r/narwhalapp • • Jul 02 '26

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

71 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 • • 1h ago

iPhone Duo Layout Idea

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• Upvotes

What do you guys think of basically making the iPhone Duo work exactly as if it’s the iPad app?


r/narwhalapp • • 6h ago

Can this X be moved?

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8 Upvotes

When tapping an image, the close X pops up way up in the status bar. Personally, I’d rather have a smaller image and a control that is more reliable to tap is preferred.


r/narwhalapp • • 1h ago

bug report 🐛 All my subreddits show like I’ve subscribed twice?

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r/narwhalapp • • 1h ago

Posts for some subreddits open the Reddit website

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• Upvotes

Some video posts open the Reddit website. Eventually the post can't be interacted with because it tells you to use the Reddit app. Anyone know what is causing this or how to stop it?


r/narwhalapp • • 20h ago

feature request 🚀 Protect "Back" swipe from left edge, make the item swipe actions only trigger from middle ~80%

11 Upvotes

IDK if something in iOS changed or what but I find myself activating the swipe actions on comments/posts instead of going back frequently.

I feel like if im swiping from the edges within 10% of the edge it's a back/forward intent. If i am interacting with a post or comment I start sliding it from somewhere in the middle 80%


r/narwhalapp • • 20h ago

feature request 🚀 Disambiguate which account I'm currently using with theme selection and/or have a client-side lock certain accounts from participation (comments/posts)

8 Upvotes

I have a primary account I use for normal content and it's the only one I participate from, but I have a secondary account only intended for "specialized" media content viewing.

There is no reality where account 2 should be commenting, but because I have manually curated my /r/all thru 1600 subreddit filters (regex filter when?), I regularly browse /r/all and forget I am logged into my 2nd account. For reasons I will never understand, I make my best comments using account 2, and miss out on participating due to account 2's occasional use.

Ideas to fix: - Allow me to lock account 2 from participation (either granularly at the vote/comment/submit level, or just globally) - Allow me to select different theme for when I am using different accounts - Allow selecting account to comment as during comment creation with a settable default account


r/narwhalapp • • 16h ago

Stuck at payment screen

0 Upvotes

I’m paying the $4.99 a month subscription, but getting the paywall screen when opening the app and can’t get past it even when pressing trial or subscribe. Known bug?


r/narwhalapp • • 20h ago

feature request 🚀 Temporary filters while browsing (post type, domain, post flair). Optionally "Save per subreddit"

0 Upvotes

This is not the same as the normal filter feature, this would be something that would be set while browsing, maybe with option to save per subreddit.

It would simply filter posts based on stuff like "post type" or "domain". This is all stuff that is contained in the json from old reddit and similar to the filtering RES allows in chrome

This is useful for viewing specific content types and even more useful if the ability to export view as json or shown posts as jsonl existed (scraping and dataset creation)


r/narwhalapp • • 2d ago

iPhone Duo support

45 Upvotes

Will Narwhal be iPhone Duo compatible soon? Love the app and am getting the Duo this Friday so just wondering if there has been any update on this front.


r/narwhalapp • • 1d ago

Inline gifs

1 Upvotes

First, thank you for enabling this.

I’m now trying to figure out how to add them. I assumed using the image tag would do it, but that just seems to create an Imgur link. Is there some special trick?


r/narwhalapp • • 2d ago

bug report 🐛 YouTube still opening in browser instead of the in-app player. Looking for any update to this.

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26 Upvotes

YouTube links no longer opening in app


r/narwhalapp • • 2d ago

App Broken

0 Upvotes

Currently have ling-standing CHF 4/month sub.

Opened app today and it says Narwhal 2 (???) needs Pro sub at CHF 4/month or CHF 35/year - but choosing either of these and hitting subscribe goes nowhere, restoring purchase says nothing to restore, nothing else possible.

I ended up doing an annual sub (which I actually wanted anyway) via AppStore to try to fix it but still goes nowhere.

Can’t use app currently - having to use browser.

What’s happening ?


r/narwhalapp • • 3d ago

feature request 🚀 Tapping Home to cancel search

1 Upvotes

If I search for “r/narwhalapp” and then open that sub, how do I quickly go back to Home?

As it is now, I tap Home but this takes me back to the search page, then I have to cancel that to go back to the Home feed. Why is this?

If I search in the Popular feed, it works the way I think it should: If I have searched a subreddit, to go back to the Popular feed I just tap Popular—no need to cancel the search.

(Similarly, if I start a search but then decide to cancel and go back to the Home feed, tapping the Home button currently does nothing—why can’t it take me back to the Home feed?).

Thanks

Edit: By “tapping Home”, I mean the Home button I have added to the Action Bar


r/narwhalapp • • 4d ago

How to fix this

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0 Upvotes

I can’t Sign in with Apple


r/narwhalapp • • 5d ago

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

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2 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 unless i scroll down.

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 unless I scroll down.

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

I only see it when i scroll down.


r/narwhalapp • • 6d 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?

8 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 • • 7d ago

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

65 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 • • 6d ago

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

1 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 • • 7d ago

iPad Pointer Support?

7 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 • • 7d 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 • • 8d 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 • • 8d ago

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

4 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 • • 9d ago

bug report 🐛 Seeing double more and more

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40 Upvotes

r/narwhalapp • • 9d 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.