Hydra - read, upvote, comment

Name: Hydra - read, upvote, comment
Rating: 4.8 (706 reviews)
Author: Dimitrie Milinovich

By: Dimitrie Milinovich App

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Overview

Version:

4.1.0

Last updated: 2026-07-24

Features & Capabilities

Hydra is the fastest Reddit client designed for Chrome, delivering lightning-fast loading, smooth scrolling, and a native-feeling browsing experience. It supports multiple Reddit subscriptions, favorite subreddits, a gorgeous image and video viewer, and a powerful search to locate posts, subreddits, and users in an instant.

Extras include multi-account support, quick-access gestures for upvote, downvote, and reply, Markdown support for posts and comments, system share integration, inbox and private messages, customizable themes, compact mode, and a highly configurable UI. It’s an unofficial client built to enhance your Reddit experience—note that Reddit is a registered trademark.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App Social Media

By:

Dimitrie Milinovich

Rating:

4.80

(706) 1 new ratings

Version:

4.1.0 Last updated: 2026-07-24

Version code:

888513759

Creation date:

2025-02-20

Compatible devices:

Size:

54.90MB

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-07-25

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 62,161 ▲ 5,579

Other rankings

#3 in comment keyword 28 #32 in reddit keyword 48 ▼ 4

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Contact the developer

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Developed by:

Dimitrie Milinovich

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hydra-read-upvote-comment/id6478089063

Website:

https://hydraapp.io/

User Reviews

Hydra is praised as a strong Apollo-era Reddit client: ad-free, familiar UI, and features like reader mode for external links. Reviewers note solid performance and responsive developer support. However, heavy reliance on a paywall for core features (NSFW access, posting) and limited posting capabilities hurt usability. The app also faces stability issues (touch input problems, freezes, loading glitches) and occasional performance drawbacks (battery drain, PiP/video issues). Some updates add intrusive prompts. Overall, Hydra shows great potential but needs polish and pricing adjustments.

Pros

Ad-free experience with no ads throughout the app
Apollo-like, familiar Reddit browsing experience
External links open in reader mode for easier reading
Clean, intuitive layout and solid browsing performance
Responsive developer support and active iteration

Cons

Premium-only access blocks core features (NSFW content, posting, and some filters)
Posting or commenting is unreliable or unavailable in practice
Bugs and reliability issues (touch misreads, freezes, content loading problems)
Background performance problems (battery drain, video/audio issues, PiP problems)
Updates can introduce disruptive changes or prompts (subreddit join prompts) and overall polish concerns

Recent reviews

Hydra is very similar to Apollo, but has an improved gallery mode and doesn’t require using a Reddit API. Happy to support with the Pro membership, but also great without. They don’t use the official API, so I think there is a possibility that Reddit will update something that breaks Hydra. It’s been going strong since launch though, and I don’t notice any slowdowns compared to apps that use the (expensive) API.