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Free · In-App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Hydra is the best client for browsing your subreddits and the ultimate experience on iOS. It's fast, fluid, and designed to make browsing more seamless than ever before. If you're looking for a powerful yet beautifully simple client, Hydra is the way to go.
"Hydra makes Reddit feel like a natural part of iOS. Everything just flows." - u/goosewatergoose
"This app is what you get when the developer really understands what a great user experience should be. It’s everything the Reddit app isn't" - DAC, UK
"Long time Apollo user. Found the app a month ago. Great work so far, just wanted to convey the props" - @gruthsc3 (Discord)
Hydra is crafted with a native iOS design, making it feel right at home on your device. It loads fast, responds instantly, and makes browsing an incredibly intuitive experience. Packed with powerful features, it's built to be the ultimate companion for both casual browsing and hardcore Redditors alike.
Features that make Hydra shine:
- Lightning-fast loading for seamless scrolling and browsing
- Multireddit support for organizing and following your favorite topics
- Favorite subreddits to keep your go-to communities at your fingertips
- A beautifully designed, native iOS experience that feels right at home
- Gorgeous image and video viewer for an immersive media experience
- Multiple account support so you can switch effortlessly
- Quick access gestures to upvote, downvote, reply, and more with a swipe
- Markdown support to get the most out of your posts and comments
- System share menu integration to easily share content anywhere
- Full inbox access for messages and notifications
- Private messages support to stay connected with other users
- Powerful search to find posts, subreddits, and users in an instant
- Customizable themes to match your style
- Compact mode for an optimized browsing experience
- Highly customizable UI to tailor Hydra to your needs
- Blur NSFW content and spoilers for a safe browsing experience
- Low data mode to keep your usage efficient
- Beautiful, intuitive UI/UX that makes using Hydra a delight
Hydra is always evolving with new features and improvements based on feedback from the community. If there's something you'd love to see, drop by the /r/HydraApp subreddit and let me know!
Hydra is an unofficial client, but it just might be the best one you've ever used.
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This is an unofficial client for the Reddit service (Reddit is a registered trademark of Reddit, Inc., and this app is not affiliated with or endorsed by Reddit).
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more Features:
- Added a button to restore purchases
Bugfixes:
- Nothing would load for logged out users on a fresh install of the app
- External links would not open properly when set to open in Brave Browser
- User page URLs formatted as /r/u_username would fail to load
- Posts with only a source mp4 resolution would fail to load
- Made EULA and Privacy Policy more prominent in app settings
4.1.1 1 Aug
Features:
- Fast account swap
- New multireddit sort options
- Smoother gestures
- Faster post & comment rendering
Bugfixes:
- Hydra would not load any data if you were logged out.
- The video player would restart the video when changing device orientation.
- Scrolling horizontally on wide tables in comments would sometimes slide the comment instead.
- Videos in comments would link to an unreachable URL.
- Video thumbnails would load at the lowest quality when video autoplay was disabled.
- Posts with media that Reddit failed to process would not load.
- Changing device orientation while seeking through a video could cause Hydra to crash.
- Posts linking to certain RedGifs URLs would cause Hydra to crash.
- Posts in compact mode would sometimes show the wrong thumbnail.
- The post and link description max lines settings in Settings => Appearance could not be set to 0.
- Tweaked the media viewer animations to feel more fluid.
- The Hydra Pro offer modal would show up even if you were already subscribed.
- Clicking on post media would sometimes fail to mark the post as read.
- In light themes, videos would flash when a scroll gesture started on them.
- Changing orientation while scrolled deep in gallery mode would cause visual bugs.
- Clicking on links in compact mode would sometimes open the thumbnail as an image instead of opening the link.
- Accounts with "Don't show thumbnails next to links" enabled in their old Reddit preferences would cause images to fail to load.
4.1.0 24 Jul
Features:
- Media viewer rewrite
- Hydra in share sheet
- Right side thumbnails in compact mode
- Collapse child comments only
- Filter subreddits temporarily
- Support for new wikis
- Swipe to scrub videos
- Change video playback rate
- Landscape mode
- Media collection navigation arrows
- Post info in media viewer
- Swipe to dismiss media
- Media viewer optimizations
Bugfixes:
- Music no longer randomly pauses while scrolling. I think I fixed this, but I haven't been able to consistently reproduce the bug, so if you experience this, a bug report would be appreciated.
- Posts with a collection of videos only displayed the first video.
- Scrubbing while in gallery mode locks vertical scrolling for a smoother experience.
- Links that are slow to respond to requests for metadata are skipped, resulting in much faster loads in the worst cases.
- Fixed image posts momentarily showing the wrong image.
- Some link sources like Wikipedia would fail to show an image.
- Fixed shadowbanned users being unable to log in.
- Text URLs containing backslashes that weren't marked as links in markdown were parsed incorrectly.
- Posts linking to other Reddit pages (e.g. /r/wowthissubexists) weren't rendering as links.
- Having a multireddit named "All" would cause the "All" button to disappear in the subreddit list.
- Hydra warns you when attempting to reply in a locked or archived post.
4.0.0 16 May
Features:
- Disable Swipe Gestures
- GIF Improvements
- Improved Wikis
- Temporary Subreddit Filters
Bugfixes:
- Fixed image posts momentarily showing the wrong image when scrolling quickly or on a slow internet connection
- Disabled autocorrect when searching
- Voting on a post while viewing a comments page, then collapsing a comment would cause your vote to disappear
- Gated and quarantined subreddits are now handled properly and are accessible
- Wiki shortlinks (/r/subreddit/w/page) now load properly
- Banned users and non-existent user profiles now show an error message instead of loading forever
- Giphy gifs were loading very slowly
- Marking posts as read would sometimes fail to update visually
- User subreddit links (/r/u_username) would fail to load
- Subreddit icon images now use caching to improve performance
- Post and comment edit modals now say "Save" instead of "Edit" for the submit button
- DB optimization improvements
3.4.0 13 Mar
Features:
- Full iPad Support
- In App Guide
- New App Icons
- Download More Videos
- Disable Tap to Collapse
- Reader Mode for Links
- Improved Quick Search
- Auto Open Keyboard
- Video Player Improvements
Bugfixes:
- Modals and media views no longer break on iPads when using split screen, windowing, or rotating the device.
- EU users were unable to type their login credentials.
- Uploading images when making a post would fail for certain types of images.
- Searching for subreddits that were less than 3 characters would fail.
- Subreddit name was not showing when searching for posts.
- old.reddit.com links open in Hydra instead of opening in a browser.
- The image share menu now shows a thumbnail of the image.
- Fixed some minor memory leaks.
- Fixed a database query memory leak and optimized query performance.
3.3.0 26 Feb
Features
- Gallery Mode
- Open Comment Flairs
- Collapsed Comment Memory
- Swipe to Collapse Thread
- More Comment Long Press Options
Bugfixes
- When logging in, some users login sessions were failing to be captured and were instead redirected to the Reddit home page
- Login popup would sometimes say you are already logged in
- Posts with links to external websites that returned an out of bounds HTTP status code would cause Hydra to crash
- Posts with links to external websites that are slow to respond will no longer make your feed load slower
- Posts sometimes failed to be marked as read when interacting with them
- When trying to favorite a subreddit while not subscribed to it, an error message is now shown instead of failing silently
- Filtering a subreddit from your feed no longer prevents the subreddit from loading when you navigate directly to it
- Slide gestures were failing to work when swipe anywhere to navigate was disabled
3.2.0 14 Jan
- Hydra no longer becomes unresponsive when making a partial drag to exit a fullscreen video or when saving an image from a comment
- Slideable elements (like posts and comments) no longer interact poorly with the "Swipe anywhere to navigate" setting
- The scroll to next comment button no longer stays on screen when swapping tabs
- The navbar buttons no longer flash when using a dark theme while iOS is set to light mode
- Improved performance by reducing some unnecessary rerenders
- Swapped out some deprecated code from 3rd party libraries
3.1.1 09/12/2025
Features:
- Edit Custom Themes
- Navbar & Tabs Changes
- Improved Accessibility Support
-
Edited Indicator
- Swipe to Collapse Comments
- Open In External Browser
- Swipe To Close Browser
Bugfixes:
- Swapped out broken links to old /r/HydraApp subreddit
- Video player should cause less crashes now
- Scroll to next comment button was not movable when swipe anywhere to navigate is turned on
- Crosspost text was not truncating. Crossposts now follow the "Post text max lines" setting under Settings => Appearance.
- Regression of text cutoff rendering bug
- Refresh indicator was invisible on certain themes
- Fixed settings picker being hard to read with certain themes
- Image of certain dimensions would have their backgrounds flash when on light color themes
- Custom sorts were sometimes not being remembered
- Favorites would not showing up in subreddit list
- Changing the theme would not working in certain conditions
- Sidebar was failing to render due to Reddit removing user counts
3.1.0 28/11/2025
Better accessibility support and crash fixes
3.0.2 25/10/2025
small bugfixes and app store metadata changes
3.0.1 17/10/2025
- Custom Icons
- Move Next Comment Button
- Quick Subreddit Search
- Search + Sort
- Customize Swipe Actions
- Subreddit Filtering
- Hide Post/Link Text
- Optimized Subreddit List
- Image Cache Improvements
- Numerous bugfixes
3.0.0 09/09/2025
Features
- View Post Flairs
- Make Posts with Flairs
- Better Post Failure Messages
- Live Text on Images
- Press Tab to Go Back
- Smoother Scrolling
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a bunch of video player issues, particularly involving sound.
- Fixed videos continuing to play after exiting fullscreen if "Auto play videos" is disabled.
- Lots of small tweaks in an attempt to fix some obscure crashes.
2.10.0 14/08/2025
Features:
- Hide Tabs on Scroll
- Swipe Anywhere to Navigate
- Full Support for Long Press
- Go to Previous Comment
- Video Player Rewrite
- Disable Video Autoplay
Bugfixes:
- Fixed authentication issues. Hydra now uses a new authentication system.
- Fixed posts that link to comments not having a link to click on. Subreddits like /r/bestof should now be more usable.
2.9.0 22/07/2025
Features:
- Sidebars and Wikis
- A to Z Subreddit Slider
Bugfixes:
- Fixed custom hydra server URL not being used for AI requests.
- Fixed drafts not clearing after submitting.
- Fixed summaries changing background color when pressed with certain themes set.
- Fixed being unable to set the current theme when the system is in dark mode.
- Made the hydra://openURL deep link case insensitive.
2.8.0 28/06/2025
Features:
- Automatic Theme Switching
- Hide Seen Posts per Subreddit
Bugfixes:
- Fixed push notifications not registering properly.
- Fixed quarantied subreddits not loading. You'll now see a prompt the first time you try to access a quarantined subreddit asking for confirmation.
- Fixed full screen images sometimes being pushed into the corner of the screen.
- Fixed the image counter pill showing the incorrect slide number when using compact mode.
- Fixed flairs for subreddits using non richtext flairs.
- Fixed the long press menu being overly sensitive when looking at an image in fullscreen.
- Fixed recycled posts temporarily showing the wrong image when scrolling quickly.
- Fixed links occasionally showing the wrong image.
2.7.2 10/06/2025
Pro Features:
- Custom Themes + Sharing
Features:
- Auto Mark as Read
- Support for Crossposts
- Custom Startup URL
- Highlight Post/Comment Text
- Highlight Text When Replying
- Image Gallery Count
- Self Hosted Hydra Server
Bugfixes:
- Fixed the Apply Default Sort to Home setting not being applied when the app first started up.
- Fixed navbar buttons sometimes being difficult to click.
- Fixed multireddits having no navbar title.
- Made the right to left page swipe gesture to go to the future post less sensitive. It should be less likely to trigger when scrolling.
- Fixed show all comments button not appearing when a comment thread was accessed through the user page.
- Fixed a rare bug causing post feeds to fail to load when a post has media without dimensions.
2.7.1 31/05/2025
- Post & Comment Summaries
- Advanced Post Filtering
- Inbox Alerts
- New Premium Themes
- Support Hydra
- New Free Themes
- Save Comments
- Save Posts Easier
- Saved Indicators
- Drafts
- Apply Default Sort to Home
- Hide Account Tab Username
- Better Tables
- Post Title Line Limit
- Smarter Loading
- View Patch Notes
- Fixed API call duplication issues
2.6.0 05/05/2025
Features
- Text Filtering
- Open in Hydra Shortcut
- Open Clipboard Links
- User Flairs in Comments
- Faster Post Loading
- Inline Comment Images
- Collapsed AutoModerator
Bugfixes
- Inline images in comments are now clickable and will open in fullscreen
- Posts with multiple gifs will now display all gifs
2.5.1 15/03/2025
Features
- Filter Seen Posts
- Share Images
- Share Videos
- Download Videos
- Smarter Video Post Sizing
- Mark All Messages as Read
Bugfixes
- Opening links, images, and videos marks a post as read
- NSFW posts and hybrid posts (image or video posts with text) properly load thumbnails in compact mode
- Clicking link post thumbnails when in compact mode opens the browser
- Increased the hitbox size of the + button when adding an account to make it easier to tap
- The subreddit name is no longer shown redundantly on every post when in a specific subreddit
- r/all and r/popular will once again show subreddits
- Fixed a rare app crash. Turns out certain kinds of SVGs would cause the image rendering library I'm using to crash. When scrolling, if a link post pulled OpenGraph data that had an image pointing to one of these SVGs, it would cause Hydra to completely crash.
2.4.1 03/03/2025
Features:
- Added a button to restore purchases
Bugfixes:
- Nothing would load for logged out users on a fresh install of the app
- External links would not open properly when set to open in Brave Browser
- User page URLs formatted as /r/u_username would fail to load
- Posts with only a source mp4 resolution would fail to load
- Made EULA and Privacy Policy more prominent in app settings
more Version 4.1.1 1 Aug
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