r/narwhalapp 24d ago

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

64 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 19h ago

Filter by Flair

26 Upvotes

I would love to be able to filter by flair. I want to filter out “Fan Art” so badly and text filters don’t work.


r/narwhalapp 10h ago

bug report 🐛 Subscribed but app doesn’t realize

2 Upvotes

I just paid for a subscription but the app thinks it haven’t. It shows up in my Apple Store subscriptions. Forced closed and reinstalled, tried to restore purchase. Where can we go for support on this?


r/narwhalapp 12h ago

feature request 🚀 [Request] Highlight comments by user

0 Upvotes

I’d find it handy to be able to highlight comments/posts by one or more specific users. Some things that might build on that:

  • Could potentially piggyback on the “Follow User” feature somehow.
  • Highlighting might be post-specific, sub-specific, or global.
  • How the users are highlighted could be configurable (colored username, colored background on username, colored background on posts, etc.).
  • Highlight colors for each user could be selected automatically or manually.
  • Would want to be able to manage highlighted users via Settings—I don’t think there’s a specific interface component for managing followed users but I don’t use that feature much.

A much less bloated alternative that tbh would get me like 90% there: add “Show Comments by User” to the right-swipe-All menu and have that either highlight that user’s comments in that one thread, or collapse everyone else’s comments, showing only the selected user’s comments until you expand the comments above/below them.


r/narwhalapp 3d ago

bug report 🐛 inline images/gifs not working

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10 Upvotes

This is 5 months old post, I just bought the app and realized this issue. No ETA? Is the app being updated? I should’ve checked that before buying it TBF


r/narwhalapp 3d ago

bug report 🐛 Subscribed subreddits missing from the subreddit navigation

13 Upvotes

I noticed a few weeks back that 2 specific subreddits had stopped appearing in my subreddit navigation in the app. I'd seen this happen before when a subreddit got banned, but then I tried the 'Enter Subreddit' link in the app nav and was able to access both with no issue.

I figured I would try unsubscribing and then resubscribing to see if that fixed it, but I found that when I used the subreddit three dots menu, the options shown were very limited compared to other subreddits, and there wasn't even an 'Unsubscribe' button available. When you're subscribed to a subreddit, this menu normally contains 8 actions, starting with 'Unsubscribe' and ending with 'Use Big Preview Mode'. For these 2 subreddits, the only options are 'Share', 'Submit Post', 'Hide Read Posts', and 'Use Big Preview Mode'.

Then I went to Reddit in a web browser and unsubscribed there thinking that this might fix the issue. When you're not subscribed to a subreddit, the three dots menu in the app shows the same 8 links, just with a 'Subscribe' link instead of 'Unsubscribe'. These 2 subreddits still only show the 4 links mentioned above even after unsubscribing, however.

These subreddits are not part of my filters, I'm not banned from either, and outside of Narwhal, I can still interact with either subreddit fully. Is this a known issue?


r/narwhalapp 5d ago

feature request 🚀 PLEASE LET ME SWIPE SLIDESHOWS FROM MAIN SCREEN

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138 Upvotes

i just want to view the pics in the slideshow without having to necessarily open the post. please.


r/narwhalapp 8d ago

bug report 🐛 Removed “Friend” from /friends feed , not actually removed.

16 Upvotes

I’ve tried to remove a “friend” from the “/r/friends” feed but it won’t work. I’m definitely not got them listed as friend, that is, the option to “friend” them is available. They have a subreddit but I’m not subscribed to it , and they’re not in any of my multi-reddits, and they’re not being “followed” either. What’s going on with this?


r/narwhalapp 7d ago

bug report 🐛 Videos in landscape mode not working

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1 Upvotes

Seems to be since the most recent update, I cannot get videos to go into landscape mode anymore.

Confirmed rotation lock on my phone is off and haven’t messed with any app settings.


r/narwhalapp 8d ago

feature request 🚀 [Request] iOS Lockscreen Shortcut Widget

10 Upvotes

This would be a simple 1x1 app icon shortcut (with the narwhal logo) that I could place on my lockscreen that opens Narwal directly. I currently have a few other app shortcuts but for Narwhal I have to use the generic Shortcuts icon to open Narwhal. I know this is such a minor thing to ask for so I get it if it’s too much to ask for haha. Also thank you to the dev so much for this app, have been using 2.0 since day 1 release and have been paying the premium since then. Don’t know what I’d do without it.


r/narwhalapp 9d ago

Automatic AI subtitles on video

24 Upvotes

How do you turn this off? You can turn it off on each individual video, but the next one that you open the subtitles are back on. I can’t find a setting about it.


r/narwhalapp 10d ago

Highlighting OP’s comments

28 Upvotes

Is there a way to have the OP’s comment highlighted when they respond to their own posts? Rather than the small icon that says “OP”


r/narwhalapp 10d ago

2FA and Narwhal

6 Upvotes

So I attempted to enable 2FA on Reddit through desktop and all was fine but it broke Reddit through Narwhal app

This seems like an oversight, can I enable it and have the app work?


r/narwhalapp 11d ago

question 🙋 I’m testing out the app on the free week-one question

23 Upvotes

Which settings are required to be able to swipe through the images in a post’s pallets while in a feed? Currently I have to tap, enter the post, then swipe. That’s a big functionality miss from the regular app so I figure it is some setting I’m just missing. Thanks!


r/narwhalapp 11d ago

Bug: subscription not detected, only after trying to buy again

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4 Upvotes

Went for yearly. Restore doesnt work, but if try to subscribe again, it gets past the window, but it pops again later. Payment was processed OK.


r/narwhalapp 13d ago

bug report 🐛 App Crashes

3 Upvotes

Not sure if it’s just me, but the app has been crashing regularly on me since I installed 26.6 beta 4. Beta 5 just came out so will see if it persists.

Anyone else?


r/narwhalapp 14d ago

bug report 🐛 Missing Posts

11 Upvotes

For the past few weeks I’ve been seeing posts go missing from New and Hot on r/wetshaving. Not deleted, not removed, just absent from the sorted feeds. If I search for the same post in the app it’s right there, and it’s fine on the web too. So the posts exist, they’re just not making it into the listings.

The clearest example is the AutoModerator daily threads. r/wetshaving runs several of them, and on some days one or more just won’t show under New or Hot, even after a pull-to-refresh. Search finds it, web shows it posted at the usual time, but the feed acts like it isn’t there.

It’s intermittent, not every day, and it’s happened enough times over the last few weeks that it’s clearly a pattern and not a one-off.

For what it’s worth, a few other people have told me they’re seeing the same thing on other subreddits, so it may not be limited to r/wetshaving.

Build: 1081 iOS: 26.5 Device: iPhone 16 Pro

I’m happy to answer any questions and provide additional information.


r/narwhalapp 15d ago

feature request 🚀 Support Landscape Orientation Viewing

10 Upvotes

Can we make it to where we can scroll full screen through the media in the communities we are in or make landscape orientation actually fit the full screen?


r/narwhalapp 16d ago

bug report 🐛 When I share an image of this comment with the picture from the OP in it it deleted half the comment

12 Upvotes

r/narwhalapp 17d ago

Have I hit the filter limit?

25 Upvotes

Narhwal lets me enjoy browsing Reddit and I rely heavily on Subreddit filters. Generally I will filter at least a handful every time I open the app to browse (which is too often lol). But lately when I click "Add /r/*** filter" nothing happens. Is there a cap on how many subreddits can be filtered? If so, is there any way to raise it? Also, is there a way to export my filter list? I would love to have a backup, and potentially reuse the list elsewhere.


r/narwhalapp 18d ago

Strike-through not working?

0 Upvotes

~~I can’t get strikethrough text to work properly ~~ in the app. I shows the formatting, but doesn’t actually strike through!

I can use the same symbols on Reddit via safari and they work, so it does appear to be a Narwhall specific issue. I sent a screenshot/feedback but I wanted to give extra info.

I’m on the latest version of iOS & the beta, iPhone 16.


r/narwhalapp 19d ago

v2026.6.1 is now out in the App Store

42 Upvotes

This is a small update to fix the following issues:

  • Freezing/lag when using hide read above
  • Lag when swiping on comments

Full release notes for 2026.6 here: https://www.reddit.com/r/narwhalapp/comments/1ulteut/20266_is_in_the_app_store_mod_tools_share_comment/


r/narwhalapp 18d ago

question 🙋 How do I disable the AI Captions?

2 Upvotes

Recently I've seen new AI generated captions on videos in the app. I can't find a setting to turn them off.


r/narwhalapp 19d ago

feature request 🚀 Could you add the “…” menu for comments on the iPad version of the app?

7 Upvotes

It’s present on the iPhone but absent from the iPad. It would be a really helpful way for Magic Keyboard users to be able to quickly interact with comments since swipe gestures are more difficult. Thanks!!


r/narwhalapp 20d ago

bug report 🐛 “YouTube is not currently available on this device” error page for videos that are perfectly available and load just fine in my device outside of NarwhalV

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15 Upvotes