Sink It for Reddit

Sink It for Reddit

By Tony Sundharam

  • Category: Utilities
  • Release Date: 2023-06-06
  • Current Version: 7.16.1
  • Adult Rating: 4+
  • File Size: 3.76 MB
  • Developer: Tony Sundharam
  • Compatibility: Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
Score: 4.75798
4.75798
From 595 Ratings
Free On itunes

Description

Sink It for Reddit is a hyper focused Safari extension that makes Reddit's web version usable. Features multiple quality of life improvements including color coded comments, easier comments navigation, and upvoting mechanisms. Tired of seeing tons of banners and buttons asking you to use the app or login? Sink It silently, and safely, removes all of them too. Removes most of the "promotional" content too! Supercharge your Reddit experience with improved comments navigation, adaptive dark mode, easier upvoting, and more. It also removes the use our app banners, buttons, and ads. Yeah, we loathe them too! Privacy First -------------- Sink It has been built with a privacy first approach. - All the blocking happens on your device with literally ZERO data being recorded or sent back to be data mined. - We don't keep usage data like the count of how many popups and banners it has blocked or links it has redirected. - We don't even come with basic app analytics or telemetry to keep track of how many times you've opened or use the app. - It does check whether you have dark mode on or not so it can show you the correct tutorial video. (I hate opening a bright video on dark mode as much as you.) If you're a security researcher, feel free to poke around to make sure the app isn't up to anything funky. Make the "MODERN" Reddit Experience Usable ------------------------------------------- Sink It for Reddit de-clutters and removes most “omfg please use our app” banners and buttons as well as the annoying login popups from Reddit in addition to removing advertisements. Reddit, wants me, and by extension you, to use their apps to consume content. The recent pricing changes to their API is an obvious sign of that. Harder for us to block ads and much easier for them to scoop up your data, right? To further that agenda, simply browsing their sites on Safari now means we’re inundated with, well, waves of crap. It might be a modal covering half the screen with links to the App Store, an immediate popup asking you to login, or a header screaming “the app is 10x better”. Bottomline: it has to go. All of it.

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Reviews

  • Amazing extension and only way I’d use web

    5
    By macroman28
    This extension app is amazing! Never thought I’d prefer it over a full fledged app but it just works so well on safari that I have no reason to go back to using the apps especially with the new changes on Reddit’s api. Question, is there a way to remove the button that jumps to the bottom of the page? I was able to turn off the button that goes to the top but can’t seem to find the switch for the other button.

  • Apollo is dead, long live sink it

    5
    By James B
    I left Reddit when Apollo shut down. I won’t use their app. I know it’s nothing more than advertising and tracking. I check the website every month or two but it’s horrible. Ads everywhere. I had no clue something like this existed. This of amazing. I’ll be subscribing to premium if only to support the dev. I don’t know what the premium features are and I don’t care. The first time I saw the Reddit website without all the promoted posts, it was like a warm hug. Like being back with Apollo again. I love this. I don’t know how to subscribe to premium. That page has no payment buttons. I’ll just donate.

  • I want to like this, I really do…

    1
    By betam4x
    It does not work very well. I am sure some of that may be on reddit, but not all of it. * back button on browser sometimes has inconsistent behavior. * open post in new window does not always work. * scroll position often gets lost. * remember sort does not always remember sort, and can sometimes lead to infinite reload loops. This appears to be something related to the URL, but i am not certain. * sometimes reddit just flat out refuses to load until i restart safari * occasionally the extension itself doesn’t appear to load. * The old reddit change is a nice touch, but “comments” and “submitted” links are hidden by the please log in text blurb. I do not browse reddit logged in. * The author appears to be planning some type of premium offering without fixing core issues I am more than willing to revise this review if/when things improve.

  • A gift from above

    5
    By Apowsawce
    Thanks boss

  • Doesn’t work anymore

    1
    By bigattck
    Banner keeps popping up and doesn’t stay in old reddit for long. No point in using it.

  • Such a great QOL upgrade

    5
    By Dumbredditor
    I don’t usually write reviews, but I absolutely love this extension and the work the dev puts in. I switched to using Reddit in-browser after third-party apps went away and this extension has made it immensely more usable and even enjoyable. Updates are so frequent and anything that goes wonky is almost immediately fixed within the span of a day or two. Hats off to the dev for an amazing product.

  • Seems good but adult subreddits dont work

    3
    By Mementh
    Right now it wants to use the app for adult subreddits can this be fixed?

  • Phenomenal alternative to the standard Reddit app

    5
    By AustinJMBormann
    Instead of a standard app, the functionality of SinkIt is integrated to work with Safari. Some setup is needed, but it explains the process very well with a video guide included. The interface takes some getting used to, but its absolutely seamless in my opinion. There are no ads or junk on the page. Actions like Upvoting, downvoting, comments, settings, favorites, custom subreddits; etc are all easily accessible. I suggest users add an “Open URL” shortcut to their Home Screen to make Reddit more easily accessible. Steps are listed below: 1) Go to shortcuts, click on + in top right corner. 2) click add action > web > Open URL (under safari) 3) click “share” icon at bottom. Set custom name and icon if needed, then click “add”. In conclusion, this is a clever and innovative solution for a smooth Reddit experience in comparison to other apps. Definitely recommend!

  • Constant Refresh

    1
    By Offended Ears
    Edited to remove advertisement complaints. However the app does cause reddit to refresh on a loop when you try to go to the Home page. You have to close out the tab in safari to get it to stop.

  • Unpredictable, unreliable

    2
    By The Scott
    This was once really a fantastic plugin, but it rarely even works these days—and often instead causes very unpredictable behaviors on the page if it does anything at all. I suspect this is due to something Reddit is doing on their end, but it doesn’t change the fact that this plugin doesn’t really work anymore.

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