HN Pro vs Echo for Lemmy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HN Pro
This app provides a streamlined and efficient way to access Hacker News content. It allows users to browse stories, comment, upvote, and manage threads directly from their mobile device, mirroring the functionality of the web application.
- Browse Hacker News stories
- Reply to comments
- Upvote and hide stories
- Collapse comment threads
- Dark mode support
- Access to all HN lists
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HN Pro shows you Hacker News the way it was meant to be. If you want splashy animations and an unnecessary coat of paint, HN Pro may not be for you. But, if you've learned to love that classic orange and beige and want everything to just "work" like the web app, you've come to the right place. Browse your stories, reply to comments, upvote, hide, collapse threads, the list goes on. Do everything that you might want to do using your web browser, right in the palm of your hand. If you login with your account, any threads you collapse or stories you hide carry over to your web browser (and vice versa). Dark mode? Check. Comment replies? Check. Flagging, hiding, upvoting (and "unvoting"?)? Check. Access to all of the lists? Check (including /news, /show, /shownew, /ask, /best, /active, /newest, /classic, and /noobstories). Other features I probably forgot about? Check. Many other improvements are in the pipeline. Have an idea? Shoot me an email at dan@lionheartsw.com. Coming soon: push notifications for comment replies. Stay tuned.
Echo for Lemmy
This app provides a native iOS interface for Lemmy, a decentralized social platform. Discover communities, sort content, and engage with posts and comments. It offers advanced search, bookmarking, and multi-account support.
- Connect with Lemmy communities
- Sort and filter content feeds
- Upvote/downvote posts and comments
- Powerful search functionality
- Create posts via share extension
- Bookmark content
- Push notifications
- Multi-account support
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Echo for Lemmy is an iOS client for Lemmy, a community based link & text sharing decentralized social platform. - Connect with communities based on your interests. - Sort your feed by most active, trending posts, new posts, and many more. - Upvote and downvote posts & comments. - Powerful search experience to find the content you're looking for. - Create posts using share extension from any app on your device. - Bookmark posts to easily find later. - Push notification support for staying up to date with the content you care about. - Sign into multiple accounts at once and quickly switch between them. Even across multiple Lemmy instances/servers. - Fully native application with dark mode support & accessibility features. --- Upgrade to Echo+ for $1.49 USD per month or $11.99 USD per year to unlock the ability to create & edit posts, comment on posts, enable push notifications, unlock multiple account support, customize the app icon, and support future development of Echo. Echo+ auto-renews every month or year (depending on which term you select). Price may vary by location. Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. You may cancel/stop your auto-renewing subscription by going to your iTunes/App Store Account Settings to manage your subscription. --- Terms of Use: https://echo.rrainn.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://echo.rrainn.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Echo for Lemmy at 100% against HN Pro's 40%. Echo for Lemmy also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks). HN Pro's advantage is rating (3.5 vs 3.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. Echo for Lemmy sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. HN Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.
HN Pro holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 40% of HN Pro's written reviews are positive against 100% of Echo for Lemmy's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
HN Pro ships an update every 2 weeks, Echo for Lemmy every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HN Pro | Echo for Lemmy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (8 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Lionheart Software LLC | rrainn, Inc. |
Customer experience
HN Pro
Echo for Lemmy
In-app purchases
HN Pro
No in-app purchases
Echo for Lemmy
- Standard$1.491 Month
- Standard$11.991 Year









