Async.dev vs Hackertab
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Async.dev
This app allows developers to interact with their projects using natural language. You can issue tasks, create project plans, and review code through voice commands, streamlining the development workflow.
- Voice-controlled task management
- AI-assisted bug fixing
- UI tweaking via natural language
- Code review functionality
- Project planning tools
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Build Async. Talk to your projects to fix bugs, tweak UIs, and implement features (e.g., "hey Async, can you fix the landing page for me?"). Async lets you issue tasks, create plans, and review code all in one place.
Hackertab
This app aggregates tech news, developer updates, and trending repositories from over a dozen trusted sources. It allows users to customize their feed based on interests and save articles for later reading. Stay informed on the latest in the developer world, even on the go.
- Curated feed of repositories, news, tools, and events
- Aggregates content from 11+ trusted sources
- Follow 46+ development topics
- Customize feed by sources and interests
- Save favorite articles for later
- Share articles easily
- Light and dark mode support
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HackerTab Mobile is your personalized tech dashboard, a curated feed of the latest repositories, developer news, tools, and events, tailored to your interests. Built for developers of all types, mobile, backend, full stack, or data science. HackerTab saves you time by aggregating top content from 11 trusted sources including GitHub, Hacker News, Dev.to, Medium, Product Hunt, and more. Key Features • Get updates from 12+ platforms: GitHub, HackerNews, Dev.to, Reddit, Medium, and others • Follow 46+ development topics like Kotlin, Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, Php, Go, R and many more • Customize your feed by selecting your favorite sources and interests • Save your favorite articles and read them later • Share articles with your friends in one click • Seamlessly switch between light and dark mode based on your system settings • Reach out to support directly via email HackerTab Mobile brings the best of the dev world to your phone — so you stay informed even when you're away from your desktop.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Async.dev at every 4 days against Hackertab's every 4 months. On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Async.dev against 5.0 for Hackertab. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
Async.dev ships an update every 4 days, Hackertab every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on August 1, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Async.dev | Hackertab |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 91 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mikkel Kim | Zouhir RAJDAOUI |
Customer experience
Async.dev
Hackertab
In-app purchases
Async.dev
No in-app purchases
Hackertab
No in-app purchases
