Features & Capabilities

lurkur is an unofficial Reddit client designed for readers who want to browse without participating. It delivers an ad-free, minimalist reading experience with a clean interface, dark mode, and a media viewer for images, GIFs, and videos.

Tailored for reading and content discovery, lurkur offers customizable reader settings, a focus on content consumption over comments, and active development based on user feedback. Note: as an unofficial client, availability depends on Reddit's API policies. Community at r/lurkurapp.

User Growth & Download Statistics

By:
Lars van Houwelingen
Rating:
3.80
(107)
2 new ratings
Version:
1.11.0 Last updated: 2025-12-04
Version code:
879526011
Creation date:
2023-10-27
Compatible devices:
Size:
62.54MB
URLs:
Privacy policy
Full description:
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Source:
Apple Apps Store
Data ingested on:
2026-06-30
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Developed by:
Lars van Houwelingen
Apple Apps Store
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/lurkur-for-reddit/id6470203216

User Reviews

Reviews praise lurkur for being ad-free, login-free, and beginner-friendly with a clean, minimalist interface and subreddit import. However, users repeatedly report crashes, hangs, slow loads, broken search/filters, and media playback problems, making reliability the major concern. Overall, it’s a promising lurking-focused Reddit reader that shines when it works but suffers from stability issues across updates.
Pros
  • Ad-free experience with no login, offering a privacy-friendly Reddit browsing
  • Lurk-friendly, minimalist UI that keeps the focus on content and allows subreddit import
  • Viewed as a good replacement for other Reddit apps (e.g., Apollo) with clean design and no ads
  • Tablet-optimized and generally stable when it works, with a responsive feel
Cons
  • Frequent crashes and instability; force quits are common
  • Performance issues like hangs, slow load times, and non-responsive behavior after backgrounding
  • Search and filtering features often broken; results not tappable and filters not functioning
  • Media playback issues: videos pause unexpectedly, audio problems, and inconsistent sound
  • Connection/undefined errors that disrupt usage and frustrate users
Recent reviews
It show’s not but a broken page of html text or something. Almost looks like it’s trying to show some kind of error but I’ll never know.
by Kh*****, 2026-06-08

Can’t watch any videos with the sound on because it’s automatically muted. And when I try to turn it up, it mutes itself again.
by bl*****, 2026-06-07

Thinks I'm using a VPN when I'm not. Fresh install, too. Now uninstalled.
by ga*****, 2026-05-31
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