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24 alternatives to HEADLNE//

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Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

1. 1
   Headlne▲2

   Your stop for breaking news; professionally curated & fresh.

   2015 · headlne.com · its alternatives →

2. 2AN
   A New Tool to Understand and Visualize the News▲90

   2019 · newsphere.org · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Hash Tab▲155

   A trending news story with every new tab.

   2016 · thehash.today · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Headlines▲288

   Analyse how engaging your headline is

   2016 · headlines.sharethrough.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Unfiltered.news▲335

   What the world is talking about, visualized graphically

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Hacker News Stack▲138

   Focus on the really fresh and unread news in Hacker News.

   2017 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Rowe▲112

   News in your Chrome tab that learns your preferences

   2017 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Balanced News▲115

   Track your political reading from all sides.

   2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Ground News Bias Checker▲256

   Browser extension which exposes media bias as you browse.

   2020 · ground.news · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Morning Person News▲76

    New tab with top headlines from multiple sources

    2019 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Newsit▲63

    Find the discussion around the page you're looking at!

    2018 · newsit.benwinding.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Hazumi News 3.0▲99

    Alerts, AI summaries, and easy search for Hacker News

    2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Boost the News▲73

    A thorough media monitoring tool.

    2016 · rtbhouse.com · its alternatives →

14. 14FT
    Filter the web by Hacker News▲146

    2016 · hackernewsfilter.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Newsbrute▲80

    Find the top daily news from the best sites in one place.

    2016 · newsbrute.com · its alternatives →

16. 16IB
    I built a tool to remove news articles from HN▲131

    2020 · hn.luap.info · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Kue▲81

    kue is no-bullsh*t, design and tech news for busy designers.

    2020 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    GoodNews▲70

    A simple and minimal content focused news app.

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    hcker.news – an ergonomic, timeline-based Hacker News front page▲180

    Hi folks, I've built an alternative Hacker News front page. It is inspired by and meant to be a replacement for hckrnews.com. I built this because HN is woefully underfeatured, but most sites that try to improve it seem to assume that the visual design is the problem. hcker.news tries to maintain HN's familiarity while adding useful enhancements. There are three primary views: - Timeline View: Browse top stories by votes or comments grouped by day, week, or month (e.g., top 20 per day, top 100 per week). - Aggregate View: See top stories by votes or comments over custom time ranges. - Front…

    2025 · hcker.news · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Design News Tab for Chrome▲85

    See what's happening in digital design in every new tab.

    2021 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    News Cues▲57

    Quickly scan through headlines of the current news.

    2014 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    The Neutral▲142

    Bias-busting news for busy people.

    2020 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Comments Owl for Hacker News▲85

    Highlight new comments, mute users & tweak UI on Hacker News

    2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Brief▲113

    Understand the most important news in just a few minutes

    2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →