# lurkur for reddit

> a new way to browse

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6470203216](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6470203216)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id6470203216`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Lars van Houwelingen
- **Category:** News
- **Rating:** 3.70 / 5 (114 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.12.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-14
- **First published:** 2023-10-27
- **Size:** 63 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-25
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/lurkur-for-reddit/id6470203216)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.freeprivacypolicy.com/live/34b89b96-1e94-40d3-9763-218353356e44](https://www.freeprivacypolicy.com/live/34b89b96-1e94-40d3-9763-218353356e44)

## Description

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.

## Rankings

- #140,474 — Overall
- #9 — reddit

## Review summary

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

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6470203216)