Comparison

HackerWeb vs Foreign Analysis

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

Foreign Analysis

Features
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The mobile app of our journal Foreign Analysis offers the perfect opportunity to follow the latest developments in international relations, access analysis and academic articles. Here are some reasons why you should download our app: Up-to-date and Comprehensive Content: With expert opinions, analysis and news from around the world, we provide access to the most up-to-date and comprehensive content on international affairs. Thus, you can follow global developments instantly. User Friendly Interface: With our user-friendly interface that offers easy and fast navigation, you can access the content you want effortlessly. Access to Exclusive Content: We offer exclusive articles, interviews and videos to app users, allowing you to gain more in-depth analysis and insights. Push Notifications: Get instant notifications about important developments and new content released so you never miss a thing. What You Can Do in the App Our app is equipped with a range of features to provide a comprehensive and rich user experience in the field of international relations: Access to Articles and Analyses: The latest issues of our journal and all articles, analyses and reports in the archive can be accessed through the app. In this way, you can access information anytime, anywhere. Video and Podcast Broadcasts: Easily access interviews with experts, analysis videos and podcasts

Screenshots

HackerWeb2 screens
Foreign Analysis4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Foreign Analysis at Free against HackerWeb's $2.99. Foreign Analysis also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 26.0). HackerWeb's advantage is chart position (#39 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

Foreign Analysis is free to download; HackerWeb costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
HackerWeb versus Foreign Analysis: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHackerWebForeign Analysis
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (10 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews85.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
Best chart rank#39 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS26.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB17 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperChee Aun LimRiza Cetinyurek

In-app purchases

None

HackerWeb

No in-app purchases

None

Foreign Analysis

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HackerWeb free?
HackerWeb costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Foreign Analysis free?
Foreign Analysis is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do HackerWeb or Foreign Analysis have ads?
Neither HackerWeb nor Foreign Analysis shows ads.

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