HackNe vs Skimify News
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HackNe
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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.
Skimify News
Stay informed with bite-sized news summaries delivered in a fast, full-screen feed. Earn XP, build streaks, and unlock achievements by reading and playing news games. Customize your feed with preferred categories and sources.
- Full-screen, distraction-free news feed
- Bite-size summaries with original article links
- Gamified reading with XP and levels
- Daily challenges and achievements
- Customizable 'Yours' feed
- News trivia games
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Skimify is the gamified news app that finally feels good to use. Swipe through a fast, full-screen feed of the day's most important stories, politics, world, business, tech, sports, entertainment, and breaking news, each one boiled down to the essentials so you stay informed in minutes, not hours. Swipe, don't scroll forever. One story at a time, full screen, distraction-free. Two feeds: "For You" learns what you actually read; "Latest" is pure chronological. Bite-size summaries with a one-tap jump to the original publisher when you want the full story. Fresh constantly: new headlines arrive throughout the day. MAKE IT A HABIT Earn XP for reading, build daily streaks, and climb 20 levels. Earn coins as you read and redeem them for real rewards. Take on daily challenges and unlock achievements. Play quick news- and AI-literacy games: flag the AI-fabricated claim hidden among real ones in Fact Check, catch the AI's edits as it rewrites a story in real time in The Hallucination, and pick the exact word from look-alike options in the daily Verbatim, a once-a-day puzzle whose five answers reveal a shared sentence the next day. SAVE WHAT MATTERS Save any story to read later, your saved list syncs to your account and is fully searchable. YOURS, YOUR WAY Pick the exact categories and sources you care about in your "Yours" feed. Light and dark themes. Start anonymously, create an account only if you want to sync and keep your progress across devices. Skimify is a gamified news aggregator: we aggregate stories from independent publishers, who remain the source of the full article.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: HackNe at every 5 days against Skimify News's fortnightly. Skimify News's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
HackNe ships an update every 5 days, Skimify News fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HackNe | Skimify News |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Tansu Asici | Geekspeaker, Inc. |
In-app purchases
HackNe
No in-app purchases
Skimify News
No in-app purchases









