Comparison

Hacked.It vs Focus for Reddit

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

Head to head
About

Hacked.It

A minimalist tech news reader offering a clean and simple interface to browse Hacker News and Reddit. Enjoy a dark mode experience with large, easy-to-read text.

Highlights
  • Reads Hacker News
  • Reads Reddit
  • Minimalist design
  • Dark mode
  • Clean UI
  • Large text
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Read Hacker News & Reddit in one place! A minimalist dark mode tech news reader. Clean & simple UI with big text! *** Credits: github/RCiesielczuk/HackerBuzz-ReactNative

About

Focus for Reddit

An unofficial, open-source Reddit browser offering a unique, customizable interface. It supports offline browsing, multi-account access, and advanced content filtering. Enjoy a rich viewing experience with various layout options and powerful moderation tools.

Highlights
  • Multi-account and guest mode support
  • Highly customizable themes and design
  • Full offline capability with automatic syncing
  • Advanced content filtering system
  • Rich viewing modes (compact, card, gallery)
  • Powerful moderation suite
  • Ad-blocking for websites (Pro)
Features
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Focus for Reddit is a feature-packed, open-source(Based on open source software Slide which is unavaliable and no longer maintained now), unofficial browser for Reddit. Focus has a unique and beautiful design that is easy to use and contains tons of customization options. Highlights: • Support multi-accounts and guest mode • Gorgeous and unique design that is both pleasing to the eye, extremely easy to use, and fully configurable with thousands of theme combinations • Fully offline-capable! Sync your subreddits and comments automatically, and enjoy Reddit where you don't have internet • Powerful gestures settings for submissions and comments • Support for many content sites, including Imgur albums, v.redd.it, Streamable.com • Most feature-rich and easy to use moderation suite on iOS • Many view types including compact mode for dense information display and beautiful card layout for enjoying photos • Gallery and shadowbox modes (pro) give you a new way to view your favorite subreddits • Sync your Focus settings between all your iCloud devices • Theme choices include a beautiful true black AMOLED theme, sepia theme, blue theme, and white theme • Powerful filter system to block out what you don’t want to see • View and delete your browsing history, or turn off history completely to go incognito • Ad-Block in websites (Pro) • Optimized for iPad viewing with configurable columns and popup comment views (Pro) -- Subscription Details -- • Monthly and annual subscriptions are available • Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase • Your subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renew is disabled at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period • Automatic renewals will be charged at the same price you were originally charged for the subscription • Subscriptions can be managed or cancelled by going to Account Settings on the App Store after purchase Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/privacy-policy-focus-reddit/

Screenshots

Hacked.It3 screens
Focus for Reddit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Focus for Reddit at 3.3 against Hacked.It's 1.0. Focus for Reddit also leads on ratings volume (43 vs 1). Hacked.It's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence 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

Both are free to download. Focus for Reddit sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Hacked.It asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Focus for Reddit holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Focus for Reddit has 43 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Hacked.It's written reviews are positive against 31% of Focus for Reddit's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hacked.It ships an update weekly, Focus for Reddit fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Hacked.It versus Focus for Reddit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHacked.ItFocus for Reddit
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)3.3 (43 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better31.0% of reviews
Number of ratings143 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterFortnightly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS8.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB51 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperLong Sang Chan婉 万

Customer experience

Hacked.It

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Focus for Reddit

All ratings43 ratings
Positive53.5%
Neutral11.6%
Negative34.9%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive31.0%
Neutral10.3%
Negative58.6%

In-app purchases

None

Hacked.It

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Focus for Reddit

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly7 Days trial$6.991 Year

Questions

Is Hacked.It free?
Hacked.It is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Focus for Reddit free?
Focus for Reddit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Hacked.It or Focus for Reddit?
Focus for Reddit is rated higher. Hacked.It averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Focus for Reddit averages 3.3 from 43 ratings.
Do Hacked.It or Focus for Reddit have ads?
Focus for Reddit shows ads; Hacked.It does not.
Which is updated more often, Hacked.It or Focus for Reddit?
Hacked.It ships an update weekly, and Focus for Reddit fortnightly. Most recently, Hacked.It was updated on October 14, 2026 and Focus for Reddit on October 23, 2026.

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