When comparing Narwhal vs Monochrome, the Slant community recommends Narwhal for most people. In the question“What are the best Reddit apps for iOS?” Narwhal is ranked 1st while Monochrome is ranked 3rd. The most important reason people chose Narwhal is:
The app feels fast to navigate around to the various subreddits and views and there has been a lot of attention to detail put into all the little interactions to make the overall experience feel very polished.
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Pros
Pro Highly polished and smooth overall UX
The app feels fast to navigate around to the various subreddits and views and there has been a lot of attention to detail put into all the little interactions to make the overall experience feel very polished.
Pro Lets you seamlessly view both the content and the comments
There is no need to navigate from the external link or the content you want to see and the comments on it. The comments are always displayed right under the content for easy and quick access.
The app also make it very easy (by swiping up or down) to either get the content or comment in full screen instead of sharing the screen equally between them.
Pro Clean UI
One of the cleanest ways to browse reddit.
Cons
Con Requires a $4.99 purchase to remove ads
Con Not as visually clean as some alternatives
Compared to the old Alien Blue for example the UI for Narwhal looks a little more cluttered and not as visually appealing.