Repository Stream for GitHub vs Trilby for Hacker News
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Repository Stream for GitHub
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Repository Stream is a timeline-based GitHub reader to enhance your mobile GitHub experience. Highlights: - Timeline-based UI that focused on the repositories - Notification management - Star and Watch management - Filter your timelines by any field - Search the repository, issue and pull request - Support for multiple accounts - Authentication and authorization in Safari - 2-factor authentication Integrated services and spps: - Twitter - Facebook - Pocket - Evernote - Mail - Message etc.
Trilby for Hacker News
A beautifully designed client for browsing and interacting with Hacker News. Features include reading articles, posting stories, commenting, and personalizing your reading experience with custom fonts and themes.
- Browse popular and latest articles
- Post stories and comment
- Favorite/bookmark articles
- Powerful search with filters
- Personalize fonts and themes
- In-app web view
- Track read articles
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Trilby is a beautiful, and thoughtfully created Hacker News client for your device. The app lets you browse and interact with Hacker News the way you want. It features / lets you: - Browse and read Hacker News - view popular and latest articles. - Beautiful design and typography. - Login to Hacker News, post new stories, comment, and interact with others. - Favorite / Bookmarking feature that syncs with Hacker News! - Powerful search powered by Algolia, filter to get your desired results. - View your and others' profiles: see bio and latest activities. - In-app web view when you don't want to leave the app. - Personalize the app the way you want - select your favorite fonts. - Compact Mode when you don't want any distractions. - Meticulously crafted skins and comment themes, automatic dark mode. - Open native HN links within the app - look for the Orange links. - Keep track of your read articles. - View single comment threads. - Preview your comment before posting/ - ...and countless more. If you have any feedback or suggestions, feel free to contact me: dev@faisalbin.com. I will be happy to implement features and fix bugs as soon as possible. Disclaimer: 1. I created the app as a hobby project. Trilby is not affiliated with Hacker News. 2. Hacker News does not provide any API to interact with their server - meaning their official API does not support POST requests - AKA login, reply, upvote, etc. To enable those features, Trilby uses many clever techniques behind the scene. As with anything of this nature, they are experimental and could be buggy. 3. The app does not store or collect any sensitive user information. In fact, it does not collect any data. 4. You can not register a new account within the app. Please use the website. Trilby is made with love in Munich.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Trilby for Hacker News at none against Repository Stream for GitHub's 1. On price, update cadence, ads 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. Repository Stream for GitHub sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Trilby for Hacker News asks for nothing beyond the download.
Repository Stream for GitHub ships an update every 29 months, Trilby for Hacker News every 20 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Repository Stream for GitHub | Trilby for Hacker News |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 29 months | Every 20 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 13.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Sokichi Fujita | Mohammad Faisal Bin Ahmed |
In-app purchases
Repository Stream for GitHub
- Pro Edition$11.99
Trilby for Hacker News
No in-app purchases
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