Growth · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to ReadByHumans

Top HackerNews articles in human-read podcast format

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. ReadByHumans launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1TH
   Top HN articles in human-read podcast format▲42

   Hi HN, Like many of you, I found myself discovering dozens of great posts on HN and never actually finding the time read them. I used to save every cool link to Pocket, but… well… same story — I rarely found the time to read them. So I thought it'd be great to listen to the top articles, the same way I listen to podcasts. Initially, I tried out narrating articles with latest text-to-speech synthesis from Amazon and Google, but it was still pretty bad. Especially with long form content. So I thought I'll do this with real humans, real voice actors. So I made ReadByHumans. [1] We are starting…

   2017 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Tattle▲122

   Listen to your news stories, narrated by humans

   2016 · trytattle.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   One App▲182

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

   2015 · reader.one · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Morning Reader Mobile▲165

   Keep up with the latest tech news wherever you go

   2016 · peek.news · its alternatives →

5. 5IM
   I made a Hacker News for podcasts▲367

   2016 · podcastrank.co · its alternatives →

6. 6
   New York Times APIs▲247

   Why just read the news when you can hack it?

   2014 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Pilot Reader▲94

   The easiest way to read tech news

   2014 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   BuzzFeed News App▲151

   The most interesting stories from around the web

   2015 · buzzfeed.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   MackerNews▲84

   Beautiful Readable Hacker News Articles

   2015 · mackernews.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Slack-HN▲99

    Read Hacker News right from Slack

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    HackerNoon Mobile App▲111

    Join the journey of tech discovery: read & listen on the go!

    2023 · hackernoon.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    HackerWeb▲189

    A simply readable Hacker News app

    2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    HackerWeb▲88

    A simple and readable Hacker News app

    2016 · hackerwebapp.com · its alternatives →

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    Newsly 2.0▲216

    Reads top trending news & articles in a natural human voice

    2021 · newsly.me · its alternatives →

15. 15
    hn.▲78

    Yet another client to browse Hacker News

    2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    HackerNews reader on Android▲80

    HackerNews reader powered by Algolia's API

    2020 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Newsvoice▲112

    Break your filter bubble and and understand the world

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    narrated.org▲144

    Great audio articles you didn't know existed

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Hacker Daily, a daily podcast for Hacker News readers▲199

    2018 · hackerdaily.co · its alternatives →

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    Newscombinator▲115

    Like Google-News, but for hackers

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Flipboard for the Web▲189

    Catch up on the stories and people that matter to you.

    2015 · flipboard.com · its alternatives →

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    Pipes▲96

    Personalised news reader

    2015 · pipesapp.com · its alternatives →

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    Umano▲161

    Interesting articles read to you by real people

    2013 · umanoapp.com · its alternatives →

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    Hazumi News 3.0▲99

    Alerts, AI summaries, and easy search for Hacker News

    2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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