diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 89148564..d50e704b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     "@capacitor/app": "6.0.1",
     "@floating-ui/react": "0.26.1",
     "@plebbit/plebbit-react-hooks": "https://github.com/plebbit/plebbit-react-hooks.git#6d35eb3b4dc84f8fdcbb46d95e3b1d78f1750b5f",
+    "@react-spring/web": "9.7.5",
     "@testing-library/jest-dom": "5.14.1",
     "@testing-library/react": "13.0.0",
     "@testing-library/user-event": "13.2.1",
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@
     "@types/node": "20.8.2",
     "@types/react": "18.2.25",
     "@types/react-dom": "18.2.10",
+    "@use-gesture/react": "10.3.1",
     "cross-env": "7.0.3",
     "electron-context-menu": "3.3.0",
     "electron-is-dev": "2.0.0",
diff --git a/src/components/reply-modal/reply-modal.module.css b/src/components/reply-modal/reply-modal.module.css
index bdf8fc6e..fcec066d 100644
--- a/src/components/reply-modal/reply-modal.module.css
+++ b/src/components/reply-modal/reply-modal.module.css
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 .container {
   position: fixed;
-  top: calc(50% - 150px);
-  left: calc(50% - 150px);
   display: block;
   padding: 2px;
   font-size: 10pt;
@@ -10,6 +8,9 @@
   z-index: 3;
   background-color: var(--challenge-modal-background-color);
   border: var(--challenge-modal-border);
+  will-change: transform;
+  backface-visibility: hidden;
+  -webkit-backface-visibility: hidden;
 }
 
 .title {
@@ -24,6 +25,9 @@
   background-color: var(--challenge-modal-title-background-color);
   color: var(--challenge-modal-title-text-color);
   border: var(--challenge-modal-title-border);
+  user-select: none;
+  -webkit-user-select: none;
+  touch-action: none;
 }
 
 .closeIcon {
diff --git a/src/components/reply-modal/reply-modal.tsx b/src/components/reply-modal/reply-modal.tsx
index 1c36083f..48c15ef3 100644
--- a/src/components/reply-modal/reply-modal.tsx
+++ b/src/components/reply-modal/reply-modal.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import { useLocation, useParams } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { Trans, useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
-import Draggable from 'react-draggable';
 import { setAccount, useAccount, useComment, useSubplebbit } from '@plebbit/plebbit-react-hooks';
 import Plebbit from '@plebbit/plebbit-js/dist/browser/index.js';
 import { formatMarkdown } from '../../lib/utils/post-utils';
@@ -17,6 +16,8 @@ import _ from 'lodash';
 import useAnonMode from '../../hooks/use-anon-mode';
 import FileUploader from '../../plugins/file-uploader';
 import { Capacitor } from '@capacitor/core';
+import { useSpring, animated } from '@react-spring/web';
+import { useDrag } from '@use-gesture/react';
 
 const isAndroid = Capacitor.getPlatform() === 'android';
 
@@ -144,14 +145,32 @@ const ReplyModal = ({ closeModal, showReplyModal, parentCid, postCid, scrollY, s
   const nodeRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
   const isMobile = useIsMobile();
 
+  const [{ x, y }, api] = useSpring(() => ({ x: 0, y: 0 }));
+
+  const bind = useDrag(
+    ({ offset: [ox, oy], first, last }) => {
+      api.start({ x: ox, y: oy, immediate: true });
+    },
+    {
+      from: () => [x.get(), y.get()],
+      filterTaps: true,
+      bounds: {
+        left: -300,
+        right: window.innerWidth - 100,
+        top: 0,
+        bottom: window.innerHeight - 100,
+      },
+    },
+  );
+
   useEffect(() => {
     if (nodeRef.current && isMobile) {
       const viewportHeight = window.innerHeight;
       const modalHeight = 150;
       const centeredPosition = scrollY + viewportHeight / 2 - modalHeight / 2;
-      nodeRef.current.style.top = `${centeredPosition}px`;
+      api.start({ y: centeredPosition, immediate: true });
     }
-  }, [isMobile, scrollY]);
+  }, [isMobile, scrollY, api]);
 
   const parentCidRef = useRef<HTMLSpanElement>(null);
 
@@ -275,8 +294,16 @@ const ReplyModal = ({ closeModal, showReplyModal, parentCid, postCid, scrollY, s
   }, [displayName, setPublishReplyOptions]);
 
   const modalContent = (
-    <div className={styles.container} ref={nodeRef}>
-      <div className={`replyModalHandle ${styles.title}`}>
+    <animated.div
+      className={styles.container}
+      ref={nodeRef}
+      style={{
+        x,
+        y,
+        touchAction: 'none',
+      }}
+    >
+      <div className={`replyModalHandle ${styles.title}`} {...(!isMobile ? bind() : {})}>
         {t('reply_to_cid', { cid: `c/${parentCid && Plebbit.getShortCid(parentCid)}`, interpolation: { escapeValue: false } })}
         <button
           className={styles.closeIcon}
@@ -346,19 +373,10 @@ const ReplyModal = ({ closeModal, showReplyModal, parentCid, postCid, scrollY, s
         {lengthError ? <div className={styles.error}>{lengthError}</div> : error && <div className={styles.error}>{error}</div>}
         {!(isInAllView || isInSubscriptionsView) && offlineAlert}
       </div>
-    </div>
+    </animated.div>
   );
 
-  return (
-    showReplyModal &&
-    (isMobile ? (
-      modalContent
-    ) : (
-      <Draggable handle='.replyModalHandle' nodeRef={nodeRef}>
-        {modalContent}
-      </Draggable>
-    ))
-  );
+  return showReplyModal && modalContent;
 };
 
 export default ReplyModal;
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index e111e0bd..31c331f4 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3412,6 +3412,51 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@protobufjs/utf8/-/utf8-1.1.0.tgz#a777360b5b39a1a2e5106f8e858f2fd2d060c570"
   integrity sha512-Vvn3zZrhQZkkBE8LSuW3em98c0FwgO4nxzv6OdSxPKJIEKY2bGbHn+mhGIPerzI4twdxaP8/0+06HBpwf345Lw==
 
+"@react-spring/animated@~9.7.5":
+  version "9.7.5"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@react-spring/animated/-/animated-9.7.5.tgz#eb0373aaf99b879736b380c2829312dae3b05f28"
+  integrity sha512-Tqrwz7pIlsSDITzxoLS3n/v/YCUHQdOIKtOJf4yL6kYVSDTSmVK1LI1Q3M/uu2Sx4X3pIWF3xLUhlsA6SPNTNg==
+  dependencies:
+    "@react-spring/shared" "~9.7.5"
+    "@react-spring/types" "~9.7.5"
+
+"@react-spring/core@~9.7.5":
+  version "9.7.5"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@react-spring/core/-/core-9.7.5.tgz#72159079f52c1c12813d78b52d4f17c0bf6411f7"
+  integrity sha512-rmEqcxRcu7dWh7MnCcMXLvrf6/SDlSokLaLTxiPlAYi11nN3B5oiCUAblO72o+9z/87j2uzxa2Inm8UbLjXA+w==
+  dependencies:
+    "@react-spring/animated" "~9.7.5"
+    "@react-spring/shared" "~9.7.5"
+    "@react-spring/types" "~9.7.5"
+
+"@react-spring/rafz@~9.7.5":
+  version "9.7.5"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@react-spring/rafz/-/rafz-9.7.5.tgz#ee7959676e7b5d6a3813e8c17d5e50df98b95df9"
+  integrity sha512-5ZenDQMC48wjUzPAm1EtwQ5Ot3bLIAwwqP2w2owG5KoNdNHpEJV263nGhCeKKmuA3vG2zLLOdu3or6kuDjA6Aw==
+
+"@react-spring/shared@~9.7.5":
+  version "9.7.5"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@react-spring/shared/-/shared-9.7.5.tgz#6d513622df6ad750bbbd4dedb4ca0a653ec92073"
+  integrity sha512-wdtoJrhUeeyD/PP/zo+np2s1Z820Ohr/BbuVYv+3dVLW7WctoiN7std8rISoYoHpUXtbkpesSKuPIw/6U1w1Pw==
+  dependencies:
+    "@react-spring/rafz" "~9.7.5"
+    "@react-spring/types" "~9.7.5"
+
+"@react-spring/types@~9.7.5":
+  version "9.7.5"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@react-spring/types/-/types-9.7.5.tgz#e5dd180f3ed985b44fd2cd2f32aa9203752ef3e8"
+  integrity sha512-HVj7LrZ4ReHWBimBvu2SKND3cDVUPWKLqRTmWe/fNY6o1owGOX0cAHbdPDTMelgBlVbrTKrre6lFkhqGZErK/g==
+
+"@react-spring/web@^9.7.5":
+  version "9.7.5"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@react-spring/web/-/web-9.7.5.tgz#7d7782560b3a6fb9066b52824690da738605de80"
+  integrity sha512-lmvqGwpe+CSttsWNZVr+Dg62adtKhauGwLyGE/RRyZ8AAMLgb9x3NDMA5RMElXo+IMyTkPp7nxTB8ZQlmhb6JQ==
+  dependencies:
+    "@react-spring/animated" "~9.7.5"
+    "@react-spring/core" "~9.7.5"
+    "@react-spring/shared" "~9.7.5"
+    "@react-spring/types" "~9.7.5"
+
 "@remix-run/router@1.9.0":
   version "1.9.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@remix-run/router/-/router-1.9.0.tgz#9033238b41c4cbe1e961eccb3f79e2c588328cf6"
@@ -4471,6 +4516,18 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@ungap/structured-clone/-/structured-clone-1.2.1.tgz#28fa185f67daaf7b7a1a8c1d445132c5d979f8bd"
   integrity sha512-fEzPV3hSkSMltkw152tJKNARhOupqbH96MZWyRjNaYZOMIzbrTeQDG+MTc6Mr2pgzFQzFxAfmhGDNP5QK++2ZA==
 
+"@use-gesture/core@10.3.1":
+  version "10.3.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@use-gesture/core/-/core-10.3.1.tgz#976c9421e905f0079d49822cfd5c2e56b808fc56"
+  integrity sha512-WcINiDt8WjqBdUXye25anHiNxPc0VOrlT8F6LLkU6cycrOGUDyY/yyFmsg3k8i5OLvv25llc0QC45GhR/C8llw==
+
+"@use-gesture/react@^10.3.1":
+  version "10.3.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@use-gesture/react/-/react-10.3.1.tgz#17a743a894d9bd9a0d1980c618f37f0164469867"
+  integrity sha512-Yy19y6O2GJq8f7CHf7L0nxL8bf4PZCPaVOCgJrusOeFHY1LvHgYXnmnXg6N5iwAnbgbZCDjo60SiM6IPJi9C5g==
+  dependencies:
+    "@use-gesture/core" "10.3.1"
+
 "@webassemblyjs/ast@1.14.1", "@webassemblyjs/ast@^1.14.1":
   version "1.14.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@webassemblyjs/ast/-/ast-1.14.1.tgz#a9f6a07f2b03c95c8d38c4536a1fdfb521ff55b6"