Comparison

RedHN vs Wallby

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

Head to head
About

RedHN

Enhances the Hacker News reading experience with a familiar Reddit-style interface. Offers customizable themes, text adjustments, and organized story browsing. Seamlessly integrates with the official Hacker News website for all core functionalities.

Highlights
  • Reddit-style story cards
  • Visual thread guides
  • Customizable themes and text
  • Viewed story tracking
  • Keyword and domain muting
  • Sidebar/menu drawer navigation
Features
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RedHN makes Hacker News easier to read in Safari. Enjoy a familiar, Reddit-style layout while staying on the official Hacker News website. • Browse story cards with scores, comments, author details, and links. • Follow discussions with visual thread guides and collapsible replies. • Choose light, dark, or system theme, and adjust text size, line spacing, and page width. • Keep track of viewed stories and mute keywords, domains, or topics. • Navigate with a sidebar on larger screens and a menu drawer on smaller screens. • Keep using Hacker News for voting, replying, hiding, favoriting, and submitting. • Switch back to classic Hacker News using the extension popup. RedHN is an independent project and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Hacker News, Y Combinator, or Reddit.

About

Wallby

Personalize your iPhone's Home and Lock Screens with custom widgets, wallpapers, and app icons. This app generates all content directly on your device, ensuring your privacy. An optional subscription removes ads and unlocks premium features.

Highlights
  • Custom widgets for clock, date, battery, and photos
  • Stunning gradients and patterns for wallpapers
  • Themed custom app icons
  • Content generated on-device
  • No account required for privacy
  • Watermark-free experience with Pro subscription
Features
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Make your Home and Lock Screen truly yours — beautiful widgets, wallpapers and custom app icons, all built right on your iPhone. Wallby is the honest customization app. Everything you make is built on your iPhone. No account; your photos stay on your iPhone. It does show advertising, and a Wallby Pro subscription removes it. WIDGETS FOR EVERYTHING - Clock, date and live countdowns that never freeze - Quotes, monograms, battery, calendar and your own photos - Curated themes, fonts and colors for Home Screen and Lock Screen - Every widget you make gets its own name, so your screen stays tidy STUNNING WALLPAPERS - Gorgeous gradients and patterns, generated on your device - Save to Photos in full quality, then set them in a couple of taps CUSTOM APP ICONS - Design themed icons for your favorite apps - We are upfront about how iOS icons really work — no hidden surprises HONEST BY DESIGN iOS does not let any app place a widget, set a wallpaper, or replace an icon for you. Wallby makes them beautiful, then shows you exactly how to add them — never a fake "Applied!". PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. Your photos never leave your iPhone. The advertising is loaded over the network by Google's ad kit, and a Wallby Pro subscription removes it. FREE TO START Use every style for free with a small watermark. Upgrade to Wallby Pro to remove the watermark and unlock all premium themes and wallpaper packs. Wallby Pro subscription options: - Weekly - Yearly (best value) Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (Apple standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://wallby.vercel.app/privacy.html Recommendations for our other apps load online. Their views and taps are counted as daily totals, without personal profiles or user/device identifiers. See our privacy policy.

Screenshots

RedHN4 screens
Wallby4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: RedHN at none against Wallby's 2. RedHN also leads on ads (none vs shown) and device support (3 vs 1). Wallby's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and iOS requirement 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. Wallby sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. RedHN asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for RedHN against 5.0 for Wallby. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RedHN ships an update every 2 months, Wallby every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
RedHN versus Wallby: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRedHNWallby
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGigaBeyond (Guangzhou) Technology Ltd.Levin David Schwab

Customer experience

RedHN

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Wallby

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

RedHN

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Wallby

Subscriptions2
  • Wallby Pro Weekly$4.997 Days
  • Wallby Pro Yearly$29.991 Year

Questions

Is RedHN free?
RedHN is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Wallby free?
Wallby is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, RedHN or Wallby?
RedHN and Wallby are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do RedHN or Wallby have ads?
Wallby shows ads; RedHN does not.
Which is updated more often, RedHN or Wallby?
RedHN ships an update every 2 months, and Wallby every 3 weeks. Most recently, RedHN was updated on November 5, 2026 and Wallby on November 8, 2026.

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