Comparison

HackerWeb vs LIVE CCTV Camera

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

HackerWeb

A clean and readable client for Hacker News, designed with iOS guidelines in mind. It offers intuitive navigation for stories and comments, automatic dark mode, and code syntax highlighting.

Highlights
  • Dual Web and Comments tabs
  • Revolutionary comments thread UI
  • Automatic Dark mode
  • Smart indentations and formatting
  • Automatic syntax highlighting for code blocks
  • Upvoting and replying
  • Comment's 'Thread view'
Features
Currently charting
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HackerWeb is a super-clean Hacker News app built for maximum readability and has a lean set of features to optimize the reading experience. It’s created specifically with iOS design guidelines in mind, so it feels native and blends well with the operating system. It has a simple set of features that are usually invisible: - Dual Web and Comments tabs for easy switching between the story’s web page and the list of comments - Revolutionary comments thread UI for easy navigation, with smart collapsing to prevent being overwhelmed by too many comments - Automatic Dark mode, respecting the system’s appearance settings. - Smart indentations and formatting for comments, complementing the existing limited formatting from Hacker News. - Automatic syntax highlighting for code blocks in comments, with best-effort programming language detection. - Allow interactions like upvoting and replying, which opens up web view with login information and sessions stored in itself, instead of the app. - Comment’s “Thread view” to list all parent comments of a comment, on a flat list, for easy reading instead of manually drilling down the nested comments. - “Share as Image” for comments, which allows sharing of a specific comment, optionally including the parent comments and/or story, as an image. HackerWeb is an unofficial Hacker News client, built with React Native and Expo. This is a passion side project for learning and experimenting ideas. Since 2012. Open-sourced: https://github.com/cheeaun/hackerweb-native-2

About

LIVE CCTV Camera

Explore live public camera feeds from around the world in a realistic CCTV control room environment. This app features real-time footage and a player supporting up to 8 cameras and any video format.

Highlights
  • Public LIVE camera footages
  • Real-time footages
  • Supports 8 cameras simultaneously
  • Supports any video format
  • CCTV control room environment
Features
Currently charting
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FEATURES * Public LIVE Camera Footages. * Real time Footages. * CCTV player that supports 8 camera at once. * Stream player can support any video format. * CCTV Control room environment.

Screenshots

HackerWeb2 screens
LIVE CCTV Camera3 screens

Verdict

The call

HackerWeb and LIVE CCTV Camera both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 86% of HackerWeb's written reviews are positive against 0% of LIVE CCTV Camera's. HackerWeb also leads on update cadence (every 5 months vs every 21 months) and ratings volume (10 vs 1). LIVE CCTV Camera's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and price ($1.99 vs $2.99). On rating, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

HackerWeb costs $2.99 and LIVE CCTV Camera $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for HackerWeb against 5.0 for LIVE CCTV Camera. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HackerWeb has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 86% of HackerWeb's written reviews are positive against 0% of LIVE CCTV Camera's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HackerWeb ships an update every 5 months, LIVE CCTV Camera every 21 months. Both last shipped on September 10, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
HackerWeb versus LIVE CCTV Camera: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHackerWebLIVE CCTV Camera
Price$2.99$1.99 — better
Rating5.0 (10 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews85.7% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings10 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 months — betterEvery 21 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#39 — better#43
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS26.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB64 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperChee Aun LimZaheer udeen Babar

Customer experience

HackerWeb

All ratings10 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%

LIVE CCTV Camera

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

HackerWeb

No in-app purchases

None

LIVE CCTV Camera

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HackerWeb free?
HackerWeb costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is LIVE CCTV Camera free?
LIVE CCTV Camera costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, HackerWeb or LIVE CCTV Camera?
HackerWeb and LIVE CCTV Camera are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 10 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do HackerWeb or LIVE CCTV Camera have ads?
Neither HackerWeb nor LIVE CCTV Camera shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HackerWeb or LIVE CCTV Camera?
HackerWeb ships an update every 5 months, and LIVE CCTV Camera every 21 months. Most recently, HackerWeb was updated on September 10, 2026 and LIVE CCTV Camera on September 10, 2026.
Which is more popular, HackerWeb or LIVE CCTV Camera?
HackerWeb currently peaks at #39 in the App Store charts, and LIVE CCTV Camera at #43. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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