# Hydra - read, upvote, comment

> The best way to browse

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6478089063](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6478089063)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id6478089063`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Dimitrie Milinovich
- **Category:** News
- **Rating:** 4.80 / 5 (737 ratings)
- **Version:** 4.2.2
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-04
- **First published:** 2025-02-20
- **Size:** 75 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-06
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hydra-read-upvote-comment/id6478089063)
- **Website:** [https://hydraapp.io/](https://hydraapp.io/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://hydraapp.io/privacy](https://hydraapp.io/privacy)

## Description

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.

## Rankings

- #61,354 — Overall
- #5 — comment
- #41 — reddit

## Review summary

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

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6478089063)