Native Reader for Hacker News vs Hacker Buzz
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Native Reader for Hacker News
Explore Hacker News with advanced filtering and customizable text sizes. Share articles easily and hide unwanted stories with a swipe. Enjoy an ad-free reading experience with dark mode options.
- Filter stories by Rank, Points, or Comments
- Responsive text sizes
- Share articles to social platforms
- Swipe to hide stories
- Ad-free reading
- Dark mode
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Experience Hacker News like never before with our new app! Take full advantage of your iOS device to: * Explore the Top 100 Hacker News stories in innovative ways: filter by Rank, Points, or Comments. * Enjoy fully responsive text sizes that cater to your reading comfort. * Share the articles that resonate with you across all your favorite social platforms. * Quickly hide stories from your feed with a simple swipe to the left! * Immerse yourself in ad-free reading with built-in reader mode. * Switch to dark mode for comfortable reading day or night.
Hacker Buzz
A dark-themed reader for Hacker News stories. Browse new, top, and best stories, and filter by specific categories like Ask and Jobs. Save favorites and share articles easily.
- Dark themed interface
- Filter stories by New, Top, Best, Ask, Jobs
- Infinite scroll
- Collapsible comments
- Share stories
- Favorite stories for later
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Read your favorite Hacker News (https://news.ycombinator.com/) stories in this dark themed app. Filter stories by • New • Top • Best • Share • Ask • Jobs Features • Infinite scroll & collapsible comments • Share any story with anyone • Like a story? Favorite it and read it later!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Hacker Buzz at 71% against Native Reader for Hacker News's 20%. Hacker Buzz also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.4). Native Reader for Hacker News's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly) and rating (4.2 vs 4.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Native Reader for Hacker News holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 5 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 20% of Native Reader for Hacker News's written reviews are positive against 71% of Hacker Buzz's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Native Reader for Hacker News ships an update every 2 days, Hacker Buzz weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Native Reader for Hacker News | Hacker Buzz |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (5 ratings) — better | 4.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews | 71.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cristian Monterroza | Rafal Ciesielczuk |
Customer experience
Native Reader for Hacker News
Hacker Buzz
In-app purchases
Native Reader for Hacker News
No in-app purchases
Hacker Buzz
No in-app purchases
Questions
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