Comparison

Rust Recipes vs Hacker Read

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

Head to head
About

Rust Recipes

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A reference of everyday Rust, from strings and collections to ownership and borrowing, traits, error handling with Result and safe concurrency. Every example comes with an explanation, and most of them run. • 24 sections: simple types, arrays and collections, structs and enums, traits and generics, functions and closures, error handling, regular expressions, threading, files, serialization, algorithms, patterns. • Run in the app: the example really executes and the output appears under the code. Needs an internet connection. • What changed in new versions: 17 sections from Rust 1.26 to Rust 2024, with "before" and "after" code side by side. • Keyword and function reference: 270 articles, fully open with no daily counter. • SQL alongside: over 200 queries against a live practice database - JOIN, GROUP BY, subqueries, data types. • Edit examples and add your own - they stay in the app and are always at hand. • Search runs over the code itself, not just the titles: remember a fragment and you will find the example. • Everything except running works offline. No account needed. WHAT THE FREE VERSION INCLUDES 12 runs and 12 edits a day - the counter resets every morning. The keyword reference is open without limits. Up to 5 examples of your own. Copying in the free app is blocked after five attempts. The full version opens every example, removes the daily limits and raises running to 30 launches a day. One purchase, no subscription. Made by a developer for developers. In development since 2015.

About

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.

Highlights
  • AI-powered similarity search
  • Find similar comments
  • Find similar stories
  • Find similar users
  • Sort comments by karma
  • Positive and negative query search
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Rust Recipes4 screens
Hacker Read4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Hacker Read at 15.0 against Rust Recipes's 18.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Rust Recipes sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Hacker Read sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Rust Recipes versus Hacker Read: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRust RecipesHacker Read
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB1 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperFedor ObraztsovGarglet LLC

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Rust Recipes

One-time4
  • Оperations with example$0.99
  • SQL queries$0.99
  • Rust Samples$0.99
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  • Full version$2.99
2 purchases

Hacker Read

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Yearly14 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Rust Recipes free?
Rust Recipes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hacker Read free?
Hacker Read is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Rust Recipes or Hacker Read have ads?
Neither Rust Recipes nor Hacker Read shows ads.

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