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24 alternatives to H News

iOS app for Hacker News

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. H News launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   hn.▲78

   Yet another client to browse Hacker News

   2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   The News (iOS)▲232

   Product Hunt, Designer News, & Hacker News on iOS

   2014 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   HackerWeb▲88

   A simple and readable Hacker News app

   2016 · hackerwebapp.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Hazumi News 3.0▲99

   Alerts, AI summaries, and easy search for Hacker News

   2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   A free HN iPhone/iPad app I launched a few months ago▲40

   I actually started it June 2011 to learn iOS, launched it in September, and have been steadily adding features and making improvements. It's something I use every day and I hope other people find it useful. Enjoy!

   2012 · itunes.apple.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Boreal▲165

   A Hacker News iOS app

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7HN
   Hacker News Reader for the iPad▲17

   Since I got an iPad I was looking for a better Hacker News reading experience than the one you can get using the web version. On the iPhone I use the ihackernews.com web app (and soon going to try news.yc). It's decent for the iPhone, but it doesn't scale good on the iPad. To my surprise, when I checked there was no decent iPad app for HN (i.e. lacking ability to comment or vote, no readability support and more). I anyway wanted to give a try to iPad development, and was looking for an interesting project to work on. Making HN reader app seemed as a good candidate. Over the last weekend I…

   2011 · bit.ly · its alternatives →

8. 8HN
   Hacker News Mobile - A fast and readable mobile HN website▲209

   2011 · hn.gethifi.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Hacker Feed▲259

   Modern iOS app for reading Hacker News

   2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Techie News▲72

    A new simple and fast HN Reader for iOS

    2015 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    ReadByHumans▲126

    Top HackerNews articles in human-read podcast format

    2017 · readbyhumans.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    BuzzFeed News App▲151

    The most interesting stories from around the web

    2015 · buzzfeed.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    HNwatcher▲136

    Track keywords and users on Hacker News

    2014 · its alternatives →

14. 14ID
    I Designed this HN Mac App – Should I develop it?▲86

    2013 · hackernewstab.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    HackerWeb▲189

    A simply readable Hacker News app

    2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

16. 16MI
    My iPad Hacker News Client, Hacker News Paper▲38

    2011 · hackernewspaper.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    New York Times APIs▲247

    Why just read the news when you can hack it?

    2014 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Slack-HN▲99

    Read Hacker News right from Slack

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    H▲6

    Tech news & discussion from Hacker News

    2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    HackerDaily▲87

    A less addictive Hacker News

    2020 · hackerdaily.io · its alternatives →

21. 21
    One App▲182

    Read Product Hunt, Hacker News, DN & Reddit in one place

    2015 · reader.one · its alternatives →

22. 22HH
    Hacky – Hacker News app for Mac▲163

    2013 · hackyapp.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    HN Search (Experimental)▲112

    A new experimental UI for Hacker News Search

    2015 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    HN Follow▲69

    Follow your friends on Hacker News

    2014 · its alternatives →

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