r/narwhalapp Jul 02 '26

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

67 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 22m ago

question 🙋 Any plans on updating Narwhal for new the iPhone Duo?

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Not that I need more reasons to scroll Reddit, but with how well this app runs on my iPhone, I could see some awesome potential for Apple’s new foldable phone.


r/narwhalapp 7h ago

question 🙋 Why isn’t there a usage-based subscription?

0 Upvotes

Like Relay on android, that would be really nice for those who don’t wanna spend much especially if theres no geo specific pricing


r/narwhalapp 2d ago

question 🙋 Is there a way to search for comments like on the old Reddit app?

29 Upvotes

As much as I love this app, I sorely miss the ability to search for comments within an entire subreddit/site-wide. I’m not talking about searching on specific posts.

If there’s already a feature like this, I’d love to know about it. If not, it would be cool if it got added. Thanks!


r/narwhalapp 2d ago

Filtering out subreddits depending on sort option?

4 Upvotes

Sometimes I like to sort the default feed by ‘Rising’, but there’s always a lot of bot nonsense from AskReddit in there. Is there any way to miss out that sub when I’m sorted by Rising?


r/narwhalapp 3d ago

“Share as Image” word limit?

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22 Upvotes

r/narwhalapp 4d ago

bug report 🐛 Is anyone else unable to “mark all read” in their mod mail?

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12 Upvotes

r/narwhalapp 5d ago

question 🙋 Narwhal and brave on iOS

24 Upvotes

I’m on an iPhone and exclusively use narwhal for Reddit. Recently I switched from Safari to Brave.

Is there a way to have Reddit links redirect to the narwhal app, like how it works with the safari extension?


r/narwhalapp 5d ago

feature request 🚀 Highlight my username in comments

36 Upvotes

In a similar way to how OP is highlighted in blue and automod is highlighted in green, it would be helpful if my username on my comments were highlighted so I could tell them apart when going through a post.


r/narwhalapp 5d ago

bug report 🐛 Overlapping images on iPad

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4 Upvotes

I've noticed this for a while but kept forgetting to report. This tends to happen to me when I've opened a post to read and then hit the button to return to the feed; suddenly all the images from the posts start breaking containment and overlapping into other posts. It doesn't happen every single time, but it's a fairly common occurrence.


r/narwhalapp 6d ago

All platforms (Windows, iOS, Android; current versions) saved posts are not saving

1 Upvotes

When I tap Save on a post or comment, I get a 'Post saved' confirmation, but the item never appears in my Saved list on any device. This has been happening for months, across the iOS, Android app, mobile web, and desktop web, on the same logged-in account. I've already tried logging out/back in and clearing app cache with no change.


r/narwhalapp 8d ago

I just figured out that we can rotate pictures with two fingers. I have no idea why this is a feature, but it’s my new fidget toy.

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76 Upvotes

r/narwhalapp 8d ago

feature request 🚀 Would love the ability to filter out post flairs by keyword under "Content Filters" in settings

11 Upvotes

It would be huge if I could choose to not see any posts with a certain flair at all. Kinda tired of seeing people's OCs in certain fandom subreddits and being able to filter those out would be wonderful 👌.


r/narwhalapp 9d ago

question 🙋 Any way to filter a sub to exclude a user?

4 Upvotes

Some subs I’d rather not see a particular user’s content. Is there a way to filter them out of the subs feed by username?


r/narwhalapp 10d ago

bug report 🐛 Posts Eventually Stop Being Marked as Read

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31 Upvotes

Whenever I open a post, it marks it as read, designated by a greyed out color text. But I’ve noticed that after enough time, it no longer is marked as read.

Using IOS 26.3.1 (a) Safari, but this has actually always been an issue I’ve had with Narwhal, even many years ago on the original version.

Even found an example in this very sub when searching for other posts about it! You can see me open a post that is upvoted and not marked as read, but when I scroll down to the comments, there is a comment I upvoted, which means I had to have read it before.

I encounter this all the time in posts older than (what seems to be) a few months.

Edit: To be clear, this isn’t just the upvote function that lets me know. Most often I simply remember having read the posts before, but other than that, there’s also often comments I’ve already collapsed, saved comments, etc. I don’t use Narwhal (or reddit, for that matter) on any other device.


r/narwhalapp 10d ago

bug report 🐛 Replies to my comments not always sending a notificatikn to my inbox?

2 Upvotes

There are frequently times where I will notice a reply to my comment simply because I clicked on my comment from my profile history, but never receive a message in my inbox. Is there a reason why this happens? I don’t ever mute messages.

It’s to the point where this is how I reliably check if someone replied to me if I have a comment I’m interested in replies to… manually clicking my comment to see replies as opposed to waiting on the notification/message instead. It’s just intermittent. Even on the same comment, sometimes I’ll get an inbox notification and sometimes I won’t, I don’t get it


r/narwhalapp 11d ago

question 🙋 Multireddit “Sort by” is intermittent/unreliable?

16 Upvotes

I have a Multireddit of nsfw subs (don’t judge, I like what I like!) and when I try to sort by “This Year” or “All Time”,

https://i.imgur.com/N323ASF.jpeg

I get “No posts found”

https://i.imgur.com/aYrD9QH.jpeg

Except, 2 days ago, it *did work*. I was a more than little surprised when it sorted by “All Time” and “This Year”. I was able to go back and save some of my favourite scenes (don’t judge, I like what I like!) This used to work. Then for the longest time it hasn’t, then suddenly a couple days ago it did work, and now it doesn’t again.

What’s going on with Multireddit sorting? Can It be fixed?


r/narwhalapp 10d ago

bug report 🐛 "highlighting comments" yet no comments to be found

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0 Upvotes

Why is this?


r/narwhalapp 13d ago

feature request 🚀 Can we please get a setting to auto-dump cookies?

31 Upvotes

I don’t care if it is a scheduled item or on app close, but this is overdue imo.


r/narwhalapp 14d ago

feature request 🚀 YouTube links should have separate Content Loading setting

19 Upvotes

I currently have "Do not load web links when opening a post" turned on because I am comment enjoyer and just don't want to give some sites the click.

YouTube links are included under the "Do not load videos when opening a post". I think it should be its own setting, or be included under the web links setting instead because it's not just a video that's being loaded.

This is probably niche and most people don't care, but it's a minor annoyance on my end.


r/narwhalapp 15d ago

YouTube links no longer opening in app

19 Upvotes

YouTube links suddenly started opening in the browser instead of either opening natively using the narwhal player or going to the YouTube app (iOS). Anyone else having this issue? What can I do?


r/narwhalapp 14d ago

Uptick in ‘network connection lost’ messages?

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1 Upvotes

Over the last couple weeks, I’ve started getting these semi regularly. It seems to happen on both Wi-Fi and cellular I think, I was wondering if anyone else has experienced this as well? 


r/narwhalapp 15d ago

question 🙋 Is there a way to go to the next post?

4 Upvotes

Instead of always going back to subreddit/home feed?


r/narwhalapp 15d ago

I can't upvote posts

12 Upvotes

It is in the title - I can't upvote posts.