Hacko for Hacker News vs ESCAPE | 35
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hacko for Hacker News
This client offers a unique way to navigate Hacker News discussions, keeping comments readable at any depth. Enjoy smooth navigation, custom boards, search, and a reading list for an enhanced experience.
- Alternative comment tree display
- Maintains comment readability
- Swipe navigation
- Custom boards
- Search functionality
- Reading list
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It's a Hacker News client that uses an alternative way of displaying the comment tree. Advantages over traditional interfaces: - Comment width doesn't get narrower no matter how deep in the tree you are - You always see the parent of the comment you're currently reading - Swiping allows you to move in and out of subtrees with animated transitions that you fully control - You can easily skip subtrees that don't interest you by simply scrolling As a result it's easier to maintain the context and to keep track of where you are in the Hacker News discussion tree. There are also: custom boards, search, in-thread search, anchors, reading list, recent items. Enjoy your Hacker News reading experience! Developer is not affiliated with Hacker News (https://news.ycombinator.com/) in any way.
ESCAPE | 35
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The 35th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering (ESCAPE) will be held between July 6 and July 9, 2025 at the Technology Campus Ghent, KU Leuven as a part of KU Leuven's 600th year celebrations. It will be organised by KU Leuven in collaboration with the University of Liège. The ESCAPE series is an annual series initiated in 1991 by the CAPE Working Party of the European Federation of Chemical Engineering. The 2025 conference theme "Closing the loop 2.0" emphasises on use of process systems engineering (from "good old feedback control" to advanced methodologies using AI, quantum computing, etc.) to accelerate the drive towards a circular economy with applications in energy, life sciences, and materials domains. This application provides following features: * Access to up to date agenda (sessions, speeches, speakers) * Easy access to conference's key information (venue, accommodation, sponsors etc.) * Conference's venue maps * Offline functionality. Application does not required active Internet connection * Conference news (delivered via Twitter)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ESCAPE | 35 at none against Hacko for Hacker News's 5. ESCAPE | 35 also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). 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
Both are free to download. Hacko for Hacker News sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. ESCAPE | 35 asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Hacko for Hacker News | ESCAPE | 35 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (31 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 31 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andrii Sievrikov | Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center |
In-app purchases
Hacko for Hacker News
- Tip - Regular Tip$0.99
- Tip - Big Tip$3.99
- Premium$5.99
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- Tip - Large Tip$6.99
- Tip - Huge Tip$9.99
ESCAPE | 35
No in-app purchases
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