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24 alternatives to New York Times APIs

Why just read the news when you can hack it?

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. New York Times APIs launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   HackerWeb▲88

   A simple and readable Hacker News app

   2016 · hackerwebapp.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   HackerWeb▲189

   A simply readable Hacker News app

   2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Newscombinator▲115

   Like Google-News, but for hackers

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Slack-HN▲99

   Read Hacker News right from Slack

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   One App▲182

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

   2015 · reader.one · its alternatives →

6. 6
   NYT Now▲132

   Your guide to the news, from The New York Times

   2015 · help.nytimes.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   MackerNews▲84

   Beautiful Readable Hacker News Articles

   2015 · mackernews.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   ReadByHumans▲126

   Top HackerNews articles in human-read podcast format

   2017 · readbyhumans.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Hacker News Search▲92

   a faster hnsearch

   2014 · hn.algolia.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    HNwatcher▲136

    Track keywords and users on Hacker News

    2014 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    BuzzFeed News App▲151

    The most interesting stories from around the web

    2015 · buzzfeed.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Vox▲124

    Understand the news.

    2014 · vox.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Buzzminer▲159

    Quickly read latest news from different sites in one place

    2014 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    HackrNews▲92

    Read Hacker News with ease

    2021 · hackrnews.vercel.app · its alternatives →

15. 15
    HackerBuzz▲68

    Hacker News trend visualization

    2015 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Fluffblocker▲78

    Replace Facebook headlines with NY Times headlines

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Hackero▲148

    An unbiased reader for Hacker News

    2019 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    NYT Opinion▲56

    App featuring the latest opinions from the New York Times.

    2014 · nytimes.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    ReadThisThing▲88

    Find, share, and discuss great journalism

    2015 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    hn.▲78

    Yet another client to browse Hacker News

    2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    App Marketing Daily▲103

    Hacker News for App Marketing

    2014 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Tech Insider▲106

    New tech, science and innovation blog from Business Insider

    2015 · businessinsider.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    News Genius▲66

    Make sense of the news

    2014 · genius.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Starters▲107

    Hacker news for sports tech

    2016 · 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 →