# HN Reader - Hacker News Reader — user reviews

> 15 indexed App Store user reviews of HN Reader by Thomas Ricouard, rated 1.80/5 from 5 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hn-reader-hacker-news-reader/id919243741/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hn-reader-hacker-news-reader/id919243741.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 0 · 4★ 1 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 3

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Can't view comments

*2017-08-29, version 1.4*

Everything is listed as having 0 comments.

### 1/5 — Comments don't work

*2016-09-21, version 1.4*

The app can't show comments

### 1/5 — Doesn't show comments

*2015-08-08, version 1.4*

Seems to be broken, comments aren't loading in this version

### 1/5 — worse with each version

*2015-04-16, version 1.3.1*

totally broken, displays just empty list

When it works, the app has some serious omissions: there are no back/forward buttons in the in-app web-browser. It also doesn't allow you to visually distinguish between new, read and old articles.

It doesn't allow you to open a page in Safari before it's fully loaded

### 1/5 — Broken

*2015-01-20, version 1.2*

The article list loads but it doesn't display number of votes, number of comments or how long ago the link was posted. Hitting the comments button loads a empty screen instead of comments. Presumably needs an update to match HN's current API

### 1/5 — Nearly good

*2014-11-07, version 1.2*

When opening a story and then going back to the list, it scrolls up so that you miss your place. If this bug were to be fixed, it would be really good. But it's a big bug that makes it unusable. iPhone 6+. Doesn't seem to be anywhere else to leave bug reports...

### 2/5 — Good app but no comments

*2017-05-27, version 1.4*

I've never been able to see comments with this app.  Latest iOS using 6s+

### 3/5 — No comments

*2015-08-30, version 1.4*

Looks promising but all the comments are blank in this version. Would love pinboard.in integration too.

### 4/5 — Good app, works well on watch, but comments bug!

*2016-03-26, version 1.4*

The names of the commenters appear, but there is never any text under any of them. Please fix! :(

### 4/5 — Love the read later feature

*2014-09-27, version 1.1*

Just needs log in but great for when I just need to read

## Most praised reviews (5 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — Nice Open Source project - HN Reader does what it says on the tin!

*2023-06-24, version 1.4*

Well done to the developer. This is a well-written Open Source project which does a good job of rendering the content from YCombinator Hacker News on iOS platforms.

### 5/5 — Cool

*2014-11-17, version 1.2*

Great so far, nice UX. The app icon could look nicer :)

### 5/5 — no ads, n widget are good, but crashes on tapping "more"

*2014-11-11, version 1.2*

itd also be nice if one could start new posts or get mobilized versions of the page.

### 5/5 — Best HN App

*2014-09-27, version 1.1*

This is definitely the top Hacker News app on the store now. Nice layout. Works great!

### 5/5 — Awesome

*2014-09-25, version 1.1*

Awesome initial app. I'd love to see logging in and being able to comment / at least up vote.

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*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 2026-07-02.*