Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Partialpress – user adapted news launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   partialpress▲71

   User curated news

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Partial Press▲130

   Breaking news according to political bias 🗞

   2017 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   TLDR 2.0 ▲187

   Bitesized, customizable news via a chrome extension

   2015 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Boost the News▲73

   A thorough media monitoring tool.

   2016 · rtbhouse.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Partially Derivative - Simon Rogers, Data Editor at Google▲60

   VR, interactive news apps, and the future of data journalism

   2016 · partiallyderivative.com · its alternatives →

6. 6NS
   News site using NLP to analyze social data and write its own headlines▲8

   2015 · newsninja.com · its alternatives →

7. 7PA
   PressPanda, a journalist search engine▲6

   2016 · presspanda.com · its alternatives →

8. 8BN
   Blazing News: A realtime news summariser▲7

   2021 · blazing-news.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →

9. 9AF
   API for building news aggregators and readers▲6

   2015 · kabonky.com · its alternatives →

10. 10NF
    Newsfeed for Twitter▲5

    2017 · flockpath.niceasthis.com · its alternatives →

11. 11MA
    Made an app that summarizes the news. Thoughts?▲8

    2016 · zoltapp.com · its alternatives →

12. 12AN
    A News App for Geeks▲6

    2015 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

13. 13AA
    AI and News by AYLIEN▲8

    2016 · newsapi.aylien.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Non-Hacker News – a Chrome extension to highlight non-technical stories▲6

    2019 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →

15. 15RH
    Responsive Hacker News written in Go, with source▲5

    2015 · gohacker.news · its alternatives →

16. 16PF
    Privacy-focused news feed that groups stories, using NLP▲5

    2021 · drewesnews.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Use AI to summarize and read the news▲5

    2023 · aireads.vercel.app · its alternatives →

18. 18LN
    Layers News▲7

    2020 · layers.news · its alternatives →

19. 19
    "tl;dr" Chrome extension for Hacker News▲9

    2012 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →

20. 20AR
    An RSS reader that filters, aggregates and visualizes news▲6

    2014 · defcomb.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    N/A▲8

    N/A

    2019 · its alternatives →

22. 22YA
    Yet Another Hacker News Interface▲8

    2021 · yahni.news · its alternatives →

23. 23NA
    Newscussion – a platform to discuss latest news real-time and in forums▲6

    2020 · newscussion.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Newscompare▲6

    Filter the spin with side by side comparison of the news

    2017 · newscompare.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 →