Comparison

闻道HN vs Zedra

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

Head to head
About

闻道HN

Features
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HNEveryDay is a high-performance, privacy-first, AI-enhanced Hacker News client , built specifically for Geekers who live in the terminal and dream in code.

About

Zedra

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Your coding agents run on your own machine. Zedra puts them in your pocket. Start a task on your laptop, walk away, and keep working from your phone. Zedra connects straight to your development machine, so you can watch agents work, answer their questions, review the diff, and start the next task from anywhere. WORKS WITH THE AGENTS YOU ALREADY USE Claude Code, Codex, opencode, and any other CLI agent or shell command. Zedra runs a real terminal, not a chat mirror, so nothing about your setup has to change. RUN A SWARM, NOT A SESSION Most work is several agents at once. Zedra shows every session on one screen with live status, so you can see which agent is thinking, which one finished, and which one is blocked waiting on you. NEVER MISS AN APPROVAL Agents stop and ask before they touch anything important. Zedra sends a push notification the moment one needs you, so a waiting agent is never a surprise you find twenty minutes later. A REAL TERMINAL Full terminal emulation with color, mouse reporting, and TUI support. A keyboard row built for code gives you arrows, tab, escape, and control without fighting the on-screen keyboard. Paste screenshots straight into a prompt. READ THE DIFF BEFORE YOU MERGE Syntax-highlighted diffs, file trees, and git status. Select code in the editor or a file preview and send it straight to an agent with Add to Chat, without switching apps. CONNECTS DIRECTLY, NOT THROUGH US Pair by scanning a QR code once. Zedra builds an encrypted peer-to-peer connection between your phone and your machine, and falls back to a relay only when your network blocks a direct route. Relays forward encrypted packets they cannot read, so Zedra never sees your code. Agents still talk to whichever provider you configured them with. OPEN HOST The host daemon is open source and runs on macOS and Linux. Install it with one command, keep it running in the background, and pair as many devices as you want. Requires a Mac or Linux machine running the Zedra host.

Screenshots

闻道HN4 screens
Zedra4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Zedra at fortnightly against 闻道HN's every 5 months. 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

闻道HN ships an update every 5 months, Zedra fortnightly. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
闻道HN versus Zedra: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter闻道HNZedra
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB90 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer永林 陈Tan Le

In-app purchases

None

闻道HN

No in-app purchases

None

Zedra

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 闻道HN free?
闻道HN is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Zedra free?
Zedra is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do 闻道HN or Zedra have ads?
Neither 闻道HN nor Zedra shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 闻道HN or Zedra?
闻道HN ships an update every 5 months, and Zedra fortnightly. Most recently, 闻道HN was updated on November 5, 2026 and Zedra on November 5, 2026.

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