apps / 1084209377
HackerWeb - Hacker News client
Read-only Hacker News client
Chee Aun Lim · News · $2.99 · US storefront
- rating
- 5.0 ★
- ratings
- 10
- updated
- Dec 2, 2025
- released
- Mar 1, 2016
v3.0.1
visible word pool · 6 words
title 30/30 chars · subtitle 28/30 chars
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HackerWeb is a super-clean Hacker News app built for maximum readability and has a lean set of features to optimize the reading experience. It’s created specifically with iOS design guidelines in mind, so it feels native and blends well with the operating system. It has a simple set of features that are usually invisible: - Dual Web and Comments tabs for easy switching between the story’s web page and the list of comments - Revolutionary comments thread UI for easy…
latest US reviews
★★★★★
By far the best Hacker News client
Easily the best Hacker News client available, highly recommend the web app version as well. The interface is a huge improvement over Hacker News itself, and lacks any of the clutter of other clients.
— jkotzker
★★★★★
Clean and crisp and sharp and amazing
It's a web app. But you'd NEVER know because it's amazing work. Work like this deserves your money and time. This has been my go-to app since the start. Brilliant.
— Glucopilot
★★★★★
Huge potential
I've been reading Hacker News for years now and am growing increasingly frustrated at their lack of usability and modern design. HackerWeb is already an improvement by letting me collapse comments. I think it's got a ways to go but I see some huge potential to offer such an…
— Andrew919191
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