Growth · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Hearken

Helping journalists report original and relevant content

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Hearken launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Contributoria▲76

   Community funded, collaborative journalism

   2014 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Vox▲124

   Understand the news.

   2014 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   reporters.io▲7

   Get your story covered

   2017 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   News Genius▲66

   Make sense of the news

   2014 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Cont3nt▲82

   Connecting citizen journalists and media companies

   2014 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Reportedly▲83

   Native journalism for social media by those communities

   2014 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   TechWatching▲71

   Personalized technology news aggregator

   2014 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Tools for Reporters▲72

   A newsletter with awesome tools for storytellers

   2014 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Swarmize▲82

   Data journalism platform from The Guardian

   2014 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Inside 2.0▲194

    Curating the best journalism in real-time

    2014 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Feedial▲63

    A next-generation news reader

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Newsbeat▲72

    Print and online news radio

    2014 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Content Analytics▲189

    See what content your visitors are actually reading

    2014 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    SoundGecko▲76

    Listen to news, websites, and documents

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Slant News▲97

    Sharp angles on news and culture.

    2015 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Muckrack▲147

    Easily find & build relationships with journalists.

    2014 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    TechReporter▲96

    The day’s top tech headlines from across the web

    2014 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    ReadThisThing▲88

    Find, share, and discuss great journalism

    2015 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Finkip▲117

    Discover and read blogs faster

    2015 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Tally▲92

    People powered newsfeeds about anything

    2014 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    TechSpiked▲151

    Entertainment for Techies

    2014 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    ReadThisThing▲81

    One fantastic piece of journalism delivered via newsletter

    2015 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Hacker News Search▲92

    a faster hnsearch

    2014 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    TechForReporters▲136

    Reporters and technologists helping each other

    2017 · 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 →