PEDM vs Hacker Read
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PEDM
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Escalate and de-escalate user privileges directly from your mobile device.
Hacker Read
An alternative reader for Hackernews that leverages AI and LLMs for advanced search capabilities. Discover similar comments, stories, and users through text-based similarity searches with positive and negative queries. Sort comments by user karma for a refined reading experience.
- AI-powered similarity search
- Find similar comments
- Find similar stories
- Find similar users
- Sort comments by karma
- Positive and negative query search
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Alternate reader for Hackernews with some AI features using LLM's such as similarity search. Other features: find similar comments, similar stories, and similar users. Find users and comments using similarity search on input text using positive and negative queries. sort comments by user karma.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PEDM at none against Hacker Read's 2. Hacker Read's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price and ads 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. Hacker Read sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. PEDM asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | PEDM | Hacker Read |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Heimdal Security | Garglet LLC |
In-app purchases
PEDM
No in-app purchases
Hacker Read
- Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Yearly14 Days trial$49.991 Year
