Ask HN: What iOS/Android do you use for Hacker News

Posted by leejoramo on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @11:06AM
from the ask-hn dept.

For many years, I have used MiniHack on iOS to read Hacker News. Despite years without updates and increasing bugs, I have never found a better HN client app. Now MiniHack has been pulled from the App Store entirely, I really need to move on. What do you use?

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Re:Ask HN: What iOS/Android do you use for Hacker News by 0x54MUR41 on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @12:53PM (#27437670)

I use Materialistic - Hacker News on Android [0]. It's suitable for my needs, reading the stories and comments. This is an open source app. You can find the source code here [1].

[0]: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.github.hidr...

[1]: https://github.com/hidroh/materialistic

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Re:Ask HN: What iOS/Android do you use for Hacker News by leokennis on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @05:18PM (#27440968)

iOS, I use Hack:

https://apps.apple.com/nl/app/hack-for-hacker-news-developer...

Very customizable. Looks a bit Android-y for an iOS app, but its looks fit the HN community.

Before I used Octal, which was great for browsing HN but was very slow to load comments. Also when typing comments, you had to scroll up to reach the “post comment” button and if you scrolled up 1 pixel too far it would interpret it as “dismiss the comment sheet” and throw away your comment text without warning. And posting a comment could take more than a minute.

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Re:Ask HN: What iOS/Android do you use for Hacker News by busymom0 on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @12:44AM (#27444299)

Developer here. Feel free to ask questions. I am also working on an Android client which should be available in couple weeks.

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Re:Ask HN: What iOS/Android do you use for Hacker News by busymom0 on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @12:45AM (#27444311)

I am the developer of HACK - fully featured and well maintained app for iOS, iPad and MacOS with support for voting, commenting, favourites as well as notifications for replies:

https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/hack-for-hacker-news-developer...

Feel free to ask questions. I am also working on an Android client which should be available in couple weeks.

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Re:Ask HN: What iOS/Android do you use for Hacker News by paulcole on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @03:07PM (#27439449)

I wish there was one that was more than just a re-skinning of the site. Would love something with the ability to block users, keywords, and sites.

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Re:Ask HN: What iOS/Android do you use for Hacker News by speedgoose on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @01:55PM (#27438569)

I use Firefox.

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Re:Ask HN: What iOS/Android do you use for Hacker News by account-5 on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @02:07PM (#27438720)

Same. If I can view it in the browser I'm not using an app.

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Re:Ask HN: What iOS/Android do you use for Hacker News by bekantan on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @01:57PM (#27438595)

Same, I find night mode very convenient

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Re:Ask HN: What iOS/Android do you use for Hacker News by mkr-hn on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @04:42PM (#27440503)

Octal

It's nicer than using the web site and doesn't do anything obnoxious like harass me to turn on notifications or share contacts.

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Re:Ask HN: What iOS/Android do you use for Hacker News by Brass on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @11:10AM (#27436219)

Safari. Like OP, I used MiniHack for a while. Got a new device and started using Safari and it's been fine.

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Re:Ask HN: What iOS/Android do you use for Hacker News by sc00ty on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @12:57PM (#27437722)

I use Harmonic on Android. It's the best one I've tried so far and the UI is very pleasing.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.simon.harm...

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Re:Ask HN: What iOS/Android do you use for Hacker News by vinhnx on Saturday June 12, 2021 @06:11AM (#27483274)

I'm happy with Octal. The app is nice and clean and feel easy to use. + https://apps.apple.com/us/app/octal-for-hacker-news/id130888...

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Re:Ask HN: What iOS/Android do you use for Hacker News by swman on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @04:38PM (#27440458)

2020 iPhone SE, just using Safari

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Re:Ask HN: What iOS/Android do you use for Hacker News by miguelrochefort on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @12:54PM (#27437685)

Safari or Chrome

“Open in new tab” is a must.

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Re:Ask HN: What iOS/Android do you use for Hacker News by quickthrower2 on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @04:26PM (#27440313)

iPhone X

Safari

I’m a fan of web interfaces.

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Re:Ask HN: What iOS/Android do you use for Hacker News by runjake on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @02:56PM (#27439332)

Safari.

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