HACK for Hacker News YC Reader
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HACK for YC's Hacker News is the most beautiful and easy way to read about the latest tech, startup and STEM news.
- No Ads. No subscriptions.
- Login or Register your Hacker News account
- PUSH NOTIFICATIONS for Hacker News replies to comment or post
- Supported on iPhone, iPad, and Mac
- Comments are presented in nested threads
- Tap a comment to collapse that thread
- Swipe left or right on stories and comments to upvote and favorite
- Ability to submit new posts including drafts
- Long press a story, link or comment to share
- iPad supports split view
- On iPads, you can drag a story / comment / story's image (link) to open it in safari in split view. This is useful for when you are viewing the app in split view / multitasking and like opening the link / story / comment in a browser side by side.
- Landscape and Portrait support
- 3D touch for peek, pop support
- Home screen 3D touch shortcuts
- Hide posts from the feed
- Tap the bottom button to scroll to the next root comment in the thread. Long press it to go to the previous one
- All known hacker news endpoints - News, front page, Ask HN, Show HN, Show HN Newest, classic, active, best stories, best comments, new stories, new comments, noob stories, noob comments, jobs, over 100-500 points
- Submit posts, reply, comment using your HN account
- Browse top 100 leader accounts
- Browse stories from a specific site, user or date
- Search in comments and usernames! Search is case and diacritic insensitive and ignores punctuations. Search uses an CONTAINS, OR operation if multiple words are typed.
- Can select / highlight the comment/post title text for lookup/copy/translate etc iOS native operations.
- Powerful search (powered by Algolia API) - use @date to sort by date, #story to filter for stories, #comments to filter for comments, #author_username to filter by user etc. These tags can be separated by commas. Refer to https://hn.algolia.com/api for more tags.
- Dark mode - both pure black and gray mode
- Low contrast text mode to make the text not be pure white
- Many color choices & color picker for customization
- App icons in variety of colours for light and dark mode
- Font choices
- Ability to change font sizes, padding etc to make the layout as compact as you like!
- Threaded comments with color bar to maintain visual orientation
- Articles open in Safari view with setting to automatically open in "readability" mode
- Tap the domain in a story to see all stories from that site
- Tap the username in a story or comment to go to the user profile
- Browse your submitted stories and comments, favorited stories and comments, upvoted stories and comments
- Archive: View an archive of the post website. archive.is, archive.org & google cache.
- Share comment as image
- Articles can be opened in built in safari or 3rd party browsers. Supports Brave, Firefox, Firefox Focus, Orion, Opera Touch, Dolphin, DuckDuckGo, iCab Mobile, Microsoft Edge and Chrome. Go to settings > Disable the "Use in-app Safari" setting > tap that row to change the default browser.
All stories and comments are via Algolia API and Hacker News API:
https://news.ycombinator.com/
https://hn.algolia.com/api
https://github.com/HackerNews/API
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I am a small indie developer and need your help keep the lights on. I offer an ad and analytics free and beautiful app for the absolute best experience for my users. I need to run my own server for caching high quality favicons shown in the app plus for push notifications for replies to hacker news posts. If you can afford it, please support me by purchasing the one-time-only in-app-purchase or giving me a tip. No subscriptions. You can also leave a review on the App Store as that really helps me get the word out. Thank you for choosing HACK.
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更多 Thank you for supporting me. Here's what's new:
- As requested by users, added a "Translate Language" option to context menu on comments and posts for easy translation. This is only for iOS and iPad. Not available on Mac.
- Note that a previous update fixed a critical bug which would intermittently cause the app to entirely freeze, stop responding to touch, and require restarting the app. To fix it, entirely rewrote the "Full Screen Swipe Back" feature to use newer APIs. If this bug still persists, please email me.
- HACK is supported on Mac, iPhone, iPad.
I am a small indie developer and need your help keep the lights on. I offer an ad and analytics free and beautiful app for the absolute best experience for my users. I need to run my own server for caching high quality favicons shown in the app plus for push notifications for replies to hacker news posts. If you can afford it, please support me by purchasing the one-time-only in-app-purchase or giving me a tip. No subscriptions. You can also leave a review on the App Store as that really helps me get the word out. Thank you for choosing HACK.
If you have a programming job or have feedback, contact me at:
pran@pranapps.com
163 7月25日
Thank you for supporting me. Here's what's new:
- Sometimes for logged out users, HN website reports an error on some pages. The app should now show that error.
- Fixed a bug where thick title font setting wasn't working for some fonts.
- Note that a previous update fixed a critical bug which would intermittently cause the app to entirely freeze, stop responding to touch, and require restarting the app. To fix it, entirely rewrote the "Full Screen Swipe Back" feature to use newer APIs. If this bug still persists, please email me.
- HACK is supported on Mac, iPhone, iPad.
I am a small indie developer and need your help keep the lights on. I offer an ad and analytics free and beautiful app for the absolute best experience for my users. I need to run my own server for caching high quality favicons shown in the app plus for push notifications for replies to hacker news posts. If you can afford it, please support me by purchasing the one-time-only in-app-purchase or giving me a tip. No subscriptions. You can also leave a review on the App Store. Thank you for choosing HACK.
If you have a programming job or have feedback, contact me at:
pran@pranapps.com
162 7月22日
Thank you for supporting me. Here's what's new:
- Fixed a bug where thick title font setting wasn't working for some fonts.
- Note that a previous update fixed a critical bug which would intermittently cause the app to entirely freeze, stop responding to touch, and require restarting the app. To fix it, entirely rewrote the "Full Screen Swipe Back" feature to use newer APIs. If this bug still persists, please email me.
- HACK is supported on Mac, iPhone, iPad.
I am a small indie developer and need your help keep the lights on. I offer an ad and analytics free and beautiful app for the absolute best experience for my users. I need to run my own server for caching high quality favicons shown in the app plus for push notifications for replies to hacker news posts. If you can afford it, please support me by purchasing the one-time-only in-app-purchase or giving me a tip. No subscriptions. You can also leave a review on the App Store. Thank you for choosing HACK.
If you have a programming job or have feedback, contact me at:
pran@pranapps.com
161 7月20日
Thank you for supporting me. Here's what's new:
- Upon request by few users, added a new setting to keep screen on while idle. This is on by default.
- Fixed a bug where the favicon image backgrounds weren't obeying theme changes.
- Added a subtle border around the favicon images.
- Added Archives option when long pressing links in comments. Now you can easily access archive.org versions of those links.
- Note that previous update fixed a critical bug which would intermittently cause the app to entirely freeze, stop responding to touch, and require restarting the app. To fix it, entirely rewrote the "Full Screen Swipe Back" feature to use newer APIs. If this bug still persists, please email me.
- Fixed a bug where the share extension to open HN links in app were not working.
- HACK is supported on Mac, iPhone, iPad.
I am a small indie developer and need your help keep the lights on. I offer an ad and analytics free and beautiful app for the absolute best experience for my users. I need to run my own server for caching high quality favicons shown in the app plus for push notifications for replies to hacker news posts. If you can afford it, please support me by purchasing the one-time-only in-app-purchase or giving me a tip. No subscriptions. You can also leave a review on the App Store. Thank you for choosing HACK.
If you have a programming job or have feedback, contact me at:
pran@pranapps.com
159 7月15日
- Fixed a critical bug which would intermittently cause the app to entirely freeze, stop responding to touch, and require restarting the app. Sorry about this bug.
- Fixed a bug where the share extension to open HN links in app were not working.
- Entirely rewrote the "Full Screen Swipe Back" feature to use more modern APIs.
- HACK is supported on Mac, iPhone, iPad.
Small indie developers like me benefit from your support. I offer an ad and analytics free and beautiful app for the absolute best experience for my users. I need to run my own server for caching high quality favicons shown in the app plus for push notifications for replies to hacker news posts. If you can afford it, please support me by purchasing the one-time only in app purchase or giving me a tip. No subscriptions. You can also leave a review on the App Store. Thank you for choosing HACK.
If you have a programming job or have feedback, contact me at:
pran@pranapps.com
156 6月17日
- Urgent bug fix for IAP issue.
- Bug fix for layout issue.
- Added a new "Export Comments as JSON" option in the context menu on posts. This exports all nested comments on the post as a JSON which you could pass to another app/Shortcuts for AI analysis/summarization. Note that this option will become available in the menu once all comments of the post are downloaded & parsed (the scroll to next thread button at bottom becomes visible).
- HACK is supported on Mac, iPhone, iPad.
Small indie developers like me benefit from your support. I offer an ad and analytics free and beautiful app for the absolute best experience for my users. I need to run my own server for caching high quality favicons shown in the app plus for push notifications for replies to hacker news posts. If you can afford it, please support me by purchasing the one-time only in app purchase or giving me a tip. No subscriptions. You can also leave a review on the App Store. Thank you for choosing HACK.
If you have a programming job or have feedback, contact me at:
pran@pranapps.com
155 5月31日
- Added a new "Export Comments as JSON" option in the context menu on posts. This exports all nested comments on the post as a JSON which you could pass to another app/Shortcuts for AI analysis/summarization. Note that this option will become available in the menu once all comments of the post are downloaded & parsed (the scroll to next thread button at bottom becomes visible).
- HACK is supported on Mac, iPhone, iPad.
Small indie developers like me benefit from your support. I offer an ad and analytics free and beautiful app for the absolute best experience for my users. I need to run my own server for caching high quality favicons shown in the app plus for push notifications for replies to hacker news posts. If you can afford it, please support me by purchasing the one-time only in app purchase or giving me a tip. No subscriptions. You can also leave a review on the App Store. Thank you for choosing HACK.
If you have a programming job or have feedback, contact me at:
pran@pranapps.com
154 5月26日
- Fixed a bug where the header buttons were not showing upon scrolling up
- Fixed layout issues on iPad when using Split view
- HACK is supported on Mac, iPhone, iPad.
Small indie developers like me benefit from your support. I offer an ad and analytics free and beautiful app for the absolute best experience for my users. I need to run my own server for caching high quality favicons shown in the app plus for push notifications for replies to hacker news posts. If you can afford it, please support me by purchasing the one-time only in app purchase or giving me a tip. No subscriptions. You can also leave a review on the App Store. Thank you for choosing HACK.
If you have a programming job or have feedback, contact me at:
pran@pranapps.com
153 5月18日
- Bug fixes for new SDK including Liquid Glass
- Fixed a bug where on iPads running iOS 26, buttons were going behind the new traffic control buttons.
- As requested, added a button to the search screen which shows the advanced search guide
- Fixed a bug where exporting history as CSV on iPads was crashing
- As requested, added a new setting allowing long pressing a comment to collapse root comment
- Fixed a bug where the ellipsis/menu button (...) wasn't showing the context menu and collapsing comment instead
- Improved legibility for text color for monospaced code blocks, metadata, and menu buttons
- HACK is supported on Mac, iPhone, iPad.
Small indie developers like me benefit from your support. I offer an ad and analytics free and beautiful app for the absolute best experience for my users. I need to run my own server for caching high quality favicons shown in the app plus for push notifications for replies to hacker news posts. If you can afford it, please support me by purchasing the one-time only in app purchase or giving me a tip. No subscriptions. You can also leave a review on the App Store. Thank you for choosing HACK.
If you have a programming job or have feedback, contact me at:
pran@pranapps.com
151 3月24日
- Bug fixes for new SDK including Liquid Glass
- Fixed a bug where on iPads running iOS 26, buttons were going behind the new traffic control buttons.
- As requested, added a button to the search screen which shows the advanced search guide
- Fixed a bug where exporting history as CSV on iPads was crashing
- As requested, added a new setting allowing long pressing a comment to collapse root comment
- Improved legibility for text color for monospaced code blocks, metadata, and menu buttons
- HACK is supported on Mac, iPhone, iPad.
Small indie developers like me benefit from your support. I offer an ad and analytics free and beautiful app for the absolute best experience for my users. I need to run my own server for caching high quality favicons shown in the app plus for push notifications for replies to hacker news posts. If you can afford it, please support me by purchasing the one-time only in app purchase or giving me a tip. No subscriptions. You can also leave a review on the App Store. Thank you for choosing HACK.
If you have a programming job or have feedback, contact me at:
pran@pranapps.com
150 3月24日
- Fixed a bug where changing font sizes was not working.
- Updated app to new SDK including Liquid Glass.
- I understand not everyone is a fan of liquid glass. So, added a setting to disable it and revert back to old blurs.
- Added support for liquid glass icon and a setting to disable it which lets you use the old alternate icons.
- Improved legibility for text color for monospaced code blocks, metadata, and menu buttons.
- HACK is supported on Mac, iPhone, iPad.
Small indie developers like me benefit from your support. I offer an ad and analytics free and beautiful app for the absolute best experience for my users. I need to run my own server for caching high quality favicons shown in the app plus for push notifications for replies to hacker news posts. If you can afford it, please support me by purchasing the one-time only in app purchase or giving me a tip. No subscriptions. You can also leave a review on the App Store. Thank you for choosing HACK.
If you have a programming job or have feedback, contact me at:
pran@pranapps.com
146 2025/10/20
- Updated app to iOS 26 SDK including Liquid Glass.
- I understand not everyone is a fan of liquid glass. So, added a setting to disable it and revert back to old blurs.
- Added support for liquid glass icon and a setting to disable it which lets you use the old alternate icons.
- Improved legibility for text color for monospaced code blocks, metadata, and menu buttons.
- HACK is supported on Mac, iPhone, iPad.
Small indie developers like me benefit from your support. I offer an ad and analytics free and beautiful app for the absolute best experience for my users. I need to run my own server for caching high quality favicons shown in the app plus for push notifications for replies to hacker news posts. If you can afford it, please support me by purchasing the one-time only in app purchase or giving me a tip. No subscriptions. You can also leave a review on the App Store. Thank you for choosing HACK.
If you have a programming job or have feedback, contact me at:
pran@pranapps.com
145 2025/10/12
- Fixed a bug where the contextual menu had extra space at bottom of text.
- Added a new setting "Show What's New in Update popup" to disable the popup.
- HACK is supported on Mac, iPhone, iPad.
Small indie developers like me benefit from your support. I offer an ad and analytics free and beautiful app for the absolute best experience for my users. I need to run my own server for caching high quality favicons shown in the app plus for push notifications for replies to hacker news posts. If you can afford it, please support me by purchasing the one-time only in app purchase or giving me a tip. No subscriptions. You can also leave a review on the App Store. Thank you for choosing HACK.
If you have a programming job or have feedback, contact me at:
pran@pranapps.com
141 2025/08/27
- Fixed a bug where some YouTube links were not opening in app.
- YouTube links now open in YouTube app by default.
- Added a new setting "Open links in YouTube App" to disable the behavior.
- New screenshots for App Store.
- HACK is supported on Mac, iPhone, iPad.
Small indie developers like me benefit from your support. I offer an ad and analytics free and beautiful app for the absolute best experience for my users. I need to run my own server for caching high quality favicons shown in the app plus for push notifications for replies to hacker news posts. If you can afford it, please support me by purchasing the one-time only in app purchase or giving me a tip. No subscriptions. You can also leave a review on the App Store. Thank you for choosing HACK.
If you have a programming job or have feedback, contact me at:
pran@pranapps.com
140 2025/07/15
- YouTube links now open in YouTube app by default.
- Added a new setting "Open links in YouTube App" to disable the behavior.
- New screenshots for App Store.
- HACK is supported on Mac, iPhone, iPad.
Small indie developers like me benefit from your support. I offer an ad and analytics free and beautiful app for the absolute best experience for my users. I need to run my own server for caching high quality favicons shown in the app plus for push notifications for replies to hacker news posts. If you can afford it, please support me by purchasing the one-time only in app purchase or giving me a tip. No subscriptions. You can also leave a review on the App Store. Thank you for choosing HACK.
If you have a programming job or have feedback, contact me at:
pran@pranapps.com
139 2025/07/14
- Fixed the inset for the back button on comments page.
- Post number now uses rounded font.
- New screenshots for App Store.
- HACK is supported on Mac, iPhone, iPad.
Small indie developers like me benefit from your support. I offer an ad and analytics free and beautiful app for the absolute best experience for my users. I need to run my own server for caching high quality favicons shown in the app plus for push notifications for replies to hacker news posts. If you can afford it, please support me by purchasing the one-time only in app purchase or giving me a tip. No subscriptions. You can also leave a review on the App Store. Thank you for choosing HACK.
If you have a programming job or have feedback, contact me at:
pran@pranapps.com
136 2025/07/07
- Now, changing of system dark mode setting will not kick you back to the home page. So you won't lose your place when reading.
- Added support for matching system font size scaling. This will also not lose your place when reading. Tip: you can add system font size changing option to your iOS Control Centre to easily scale font sizes.
- Added a new setting "Matches system font size scaling settings"
- Added a new option "Toggle Theme" in the menu so you can change theme from anywhere in the app by tapping the ellipsis (three dots) menu button. Using this will turn off the "follow system dark mode" setting
- Tapping the status bar a second time can now undo the scroll to the previous location
- Added a new "Over N Points" endpoint to see only posts over N points
- Fixed a bug where new comments were missing newline characters and didn't have a timestamp
- Fixed a bug where Login/Register wasn't working directly via the app
- Made the textfields have a background color
- Item numbers now have a less prominent text color than the title
- Code blocks now have monospaced font and grey color
- You can now select and copy text of the parent post/comment in the Reply screen
- Links in comments and user profile page have the correct color
- Made the content denser. Padding can be changed in settings.
- Tapping on links now give haptic feedback. This can be disabled with the new "Haptic feedback upon link click" setting.
- Fixed the order of tip options
- Metadata and back buttons now use rounded fonts for a friendlier look
- UI bug fixes
- Fixed a bug where upvote button on flagged/dead content showed incorrectly
- Added a What's New update screen
- HACK is supported on Mac, iPhone, iPad.
Small indie developers like me benefit from your support. I offer an ad and analytics free and beautiful app for the absolute best experience for my users. I need to run my own server for caching high quality favicons shown in the app plus for push notifications for replies to hacker news posts. If you can afford it, please support me by purchasing the one-time only in app purchase or giving me a tip. No subscriptions. You can also leave a review on the App Store. Thank you for choosing HACK.
If you have a programming job or have feedback, contact me at:
pran@pranapps.com
134 2025/06/04
- Fixed a bug where links in comments and text didn't have color. I apologize for introducing this bug in last update.
- Upon request, added a new setting "Comment indentation color matches nesting level" which reverts the behaviour. This is off by default.
- The app is supported on macOS too.
I offer an ad and analytics free and beautiful app for the absolute best experience for my users. I need to run my own server for caching high quality favicons shown in the app plus for push notifications for replies to hacker news posts. Small indie developers like me benefit from your support. If you can afford it, please support me by purchasing a tip and one-time only in app purchase. No subscriptions. You can also leave a review on the app store. Thank you for the support.
Send feedback, feature requests, and bug reports to me at:
pran@pranapps.com
132 2025/05/27
- Comment indentation line now matches username unique colours
- The app is supported on macOS too.
I offer an ad and analytics free and beautiful app for the absolute best experience for my users. I need to run my own server for caching high quality favicons shown in the app plus for push notifications for replies to hacker news posts. Small indie developers like me benefit from your support. If you can afford it, please support me by purchasing a tip and one-time only in app purchase. No subscriptions. You can also leave a review on the app store. Thank you for the support.
Send feedback, feature requests, and bug reports to me at:
pran@pranapps.com
129 2025/05/21
- Updated the algorithm for username unique colours
- Made the status bar background pure black/white
- Updated some text in settings
- Updated metadata
- The app is supported on macOS too.
I offer an ad and analytics free and beautiful app for the absolute best experience for my users. I need to run my own server for caching high quality favicons shown in the app plus for push notifications for replies to hacker news posts. Small indie developers like me benefit from your support. If you can afford it, please support me by purchasing a tip and one-time only in app purchase. No subscriptions. You can also leave a review on the app store. Thank you for the support.
Send feedback, feature requests, and bug reports to me at:
pran@pranapps.com
128 2025/05/16
- App now supports long press to see preview on iOS 13+ devices. Note that for this to work, long press to show context menu settings must be turned off.
- The app is supported on macOS too.
Small indie developers like me benefit from support from you. If you can afford it, please support me by purchasing a tip and one time only in app purchase. You can also leave a review on the app store. Thank you for the support.
I offer an ad and analytics free and beautiful app for the absolute best experience for my users. I need to run my own server for caching high quality favicons shown in the app plus for push notifications for replies to hacker news posts. Tips and in app purchase helps pay for it. No subscriptions.
Please send feedback, feature requests, and bug reports to me at:
pran@pranapps.com
127 2025/04/11
- Digging through the comments pages will now show the title of the main post.
- The app is supported on macOS too.
Small indie developers like me benefit from support from you. If you can afford it, please support me by purchasing a tip and one time only in app purchase. You can also leave a review on the app store. Thank you for the support.
I offer an ad and analytics free and beautiful app for the absolute best experience for my users. I need to run my own server for caching high quality favicons shown in the app plus for push notifications for replies to hacker news posts. Tips and in app purchase helps pay for it. No subscriptions.
Please send feedback, feature requests, and bug reports to me at:
pran@pranapps.com
126 2025/03/10
- Fixed a bug where comment collapsing was not working properly if a "flagged" comment is encountered.
- The app is supported on macOS too.
Small indie developers like me benefit from support from you. If you can afford it, please support me by purchasing a tip and one time only in app purchase. You can also leave a review on the app store. Thank you for the support.
I offer an ad and analytics free and beautiful app for the absolute best experience for my users. I need to run my own server for caching high quality favicons shown in the app plus for push notifications for replies to hacker news posts. Tips and in app purchase helps pay for it. No subscriptions.
Please send feedback, feature requests, and bug reports to me at:
pran@pranapps.com
125 2025/03/06
- The "Clear caches" setting now also clears out Documents & Data from the app's Safari View Controller. If you use the app a lot, then this Documents & Data can be very big. Clearing this cache should reduce its size. Note that this may also cause you to be logged out from websites or lose any website specific data.
- The app is supported on macOS too.
I offer an ad and analytics free and beautiful app for the absolute best experience for my users. I need to run my own server for caching high quality favicons shown in the app plus for push notifications for replies to hacker news posts. If you can afford it, please support me by purchasing a tip and one time only in app purchase. No subscriptions. Thank you for the support.
Please send feedback, feature requests, and bug reports to me at:
pran@pranapps.com
122 2025/01/26
- The app now gives haptic feedback when comments are expanded/collapsed. This can be disabled in settings.
- Added a new setting to disable the swipe right edge of screen to go forward.
- Fixed a bug where double quotes in CSV exports were not escaped.
- Added a new setting to completely disable swipe to go back.
- The app is supported on macOS too.
I offer an ad and analytics free and beautiful app for the absolute best experience for my users. I need to run my own server for caching high quality favicons shown in the app plus for push notifications for replies to hacker news posts. If you can afford it, please support me by purchasing a tip and one time only in app purchase. No subscriptions. Thank you for the support.
Please send feedback, feature requests, and bug reports to me at:
pran@pranapps.com
121 2024/12/20
Thank you for supporting me. Here's what's new:
- As requested by users, added a "Translate Language" option to context menu on comments and posts for easy translation. This is only for iOS and iPad. Not available on Mac.
- Note that a previous update fixed a critical bug which would intermittently cause the app to entirely freeze, stop responding to touch, and require restarting the app. To fix it, entirely rewrote the "Full Screen Swipe Back" feature to use newer APIs. If this bug still persists, please email me.
- HACK is supported on Mac, iPhone, iPad.
I am a small indie developer and need your help keep the lights on. I offer an ad and analytics free and beautiful app for the absolute best experience for my users. I need to run my own server for caching high quality favicons shown in the app plus for push notifications for replies to hacker news posts. If you can afford it, please support me by purchasing the one-time-only in-app-purchase or giving me a tip. No subscriptions. You can also leave a review on the App Store as that really helps me get the word out. Thank you for choosing HACK.
If you have a programming job or have feedback, contact me at:
pran@pranapps.com
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