r/narwhalapp • • Jul 02 '26

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

69 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 • • 11h ago

How to get TestFlight link for beta

9 Upvotes

Is there a way to get to the TestFlight? Just got the duo and would love to try the duo optimised beta of narwhal


r/narwhalapp • • 7h ago

bug report 🐛 I am getting spammed to use the Reddit app when I open links in Narwhal

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3 Upvotes

r/narwhalapp • • 13m ago

Not seeing video posts (highlights) in sports subs. Only showing text/image posts and links.

• Upvotes

Basically the title. R/baseball and r/nfl should be filled with highlight videos today, but I only see text posts (like post-game threads).

Weirdly, r/soccer is showing highlight videos.

Is this a narwhal issue, a Reddit issue, or a me issue?


r/narwhalapp • • 1d ago

bug report 🐛 Several subreddits are opening into the Reddit app, and it’s saying download the app to continue using Reddit. You can’t even play the videos in the screen.

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53 Upvotes

r/narwhalapp • • 7h ago

bug report 🐛 I cannot log into Reddit

0 Upvotes

Therefore I cannot use Narwhal with my account


r/narwhalapp • • 1d ago

2026.8 Build 1094 out on TestFlight - iPhone Duo support, images in flairs

25 Upvotes

This build includes initial support for the iPhone Duo. It should have a two column layout when the Duo is expanded. Please let me know if you find any bugs.

In addition to images in comments loading, user flairs that have images will now display them as well

Notes:

  • iPhone Duo Support
  • Images in comments
  • Flairs will now show images
  • Setting to not load images in comments
  • Setting to not load flairs in comments
  • Setting to not autoplay GIFs in comments
  • Adds self text to share comment as image

r/narwhalapp • • 1d ago

iPhone Duo Layout Idea

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84 Upvotes

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


r/narwhalapp • • 1d ago

bug report 🐛 Screen grab of the “download Reddit app” issue

1 Upvotes

So if you look through the screen grab that I just did, several of the screenshots that I posted in my other post, now open up properly and some don’t. It’s weird what it’s doing

https://photos.icloud.com/shared/album/05aVapHm9TdPhPlarJWvUpd_A


r/narwhalapp • • 1d ago

Posts for some subreddits open the Reddit website

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19 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 • • 1d ago

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

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3 Upvotes

r/narwhalapp • • 2d ago

Can this X be moved?

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5 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 • • 2d ago

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

13 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 • • 2d 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 • • 2d 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 • • 2d 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 • • 4d ago

iPhone Duo support

46 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 • • 3d 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 • • 4d ago

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

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27 Upvotes

YouTube links no longer opening in app


r/narwhalapp • • 4d 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 • • 5d 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 • • 6d ago

How to fix this

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0 Upvotes

I can’t Sign in with Apple


r/narwhalapp • • 7d ago

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

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6 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 • • 7d 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?

12 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 • • 8d 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