RobinHood
Well-known member
If it wasn't for Apollo/Narwhal, I'd have probably given up on reddit on mobile years ago.
After Apollo died, I was hesitant, but started forking out $4 a month for Narwhal as a replacement. Now I see that $52 a year as a bargain for an ad free, fully native mobile experience for reddit on my phone. Especially compared to the abomination that is the offical reddit app, or trying to use it in a web browser.
There's just no comparison once you start using well designed and developed native apps. I couldn't care less about custom styling, or 3rd party stuff. If it's that important they can also visit on desktop.
As long as the feed is good, the commenting and content creation/submission process is good, and the notification system is well designed for engagement, that's 99% of the experience I believe most people want or need on mobile and will still for the long foreseeable future be far better than what's possible through PWAs.
After Apollo died, I was hesitant, but started forking out $4 a month for Narwhal as a replacement. Now I see that $52 a year as a bargain for an ad free, fully native mobile experience for reddit on my phone. Especially compared to the abomination that is the offical reddit app, or trying to use it in a web browser.
There's just no comparison once you start using well designed and developed native apps. I couldn't care less about custom styling, or 3rd party stuff. If it's that important they can also visit on desktop.
As long as the feed is good, the commenting and content creation/submission process is good, and the notification system is well designed for engagement, that's 99% of the experience I believe most people want or need on mobile and will still for the long foreseeable future be far better than what's possible through PWAs.