Ember for Hacker News
Stories. Discussions. No noise
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
A quiet place for Hacker News. Read stories, follow discussions, and keep the ones you want to come back to.
Ember is a minimal Hacker News reader for iPhone and iPad.
Browse Top, New, Best, Ask HN, Show HN, and Jobs. Explore additional lists such as Best Comments, and find stories from the past day, week, month, year, or a custom date range.
Open articles directly from their titles. Read threaded discussions with replies expanded, tap to collapse conversations, and use a small next-comment arrow to move past long comments. Large discussions load ahead as you read.
Make reading feel right with separate story and comment fonts, text sizes, line spacing, row spacing, and reply indentation. A live preview shows your changes immediately.
Find an old favorite with full-text search. Save stories for later, search your bookmarks, and pick up where you left off with reading history.
• Native design with light and dark themes
• Search with date filters and relevance or recent sorting
• Collapsible comments and author profiles
• Bookmarks and reading history stored on your device
• Cached feeds when you’re offline
• Adjustable typography, density, and system text sizing
• Built-in article browser with Reader support
• No ads, analytics, or account required to read
Ember has no accounts, account creation, sign-in, voting, or posting features. External articles and full comment trees require an internet connection. Offline access covers cached feeds and saved story details, including loaded post text.
Ember is an independent app and is not affiliated with Y Combinator. Search is provided by Algolia.
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The developer, Maximilian Yaport, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Search History
- Identifiers
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Search History
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Maximilian Yaport
- Size
- 1.4 MB
- Category
- News
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
16+
- 16+
- Infrequent
Realistic Violence
Profanity or Crude Humor
Mature or Suggestive Themes
Horror/Fear Themes
Medical Treatment information
Alcohol, Tobacco, Drug Use or References
Guns or Other Weapons
Contains
Unrestricted Web Access
Messaging and Chat
User-Generated Content
Health or Wellness Topics
Social Media
- Copyright
- © 2026 Max Yaport