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24 alternatives to HN Notifications

Get an email when HN story matches your custom criteria

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

1. 1HN
   HN Notifications – Get an email when a HN story matches your criteria▲49

   2015 · hnnotifications.com · its alternatives →

2. 2WI
   When is good time to submit a story on HN?▲269

   2011 · hnpickup.appspot.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   HN Update – Hourly news broadcast of top HN stories▲644

   Hello HN, I was away from my computer for two weeks, and after coming back and reading the latest discussions on HN about coding assistants (models, harnesses), I felt very out of the loop. My normal process would have been to keep reading and figure out the latest and greatest from people's comments, but I wanted to try and automate this process. Basically the goal is to get a quick overview over which coding models are popular on HN. A next iteration could also scan for harnesses that people use, or info on self-hosting or hardware setups. I wrote a short intro on the page about the…

   2024 · hnup.date · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Email Insights▲154

   See and track your competitors' email

   2014 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Hacker News Slack Bot▲129

   Get Slack notifications for HN mentions

   2022 · hn-slack-bot.vercel.app · its alternatives →

6. 6HR
   HN Replies – Get notified of replies to your comments▲217

   2016 · hnreplies.com · its alternatives →

7. 7HN
   HN Notify - Email reply notifications for comments and posts.▲32

   Daily original takes and guides.

   2011 · hnnotify.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Hazumi News 3.0▲99

   Alerts, AI summaries, and easy search for Hacker News

   2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Hacker News Release Dashboard▲69

   Metrics and tracking for HN Posts

   2020 · failflow.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    MailMatch▲219

    Rapportive for Email Lists

    2014 · clearbit.com · its alternatives →

11. 11HG
    HNNotify – Get emailed when a users reply to your HN Posts and Comments▲66

    2018 · hnnotify.xyz · its alternatives →

12. 12
    HN Notify▲75

    Subscribe to your Hacker News feed, never miss a reply

    2018 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Litmus▲45

    Test and track your emails

    2014 · litmus.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    F5Bot▲163

    Get emailed when your brand is mentioned on Reddit or HN

    2018 · f5bot.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Reddit Alerts▲144

    Track keywords on Reddit and get email alerts

    2014 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    mlist 2.0▲116

    Email newsletters, outside of the inbox

    2015 · letterlist.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Show HN▲104

    Something you've made that other people can play with

    2014 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    SubList▲83

    Email newsletters for blogs

    2014 · bbrandsproductinformationvideo5.in.net · its alternatives →

19. 19
    HN Cards▲142

    Stay on top of Hacker News, Tinder-style

    2014 · lollicode.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    EmailMeTweets▲65

    Scheduled Twitter list notifications by email

    2016 · emailmetweets.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Hackernews push▲61

    Push only most popular stories on HN

    2014 · push.co · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Huntely▲109

    Get an email when a keyword is mentioned on Product Hunt.

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Litmus▲100

    Test and track your emails.

    2014 · litmus.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Dev Ideas▲86

    An email newsletter for dev project ideas.

    2014 · devideas.github.io · 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 →