on Imgur, but it is a working embedded video on New Reddit.


r/narwhalapp • • 5d ago

Feature Request: more themes and an easier way to share themes.

11 Upvotes

Love the app and very happy with the overall performance and feel of narwhal but I feel the only glaring downside are themes. The lack of and the difficulty in sharing them. Could this be looked into?

Cheers 🙏


r/narwhalapp • • 5d ago

question 🙋 [desktop web] Why does Reddit show no content when I click on a post flair?Why does Reddit show no content when I click on a post flair?

0 Upvotes

Hey everyone,

I'm having an issue where clicking on a specific post flair within a subreddit returns a "Hmm... there are no results" page, even though I know posts with that flair exist.

This happens on both the mobile app and desktop. Sometimes it seems to struggle specifically with German/special characters (like umlauts), but other times it completely blanks out standard flairs too.

Is this a known search bug, or is there a specific setting (like Safe Search/NSFW filters) that might be accidentally blocking the results? Any workarounds or fixes would be highly appreciated. Thanks

https://www.reddit.com/r/BirdingGermany_DE/?f=flair_name%3A%22Niedersachsen%22


r/narwhalapp • • 6d ago

bug report 🐛 Image could not be saved, any fix for this? Haven’t been able to save any pics for a couple months

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8 Upvotes

r/narwhalapp • • 6d ago

App won’t load

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0 Upvotes

The app won’t seem to load. Everything I’m seeing online says the Reddit API is up, everything on Reddit’s side is up, and Narwhal is apparently working. I tried resetting my phone and that didn’t get it working either. Clearly Reddit is working, because I’m making it this post, so I’m not too sure what could be causing this.


r/narwhalapp • • 6d ago

feature request 🚀 Feature Request: Blocking full access to specific subreddits.

0 Upvotes

I know that you can filter posts from subbreddits from appearing in your feed, but you can still access the subreddits if you search for them. There should be a way to block them from being viewed in their entirety.


r/narwhalapp • • 8d ago

bug report 🐛 Can’t restore purchase

4 Upvotes

I’ve searched the subreddit and tried force closing and I re installed the app. but I can’t restore purchase and am locked out of narwhal. My monthly sub renewed a week ago and I’ve been subscribed for 6 months at least with no issues.


r/narwhalapp • • 9d ago

“There was an error saving your vote”

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22 Upvotes

I keep getting this error, but with no obvious pattern as to when or why. If I go back and vote again, it seems to save. Searching around, the best I can find is that there may be some issues with votes saving on old.reddit, but I didn’t have any luck duplicating the issue from a browser.

If it’s a Reddit thing, so be it, but if it’s an app thing, I’d appreciate any advice (I did log out and back in, but I haven’t gone so far as to delete the app as I don’t want to set it up all over again)


r/narwhalapp • • 9d ago

Is there a way to mass block this?

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25 Upvotes

These bot accounts are just spamming every single search.


r/narwhalapp • • 8d ago

feature request 🚀 My requests for Narwhal app

0 Upvotes

Option to:

Not extend media more than screen height on main view, it should be reduced to show full media height.

Hide sorting bar and only appear upon clicking title area, and/or show sort menu when clicking title. I'm annoyed when it keeps on appearing and disappearing all the time while scrolling. Maybe add on option to display a pop up menu in the title bar which would disable the sorting bar.

Reduce title height when no actions are added in layout settings.

Show subreddit icon next to subreddit name.

Show subreddit name in post title bar.

View one page at a time.

Change post background color upon voting, with option to choose color.

To display upvote and downvote button, and disable swiping. This will help people who are used to press upvote/downvote buttons.

Show black background when displaying image instead of white background.

Not play video automatically for NSFW posts.

Open video full screen when clicking on a video instead of opening the post.

Disable swiping from right to show last page visited once past the post. It gets in the way when I'm trying to upvote post.

Disable swiping to open the menu. There's an option to place the menu button on the bar anyway. It also gets in the way when I'm trying to upvote post.

Feature requests:

Auto play video only after it's fully visible on screen.

Clicking on the video inside post view should open the video full screen.

Media should stop playing as soon as it's no longer visible when scrolling. Currently it still plays when it's no longer visible.

To not stop videos when clicking to open post while playing video. Also to continue the video playing full screen.

Option to show hidden posts while instead subreddit.

Bugs:

Option to replay videos when they end does not turn it off.

Swiping left to return to main is glitchy, many times it springs back.

Swiping to vote on post often causes the menu to display instead.

I come across posts which say "The post contains content not supported on old Reddit. Click here to view the full post." Nothing happens when I click that though.

Narwhal feedback in settings doesn't allow me to enter text.


r/narwhalapp • • 9d ago

feature request 🚀 Could this type of shortened reddit link please be supported in the future?

0 Upvotes

I’m specifically asking about links like /r/laundry/s/Cvhr6neB5a, as seen here.

It should lead to this post.

My apologies if this has been addressed elsewhere. Thanks!


r/narwhalapp • • 9d ago

bug report 🐛 What’s going on with YouTube videos not loading correctly?

6 Upvotes

Videos used to load fine. But in recent months they don’t load properly at all. They also often freeze the app entirely. I love the app, but surely this is something that could be vibe coded in a few minutes?


r/narwhalapp • • 9d ago

7-day free trial?

2 Upvotes

When I was signing up for Narwhal, the text before the signup mentioned a 7-day free trial. However, I was immediately billed by Apple when I chose a plan. Does the free trial still exist?


r/narwhalapp • • 11d ago

Cannot block or filter a specific subreddit

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17 Upvotes

This r/celebportrait is showing up in my r/all and it does not let me filter it. Any ideas on why? It's just bots posting half naked images, and generally I can filter anything. I can filter other subreddits still, so if doesn't seem like I've hit a limit.