Hacker News Reader Kuokka vs HackNe

A Hacker News client for people who read HN every day: keyword alerts, instant on-device summaries, a Who is hiring? job board, offline reading and widgets. Set Radar to watch the keywords, domains and authors you care about, and Kuokka checks Hacker News around the clock so you do not have to. Summarize a long article in a tap. Save what matters and read it with no signal. YOUR HN ACCOUNT, FREE Sign in with your Hacker News account to upvote, comment, reply and submit stories — no Premium needed. Get notified when someone replies to you, and collapse any thread with a tap. WHO IS HIRING? The monthly “Ask HN: Who is hiring?” threads open as a board of postings you can search and filter by role, remote, technology, salary and visa sponsorship, with a switch back to the raw comments. Free. RADAR WATCHLISTS Monitor keywords, domains, authors and whole sections. - Set up a watchlist in seconds with presets or your own filters - Matched stories land in your Radar feed automatically - Radar digests round up your top matches on a schedule (Free: evening. Premium: morning, lunch and evening) - Share a Radar brief with a colleague — each share unlocks 2 bonus summaries INSTANT SUMMARIES Tap any story for the key points. Summaries run on your device: no account, no API key, nothing sent to a server. Free readers get 3 per session, Premium removes the cap. Prefer a language model? Add your own Gemini or Claude key and Kuokka uses it instead. Comment digests, which pull the substance out of a 300-reply thread, are a Premium feature. READER MODE Distraction-free reading with clean typography, adjustable text size, and Light, Dark and Sepia themes. Word count and reading time up front. OFFLINE READING Save stories and read them with no connection — commutes, flights, dead zones. (Premium) WIDGETS Home screen and Lock Screen widgets put the top stories where you already look. COMMENT TOOLS Pick up a long thread where you left off, spot unread replies, search inside a discussion, and jump between top-level comments with one tap. FOR YOU Kuokka learns from what you read and surfaces stories to match — your topics, your authors, your domains. (Premium) EVERY SECTION Top, New, Best, Ask HN, Show HN and Jobs, with smooth infinite scrolling and advanced search by date, type and points. BOOKMARKS, HISTORY AND STREAKS Save stories for later, see which ones you have already opened, and build a daily reading streak with achievements along the way. 11 LANGUAGES English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Turkish, Indonesian, German, Japanese, Chinese, Korean and Italian. PREMIUM A single one-time purchase — no subscription, and no ads for anyone, free or paid. It lifts the summary cap, and unlocks full Radar, For You recommendations, offline reading and advanced search. PRIVACY Your reading history stays on your device. Summaries are generated locally unless you supply your own provider key. Anonymous analytics and crash diagnostics help fix what breaks. Whether you are an engineer, a founder, or just here for the comments — Kuokka is the Hacker News app worth keeping on your Home Screen.

HackNe for Hacker News is a native iPhone app built for reading Hacker News in a clean, fast, and simple way. Browse the feeds you actually care about: - Top - New - Best - Ask - Show - Jobs Open articles directly inside the app, then jump into the discussion with one tap. Read nested comment threads, check user profiles, and follow the conversation without losing your place. HackNe is designed for people who want a straightforward Hacker News experience that feels at home on iPhone. No clutter, no unnecessary complexity, just stories, comments, and links that matter.