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24 alternatives to Hacker News reader for Android tablets
Hacker News reader for Android tablets is an application that displays content from Hacker News on Android tablet devices. Launched in 2011, it allows users to access the popular technology and startup news aggregator… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Hacker News reader for Android tablets launched in 2011; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
- 1AH
2018 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
- 2HN
2015 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
- 3HN
2014 · hnmobile.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →
- 4MF
2013 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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An unofficial Hacker News client
2020 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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- 7HN
2011 · hn.gethifi.com · its alternatives →
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HackerNews reader powered by Algolia's API
2020 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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:information_source: HackerTray is a minimalist Hacker News app for Linux - captn3m0/hackertray
2013 · github.com · its alternatives →
- 11MI
2011 · hackernewspaper.com · its alternatives →
- 12AH
This app and widget and related code is free to use for anyone. This was a side project to learn Android, Kotlin and the many libraries that came along with it. Screenshots in the Google Play link above. app code: https://github.com/ddxv/hackernews-app backend api: https://github.com/ddxv/hackernews-api There are many Hacker News apps, but this one focused on two features: - Widgets: This app supports dynamic widgets using Compose Glance. The widgets can be themed and set up with one of the three main categories: "New", "Top" and "Best". - Themes: Both…
2023 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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Hacker News API▲317Hacker News now has an API. Awesome. :)
2014 · ycombinator.com · its alternatives →
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A gadget that displays the latest HackerNews article, and notifies you of changes to your karma - jareklupinski/hackernews-badge
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
- 16HN
I was frustrated with current native HN Android apps so I created my own. Very clean. No ads or 'Hire Me' messages. Here's what it does: * Homepage news * Newest * Best * Ask HN * Comments * Home screen Widget * Saving news items for later reading Download here: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.glebpopov.hackernews
2011 · market.android.com · 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 →
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2019 · pipedream.com · its alternatives →
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An easy and beautiful way to read Hacker News on your phone.
2018 · its alternatives →
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Easiest way to know what's trending on Hacker News.
2019 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
- 21AN
2014 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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A Kotlin/Swing desktop application front-end for Hacker News - westoncb/HNDesktop
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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- 24HN
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 →
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