# BaconReader for Reddit > A feature-rich Reddit client for browsing, posting, and managing content. (iPhone/iPad app by OneLouder.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/baconreader-for-reddit/id725730936 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [OneLouder](https://appshunter.io/developer/455388591) - Category: News, Social Networking - Price: Free - Rating: 3.99/5 from 1,549 App Store ratings · 51 written reviews indexed - Age rating: 17+ - Requires: iOS 13.0 · 35 MB - Languages: English - Released: 2013-10-25 - Data updated: 2026-06-10 - Monetization: free - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/baconreader-for-reddit/id725730936/reviews.md ## What is BaconReader for Reddit? BaconReader is a tasty Reddit client that lets you enjoy all of the best content and features of popular social news site Reddit. Access news and entertainment content, post links, submit pics and comments, upvote and downvote to your heart’s content – all in a beautiful interface enhanced for easy use on your iPhone or iPad With features like multiple account support, messages, enhanced search, follow friends, direct image uploads, and a unique subreddit explorer, BaconReader is intuitive and easy to use new and experienced redditors alike. Join the BaconReader community at r/BaconReader for the latest news and updates on BaconReader features and release plans. Features: • Support for iPhone X devices • Compact Mode available for viewing more content in a smaller space • Gesture support for quick voting - 2 finger tap to up vote and 3 finger tap to down vote • Supports 3D touch for Front Page thumbnails and Home screen • Support for multitasking on iPad Air 2 and iPad Pro devices • Dual-Pane view available for iPhone Plus devices • Image/gif viewer: Supports swipe up/down to close and Imgur album captions • Subscribe, set User and Link flair, submit posts, upvote/downvote, full iPad support -- all for free! • Cake day notification • Reddituploads image display support • Filtering: Keyword, Domain, and exclude subreddits from r/all • Moderator features: Modmail, approve/remove posts, mark as spam) • Switch between multiple accounts and create new ones • Select Explore from the menu to get started discovering great new content. • Create and manage multireddits, add subreddit to multireddit from sidebar • Select between list and tile displays – swipe sideways in detail view to access the next story without returning to the front page! • New search makes it even easier to search for posts, subreddits, and users • Follow posts/comments made by other redditors by adding them to your Friends list • Bookmark a subreddit, multireddit or keywords for quick access, without adding it to your front page • Post images directly to imgur within posts and comments • Left-handed mode allows you to switch thumbnails from right to left for easy access • Support for viewing Reddit gallery • Support for deleting private messages • Support for viewing and making crosspost • Ability to perform advanced search We may collect information from your use of the app that we may share with our partners to deliver personalized ads, and improve our services. This data may be associated with other data collected from your visits over time and across different applications and websites to provide you with relevant and useful advertising. You may modify your choices at any time as explained in our Privacy Policy: https://baconreader.com/privacy/#rights ## Key features - Multiple account support - Enhanced search functionality - Direct image uploads - Subreddit explorer - Compact Mode - Gesture support for voting - Moderator features ## What do users think of BaconReader for Reddit? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🚀 Efficient and fast app - 👍 Clean and user-friendly interface - 💰 Good value for paid version - 🧠 Preferred over official Reddit app **Cons** - 🐛 Bugs and crashes - 🔋 Battery drain issues - 📺 Video player problems - 🔍 Unreliable search function - 📢 Intrusive and frequent ads **Commonly reported bugs** - Inability to post comments - Disappearing cursor when typing long comments - Unreliable unread message notifications - Sudden loss of functionality after updates **Most requested features** - Ability to disable swipe gestures - Option to disable crossposting - Improved support for image/video viewing - Scrolling through saved posts ## Recent user reviews (10 of 51) All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/baconreader-for-reddit/id725730936/reviews.md ### 5/5 — Not perfect, but I’ll miss you *2023-06-14* I’ve been using this app for Reddit for almost 10 years. It’s my favorite, least clunky way to view the subs I like and although it had some issues over the years, I’m going to miss it so much come July, and I just cannot get into the garbage official reddit app so I will be ending my long time with Reddit when Bacon Reader dies. I have a small hope it will hold out but considering the app hasn’t had any updates for 8 months, I don’t see bacon reader surviving. Farewell! ### 3/5 — problems *2022-12-13, version 3.9.6* it’s my favorite reddit app but i have a few problems with it ➖search function: having to go all the way to the top to search & losing my place in the process is annoying. i wish the search bar was in the side menu and the app remembered where i was. ➖general bugginess: if you have text in the search bar and scroll down, you can still see the little "x" that clears the text in the bar as you scroll. opening a linked post while you're on a post shifts the whole view down so the top of the new post is cut off. pictures take forever to load➖videos: mute button is strange. i press to unmute and it doesn't actually unmute until i open the video? and vice versa. there are kind of a lot of problems with this app but it's my favorite reddit client on ios because of the simplicity. i just wish there weren't so many bugs ### 4/5 — Media player changed? *2022-11-11, version 3.9.6* The media player for I.reddit and gifs and the like used to have the pause and skip ahead/back 10 seconds on the bottom where the bar was but now they’re in the middle of the screen and when they come up the rest of the screen darkens. Could you change it back to how it was before? ### 3/5 — Latest update causing freezes and lags *2022-10-16, version 3.9.6* This has been my fav Reddit reader for years, but for the past couple weeks I’ve been experiencing serious lagging and freezing issues, even just when scrolling thru text. Im not sure if it’s due to the update, but the timing seems to line up. I’ll give it a couple weeks to see if it improves before I find a new reddit client (maybe it’s just an ad causing some issues or something). Right now it is an extremely uncomfortable user experience. ### 1/5 — Avoid: Clunky and not user friendly for iPad *2022-08-22, version 3.9.5* I use BaconReader on my phone and it’s not terrible. Got it on my iPad and it is awful. 80% of your screen is forced to have a random post opened while the small bar on the side is all you can use to browse posts. There are no options in the settings to remove this and no way to close a post so you get the first 2 words of posts in small boxes to the side while the rest of your screen is just one giant post from whatever is the top front page at the time. There needs to be an option to scroll through it like you would your phone and open posts only when you want to open them. ### 5/5 — The best reddit viewer *2022-08-05, version 3.9.5* I downloaded bacon reader while looking for a way to get Hot - Best - Top etc back on reddit home page. It’s the only reddit app I use now. Ever since reddit adjusted their main algorithm in July of 2022 my home page went from funny, fun, awesome to dominated by depressing, negative content. Now that I have found this app, the feed is fixed and back to the way it was. I’m so grateful! The pro version is the best few bucks you’ll ever spend. ### 3/5 — PLEASE FIX THE VIDEO PLAYER + unable to block accounts now *2022-07-13, version 3.9.5* EDIT- I can’t block anyone anymore! Reddit is being overrun by bots so I’ve been blocking the ones I see. There doesn’t seems to be a limit to how many accounts you can block but it keeps telling me I can’t block anyone. REALLY FRUSTRATING! Restarting the app and logging out doesn’t help. I refuse to delete and redownload the app because I know it will remove my sub/feed filters and I don’t want to lose those. The one big issue I have with this app is that videos will only play correctly until you go full screen. It sometimes pauses sometimes doesn’t, but the really annoying thing is that th video will stop at about a third in and then it skips back and forth rapidly. It doesn’t matter if you go out of the video and back, or restarting the app, it happens ALL THE TIME. As far as ads go, I don’t think I’ve had it bad like everyone else. I only get banner ads at the bottom. It would be nice if the ads were varied. Really sick of seeing the one Snapchat rip-off constantly. It should be mandatory for a confirmation to pop up when tapping on an ad. I’ve never clicked an ad deliberately, never will, and it’s infuriating that accidentally opening one does just that. Just give me a confirmation so it doesn’t open the stupid ad in my browser. ### 5/5 — Love app but doesn’t work anymore *2021-11-07, version 3.9.2* Same issue as others. Latest iOS and can’t open posts after 3-4x. Force closing sometimes temporarily fixes but app basically unusable right now. Giving it 5 stars bc it’s a great clean app and I’ll Assume this is a temp bug but it has to get fixed ### 2/5 — Latest Update Broke App *2021-11-06, version 3.9.2* The latest update has broken the app. When scrolling, the app now, seemingly randomly, stops allowing you to click on a post to view comments. I can go through 4-5 posts and then the app suddenly no longer allows me to click into any posts. It’s like it doesn’t recognize I’m clicking the post, but it will still recognize if I click the picture thumbnail, if there is one. ### 4/5 — App has improved a lot over time a little more user experience stuff could help though *2021-10-21, version 3.9.1* The first thing that bothers me is that I cannot scroll across other things I’m viewing like I can the front page or subreddits For instance if I’m in r/news I can swipe away to see the next post But for profiles, saved posts, upvoted posts, etc. you have to back in and out of each post to view it ## Frequently asked questions about BaconReader for Reddit ### What does BaconReader for Reddit do? BaconReader for Reddit is a mobile application designed to provide a comprehensive and user-friendly interface for accessing and interacting with the social news website Reddit. It allows users to browse news and entertainment content, post links, submit images and comments, and engage with the Reddit community. ### What are the key features of BaconReader for Reddit? Key features include support for multiple accounts, enhanced search capabilities, direct image uploads, a unique subreddit explorer, compact mode for viewing more content, gesture support for quick voting, and moderator tools. It also offers features like filtering, multireddit management, and left-handed mode. ### Is BaconReader for Reddit free to use? Yes, BaconReader for Reddit is available for free. The description explicitly states that features like subscribing, setting flair, submitting posts, upvoting/downvoting, and full iPad support are all included for free. ### What devices is BaconReader for Reddit compatible with? The app is designed for iOS devices, with specific support mentioned for iPhone X, iPhone Plus devices (dual-pane view), and iPad Air 2 and iPad Pro devices (multitasking support). It also features 3D touch support for Front Page thumbnails and the Home screen. ### How can I discover new content on Reddit with this app? You can discover new content by using the 'Explore' option from the menu, which helps you find great new content. Additionally, the app allows you to create and manage multireddits, and bookmark subreddits, multireddits, or keywords for quick access without cluttering your front page. ## Version history (last 1 release) ### 3.9.6 — 2022-09-25 This release contains the following fixes - iPad comment refresh issue while coming from background. - Bottom bar disappearing after executing search. - White bar color while viewing images. ## Apps similar to BaconReader for Reddit | App | Rating | Price | Category | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Clarke County Tribune](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/clarke-county-tribune/id6444247520) | — | Free | News | | [开源中国 - 程序员专属的技术分享社交平台](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/id524298520) | 1.8 (5) | Free | News | | [Unbiased Break](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/unbiased-break/id6443419300) | 5.0 (6) | Free | News | | [Blogit - Read & Share stories](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/blogit-read-and-share-stories/id1568908280) | 5.0 (4) | Free | News | | [Alliance BC](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/alliance-bc/id1621720840) | 5.0 (86) | Free | News | | [RedState](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/redstate/id361114780) | 3.0 (128) | Free | News | ## More apps by OneLouder - [1Weather: Forecast and Radar](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/1weather-forecast-and-radar/id1044809694) - [Skyla.ai](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/skylaai/id6762112453) All apps by OneLouder: https://appshunter.io/developer/455388591 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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