Hackery vs Hax for Hacker News

A clean, fast Hacker News client for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Vision Pro. Stay in the Loop Browse the latest Hacker News stories in a clean, card-based layout. See scores, comment counts, and authors instantly. Tap any story to read in Safari's reader mode. Never Lose a Story Swipe to save stories for later. Your bookmarks sync across all your devices via iCloud, so you never lose track of what you want to read. Follow the Conversation Follow conversations with nested, threaded comments. Links are tappable and underlined. Discussions load in pages so the app stays fast, even on long threads. Keep It Civil On-device comment moderation powered by Apple Intelligence lets you filter out noise and focus on quality discussions. Adjust the sensitivity to your comfort level. Easy on the Eyes Easy on the eyes, day or night. Hackery follows your system appearance with a carefully crafted dark theme. https://hackery.timshim.com

Hax is a free Hacker News client for iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch, that aims to provide a native browsing experience that improves upon the website while keeping a similar minimalistic appearance. Browse any Hacker News feed, scroll through stories and watch the discussion unfold in the comments. Other features include the following: - Widgets: display the latest stories of any feed - Discussion at a glance: generate a summary of a story's top comments using the Apple Intelligence on-device model (only on compatible devices) - Controls: open any feed from Control Center, the Lock Screen, or the Action button - Safari extension: when opening Hacker News links in Safari, you can open them in Hax - Filter out stories and comments depending on keywords and/or users - Search stories - Translate titles, comments, and more - Dark Mode and Dynamic Type The project is open-source, so you can check it out on GitHub: https://github.com/lui5fl/hax