# HNreader - Tech News — News from news.ycombinator.com

> News from news.ycombinator.com (iPhone/iPad app by Jahn Bertsch.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hnreader-tech-news/id1498482288 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Jahn Bertsch](https://appshunter.io/developer/571241368)
- Category: News
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 17+
- Requires: iOS 17.6 · 5 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2021-09-27
- Data updated: 2026-06-07
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hnreader-tech-news/id1498482288/reviews.md

## What is HNreader?

Reader app for https://news.ycombinator.com (aka "Hacker News") with a focus on the comments.

Features:
 - Supports sections "Top", "New", "Show" and "Ask"
 - Nested comments: press on a comment to reveal more entries of the discussion
 - Supports macOS, iOS (iPhone) and watchOS (Apple Watch)

This application is Free and Open Source software (FOSS), source code is available at https://github.com/yep/HNreader


## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 2.0.1 — 2026-02-06

- Do not load all comments at once but only when they actually appear on screen

### 2.0 — 2025-10-01

- Added watchOS support

### 1.0 — 2021-09-27

No release notes.

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