Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to A Hacker News mobile app with crowdsourced images and subtitles
View stories in a newspaper-style format, with preview pictures and story descriptions chosen by users
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. A Hacker News mobile app with crowdsourced images and subtitles launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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2011 · hn.gethifi.com · its alternatives →
- 2AH
2018 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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- 4HN
2014 · hnmobile.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →
- 5MF
2013 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
- 6HN
2015 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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- 10AN
2014 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
- 11AF
2019 · dreambits.net · its alternatives →
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Download HACK for Hacker News YC Reader by Pranoy Chowdhury on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more apps like HACK for…
2019 · itunes.apple.com · its alternatives →
- 13HA
2015 · hackermint.com · its alternatives →
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A newspaper-style front page for Hacker News.
May 2026 · thefrontpage.dev · its alternatives →
- 15AV
2022 · v20.ohayo.computer · its alternatives →
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We at Emerge Tools (YC W21) recently released open source Hacker News apps for both iOS and Android. The apps use the latest SwiftUI and Compose frameworks and are entirely native. Our goal is to help dogfood our products, but more importantly our team just enjoys reading HN every day and wanted an app to hack on and call our own. :) We are still missing some features but should otherwise be pretty solid. And open to any contributions. iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hacker-news-by-emerge/id674092... Android:…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hey everyone! I built HackLens, a modern Android/IOS app for browsing Hacker News with a cleaner and smoother reading experience. Why I built it I love Hacker News, but wanted: a cleaner reading experience better topic discovery modern UI lightweight performance So I built HackLens. Key features 1. Clean, modern UI inspired by minimal reading apps 2. Fast browsing of Hacker News stories 3. AI-powered summaries to quickly grasp key points 4. Read full articles directly from the source 5. Trending stories (last 1h, 6h, or 24h) 6. Built-in search to find stories and topics 7. Topic…
Jan 2026 · its alternatives →
- 19MI
2011 · hackernewspaper.com · its alternatives →
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2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
- 21HN
2011 · market.android.com · its alternatives →
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Hackerflow is a native mobile app for Hacker News. Explore, discuss and discover the best stories from the Hacker News community.
Jun 2026 · hackerflow.app · its alternatives →
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I built a newspaper-style Hacker News reader where you can read articles and comments in one view. Sites that block iframes (Substack, Medium, BBC) get a clean reader mode automatically. It's a PWA, has dark mode, and there's a weekly newsletter. Open source: https://github.com/terryds/hackernewstimes
Mar 2026 · hackernewstimes.com · its alternatives →
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