# HNewsflash — Your daily Hacker News digest

> Your daily Hacker News digest (iPhone/iPad app by Bruno Brunkow.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hnewsflash/id6450697950 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Bruno Brunkow](https://appshunter.io/developer/1694467517)
- Category: News, Developer Tools
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 17+
- Requires: iOS 17.6 · 4 MB
- Languages: American English, German (Germany)
- Released: 2026-07-22
- Data updated: 2026-10-04
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hnewsflash/id6450697950/reviews.md

## What is HNewsflash?

Hacker News is great — and a time sink. HNewsflash turns it into a daily read: the best stories of the day, neatly organized by date. Open, read, done. No fear of missing out.

YOUR DAILY DIGEST
• Daily Top 10 or Top 20 — the best stories of each day
• Grouped by day: yesterday's digest stays within reach
• Preview images and favicons show at a glance what a story is about
• Want everything? The full feed is one tap away

DISCUSSIONS
• Comment threads with clear structure and color-coded levels
• Collapse and expand branches, dive deeper into long threads
• Code blocks, links, and formatting render cleanly

SAVE IT FOR LATER
• One-tap bookmarks — stored locally on your device
• Reader mode for distraction-free articles
• Open stories in the in-app browser or your default browser

FEELS AT HOME
• Native SwiftUI, fast and lightweight
• Light and dark mode, selectable card styles
• Built for iPhone and iPad

PRIVACY BY DEFAULT
• No account, no sign-up
• No tracking, no analytics, no ads
• Your bookmarks never leave your device

HNewsflash is for everyone who wants to know what's moving the tech world — in five minutes.

Inspired by hckrnews.com — the original day-by-day view of Hacker News.

HNewsflash is an independent client and is not affiliated with Y Combinator.


## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 1.1 — 2026-09-10

* Links in comments that point to another story or comment now open in the app instead of Safari. Going back returns you to the spot in the thread you came from.
* Bookmarked stories are marked in orange in the list.
* In the compact style, score, author, and age fit on one line again instead of two. Long titles wrap at large text sizes instead of getting cut off.
* Daily Top 10, Daily Top 20, and All stories sit in the menu itself instead of a submenu.
* Stories and comments removed from Hacker News no longer show up in the list, plus a few smaller bug fixes.

### 1.0 — 2026-07-22

No release notes.

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