It was slick and looked like an iOS app compared to the slow and non-native looking official client. Pretty much the analogue of Sync on Android.
this post was submitted on 01 Jul 2023
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I tried the app on an iPad a few years ago and wasn't a big fan. Never understood why people were so ecstatic about it. To me, Sync for Reddit was miles ahead
the biggest difference is that the 3rd party apps including Apollo typically were developed with passion whereas the official app is developed with one goal in mind: monetization. This leads to Apollo and the like having a great user experience and the official app riddled with bugs or just terrible user experience in general as long as it's good enough to get the money they want.
Also Apollo was designed by one talented person vs the horrific design-by-committee way the new reddit UI was created.
initially I moved to Apollo due to reddit removing community tab. I had the same reaction, thinking its just equal or even slightly worse than the old reddit app, considee Apollo doesn't have a "recently visited community" option.
the more you use Apollo, the more you realise how sleek it is, and how many little quality of life features you must have once you realise they exist. As an example, the "Hiding read post" option fundmentally change how I browse popular subs. After a while there is simply no replacement for Apollo.
So I’ll be honest, I only every tried Apollo and the official Reddit app. The reason I stopped using the official Reddit app is partially because the interface, especially for videos, got significantly worse after an update a few years ago. The main reason though was because it managed to suck down 10 GB of my cell data in ONE DAY of not particularly heavy usage. This was despite having all the data friendly options on (no auto playing of videos, low data mode, etc.). After doing that a second time, I switched to Apollo and never looked back. Never had that problem again and a way better interface and experience all around. I honestly just can’t justify going back to the (Official) Reddit app knowing that it’s possible, if not likely that it will destroy my entire cell data plan for the month in a day of usage.
Additionally to the other great answers here, it was very well designed from an iOS standards perspective - it won awards from Apple for this.
Not something I personally used, but it apparently also integrated very well with apples extensive accessibility features
I'm not an iOS user but wow that sounds even more wonderful than I thought! I'm jealous (not jealous of the heartbreak of this loss). To be honest, I can see the outrage being a lot more tame if they bought Apollo, make an Android version, then do this whole API dance. Although in the hands of people who are passionate about profits instead of user experience, I can see them ruin Apollo too, just as Twitter made a monster out of Twittie.
They bought AlienBlue, which was the biggest Reddit app for iOS at the time, before releasing their official app. They claimed that they were going to use it as the basis for their app, but years later, it's still missing loads of features AlienBlue had.
I don't really know. I had an iPad for a year and I had to keep using Apollo for images and Narhwall for text. Nothing could replace my beloved Relay
Apollo for reddit is like good sex. It cant really be explained to you, you have to experience it for yourself.
because with unofficial app you can disable ads by buying the paid version and it is kinda cheap otherwise if you use official app the ads is insanely obscure