Comparison

HNews vs Crew

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

Head to head
About

HNews

This app offers a clean and minimalist reading experience for Hacker News articles. Users can easily share stories with friends, save them for later, and utilize a dedicated reader mode for focused consumption.

Highlights
  • Minimalist design
  • Share stories
  • Save stories for later
  • Reader mode
Features
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A reader for Hacker News with minimal design Features - Share Stories with friends - Save stories for later reading - Reader mode

About

Crew

This app provides a native iOS experience for browsing Stack Overflow content. It offers a clean, ad-free interface with powerful navigation and filtering tools for questions, answers, and comments. Enjoy a streamlined way to engage with the developer community.

Highlights
  • Native iOS design
  • Ad-free browsing
  • Powerful question filters
  • Dark mode
  • Real-time question previews
  • Gesture navigation
Features
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#PH daily pick 29/01/2020 "Crew brings the web service to a native app with a beautiful UI that makes browsing Stack Overflow much nicer than on the web." - MacStories "Crew isn't just an app, though. It's been designed with iOS guidelines in mind, making it look and feel every bit the native iPhone and iPad experience in a way the Stack Overflow website just can't match." - iMore Crew is a beautiful StackOverflow app built for fast navigation with powerful set of features. The delightful interface is coupled with extensive features that feel part on your device, whilst elevating your Stack Overflow experience. It’s created specifically with iOS design guidelines in mind, so it fits right at home on your device. Browse question without distraction or ads, use filter, add comments, or visit specific website areas like tags profile or badges section. You can quickly view list, tabs, inbox, notifications and more using gestures and context menu. Crew is an unofficial app, and side effects may include an incredible browsing experience. EXCITING FEATURES: - Trends and search support - All questions,answers and comments from Stack Overflow in your hands. - Search support - Rich rendering of questions - Dark mode - Beautiful iOS centric Ui - Universal app for iPhone and iPad. - Compose question with real time previews. - Powerful question filters (month, week, votes and more) It’s constatly evolving. If you have anything you’d specifically like to see, come to the Settings section and text me, I’d love to hear it! This app is not affiliated with or endorsed by Stack Overflow. Terms Of Use: https://www.danieljamestronca.com/crew/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://www.danieljamestronca.com/crew/privacy-policy

Screenshots

HNews4 screens
Crew4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: HNews at none against Crew's 7. HNews also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 68%) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 15.0). Crew's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 6 months). On price, ads 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. Crew sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. HNews asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HNews ships an update every 6 months, Crew every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
HNews versus Crew: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHNewsCrew
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.4 (65 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better67.6% of reviews
Number of ratings—65 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.4 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB59 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChetan PatelDaniel James Tronca

Customer experience

HNews

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Crew

All ratings65 ratings
Positive83.1%
Neutral7.7%
Negative9.2%
Written reviews37 reviews
Positive67.6%
Neutral16.2%
Negative16.2%

In-app purchases

None

HNews

No in-app purchases

7 purchases

Crew

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription$1.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription3 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time5
  • Smoothie-sized Tip$0.99
  • Sandwich-sized tip$2.99
  • Buffet-sized Tip$7.99
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  • Deluxe-sized tip$16.99
  • Lifetime Subscritpion$39.99

Questions

Is HNews free?
HNews is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Crew free?
Crew is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do HNews or Crew have ads?
Neither HNews nor Crew shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HNews or Crew?
HNews ships an update every 6 months, and Crew every 10 days. Most recently, HNews was updated on November 3, 2026 and Crew on November 9, 2026.

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