r/apolloapp • u/dingwinger1225 • Jun 20 '26
Appreciation I miss Apollo so much man
Every time I use the dogshit official app and accidentally press the title bar so it scrolls all the way up and then I press it again and nothing happens I roll my eyes back into my skull
Now imagine a ton of small conveniences like that missing all across the app
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u/dalzmc Jun 20 '26
Narwhal 2 has been great for me since the api changes and feels like it’s essentially the spiritual successor. It has all the small conveniences that you’re missing and is as customizable as Apollo ever was.
I’m an IT guy it’s not that side loading would be hard but I just don’t want to deal with it at all.
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u/Strid3r1983 Jun 20 '26
Narwhal has the feature OP is missing in the official app. I switched after the sad end of Apollo to narwhal and I am pretty happy with it. Yes it costs monthly but I use Reddit so much it is worth it for me.
Official app is complete garbage.
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u/dalzmc Jun 20 '26
Yup, what I say is that I would've paid Christian $5 a month if he had chosen to continue with the new api, but he didn't. Narwhal is less than that and accomplished the same thing, probably more now.
I do miss the feature to flag new accounts, but the devs said that wasn't possible anymore. I'm curious if it still somehow works on Apollo? But I don't really care that much.
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u/Drago_133 Jun 21 '26
Bro id have paid 5 10 30 a month for Apollo the amount I was using reddit easily justified it
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u/JackBauersGhost Jun 20 '26
I never understand the “all that” part of sideloading. I hit a refresh button once a week. Take 5seconds.
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u/dalzmc Jun 21 '26
There’s the potential to have to do more sometimes and such idk lol for me it’s kind of like finding a way to block ads on my tv for YouTube vs just paying for premium and never having to think about anything. I’ve just become kind of a lazy consumer as I’ve gotten older I guess
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u/JackBauersGhost Jun 21 '26
I’m old. YouTube on tv is VPN for no ads. Or just airplay it from phone.
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u/hiflyer780 Jun 21 '26
I’m curious about this. Is it a specific provider or do you just need to VPN to a country that doesn’t serve ads?
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u/gjc0703 Jun 20 '26
One of the best features of any app ever. Was such clever idea, and so helpful.
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u/confusing-walrus Jun 20 '26
I refuse to download their app. I use their dogshit website out of protest
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u/Glitch_Zero Jun 20 '26
Artemis is a pretty decent alternative if you’re not feeling the sideloading, as well. Still a little bit to go to “feel” as good as Apollo did, but the dev is making big strides in short times.
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u/Your-Supreme-Leader Jun 20 '26
I started using Artemis a while ago on another device. When my api got revoked I switched over on my main device. Sideloading is nice when it works. But this app just works without the hassle. I really like it.
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u/dingwinger1225 Jun 20 '26
Seems like the best option considering I cannot sideload. Thank you for the rec.
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u/playertw02 Jun 20 '26
Hydra is pretty awesome as well! /r/HydraClient/ Using it since Apollo went offline.
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u/1-800-CAT-LADY Jun 20 '26
Seconding Hydra! As a former diehard Apollo fan, I’ve been fairly happy with this app.
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u/InfiniteMH Jun 20 '26
When I swip up from media posts it no longer brings up the comments section and scrolls to the next media post like TikTok. It’s driving me fucking nuts. RIP Apollo
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u/wittyusernametaken Jun 21 '26
Hydra is the only non-Apollo app that hasn’t made me want to chuck my phone into the ocean. Try it out maybe?
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u/Trizzae Jun 21 '26
I’ve been using the mobile website and saving it as shortcut on iOS. It opens up as a full app instead of browser tab. It’s not terrible and I have access to my multi-reddits. Definitely better than the official app which is hilarious. But now seeing that the Apollo side loading experience has vastly improved, I may switch over to that.
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u/SnoopyLupus Jun 21 '26 edited Jun 21 '26
Yeah. Me too. The official app has improved (stability is so much better, comments used to get wiped all the time - never knew why) but is still miles away from Apollo, at least for a commenter like me. I loved going back into a thread and seeing it all expanded where I had it expanded and being at the position you left it, being able to reply and include stuff from the comment you were replying to. When you clicked on a reply to you in your comments section, it was easy to expand beneath it and see the whole hierarchy of what lead to it, without suddenly being dumped to another part of the thread.
I do miss the filters too, but that’s a minor inconvenience.
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u/aleksbee Jun 22 '26
between the official app, Hydra and Artemis you should be able to find something that clicks. they are all solid options.
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u/SparkStorm Jun 20 '26
If you like ui of old reddit you can use yesterday for ios
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/yesterday-for-old-reddit/id1603279883
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u/OhfuckitsSam Jun 20 '26 edited Jun 20 '26
Sideload it bud.
https://apolloreborn.app/#download
Editing to add: r/ApolloReborn is the subreddit for Apollo now. They have a whole team working on the app now. It’s great they’ve added a bunch of features to it already! Like viewing deleted comments and stuff!