Alien Blue
iOS application for browsing Reddit
Alien Blue, previously stylized as AlienBlue, was an iOS application for browsing Reddit developed by Jason "Jase" Morrissey. It was available for the iPhone, the iPod Touch, and had a special optimised "HD" version for the iPad.
Initially released in May 2010 on the App Store, Alien Blue rapidly became popular, soon overshadowing Reddit's own iReddit application. Reddit acquired Alien Blue in October 2014 and made it the official Reddit app for iOS. In April 2016, citing an aging codebase, the app was discontinued and replaced with a rewritten official Reddit application for both iOS and Android.
Alien Blue featured a number of browsing and quality-of-life improvements over other apps and the Reddit website at the time, and was praised by users and critics throughout its lifespan. It was the most popular iOS Reddit application at the time of its discontinuation.
History
The first version of Alien Blue appeared in the App Store on May 29, 2010, for iPhone and iPod Touch, as an alternative to the iReddit app, the official Reddit app for iPhones at the time. The new app was promoted by Melbourne-based sole developer Jason "Jase" Morrissey in several subreddits. Morrissey built the app in the Objective-C programming language, and cited his inexperience with Java as the reason for the app's lack of an Android version.
The app received continual free updates for newer iOS versions and iPhones up to its discontinuation, such as an update in 2014 that implemented support for iOS 8 and the larger screen sizes of the then-new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus.
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