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24 alternatives to Trimmed News
Instagram story style hacker news reader
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Trimmed News launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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A better Hacker News reader for following stories, filtering noise, and keeping up with discussions.
2h ago · hcker.news · its alternatives →
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2016 · podcastrank.co · its alternatives →
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2020 · hn.luap.info · its alternatives →
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An easy and beautiful way to read Hacker News on your phone.
2018 · its alternatives →
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Hey everyone! I built HackLens, a modern Android/IOS app for browsing Hacker News with a cleaner and smoother reading experience. Why I built it I love Hacker News, but wanted: a cleaner reading experience better topic discovery modern UI lightweight performance So I built HackLens. Key features 1. Clean, modern UI inspired by minimal reading apps 2. Fast browsing of Hacker News stories 3. AI-powered summaries to quickly grasp key points 4. Read full articles directly from the source 5. Trending stories (last 1h, 6h, or 24h) 6. Built-in search to find stories and topics 7. Topic…
Jan 2026 · its alternatives →
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2020 · hacker-news.news · its alternatives →
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2025 · thishackernewsdoesnotexist.com · its alternatives →
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Since I got an iPad I was looking for a better Hacker News reading experience than the one you can get using the web version. On the iPhone I use the ihackernews.com web app (and soon going to try news.yc). It's decent for the iPhone, but it doesn't scale good on the iPad. To my surprise, when I checked there was no decent iPad app for HN (i.e. lacking ability to comment or vote, no readability support and more). I anyway wanted to give a try to iPad development, and was looking for an interesting project to work on. Making HN reader app seemed as a good candidate. Over the last weekend I…
2011 · its alternatives →
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2022 · hn.hsblhsn.me · its alternatives →
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Hacki is just a Hacker News reader
2022 · itsallwidgets.com · its alternatives →
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HN stories + comments side by side in a beautiful newspaper
Mar 2026 · hackernewstimes.com · its alternatives →
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I noticed I was getting side tracked reading Hacker News, checking back, reading articles, comments, etc. It felt like my productivity was being hampered so I created a simple web app to receive the most popular stories in a daily email. http://dailyhn.com
2011 · its alternatives →
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I create a free HackerNews reader App for iPhone/iPod touch. I have worked really hard 2 months. You can vote / reply the news. I appreciate any feedback, any reviews to me. Thanks very very much. You can download it from: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hackernews+-free/id490595576?mt=8 You can download it from: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hackernews+-free/id490595576?mt=8
2012 · its alternatives →
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Hacker News app with AI summaries, smart tags, and insights.
Jan 2026 · hackthenews.app · its alternatives →
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HN reader focusing on neat design and better readability
2019 · its alternatives →
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Dark Reader for HackerNews with simple UI.
2019 · its alternatives →
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