# Hydra - read, upvote, comment — user reviews > 142 indexed App Store user reviews of Hydra by Dimitrie Milinovich, rated 4.80/5 from 736 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hydra-read-upvote-comment/id6478089063/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hydra-read-upvote-comment/id6478089063.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 655 · 4★ 49 · 3★ 9 · 2★ 6 · 1★ 17 ## What do users think of Hydra? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Massive potential - 👍 Closest thing to Apollo - 👍 Best option for 2025 - 👍 Better in almost every way - 👍 Superior Reddit Client++ - 👍 Best Reddit app ever - 👍 Great app - 👍 Chop one Apollo off, a greater app will return - 👍 Great Apollo alternative - 👍 The best client since Apollo - 👍 The best way to browse Reddit **Cons** - 🔒 Sketchy security **Commonly reported bugs** - Expect some bumps **Most requested features** - Customizing the gestures and hiding the username on the tab bar - Content blocking, comment images, startup feed, and others ## Newest reviews (17 of 142) ### 4/5 — Pretty good *2026-07-28* This is definitely better than the awful official reddit app, but recent changes have made videos restart when going full screen and they take forever to load, which is pretty annoying. Stuff also sometimes is slow to load in general, but perhaps that’s Reddit’s API? Overall recommend ### 3/5 — Still Missing Some Features *2026-07-17* The app is basically good, and can be configured to act a lot like Apollo did back in its prime. The one glaring omission is that you still can’t set videos/GIFs to play muted by default. You have to manage the volume on your device, rather than just allowing audio when something that requires it comes along. It’s very clumsy and disruptive for an app that is otherwise a pretty decent browsing experience. ### 2/5 — Not it *2026-07-15, version 4.0.0* Doesn't work. Subreddits literally just missing posts ### 3/5 — iPad doesn’t work *2026-07-04, version 4.0.0* Nothing loads on iPad , works fine on mobile as of July 1, 2026 ### 4/5 — I really love the app I just would like it more if *2026-05-29, version 4.0.0* It would mix up what it shows on the home feed more from different subs ### 3/5 — Good in principle. *2026-05-24* I like the idea behind it. It reminds of Apollo in some ways, especially the swipe gestures of course. But it lacks all of the polish. It hangs, crashes, bugs out, resets my progress in scrolling through comments and home feed. And none of these things happen rarely. They happen every time I open the app. I really enjoy the rest of the time, but it makes it very hard to enjoy using it. ### 5/5 — Way better than the official Reddit App *2026-05-21* Awesome alternative to the official Reddit App. Strong Apollo vibes, with this one. ### 5/5 — Gut, alle Funktionen vorhanden *2026-05-19* Schön gemacht, vergleichsweise übersichtlich, mit dem eigenen Account kann man sich gut einloggen, bisher keine Probleme gehabt. Empfehlung. ### 5/5 — Thank you *2026-05-17* Apps like this is what made the internet great. ### 5/5 — Best Reddit client for IOS *2026-05-16* Moved to hydra when Reddit removed r/all. Never going back, smoother transitions, tons of configurations, w proper working video player. ### 5/5 — God-send of an app! *2026-05-08* I needed this app in my life so badly! Reddit app is absolute is infested with ads and privacy intruding trackers. After Apollo was forced to close, I found alternatives to the Reddit app by side-loading but it was never perfect and always buggy and had to re-login every time the app was closed. This is better than even the Apollo app for me. It’s been mostly bug-free but the app was released relatively recently so if you find a bug, just report it and move on. They do fix the bugs! I’ve noticed much less bugs than when the app first released. They’re doing a banger job! ### 5/5 — Hatte reddit schon abgeschrieben *2026-05-08* … aber mit dieser App ist es erträglich. Trotzdem: Join the Fediverse! ### 5/5 — I love this app *2026-05-01, version 3.4.0* I love the functionality. Thanks so much to the dev. It’s great! ### 2/5 — I know we don’t have much options but COME ON *2026-04-16* I can live with the fact that it doesn’t update live. But I couldn’t even get into my profile. It keeps refreshing, and couldn’t access a single post! ### 5/5 — Saved from the atrocious official app. *2026-04-01* This app definitely needs improvement but it is already miles better than the default reddit app. ### 5/5 — This is better than I thought it would be *2026-04-01* The fact that there is a client that I can do most of the things I want to do on reddit (except posting) and its ad free and cost free after the API, with one of the best UIs I've ever used period; just makes this a recommend ### 5/5 — Well done app *2026-03-31* Great alternative to the official reddit app. Would love to support the development, but I'm never going to pay for a subscription service to browse reddit. Would be happy to pay $10-15 up front, but SaaS is gross. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Downloading videos with audio only with a subscription. What a joke *2026-08-30* Downloading videos with audio only with a subscription. What a joke?! Seriously??? What is this? Will go back to Apollo. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t load anything *2026-07-09, version 4.0.0* Won’t load a single post, feed, or sub. Is this app decommissioned or something? ### 1/5 — Nothing Loads *2026-06-03, version 4.0.0* Nothing loads. Not home, not popular, not all, not any search. Nothing but the settings. Disappointing. ### 1/5 — Can’t sign in! *2026-03-14* Can’t Sign in with Apple ID! After verifying Face ID the app prompts again and again to sign in. The same when using passcode. App is buggy. Immediate uninstall! ### 1/5 — Very Rough *2026-03-13* A good early attempt but not there yet. ESC from a full screen video crashes the app. ### 1/5 — Ok Reddit client but can be a battery hog *2025-11-08, version 3.0.2* Would be a good Reddit client if the app wouldn’t randomly decide to drain my battery in the background when not in use. ### 1/5 — Updates *2025-11-05, version 3.0.2* Each “update” just makes this app worse and worse every time. Now you can’t even use it without following the hydra sub. Absolute garbage of an app. ### 1/5 — crashed *2025-10-22, version 3.0.1* immediately. deleted. ### 1/5 — Disappointed *2025-10-17* Was a really good webpage app to bypass the Reddit api rules but with the paid features being incredibly stupid no point downloading this anymore. Another one bites the dust ### 1/5 — Crashes all the time *2025-10-12, version 3.0.0* Just not a polished product. Skip it. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Just go for it you won’t regret it *2026-08-28, version 4.2.0* No ads, intuitive, and flexible ### 5/5 — This app is the only reason I still use Reddit *2026-08-18* Great app, I don't think you even have to be signed in to use it - I wasn't for a while because it was just nice to not need to use the browser version of Reddit and even the browser version is better than the official app! This app is great ### 5/5 — Very good Reddit client *2026-07-27* It’s a good Reddit client with cool features like gallery mode. Loading the feed however is a little on the slower side and saved videos don’t have audio. ### 5/5 — Elegant and always improving *2026-07-24, version 4.1.0* Nothing out there compares to the simplicity and elegance Hydra offers. It feels natively Apple. The dev team is actively involved in making this the premier Reddit experience with frequent updates. Love it! ### 5/5 — Even better than Apollo? *2026-07-04* Hydra is very similar to Apollo, but has an improved gallery mode and doesn’t require using a Reddit API. Happy to support with the Pro membership, but also great without. They don’t use the official API, so I think there is a possibility that Reddit will update something that breaks Hydra. It’s been going strong since launch though, and I don’t notice any slowdowns compared to apps that use the (expensive) API. ### 5/5 — Excellent *2026-07-01, version 4.0.0* App ### 5/5 — Wer Apollo vermisst… *2026-06-14* wird hier glücklich! ### 5/5 — Best Reddit option by far *2026-06-12* Reminiscent of Apollo. Easy to navigate, intuitive. The ONLY thing it’s missing is that if you accidentally (or not) swipe from your feed back to list of subreddits and try to swipe back, the feed starts back over rather than from where you left off. But you can set it to hide posts you e already seen so it’s close. 5/5 app even without that feature. ### 5/5 — Fantastic Reddit client!! *2026-06-09* I love how fluid hydra is. It is worth using for the gallery mode alone! ### 5/5 — Great App *2026-05-29* Great app - probably better than Apollo. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-09.*