# Slide for Reddit — user reviews > 50 indexed App Store user reviews of Slide for Reddit by Carlos Crane, rated 4.36/5 from 2,313 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/slide-for-reddit/id1260626828/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/slide-for-reddit/id1260626828.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,658 · 4★ 281 · 3★ 117 · 2★ 64 · 1★ 192 ## What do users think of Slide for Reddit? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Smooth scrolling and navigation - 👍 Highly customizable UI - 🔒 No data collection or ads - 💡 Innovative multi-column layout on iPad - 🎨 Beautiful and sleek design - 🤖 Responsive and attentive developer **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs - 🔍 Inconsistent search and subscription functionality - 🕰️ Delayed comment collapsing - 🌐 External links opening in suboptimal view - 🤔 Confusing settings and organization **Commonly reported bugs** - Posts not showing correct thumbnails or videos - Randomly hiding all posts - Inability to save votes and comments after crashes - Freezing and crashing on long scrolling sessions - Inconsistent behavior when opening links from external sources **Most requested features** - Ability to download all videos - Option to adjust comment indentation - Subreddit search and subscription from within the app - Full-screen view for external links - Back button for in-app browser ## Newest reviews (13 of 50) ### 4/5 — It’s a few steps off from being the perfect Reddit browser! *2023-02-06, version 7.1.1* Slide is becoming one of my favorite apps to browse Reddit. The interface is very pretty in the user experience is smooth. I haven’t experienced any bugs or glitches so far which is a testament to how good of a job the developers have done here. I only have two improvements that I hope I made in the future to make this app pretty much perfect. 1. Whenever an external Reddit link is opened in Slide such as from a browser like Safari, the app opens it in this small pop out looking window. Unfortunately there is no way to change this and make it fullscreen like how it would look when you open a Reddit page with the Slide app itself. So please incorporate an option to toggle this view. 2. Please allow option for greater indentation between comments in threads so that it’s easier to read which comments are replying to which. Although the color coding is great and helpful, currently, the indentation is very small so it makes it hard to easily differentiate. Please provide some type of option to make the indentation bigger/ smaller wider/narrower depending on what the user likes If the app can do this, I don’t think there will be anything left lacking in my eyes. I’ve gone pro just from from what how Good it’s been for my use. Highly recommend for any Reddit user ### 4/5 — Good but… *2022-09-07, version 7.1.1* I love the app, I download my favorite Videos on it to show to my friends in my camera roll, but one thing, I can’t download all of the videos though, I really want to show a lot of stuff, please make it so that I can download every video on it, it would the the greatest thing ever. ### 4/5 — Links opened from an external source breaks full screen *2021-08-14, version 7.1.1* Lovely app and I love the full screen view where it hides the clock and battery bar, however, when opening a Reddit link from an external source, this app instead opens that post in a slide up card. It would be lovely if you could swipe this up to go into full screen but it isn’t possible sadly. Please update if possible. ### 3/5 — Almost? *2021-04-21, version 7.1.1* I really want to like this app, however, it appears I cannot completely get on board. The biggest issue is the fact that it consistently shows me posts I have already seen. I have the verified my settings, but whenever I hit hide, some still show up. Even if I refresh, the first post is always there. With all the high ratings, it must be something I am doing wrong, so I keep trying. ### 4/5 — Probably one of the best (but extremely buggy) *2021-03-07, version 7.0.2* I use 3 apps for reddit. One app has the text editor just down. Apollo, comet, and slide. Apollo has a layout I don’t like but it has the text editor down but I hate really dislike scrolling on it. Comet has a better layout and is less buggier version of slide. Slide is really the best of both worlds, customizable, and really great layout, minimal, but it’s bugs are there. And they can sometimes ruin the experience. So all in all, great potential. **Developer response:** Hey, thank you for the feedback! Please reach out to me at hapticappsdev@gmail.com, or PM me at u/ccrama. I’d be happy to look into any issues you are running into. ### 5/5 — Top notch app and developer *2021-02-21, version 7.0.1* This app continues to get smoother with every update. Definitely the least buggy Reddit app I’ve used. There are a ton of customization options, which have allowed me to take my favorite features/settings of different apps and combine them into one. The developer is very responsive and receptive to feedback, so Slide just keeps getting better. ### 4/5 — Would have given 5 stars but... *2021-01-24, version 6.0.12.5* There’s a pretty significant delay when you click a comment to collapse it. I don’t know why because Apollo doesn’t have any issue collapsing child comments immediately. This is definitely the prettiest Reddit app out there and I decided to buy Pro because Apollo hasn’t updated their data collection policy and this app doesn’t collect any. I’ll keep using this app, but I hope the developer sees this and fixes the significant latency with collapsing comments. ### 5/5 — Amazing App! Possible Bug *2021-01-17, version 6.0.12.5* I love the Slide app for Reddit! I especially appreciate the no-data-collection policy, as that is the main reason I stopped using the regular Reddit app. Recently, I noticed that the app was opening some Reddit links in a browser instead of just taking me to the subreddit/post. I’m not sure if this is due to the link format or if this is a bug, but would love some feedback when you get a chance! Thank you all so much for your hard work and respect for user-privacy! ### 4/5 — Beautiful but Unstable *2020-11-29, version 6.0.11* The app’s visual design is gorgeous and its feature set is solid, but I must say performance could be improved. I’ll try not to exaggerate with a number and just say that I’ve had several crashes in this reddit client whereas I’ve had zero in my history with the official app. I hope that performance is something that can get ironed out more as the app evolves, but I realize it’s a difficult task due to the amount of features packed into this beautiful reddit client. ### 4/5 — Good Update but why remove search functionality for subreddits *2020-10-16, version 6.0.2* I use the search button quite frequently to navigate to subreddits. But it’s not possible to do so unless I swipe right and search for the subreddits on the sidebar. It’s very frustrating. Apart from that the new update is very smooth. ### 5/5 — Best reddit reader I've found for iPhone. *2020-09-30, version 5.3.1* I just switched from Samsung to Apple, and one of the things I missed at first was the reddit app Boost. It had all the features I wanted, I somehow never saw an ad, and it worked consistently. The "official" reddit app is terrible, and many of the others were missing features I wanted. This one has it all. ### 5/5 — Wonderful app! *2020-09-03, version 5.3.1* Coming from Apollo, this is a breath of fresh air. First, the app does not contain any trackers (Apollo is full of them), the interface is even more beautiful to my eyes, the app is open source, it is snappy, lightweight, customizable. I can't find any fault with it! I bought the Pro version upgrade right away. Support developers that have ethics and talent for making a great app! ### 3/5 — Built-in browser needs back button *2020-07-18, version 5.3.1* There needs to be a back button for the in-app web browser. When I click on a link, and it takes me to a website, and on that site, I click on a link to another page, then again to another page, I need a way to go back to the previous page. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — 5 stars when functioning correctly *2023-02-14, version 7.1.1* This is by far my favorite Reddit app. Been using for years. They must’ve pushed out an update that broke it because the past few weeks, it’s been freezing constantly. Sometimes, the entire app becomes unresponsive. Sometimes, clicking on comments won’t reveal the icons to upvote, downvote, etc. On top of that, there now no way to search a subreddit and subscribe to it. Like I search it. It pulls up the subreddit. And then there’s nothing but the posts on that sub. You can’t search the sub. You can’t subscribe to it. Maybe an update broke my settings, but it’s becoming frustrating to use. ### 1/5 — No longer supported *2021-11-11, version 7.1.1* I've tried the top Reddit clients and liked this one best, enough that I paid for the premium only to realize that it hasn't gotten any updates in months. When I started seeing the posts about this app being dead I realized I threw my money away. It's a decent choice and there is definitely potential for improvement, but it seems it will never see the light so you should probably stick with the free version or try something else. ### 1/5 — Could be a great app one day *2021-04-29, version 7.1.1* Has a lot of great features and very customizable. Unfortunately it doesn’t work very well on any iPhone I’ve tried it on, XS Max, 11 Pro Max, and 12 Pro Max. It frequently stop loading new posts, and then will only load one new post when you hit the end of the current screen. I’ve tried uninstalling/reinstalling and it will eventually always begin to fail. Attempted to communicate with dev, but extremely combative. Try Apollo, much better app, more stable across more devices. Bought Pro on this, because it seemed like a great feature set. Definitely not worth it. ### 1/5 — UI Nightmare *2019-12-26, version 5.1.1* Lures you in with the good looks, but: - Can’t tap/swipe outside pop ups for comments to close (universal expected behavior), need to scroll up for X...but not too slow! - Breaking their own convention, you have to swipe away subreddit info screens, no X. And tons of other inconsistencies. - Subreddits you don’t subscribe to open in miniature pop out like comments. Waste of space. - In fact poor use of space all over. - Settings are vague and don’t explain what they do. - Settings are organized so related items are in completely different screens. - Disregard for Apple design language. I am a UX designer. This app clearly doesn’t employ anyone in that position or, if they are, are being ripped off and stolen from. Right now they’re getting by on the lack of options and poor official app. Combine this with eye-candy to catch the lay person’s gaze. ### 2/5 — Disappointing Design *2021-07-12, version 7.1.1* I was excited to find a Reddit app that hyped thoughtful design after the official app made watching videos a nightmare. Slide has a user-friendly build but one infuriating, unchangeable “feature”: Post titles/info are listed AFTER post content. The only sub this doesn’t matter in that I’m subscribed to is r/nocontextpics. With Slide, EVERY sub I’m subscribed to is r/nocontextpics. Slide looks like a decent app otherwise. But unless I’m missing a setting that populates the data as it is intended, this seems like another case of someone on the design team saying, “It’s not stupid - it’s innovative!” ### 2/5 — I wanna like it *2021-02-16, version 7.0.0* It’s tough. As a heavy Apollo user Im use to a certain kind of customization that no other application can match. Slide comes close, but just doesn’t scratch the itch. The way things are organized and categorized are just meh. I’ve tried many combinations, but at the end of the day I just hate the UI and workflow. It feels very counter intuitive to get to specific subs, etc. I’m hard stuck Apollo for now, but I’ll continue to check the progress from the dev. ### 2/5 — Endless bugs *2020-04-28, version 5.2* Slide truly has the most potential of any Reddit client. It has an astonishingly beautiful UI and it particularly innovative with the user experience and customization. However, it gets 2 of 5 stars because, despite the above, it is virtually unusable. This is essentially alpha quality software. There are bugs absolutely everywhere. This app needs far, far, far more QA. The dev ought to consider taking a pause on feature development to focus on fixing all of the various issues. ### 2/5 — Hot garbage for anything but text and images *2019-12-07, version 5.0* These issues weren’t present just a few months ago but now 90% of gifs and videos won’t play at all, then link below does nothing. Eventually you’ll run out of content while doing what the app names itself for, sliding to the next post. You’ll just be forced to stop and manually scroll all the way down to load posts instead of loading more content automatically. A lot of post links are broken too like imgur pictures so if you wanted to open it in safari, you’ll have to go a roundabout way to copy the URL and paste it yourself, because it’s too difficult to have working buttons I guess. Normally I’d not be harsh on a free app however if you plan on charging for premium features then your basic features need to work, plain as that. ### 3/5 — Pretty good. Needs some stuff and fixes though *2022-07-03, version 7.1.1* This app is great, and honestly provides a pretty great experience compared to the main reddit app. The UI is pretty flushed and can be navigated through easily. There are some things that should be added like being able to search by community flair, and choose between being able to see saved comments and posts, . And there are bugs such as the app freezing and crashing, and posts not showing the correct thumbnail image or video, skipping posts on its own, and randomly making all of my posts stop showing, but Im sure that will be fixed over time. ### 3/5 — Old Yeller of iOS Reddit Apps *2021-09-28, version 7.1.1* This app was amazing for years—but in the last 1-2 years, it gradually got worse & worse. Scrolling for too long? Crash & back to the top for you. Switched to a different app for too long? Guess you want to see everything you just viewed again (this is with “hide viewed posts” on, btw). Up-/downvoted something before the crash? Too bad, vote not saved. Try again. I loved this app when I first got it, but it feels like it… aged over time. I feel bad uninstalling this, but reading reviews, there’s better Reddit iOS apps out there. For all the years it gave me, I can’t rate it any lower. But if I’m being honest? It’s felt like a 1-2 star app for a while now. It feels like it’s suffering trying to load image albums, much less videos & external websites. This app slows my phone down more than any other if I’m being completely honest—will completely freeze my phone at times. So long, old faithful. You had a good run. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Reason to love and use Reddit. *2023-01-18, version 7.1.1* I can’t tell you how this changes Reddit in a good way. Cards based UI is beautiful and easy to use. And as designer I appreciate the granular ability to customize everything down to colors and fonts. Please Please continue work on this app and update. ### 5/5 — Favorite iOS Reddit app! *2022-12-13, version 7.1.1* Tried like 7 different Reddit apps since getting an iPhone and this is by far my favorite. The content layout makes sense and you can customize it to you preference. I like to overwhelm my brain quickly with lines and lines of useless text when I read Reddit and this app lets me do that. Perfect for any Reddit addict. Thanks slide! ### 5/5 — Still the Best Reddit App for iPad *2022-10-02, version 7.1.1* Despite not being under active development for more than a year now, Slide remains the pinnacle of design for using Reddit on an iPad. The natural sliding and tapping gestures together with flexible muti-column layout (including dynamically resizing card layout images) all work well on the iPad where you have significantly more viewable space and distance to reach objects on the screen. Some reviews are understandably unhappy about bugs or new incompatibilities that are not getting patched, but nothing major has impacted me yet. People are always going on about Apollo, but IMO Slide is still king of the iPad. ### 5/5 — Nice design and iPad multi column *2022-03-27, version 7.1.1* A lot of redditors talk about other apps, but I think slide is the best Reddit app for iOS. It has the design and no vapor ware iPad layout. It actually has an iPad layout which is quite nice. The scrolling is smooth and is just an all around great app. ### 5/5 — Carlos Come Back! *2022-02-16, version 7.1.1* Man, to me, this is by far the best Reddit client I’ve ever used. Such a phenomenal and customizable UI that has amazing navigation. I think the developer has stepped away from the project, but I hope he comes back. I would gladly pay an annual subscription to receive support on the app again. ### 5/5 — Very Impressive *2021-10-12, version 7.1.1* I downloaded this app without many expectations. However, I was very impressed from the very start. There are some clever features in this app that Reddit should definitely take note on. Overall, I recommend it! ### 5/5 — Great for consumption *2021-09-16, version 7.1.1* Slide is awesome. Some glitches as of 7.1.1 when switching modes, but nothing a quick relaunch can’t solve. I love that you can lock it with FaceID, and use Shadowbox to view everything on full screen. The customizable sliding on comments is great, and easily my most used feature. But posting? Yeah, I’m gonna stick to the web version for that. No support for videos (ad far as I can tell). A little basic, but it’s a trade worth making for all the other features. ### 5/5 — Settings are really confusing but amazing app *2021-09-04, version 7.1.1* One improvement I’d like to see: On images and videos, have the sub/title be able to be on top of the preview image. Don’t think that’s possible as of now. Otherwise possibly speed up comment collapse and it’s a 10/10 app ### 5/5 — The go to for reddit on IPad *2021-07-12, version 7.1.1* This is app finally gave me the functionality I was wanting for reddit on an iPad that the standard reddit app wasn’t giving me. Once reddit went to their new awful video playback fromat, I was done! This app is miles better! Overall the app is very customizable and the gesture controls are intuitive. if you support this team by going ‘pro’ you get even more options! Also no ads. what else could you possibly want? ### 5/5 — Do you like bugs? *2021-02-21, version 7.0.1* Update: Thank you dev for version 7! This update has resolved all the bugs I’ve experienced and I’m so happy to have my favorite Reddit app back! I really want to love this app. It looks nicer than any other Reddit app, including the official one. But the amount of bugs make me wanna die. Used to beta test this app, and thought if I switched to the one in the App Store things would improve. Not so. Go download literally any other Reddit app if you value sanity. --- *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 2026-06-10.*