Native Reader for Hacker News vs Techshots
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.
Techshots
Stay updated with the latest Information Technology industry news. This app delivers concise summaries of key developments in areas like AI, Cloud, and Security, curated from global sources. Get essential tech insights easily, anytime, anywhere.
- Concise news summaries
- Covers AI, Cloud, Security, IoT
- Curated from global sources
- Easy to read on the go
- Relevant IT industry updates
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TechShots collates the recent and the most relevant news for the Information Technology industry from the big wide world of internet and presents it to you in a concise, crisp write-up of not more than 150 words. Be it Blockchain, Cloud, Security, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data or Internet of Things, we have it covered for you. Our team selects the most important news after going through several national and international websites and news portals. We summarize it for you so you can easily read on the go. It is just right for you to keep abreast of the latest happenings in your domain without going through a zillion of websites and still risk missing the crucial latest happening. With TechShots you can be sure of getting the relevant information in an easy-to-read format on time. Download today!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Techshots at 100% against Native Reader for Hacker News's 20%. Techshots also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.2) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.4). Native Reader for Hacker News's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Techshots holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Native Reader for Hacker News has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of Native Reader for Hacker News's written reviews are positive against 100% of Techshots's.
Native Reader for Hacker News ships an update every 2 days, Techshots every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Native Reader for Hacker News | Techshots |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cristian Monterroza | MESSY DESK MEDIA PRIVATE LIMITED |
Customer experience
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In-app purchases
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No in-app purchases
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No in-app purchases
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