# Hax for Hacker News

> Hax for Hacker News (iPhone/iPad app by Luis Fariña Lázaro.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hax-for-hacker-news/id1635164814 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Luis Fariña Lázaro](https://appshunter.io/developer/1635164816)
- Category: News, Social Networking
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 17+
- Requires: iOS 17.5 · 6 MB
- Languages: American English, European Spanish
- Released: 2022-07-20
- Data updated: 2026-05-16
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hax-for-hacker-news/id1635164814/reviews.md

## What is Hax for Hacker News?

Hax is a free Hacker News client for iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch, that aims to provide a native browsing experience that improves upon the website while keeping a similar minimalistic appearance. Browse any Hacker News feed, scroll through stories and watch the discussion unfold in the comments. Other features include the following:

- Widgets: display the latest stories of any feed
- Discussion at a glance: generate a summary of a story's top comments using the Apple Intelligence on-device model (only on compatible devices)
- Controls: open any feed from Control Center, the Lock Screen, or the Action button
- Safari extension: when opening Hacker News links in Safari, you can open them in Hax
- Filter out stories and comments depending on keywords and/or users
- Search stories
- Translate titles, comments, and more
- Dark Mode and Dynamic Type

The project is open-source, so you can check it out on GitHub: https://github.com/lui5fl/hax

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Large Tip | $9.99 | one-time |
| Small Tip | $0.99 | one-time |
| Medium Tip | $3.99 | one-time |



## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.2.0 — 2025-12-13

New features
- Discussion at a glance: generate a summary of a story's top comments using the Apple Intelligence on-device model (only on compatible devices)
- Send feedback
- Tip jar

### 2.1.0 — 2025-09-16

New features
- Update app for iOS 26
- Mark stories as read

### 2.0.0 — 2024-11-25

New features
- Hax is now available on iPad and Apple Watch!
- Controls: open any feed from Control Center, the Lock Screen, or the Action button
- Search stories
- Share links to comments (and open them in Hax too)
- Read user profiles
- Translate titles, comments, and more
- View random stories
- Rate and share Hax from the settings screen

Bug fixes
- Fix body of story being displayed when empty

### 1.1.0 — 2024-05-29

New features
- Widgets: display the latest stories of the specified feed
- Filter out stories and comments depending on keywords and/or users
- Safari extension: when opening Hacker News stories in Safari, you can now be prompted to open them in Hax
- Hacker News links in comments can now be opened inside the app
- Input a Hacker News link to open it inside the app
- Pull to refresh the selected feed or story
- Share the Hacker News link of the story
- The app has been translated into Spanish

Improvements
- Stories with lots of comments now load much faster
- Comments made by the OP are now highlighted

Bug fixes
- Fix story simplified URL being incorrect in some cases
- Load stories even if some of its comments can't be loaded
- Fix crash when tapping email addresses in comments

### 1.0.1 — 2023-02-09

- Fix default feed picker displaying wrong feed when no default feed is set
- Fix item view being displayed when tapping the item to read the corresponding article

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| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [HN: Hacker News Reader](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hn-hacker-news-reader/id858527021) | — | Free | News |
| [Z Combinator for Hacker News](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/z-combinator-for-hacker-news/id1638242818) | 5.0 (2) | Free | News |
| [HackerWatch: Hacker News](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hackerwatch-hacker-news/id6479969061) | 5.0 (3) | Free | News |
| [Rosella for Hacker News](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/rosella-for-hacker-news/id6499280517) | — | Free | News |
| [Pulse for Hacker News](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pulse-for-hacker-news/id6504872454) | — | Free | News |
| [hn - Hacker News Reader](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hn-hacker-news-reader/id1446189504) | 5.0 (2) | Free | News |

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All apps by Luis Fariña Lázaro: https://appshunter.io/developer/1635164816

## Related topics

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