# Hackers for Hacker News — user reviews > 88 indexed App Store user reviews of Hackers for Hacker News by Weiran Zhang, rated 4.60/5 from 429 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hackers-for-hacker-news/id603503901/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hackers-for-hacker-news/id603503901.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 343 · 4★ 47 · 3★ 18 · 2★ 5 · 1★ 16 ## What do users think of Hackers for Hacker News? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 🎨 Beautiful and clean UI design - ⚡ Fast and responsive performance - 🌙 Dark mode support - 📱 Native iOS implementation - 🆓 No ads or paywalls - 🔓 Open source code - 📖 Simple and intuitive interface - 🎯 Focused reading experience - 🖥️ Works well on M1 Macs **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent connectivity issues loading posts/comments - 🎨 Recent UI redesign poorly received (excessive spacing/padding) - 👆 Overly sensitive swipe gestures interfere with scrolling - 🔗 Link copying includes unwanted thread titles - 🔐 Unnecessary network device permissions requested - ⚠️ Inconsistent comment loading - 🔄 Share link duplication issues - 📱 Login functionality broken - ⏱️ Slow comment loading times **Commonly reported bugs** - App fails to load posts or comments - Login/password reset not working - Swipe gestures trigger unintended menu opens while scrolling - Links open accidentally during scrolling - App crashes on refresh - Comments not loading completely - Share functionality duplicates links - iOS 14 compatibility dropped in bugfix release - Blank page/no content loading - Comment markup rendering incorrectly - Scrolling lag during background refresh - Jerky animations when loading comments **Most requested features** - Ability to comment and post - User authentication/login support - Upvote and downvote functionality - Save/bookmark posts for later - Search functionality - Show HN category filter - Offline viewing/download comments - Mark visited posts visually - Display full post content, not just titles - Font size customization options - Replies/threading support - Pagination or infinite scroll - URL scheme support for Shortcuts - Text selection in comments - Best feed option ## Newest reviews (12 of 88) ### 3/5 — Good reader *2026-04-24* Can’t seem to login to my account even after resetting my password. No VPN on either. Otherwise, it’s a good app. ### 4/5 — Cool app *2025-11-11* It is a nice looking app, pretty simple. One request I have is if it’s possible to show the actual post instead of just the title ### 3/5 — Weird redesign *2025-10-26, version 5.2.0* App was great, before this unnecessary redesign which now makes every news too big. We can only reduce the font size, but the padding is way too big, and the buttons for upvotes/downvotes ate taking way too much space. ### 4/5 — Almost perfect *2023-08-06* Missing feature: replies! ### 3/5 — Nice overall with small complaint *2023-07-21* Very nice app, looks very polished with black mode. One problem — the app is too sensitive to sideways movements when scrolling up or down. This results in either the left or night options being pulled from the side rather than actually scrolling. I’ve never experienced this on another app so don’t feel it’s just the way I scroll? It enough creates minor friction with enough frequency to move to another app unfortunately. ### 3/5 — Nice UI, but hugely frustrating scroll *2023-06-29* When you’re scrolling comments it keeps opening the swipe left/right menu, meaning you need to be very careful with how you scroll thereby removing the focus from actually reading ### 3/5 — Used to be good, lately very buggy! *2022-11-21* This app was almost perfect, and a great way to read and interact with hacker news.. However lately it’s been a mess. The share link it’s getting duplicated and finicky. The recent issues loading post and the bug “fixes” don’t seem to be working (it’s still not loading for me) has sent me off to find something else. ### 5/5 — Clean UX *2022-09-29, version 4.7.6* Simple, clean and open source. Great app! Bugs are also fixed fast 👍 ### 3/5 — Small front *2022-09-16* Pls add options to change front size ### 3/5 — Great app but it’s broken right now *2022-07-08* It won’t load any results. ### 2/5 — Used to be good, but… *2021-10-21* Killed iOS 14 compatibility in a bugfix release, now requires iOS 15 just to have a critical bug fixed. You could fix it for iOS 14 And release iOS 15 only version after that. No good attitude. ### 4/5 — Great! *2021-05-21, version 4.5.4* Would love to be able to search for stories. Doesn’t seem to be an option at the moment? ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Latest update sucks *2026-02-20, version 5.2.3* The app's latest update sucks. I only want to copy the link but it keeps copying the thread title alongside the URL which is so frickin annoying. Please remove this and return it to the way it was. I only want to copy the URL, not the superfluous text. I’ll change my review to 5 stars otherwise. ### 1/5 — Broke a few months back *2025-06-19, version 4.9.2* This app no longer loads comments and just says can’t connect to hackers news. Been going on for months. I’ve moved on. ### 1/5 — Marche pas *2022-11-22, version 4.7.10* Pas de chargement des articles ### 1/5 — No posts loading *2022-09-28* No posts loading again ### 1/5 — It’s not loading *2021-10-18* Blank page ### 1/5 — Janky and unreliable *2021-07-17* The app works well about 50% of the time, the rest is one of the worst apps I’ve ever used. Full of UX bugs and terrible network handling. ### 1/5 — It nearly works *2017-12-17, version 3.4* Well... it is only one app dedicated to iPhone X, but refreshing makes app crash:( ### 1/5 — No pocket support *2014-04-17, version 2.0* Not the best reading experience as advertised ### 2/5 — Doesn’t work on iPad *2026-07-11* Not able to see the comments on iPad.. mobile is perfect but wish iPad worked well ### 2/5 — No reason to use *2022-10-07* Worse than the mobile version of HN ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — A decent reader for HN *2026-06-14* This has been a great daily reader for HN. I’ve never logged in through it, but the read only experience is excellent. The design is clean and highly readable, looks great on my OLED screen. ### 5/5 — new ui sucks *2026-03-06* Please revert it back, the new UI is really ugly. Components are too spaced, cant find a good font size; too much empty space everywhere. Appreciate the attempt, but it's really bad. Makes me want to look for other options. ### 5/5 — Beautiful UI *2025-09-28* This app looks absolutely gorgeous and so native in iOS 26, could’ve fooled me that Apple made it. Huge props to the dev! ### 5/5 — The perfect iOS app for hackernews *2025-09-20* GOTO Title ### 5/5 — Reliable *2024-05-06* Simple and reliable. Thank you for no ads. ### 5/5 — Unnecessary permissions *2024-04-28* Recently it requested permission to connect to other devices on my network, this is completely unacceptable for an app like this. I can only assume this is for invasive and intrusive analytics and telemetry gathering, which is very gross. This app would otherwise get a five star. ### 5/5 — Honey I swear, it’s not Hinge! *2023-12-26* Great app. Just be careful using it late at night! ### 5/5 — cozy app to browse hacker news *2022-11-23* W updates keep it going man thank you. ### 5/5 — Literally the best Hacker News app *2022-11-22* It’s not even a contest. This is it. ### 5/5 — Some reason couldn’t connect to Hacker News since last update… *2022-11-14* Very good app, just some reason stopped connect to the Hacker News site… --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-28.*