Native Reader for Hacker News vs HNR
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.
HNR
Access and read stories from the popular tech news website Hacker News. Browse top or latest articles, save your favorites, share content, and search for specific topics. Offers customizable color themes including dark and light modes.
- Browse top/latest stories
- Save favorite articles
- Share stories
- Search functionality
- Customizable color themes
- Dark/light mode support
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A convenient way to read stories from the tech news website Hacker News (HN). Features: - Browse 100 top or latest stories - Save favorites - Share - Search - Customizable color with dark/light mode support
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: HNR at 5.0 against Native Reader for Hacker News's 4.2. Native Reader for Hacker News's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 11 months). 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.
HNR holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 2 respectively.
Native Reader for Hacker News ships an update every 2 days, HNR every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Native Reader for Hacker News | HNR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cristian Monterroza | Michael Hsieh |
Customer experience
Native Reader for Hacker News
HNR
In-app purchases
Native Reader for Hacker News
No in-app purchases
HNR
No in-app purchases
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